Eltun - 1553

Artist: Eltun 

Album: 1553

 Label: Self-Released

Year: 2016 

Country: Chile 

Genre: Black Metal

Eltun are a pagan/black metal band from Santiago, Chile. The band take their name for the word "cemetery" in the Mapudungun, the indigenous language of the Mapuche people, native to the southern region of Chile. 1553 is their sophomore release. The EP is inspired by the first wave of the Arauco War, where the warriors Caupolicán and Lautaro led the Mapuche to victory against Spanish colonizer Pedro de Valdivia. Sonically, the band takes inspiration from Scandinavian bands, adapting the classic cold sounds of the north to the frigid winters of the Andes Mountains. Songs like "Bajan Con Antorchas" also incorporates the trompe, a traditional Mapuche jaw harp. This is music that is battle ready and aims for glory, with the band incapsulating the valiant spirit of their Mapuche ancestors and delivering power pagan black metal marching towards victory.

Download/Stream

Kalkumakuñ - Profundidad Abismal

Band: Kalkumakuñ

Album: Profundidad Abismal

Label: Self-Released

Year: 2016

Country: Chile

Genre: Black Thrash Metal

Kalkumakuñ are a black thrash metal band from Nueva Imperial, Chile. The is a recorded version of the band's debut demo, which was initially released in 2013. Along with the routine themes of evil and misanthropy that is to be expected with black metal, the band also write songs about the mythology of their Mapuche ancestors, who are a peoples indigenous to Chile, Peru, and Argentina. Across six tracks Kalkumakuñ lay putrid waste, conjuring malevolent spirits such as the Trekle-Wekufe with their fierce and wicked black thrash.

Download