#12: Muluc Pax
Definitely one of my top bands that play music revolving on Mesoamerican culture.
Background Info (Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives)
Country of origin: Mexico
Location: Mexico City
Status: Active
Formed in: 2002
Genre: Groove/Thrash Metal
Lyrical themes: Society, Inner struggles, Cultures and mythologies of pre-Hispanic Mexico
Current label: Unsigned/independent
Years active: 2002-present
Muluc Pax was one of the first groups I came across that employed instruments from Central America. Their playing style is ultra-heavy, incorporating elements from death metal, prog (math), hardcore (apart from those mentioned above), and in turn blending these with native percussions and aerophones — which I think are Mayan in provenance. The resulting music emits a very aggressive aura that has overtones of ominosity, particularly whenever the winds come up dissonantly in the songs.
Favorite Album:
- Suut Ki’in — the album has a “second part”, which contains instrumental tracks that extensively feature the ethnic instruments.
Favorite Songs:
- IK (Muluc Pax, 2005)
- Condemned (Suut Ki’in, 2012)
- Offering to the Sea (Suut Ki’in, 2012)
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