Walter Meza

Walter Meza
Background information
Birth name	Walter Darío Meza
Also known as	Tanque
Born	(1966-12-08) December 8, 1966 San Justo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Genres	Heavy metal Thrash metal
Occupation	Singer
Instrument	Voice
Years active	1980–present
Labels	Sony BMG NEMS Enterprises Tocka Discos

Walter Meza (born December 8, 1966, Buenos Aires, Aregentina) is an Argentinian singer of thrash metal and heavy metal, known for being the singer of the band Horcas, from 1997 to the present.

Biography

Walter Darío Meza was born in Buenos Aires City, moving on his first years to the town of San Justo in the city of La Matanza. He began his career in a group called Barloff. Later, when he was fourteen years old, he was the singer of the band Delay, band where also was Paul Mondello, current guitarist of the band Massacre. Also was part of the bands Samurai and Heinkel.

He later joined Jeriko, with some of the members of his former bands Heinkel and Retrosatan. With this lineup, they recorded a demo of four songs and reached the final of a contest sponsored by Yamaha, being able to play along other important groups like Hermética, Rata Blanca, Logos and Lethal.

Walter left the group in 1995 and in 1997 he became the singer of Horcas, the band of the former V8 guitarist, Osvaldo Civile, role he holds until today.

With this group, he edited more than ten studio albums and performed along international bands like Pantera, Slayer, Iron Maiden, Sepultura, Stratovarius, Soulfly, Exodus, Megadeth, Metallica and Black Sabbath.

Discography

with Jeriko

• 1994 – Bajo mi Ley (demo)
• 2004 – Jerikó

with Horcas

• 1997 – Vence
• 1999 – Eternos
• 2002 – Horcas
• 2003 – Horcas vive
• 2004 – Demencial
• 2006 – Asesino
• 2008 – Reviviendo huestes
• 2010 – La maldición continúa
• 2013 – Por tu honor

See also

• Argentine heavy metal

External links

• Interview to Walter Meza on YouTube