【Pls look at the top comment first】Music is boundless for the world. The band is a shining pearl for every hard/melodic rock fan. This is the top-class hard rock sound from Argentina in the 21st century. As we know, hard/melodic rock from Argentina is always an indispensable part in Latin America. In the 1980s and the 1990s, legendary artists on this land influenced music scene deeply. Apart from the artists who perform in Spanish, those who perform in English should never be overlooked.

Watchmen is a terrific hard rock band from Buenos Aires. If a band can symbolize the top-class hard rock outfit from Argentina and even from South America, Watchmen undoubtedly stands out since the day they came out. Today, it has been proved that Watchmen is one of the best on this land.

Watchmen is a five-piece band with keyboards. This video displays the precious line-up in the debut. I'm not sure if this was the founding line-up of Watchmen, but I think this was the early line-up. According to their facebook, these five members left fans the primary impression, who performed in the early glorious years of Watchmen. As of 5th June 2022, their debut is 16 years old.

As an Argentine band with English albums, Watchmen's music works are not inferior to the songs from any artists from any fertile land like USA and UK for hard/melodic rock.

This early line-up included the original bassist Germain Leth and featured four band members' long hair looks, really nostalgic as they looked like a 1980s or 1990s hard rock band. From their facebook page, some early pictures can be found. When I saw these early pictures at the first sight, I thought they were influenced by 1980s and 1990s hard rock, not modern hard rock. After hearing the debut, I know I was right.

This superb St debut was released in 2006 by Argentinian label Blackstar Crosses Productions. As a hard rock band coming out in the noughties onwards, Watchmen's music can truly remind people of the glorious late 1980s and 1990s era, which sounds in vein of Whitesnake from lots of fans' impressions. Personally, the debut is a perfection in the 21st century.

Watchmen's musical works are driven by brilliant guitars with magic keys and mighty vocals. They do rock with flaming passion. Their music works do bless for ears. Suppose that there would be a ballad hit album by hard rock bands, here the song "Safe" should be included as a candidated must.

"Safe" is a representative work from Watchmen. I think the song can make lots of rock fan fall in love with such an amazing band. The keyboards gleaming on make this love theme shrouded in mystery. The opening track "Take Me Higher" dramatically lights up the hard rocking passion, which reminds me of Badlands and absolutely displays the mighty skill on vocals of Ivan Sencion. "Hang On", "One Step From Heaven" and "Man In A Hole" feature more catchy tunes, making the songs bless for ears as the melodic hard rock gems. Musically, they add keyboards to perfection. That is to say, the fantastic keyboards in music enrich the arrangements, create the vibes and paint the songs to be colourful in those melodic hard rock tunes. How brilliant the debut is ! There is no weak song.

How famous is Watchmen in Argentina? According to the popularity on the band's facebook page "Watchmen Hard Rock", I think they are today's rock star and will become a monumental name after decades when speaking of the rock legends in South America.

Great English albums are made by the artists from every place of the world. Watchmen has been formed for over 16 years. Though they are not a prolific band on album making, both the debut and "Nowhere To Hide" are the great achievements, always worth reviewing as the treasures for whoever is fond of the nostalgic hard rock/melodic hard rock sound and wants to hear 1980s and 1990s hard rock revival in the 21st century. Before the band's "Nowhere To Hide (2010)" album, Watchemen released a mini album "Holy Ground" in 2010 including three superb singles.

P.S. Watchmen from Argentina should be distinguished from another 1980s Christian hard rock band Watchmen from USA.
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