Rata Blanca (white rat) is an Argentine heavy metal band, formed in the area of Bajo Flores (Buenos Aires) in 1985. It is considered one of the most important and influential of hard rock and heavy metal in Spanish, although during its race have also incorporated Power metal and neoclassical metal, combining heavy riffs with melodic and harmonic structures of classical music. Over the years they have been classified in different subgenres, however the band is considered simply "metallic rock".
