Artist · chart history
Ill Nino
Band Union City United States Formed 1999 English/Spanish metalcore
Ill Nino formed in 1999 in Union City, United States. Ill Nino has 6 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations on RockLists, spanning 2001–2005. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “What Comes Around”, which appears on 3 lists with a best position of #14. The station that charted Ill Nino most often is WFNX (Boston, MA), with 2 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2002.
Ill Niño take their name from a bit of Spanglish wordplay, the "ill child", and their music is built on the same kind of collision: nu metal crunch and alternative metal bite fused with Latin metal fire. Drummer Dave Chavarri founded the band in Union City, New Jersey, and he is the one original member still in it.
Revolution Revolución, in 2001, was the introduction, and "What Comes Around" hits like a riot in a dance hall, all pounding percussion and snarling riffs. Confession followed in 2003 with "How Can I Live", a darker, more melodic grinder, and One Nation Underground in 2005 carried "What You Deserve".
Around Chavarri the cast has kept changing, with Cristian Machado, Ahrue Luster, Marc Rizzo, Lazaro Pina, Daniel Couto and Jardel Paisante among the names on the roster, and the band has kept going on Roadrunner and beyond, piling up seven studio albums, two EPs and a compilation.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Ill Nino on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What Comes Around | 3 | #14 | – | 2002 | |
| 2 | What You Deserve | 1 | #276 | – | 2005 | |
| 3 | How Can I Live | 2 | #79 | – | 2003 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 276 | What You Deserve | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 |
| 2003 | 97 | How Can I Live | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2003 |
| 2003 | 79 | How Can I Live | WCCC Top 106 Songs of 2003 |
| 2002 | 86 | What Comes Around | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2002 |
| 2002 | 14 | What Comes Around | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2002 |
| 2001 | 88 | What Comes Around | K-Rock Top 92.3 Songs of 2001 |
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