#43: Amocualli
With their grinding and ominous dissonant style, Amocualli is proof of Central America’s extensiveness and progress in terms of folk metal.
Background Info (Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives):
Country of origin: Mexico
Location: Tuxpan, Jalisco (early); Guadalajara, Jalisco (later)
Status: Active
Formed in: 2005
Genre: Black/Folk Metal (early); Melodic Death/Folk Metal (later)
Lyrical themes: Pre-Hispanic traditions, Legends, History, Folklore
Current label: E.A.N.M.
Years active: 2005–2017, 2018-present
Amocualli’s sound is a little bit hard to digest at first; the dissonance from the combination of the metal riffs and the indigenous flutes/whistles is something that is quite unorthodox. Nevertheless, the power and aggression of black metal is there, melded with the hair-raising eeriness of the flutes, rattles, and percs.
Favorite Albums:
- Xiuhcoatl (2016)
Favorite Songs:
- