Ahpuch Oztoc - Nemiliztli In Coatl

Arist: Ahpuch Oztoc

Album - Nemiliztli In Coatl

Label: Eternal Producciones XOCOC

Year: 2006

Country: Mexico

Genre: Black Metal

Ahpuch Oztoc are black metal band from Culiacán, Sinaloa. Their name roughly translate to "In the cave of Ah Puch", Ah Puch being one of the Mayan death gods found in Xibalba. The album title translates roughly to "The Way Of The Serpent" in Nahuatl and all the band's lyrics are also written in Nahuatl. In addition to pre-hispanic themes and a veneration for their ancestors, the band also fits under the banner of RABM, with lyrics in support for the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Musically, this is old school black metal filled with ice cold, hateful riffing that will make you want to behead capitalists with a macuahuitl. 

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Kaanek - Tucur

Artist: Kaanek
Album: Tucur
Label: Self-Released
Year: 2017
Country: Guatemala
Genre: Black Metal

Kaanek are a raw black metal band from Sololá, Guatemala. The band makes raw black metal inspired by the traditions and oral history of their Kiche Mayan ancestors. Tucur is the Kiche translation for owls, which are symbols of death and the night. Kaanek display their power with two triumphant tracks, with melodic mid-tempo riffing reminiscent of early Greek black metal. In addition to the indigenous themes, the band links to a handbook on how to fight fascism on their bandcamp page. We need more openly indigenous and anti-fascist black metal worldwide!

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Tiyug - Hymns To Anhangá

Artist: Tiyug

Album: Hymns To Anhangá

Label: Self-Released

Year: 2017

Country: Brazil

Genre: Black Metal

Tiyug is a one man atmospheric black metal from Vitoria De Conquista, Brazil. The band's name is "rotten liquid" in Tupi Guarani. This is the band's second record, with lyrical themes centered around Anhangá, a spirit in Tupi mythology that is a protector of animals. Tiyug's brand of black metal sounds really celestial and gorgeous, despite the obvious DSBM influence in the guitar leads. Each song sounds like a journey floating through a spirit forest. 

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Yaotl Mictlan - Guerreros De La Tierra De Los Muertos

Artist: Yaotl Mictlan

Album: Guerreros De La Tierra De Los Muertos

Label: American Line Productions
Year: 2006
Country: Mexico
Genre: Black Metal

Yaotl Mictlan are a black metal band originally from Mexico, but now based out of Salt Lake City, Utah. The band's name roughly translates to "warriors from the land of the dead" in English, which is also. Guerreros De La Tierra De Los Muertos mtheir debut album, a Spanish translation of the same phrase. Throughout the hour long listen, Yaotl Mictlan conjure fierce black metal that invokes the fires of Mictlan, the Aztec underworld. The band writes war hymns dedicated to indigenous history and liberation.

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