Auka Runa & Flight Condor

Just briefly, Auka Runa (of Chile) and Flight Condor (of Colombia) are two prehispanic Metal bands that have taken my interest of late.

Neither appear to have any official releases as of yet (but you can find one song of Auka Runa on the second compilation on the prehispanic BM post), thus don't appear on Metal-Archives.com and there is little information about either band, but I am eagerly keeping an eye on their movements.

Ch'aska - Promo 2003 & 2007, Pururauca

So now let's take break from the USA (Imperialism, ain't that a B).

So Ch'aska are a Peruvian Metal band, related to Folk Metal and the prehispanic (Black) Metal genre. This of course relates to one, the use of "folk" instruments, and for the latter genre, references to indigenous peoples and culture (and unavoidably, colonisation) of Peru.

“Ch’aska” is a Quechua word that was used by the INCAS to mention the most shining star in the skies. This word is especially familiar with the planet VENUS.
*Quechua: Ancestral language of the Incas still spoken in the Andean regions of Peru and other countries of South America.

- Quote Metal-Archives ("Ch'aska")

Usually, as far as music goes, this isn't usually my cup of tea. There's certainly a mix of genres with this band, especially with the full-length. And of course it's the traditional instruments that give them their particular character. I especially enjoy the use of the flute/woodwind, just like with the band Guahaihoque.

Honestly, this is probably one of the more poppy Metal bands I listen to, but listening to such bands definitely have opened me up more to different sounds in Metal, like clean vocals, and certain types of melodic riffs.

This might be a bit strange for some people, but I enjoy it, and I recommend for anyone who likes Folk (or prehispanic) Metal, or either non-Western metal and Metal related to indigenous culture/peoples/struggles.

Ch'aska Myspace Page

Album Name: Promo cd 2003
Band: Ch'aska
Genre: Folk Metal
Year: 2003
Country: Perú
Track Listing:

1.	Sweet lover	05:40
2.	Imperio caído	05:36
Total playing time		11:16

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Album Name: Promo 2007
Band: Ch'aska
Genre: Folk Metal
Year: 2007
Country: Perú
Track Listing:

1.	Bicolour Cannibalism	04:29
2.	Tutachaska	04:59
Total playing time		09:28

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( Courtesy of the LordDarknessword Blog)

Album Name: Pururauca
Band: Ch'aska
Genre: Folk Metal
Year: 2009
Country: Perú
Track Listing:

1.	Bicolour Cannibalism	04:12
2.	A Flower Brought Me Down	08:24
3.	Nightcalls	06:46
4.	Nymph of the Lake	06:42
5.	Achuma	05:12
6.	Pictures	06:35
7.	Tuta Ch'aska	04:58
8.	Silent Notes of Agony	05:43
9.	Katari	03:16
10.	Pururauca	14:45
Total playing time		01:06:33

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Wolves in the Throne Room - Discography

Of course, Wolves in the Throne Room. Nothin' new. But a classic, and now you can't tell me I haven't mentioned them etc.

Someone once called them the Rancid (you know, the pop-punk band) of the Cascadian BM scene.

It's true, but they definitely were one of the first of such bands I listened to, and I do think some of their stuff is pretty cool.

So I heard about this band years ago. Didn't get into them for a long time though. And they are really popular and famous. It's like, hipsters listen to Darkthrone when it comes to trve BM, and similarly Wolves in the Throne Room with Cascadian BM.

When it comes down to it though, they are a talented band, a pioneer, nice people (at least when I met them), and have some solid lyrical content. For those unaware of the (underground?) Cascadian BM scene, WTTR represent a different thread of BM that is very ecologically aware, and just generally not excessively politically questionable.

The band's ideology is quite different from many black metal bands. In interviews they've expressed respect for left-wing politics, radical environmentalism and ecofeminism.

- Quote Metal-Archives.com ("Wolves in the Throne Room")


I used to be a really big fan of their earlier stuff when I first got into them, even the song Black Tea, maybe it's because I used to listen to alot of punk/hardcore/crust/etc. Nowadays, I'm more a fan of their later stuff, especially Malevolent Grain. I find such music is much darker in sound, and not quite as overly ambient as the previous albums.

