Artists: Volahn / Tukaaria
Album: Split
Label: Crepusculo Negro / Rhinocervs
Year: 2011
Country: USA
Genre: Black Metal
This is a split between two LA-based one man indigenous black metal entities. Volahn is a Mayan black metal band and leader of the Black Twilight Circle in LA. Tukaaria was a Yaqui black metal band, with sole member A. also being part of the Rhinocervs collective based out of LA.
Volahn starts the tape with a calm passage on a guitar, overlaid with synths and the sounds of waves and dogs barking in the distance, a kind of "calm before the storm" before unleashing into a ten minute fury aptly titled "Native Storm".
Tukaaria steals the show on this split in my opinion. Across three harrowing tracks, A. demonstrates the pain and suffering his Yaqui ancestors endured at the hands of Spanish colonizers. The intensity in the performance is unmatched by most with relentless blasting, feverishly tremolo picked assaults, and bass lines that slither around the guitars like an anaconda. This is also the only Tukaaria release with any lyrics printed. I highly suggest reading them along while listening.
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