The Bronx-born duo caps off a major year with an project that packs in even more off-the-wall energy
Planta Industrial has already made a giant splash, winning new fans over with a punk-meets-metal-meets-dembow-meets-rap sound that is uniquely their own. The duo, comprised of Saso and akathedarknight, already had a banner year winning LAMC’s 2025 Discovery Award, playing Summerstage and a riotous borough tour, and scoring major collabs (Saso was just featured on Rauw Alejandro’s album). But they’re capping it all off with one more wallop of music, this time through their EP Punk Wave Sin Barreras Volume 1: Conociéndonos.
The new project touches on a range of genres and makes several nods to the Latino cultural memory of the Nineties and early aughts. “If you grew up Hispanic in the U.S., you probably remember the iconic Inglés Sin Barreras course,” Saso and akathedarknight said in a statement. “With these volumes, we’re bringing back the sound of our formative years — when bachata, merengue, metal, punk, rap, and electronic music all lived side by side. It’s an homage to our upbringing, a locrio of sounds and influences shaped by life between the Bronx and the Dominican Republic.”
The EP includes songs that already have become viral juggernauts, like “Abnormales” and “That’s My Bitch” — the latter was their first big track together that marked a new era for the musicians, who went to high school together but had been working separate careers. “We wanted to create something unlike what was currently out there and we had a streak of genius,” the band noted.
Other tracks pack in a ton of New York pride and reflect their upbringing in the city: “Arthur Ave,” “You NOT From,” “NEW YORK!!,” and “Teteo In The Bronx.” (“It is our anthem, representing our culture and lifestyle,” Planta Industrial says about that last one.)
The band has been teasing even more music coming soon, plus more shows. They’ll hit Viva Pomona Festival this weekend and are slated to play Vive Latino Festival in CDMX in March 2026.