If you're all too familiar with Cascadian BM, you will already have all of this. If not, welcome to where most people start off.

Recommended classics.


WTTR Official Myspace Page
Official Website

Album Name: Wolves in the Throne Room
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2004
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Wolves in the Throne Room	07:27
2.	(Hands Pull You Through Purple) Black Tea	09:34
3.	If This Dark Age Conquers, We Will Leave This Echo	13:18
4.	Womb of Fire	11:39
Total playing time		41:58

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Album Name: 2005 Demo
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2005
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Queen of the Borrowed Light	13:15
2.	Daggers of Amethyst Crystal	12:24
3.	(A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of Twelve Stars	25:55
Total playing time		51:34

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Album Name: Diadem of 12 Stars
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2006
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Queen of the Borrowed Light	12:58
2.	Face in a Night Time Mirror: Part 1	13:21
3.	Face in a Night Time Mirror: Part 2	13:58
4.	(A Shimmering Radiance) Diadem of 12 Stars	20:22
Total playing time		01:00:39

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Album Name: Two Hunters
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2007
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Dea Artio	05:58
2.	Vastness and Sorrow	12:12
3.	Cleansing	09:55
4.	I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots	18:16
Total playing time		46:21

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Album Name: Live at Roadburn 2008 (Audio version)
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2008
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Vastness & Sorrow	10:30
2.	Face in a Night Time Mirror Pt1	15:58
3.	Cleansing	10:25
4.	I Will Lay Down My Bones Among The Rocks and Roots	20:40
Total playing time		57:40

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Album Name: Malevolent Grain
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2009
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	A Looming Resonance	13:01
2.	Hate Crystal	10:38
Total playing time		23:39

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 Album Name: Black Cascade
Band: Wolves in the Throne Room
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2009
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog	10:33
2.	Ahrimanic Trance	14:05
3.	Ex Cathedra	10:58
4.	Crystal Ammunition	14:20
Total playing time		49:16

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Fauna - Rain & The Hunt

Fauna. The one of the bands that apparently influenced Wolves in the Throne Room. Another Cascadian BM band, specifically Olympia.

In a nutshell, completely amazing. Though it's difficult for me to get into songs that are so very long, with patience, I got into it. But generally, I'm not huge into songs much longer than 20min. Deep ecological undertones.

Brilliant, but not for the faint of heart.

A reclusive American dark ambient/black metal band. They released two demos titled Rain and The Hunt in 2007, each composed of a single song of over an hour in length. Rain was released on Aurora Borealis in 2008; a release of The Hunt followed in late 2009 with live drums replacing the drum machine of the original. Three additional suites have been conceived but have yet to be recorded officially, although a live recording of the third suite, Avifauna, has surfaced on the Internet under the title “Feathainne”. Band members also appear in Echtra, Threnos, Fearthainne, and Alethes.

- quote Last.fm (Fauna)

 

Fauna Homepage
Aurora Borealis artist page

FAUNA
'Rain' CD

Absolutley amazing self released CD from the ultra obscure FAUNA. Based in the temperate rainforest region of the Pacific Northwest, FAUNA are a strongly eco-centric band working in the black metal genre. 'Rain' consists of one epic track lasting over an hour. Beginning with a field recording of rain in a forest, the piece thereafter becomes an acoustic journey, sung vocals complete this section before a raw black metal surge of power and pummel. Really impressed by these guys. Its very honest, very organic, in some ways this has a hardcore vibe, like early Neurosis or something, though its more the spirit than anything. Its certainly not like any of the more commercial strands of black metal, but neither is it teenage faux satanic basement necro. The packaging is silkscreened black on black paper and the whole package is very organic feeling. Total recommendation here

- quote from here.

Album Name: Rain
Band: Fauna
Genre: Ambient Black Metal
Year: 2006
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Rain
Total playing time		01:03:18

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FAUNA
'The Hunt' CD
Absolutley amazing self released CD from the ultra obscure FAUNA. Based in the temperate rainforest region of the Pacific Northwest, FAUNA are a strongly eco-centric band working in the black metal genre. Described as 'A Mythic Journey in Seven Parts', this is the band's second CD of earth oriented forest metal. The story is of the hunger that leads to the quest to kill for food, the tracking, the stalking and the reverence for the prey. Excellent stuff, perhaps harsher overall then 'Rain', though still with incredible dynamic power as the story unfolds. The packaging is silkscreened black on black paper and the whole package is very organic feeling. Once again, highest recommendation here.

