Ershetu (FRA) – Xibalba GREEN LP
€28.88
Black Metal
Evocative debut album “Xibalba” – which focuses upon Mayan folklore – uses an interpretation of ideas from sacred text the Popol Vuh, not as a historical or ethnological lesson, but to vividly transport listeners into a tumultuous ancient world where Life & Death were perpetually intertwined.
From an impeccable orchestral core swathed in folk instrumentation, the unmistakeable impassioned singing and entranced chanting of Lars Nedland (BORKNAGAR, SOLEFALD) soars skyward before cascading down into an arid undertow of textural Black Metal guitars performed by Vindsval (BLUT AUS NORD, FORHIST).
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Debemur Morti
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