 - quote from here.

Album Name: The Hunt
Band: Fauna
Genre: Ambient Black Metal
Year: 2007
Country:
Track Listing:

The re-released version is sequenced as seven tracks with the following titles and running times: 1. The Door 05:43 2. Hunger 08:33 3. Setting Out 11:23 4. The Scent 17:32 5. Nocturne 04:45 6. Tracking 09:07 7. The Kill... Fulfillment 14:44 - quote Metal-Archives.com ("Fauna - The Hunt")

1. The Hunt Total playing time 01:19:57

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Peregrine (+ Auryn) - The Agrarian Curse & Green Scare Benefit Split

So Leech are one of the few outright "primitivist" BM bands around, so I thought, though not one of the early Cascadian BM bands (as is the trend I'm going on in this blog at the moment), I would present another primmie BM band, Peregrine.

Black and green metal from the Allegheny-Monogahela bioregion of Pennsylvania.
Anti-racist, anti-homophobic, anti-nationalist, anti-sexist, and anti-civilization. Pro-wildness, pro-collapse.
IF YOU ARE RACIST, HOMOPHOBIC, CHRISTIAN, MISOGYNIST, STATIST DOUCHE BAG AND/OR BAND, DO NOT CONTACT US, DO NOT FRIEND REQUEST US, AND DEFINITELY DO NOT ASK US TO HELP YOU WITH SHOWS. JUST FUCK OFF.
Peregrine is an anarcho-primitivist/savagist death metal band based out of southwestern PA. It was started at the end of 2006 by KT in Athens, GA as a release for overt anger against the world that domestication and civilization have created. Fueled by a love of wildness and solidarity with the lives of those directly confronted by the cannibalistic cycles of necessary growth of civilization. The purpose has been simple; spreading the directed hatred of civilization as a critique rather than a collection of misanthropic notions and undermining the domesticating process that is constantly reinforced in our lives.
     The music is the result of a sense of urgency and rage combined through the most appropriate forms: blackened death metal infused with elements of hardcore and crust.
    As of November 2008, KT moved back up to Pennsylvania and has re-established the band there with Jordan Villella on drums (Mammoth Bath, ex-Zimmerman's Note, ex-Circle of Dead Children), Jared Ondovchik (ex-Auryn) and Steve Kirk on guitar. The change up has brought in vigorous new blood and an entirely anarchist line up.
    We hate writing bios, hate civilization, love wildness, and stip the fuck out of whatever we can.
The word 'Peregrine' means wanderer, which, given our history/future as nomadic gatherer-hunter bands, is fitting enough. Bu the name comes after the Peregrine falcon. The fastest bird in the world, swooping at speeds over 200 miles per hour, is also one of the most widespread birds in the world. It inhabits every continent except Antarctica. And it was almost completely wiped out by DDT. Powerful. Amazing. Resilient. WILD.

- From their Myspace Page

And...

Peregrine's frontman, Kevin Tucker, is an anarcho-primitivist writer and speaker. He is the editor of the magazine, Species Traitor, and together with John Zerzan he has engaged on multiple speaking tours about civilization and primitivism.

- From Metal-Archives.com ("Peregrine")

Peregrine isn't really a Cascadian BM band, musically speaking, not to mention geographically (residing in Georgia and Pennsylvania apparently). Most say they are more similar to some sort of Death Metal (and grind), with differing degrees of BM influence. Not usually my cup of tea, but interesting nonetheless.
 
Buy it if you dig it.

Peregrine Official Myspace Page

Album Name: The Agrarian Curse
Band: Peregrine
Genre: Black/Death Metal
Year: 2008
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Intro	02:32
2.	Anatomy of the Machine	04:35
3.	Empires' Playground	03:30
4.	Starvations' Servants	02:46
5.	Blood Over Borders	03:26
6.	The Domesticators' Hand	01:22
7.	Thirteen Days	03:42
8.	When the Lights Go Out	03:53
9.	Amor Fati	04:31
Total playing time		30:17

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Album Name: Green Scare Benefit Split
Band: Peregrine/Auryn
Genre: Black, Death Metal/Hardcore
Year: 2009
Country:
Track Listing:

Peregrine 1. Reduced To Ashes 05:31 2. The Sacred Game Defiled 04:14 3. The Final Act 04:57 Auryn 4. Titan's Eyes 5. Silphion's Spell 6. Like Roaches 7. Untamed Sun DOWNLOAD

Leech (+ The Funeral Pyre & Thou) - Discography

And now let's look at some of the more famous (well, some more than others), early Cascadian BM bands.

First, I want to present the "heathen primitivists", Leech from Oregon.

To discover the politics of this band, you need not go far. The release, Against Leviathan!, is a great example.

Against His-Story, Against Leviathan! is a 1983 book by Fredy Perlman, for which he is best known. It is a personal critical perspective on contemporary civilization and society. The work defined anarcho-primitivism for the first time, and was a major source of inspiration for anti-civilization perspectives in contemporary anarchism, most notably on the thought of philosopher John Zerzan.

- From Wikipedia.


And....

The packaging is a 12-page zine
detailing the band's anarcho-primitivist sentiments, with the booklet
essentially serving as a primer.

-  From Metal-Archives.com (article - "Leech - Against Leviathan!")






Musically speaking, Leech adhere to a more traditional lo-fi sound. So they deviate a bit from your standard Cascadian BM, not so atmospheric, different sound of production. At the same time however, their sound differs greatly from release to release. The comment that appears to be repeated in this vein, is that from release to release, due to the differences in sound, it almost sounds like a different band.  I am not a huge listener of them, but I certainly did enjoy their last release, the split with Thou. Certainly this post will get me listening to them more.

Can't find a myspace (or official website) for these guys. Guess they don't like technology ;)

Album Name: Ten Black Hymns
Band: Leech
Genre: Blackened Folk/Doom Metal
Year: 2005
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Hymn 1	02:58
2.	Hymn 2	03:19
3.	Hymn 3	03:38
4.	Hymn 4	02:42
5.	Hymn 5	06:09
6.	Hymn 6 (Instrumental)	02:24
7.	Hymn 7	02:24
8.	Hymn 8	06:05
9.	Hymn 9	05:12
10.	Hymn 10 (Instrumental)	02:42
Total playing time		37:46

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Album Name: Ten Black Hymns
Band: The Funeral Pyre/Leech
Genre: Melodic Death, Black Metal/Blackened Folk,Doom Metal
Year: 2006
Country:
Track Listing:

The Funeral Pyre
1.	The Last Breath of Man	07:42
Leech
2.	The Greatest Burden	03:24
3.	On the Eve of Battle	03:54
Total playing time		15:36

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Album Name: Against Leviathan!
Band: Leech
Genre: Blackened Folk/Doom Metal
Year: 2005
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	At Once, Our Home Was Overcome By a Roar Which Tore Through Our Hearts, Silencing the Wind and the Quiet Songs of the Birds; We Realised What We Had Lost, and Began to Call to Her.	11:40
2.	Chained to the Ghost of a Lie, We Blindly Stumble Toward Our Death, Stopping Occasionally to Kick (But Never Question) the Rotted Carcass At Our Feet Which Slows Our Pace.	09:29
3.	True History of Mankind (Live)	06:17
4.	A Long Forgotten Path (Live)	06:04
5.	I Saw a Hole in the Man, Deep Like a Hunger He Will Never Fill...	02:21
Total playing time		35:51

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Album Name: Ten Black Hymns
Band: Thou/Leech
Genre: Sludge, Drone, Doom Metal/Blackened Folk, Doom Metal
Year: 2008
Country:
Track Listing:

Thou
1.	Unmasked	02:03
2.	Here I Stand Head in Hand	08:03
3.	Rats and Mice and Swarms of Lice	06:07
4.	The Defeatist's Lament	02:52
Leech
5.	Untitled	20:43
Total playing time		39:45

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Unfortunately, couldn't find this demo, but it appears that stuff appears on other releases mostly.

Petrychor - Dryad EP

And from California, Petrychor.

So what's in a name?

Petrichor (pronounced /ˈpɛtrɨkər/; from Greek petros "stone" + ichor the fluid that flows in the veins of the gods in Greek mythology) is the name of the scent of rain on dry earth.

The term was coined in 1964 by two Australian researchers, Bear and Thomas, for an article in the journal Nature. In the article, the authors describe how the smell derives from an oil exuded by certain plants during dry periods, whereupon it is absorbed by clay-based soils and rocks. During rain, the oil is released into the air along with another compound, geosmin, producing the distinctive scent. In a follow-up paper, Bear and Thomas (1965) showed that the oil retards seed germination and early plant growth.

- From Wikipedia.

"The diverse nature of the host materials has led us to propose the name 'petrichor' for this apparently unique odor which can be regarded as an 'ichor' or 'tenuous essence' derived from rock or stone (hence the petr...)."

- Quoted from book, from this webpage.


Petrychor is an amazing, and most definitely promising project. I originally had alot more to say, but alas I lost the post I nearly posted yesterday. This is but a shadow of the detail I went into.

So from artwork and from the name at least, a strong appreciation of nature would be an understatement. This is universally categorised as Cascadian BM. But the music is something that has really stood out to alot of people. The lack of a physical release of their debut EP, it being electronically released online only, thas made it inelligle for a metal-archives profile. But people really have raved about this band. Some have said it's renewed their interest in BM, it's something interesting, something new.

They're an absolute standout, and at the very least, it's one of the best USBM projects and releases of 2010.

The music composed here manifests in an incredible mix of ambient/atmospheric, BM, but possibly most interestingly, folk, reminiscent to some degree for me at least, of Panopticon, such as in Collapse. But in a very different way, and very much their own.

I should give credit that I first discovered this band from the RABM blog, but saw it worthy of repeating. Unfortunately there is not alot of information around about this group.

I put this release up there with the releases that have really entralled me the most, amongst Altar of Plagues' White Tomb, and the recent Fell Voices/Ash Borer split. And I look for to future releases, especially the apparent up coming full-length.

I highly reccommend.

Official Website (you can download Dryad EP for free here)
Petrychor Myspace Page

Album Name: Dryad
Band: Petrychor
Genre: Folk/Ambient/Atmospheric/Black Metal
Year: 2010
Country:
Track Listing:

1.	Dryad (I Make My Home)	10:55
2.	Gamma Leonis	08:09
3.	...of Salt and Sky	04:08

             Total playing time  23:12


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Yaotl Mictlan - Guerreros De La Tierra De Los Muertos & Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac

Yaotl Mictlan (meaning “warriors from the land of the dead” in the Mexican language Nahuatl) is is one of the most famous prehispanic BM bands, and most certainly is the most acclaimed.

From the Boston Phoenix:

... with an aesthetic that merges brutal death metal, Mayan imagery, and an over-the-top stage show, they have concocted an angry brew of metallic cultural warfare. In a conservative place like Salt Lake City it makes the band’s heads-on-sticks live savagery all the more righteous and dangerous.

And from their record label (Candlelight Records) website:

They’re lyrics talk about their belief that after christians colonized Mexico their people lost their identity and succumbed to a colonized way of life. Their lyrics are inspired by the unfortunate way in which at the present time their people live in extreme self hatred. Ultimately they would like to see the end of the colonized way of thinking and for their people to embrace their roots.

Quite honestly, I agree. I think Yaotl Mictlan is undoubtedly one of the best prehispanic BM bands around. Though one review of their releases I had read does make a good point that perhaps they do not use the element of their Indigenous sound as much as they could/should, which is of course their drawcard and strength, they are one not to miss.

I quite enjoyed their first full length, but as it turns out, I actually enjoy more their latest full length. The last two songs especially I find amazing. And the last song in particular. It's about nature, or there lack of.

Solid politics, sold music.

Yaotl Mictlan Myspace Page

Album Name: Guerreros De La Tierra De Los Muertos
Band: Yaotl Mictlan
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2006
Country: (now USA)
Track Listing:

1.	Espejo Que Humea	02:43
2.	El Gran Sacrificio De Quetzalcoalt	05:23
3.	Aztlan	05:01
4.	A Batalla Vamos	05:55
5.	Códices	03:36
6.	Resistencia Itzae	05:54
7.	Sexto Sol Aún Naciendo	08:58
8.	Sangre De Vida	03:07
9.	Guerra Indígena	04:58
10.	Fuego Rebelde	05:26
11.	Anenécuilco: Semillas De Rebelion	03:51
12.	Nuevo Sol De Teotihuacan	10:10
13.	Caída Del Aguíla	05:30
Total playing time		01:10:31

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Album Name: Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac
Band: Yaotl Mictlan
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2010
Country: (now USA)
Track Listing:

1.	Dentro del Manto Gris de Chaac	07:21
2.	Garra de Jaguar (Ocho Venado)	06:16
3.	Cihuacoatl (La Llorona)	06:20
4.	Hun Hunapu	04:55
5.	Gemelos Heroes	04:32
6.	Noche Triunfadora	06:08
7.	Huelitiyotl Mexica	07:33
8.	Nada Verde Creece Aqui	06:21
Total playing time		49:26

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Prehispanic Black Metal (+ Compilations)

Translated from the Prehispanic Metal | Folk Metal Latinoamericano group from last.fm:

It's a genre inspired by the vast cultural wealth
Whose desire is to rescue Latin America throughlyrical, most of the time, are engagedancestors and the use of instruments of eachcountry, hopeful that American societylisten to this music and integrates a bit more toancient cultures of America. Also leada metal identity in Latin America.

Prehispanic Black Metal is a relatively unknown genre, but is slowing gaining recognition.

Looking at the name etymologically, it is derived of music inspired by indigenous culture predating the colonisation of the Spanish. This is then obviously strongly linked to music from Latin America (if not exclusive to, at least at this point), including countries colonised by other imperialist powers (such as Brazil with the Portuguese). This music takes inspiration and pride in both their culture (stories, traditions, etc) and music (indigenous instruments, singing/chanting etc). Not to mention their connection to the Earth. And this manifests itself as the sounds of animals and nature - or it's destruction.

This is evidently related to Folk music, though very much with it's own character - without getting into the many complex particularities, their specific relationship to colonisation and continued oppression marks a very distinctive difference here.

And because of this, I think it is difficult to categorise certain bands that imitate this music, yet do not share this history, this culture, this ancestry. For example, there is one such Russian band. I have not much listened to that band, but a Russian band imitating all this strikes me as strange, if not problematic, to say the least.

And of course, add all this to Black Metal. Though some bands may simply be different variations of Metal, the strongest tendency is variations of Black Metal.

And here are some compilations related to thus:

Compilation:

Metal Nativo Latinoamericano

01 - Aztra - Alturas (Ecuador)
02 - Ek – Hijos del sol (México)
03 - Guahahihoque – Along a Path (Colombia)
04 - Ch'aska – Imperio Caído (Perú)
05 - Yaotl Mictlán – Resistencia Itzae (México)
06 - Yanaconas – Tupac Amaru (Argentina)
07 - Folkheim – 1781 (Chile)
08 - Wangelen – Bajo Hualles y Canelos (Chile)
09 - Kukulcán – Señor de la guerra Huitzilopochtli (México)
10 - Kranium – Reencarnación (Perú)
11 - Paghania – Santuario del Puma (Chile)
12 - Chaquen – Donde los ángeles caminan (Colombia)
13 - Balam Akab – La última batalla (México)
14 - Yana Raymi – Magia Oscura (Perú)
15 - Mictlán – Ce Miquiztli (México)
16 - Diadema Tristis – Myth from the Ruins (Argentina)

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Metal Nativo Latinoamericano II

01 - Datura - Datura (Colombia)
02 - Muluc Pax - Akbal Lugar de Oscuridad (México)
03 - Toccata Magna - Incognite Soul (Brasil)
04 - Arraigo - Zamba para los Huérfanos (Argentina)
05 - Ai apaec Peru Salvaje- Marcha Inca (Perú)
06 - Anerhoth - Hordejaylli (Colombia)
07 - Tierramystica - Spiritual Song (Brasil)
08 - Auka Runa - Indian Land Brave (Chile)
09 - Khondor - Andean Metal Prevails (Colombia)
10 - Xipe Totec - Eztliquiahutl (México)
11 - Corubo - Nhanderu Hasy Katu (Brasil)
12 - Son Iok - Mexicca (México)
13 - Vento Negro - Centrodonte Triunfo Austral (Brasil)
14 - Hun Camé - Teponaztli (México)

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More prehispanic BM to come!

Ash Borer - Tour rehearsal demo

So here also is the Ash Borer Tour demo. I couldn't find the album artwork unfortunately.

Also, I am starting to wonder when Fell Voices and Ash Borer are gonna start naming their songs. They have alot of untitled songs...

Album Name: Tour Rehearsal Demo
Band: Ash Borer
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2010
Country: USA
Track Listing:

1. Untitled 07:42 2. Untitled 10:11 Total playing time 17:53 DOWNLOAD

Fell Voices - 2010 Tour CD-R

So here is the Fell Voices 2010 Tour CD-R from their US tour with Ash Borer (their tour CD-R posted after this). I waited until I had a proper listen to both these releases before posting them. Indeed, this is just a demo for their upcoming releases (well, at least that is apparently the case for Fell Voices). And for me, that is a relief. I can't say I though that much of either of them, especially after listening to the amazing split they produced before this. Hopefully the upcoming releases will build up on this, but on their own, I don't see this much more than a rough update on the current progress of both bands.

Artist: 2010 Tour CD-R
Album: Fell Voices
Genre: Drone/Ambient Black Metal
Year: 2010
Origin: USA
Track Listing:

1.	Untitled	22:05
2.	Untitled	19:06
Total playing time		41:11

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Altar of Plagues - Discography

And here we are, with one of these Cascadian-inspired/influenced BM. Altar of Plagues from Ireland blew me away when I was first exposed to them through listening to the full length White Tomb. The uplifting power I felt/feel from that release is indescribable.

Altar of Plagues apparently claim not to be a political band, however, even if they are not trying to propagandist in the nature of their subject matter, what they describe (passively?) is.

Oppression, Urbanism, Ecology, Conservation

(quoted from metal-archives.com) ... what more can I say.

Their earlier demo and EPs definitely showed their potential, building up slowly through each release. Really exploring and demonstrating their ambient/atmospheric BM niche. White Tomb made it official. Then the latest EP, Tides, tries to stick with what they did on White Tomb, and does tries to explore a new direction a little. However, it didn't quite reach the same plateau. Let's wait for their next full length and see where they will go next. It's hard to match White Tomb, and that release alone puts them amongst the best BM bands around for me personally.

And of course, it's always good to support an artist and buy their stuff if you really dig it:

Altar of Plagues Myspace Page

Album Name: First Plague (Demo)
Band: Altar of Plagues
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2006
Country: Ireland
Track Listing:

1.	0	01:28
2.	Questions Of Peril	06:08
3.	Hypnotic Soundscapes	06:26
4.	Towards A Higher State Of Being	06:34
5.	This Void	06:28
6.	00	01:15
Total playing time		28:23

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Album Name: Through the Cracks of The Earth
Band: Altar of Plagues
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2007
Country: Ireland
Track Listing:

1.	Ascending	01:11
2.	I Am the Offering	06:13
3.	Cast to the Seas	03:42
4.	Promise and Purpose	07:57
5.	Skies Apart	08:30
Total playing time		27:33

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Album Name: Sol
Band: Altar of Plagues
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2008
Country: Ireland
Track Listing:

1.	Intro	01:51
2.	The Titan Skies	05:43
3.	Twisted Structures Against The Sun	11:43
4.	With Fire In Our Veins We Drown In Light	14:16
Total playing time		33:34

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Album Name: White Tomb
Band: Altar of Plagues
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2009
Country: Ireland
Track Listing:

1.	Earth: As a Womb	12:03
2.	Earth: As a Furnace	15:00
3.	Through the Collapse: Watchers Restrained	09:48
4.	Through the Collapse: Gentian Truth	13:10
Total playing time		49:59

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Album Name: Tides
Band: Altar of Plagues
Genre: Black Metal
Year: 2010
Country: Ireland
Track Listing:

1.	Atlantic Light	15:45
2.	The Weight of All	19:45
Total playing time		36:30

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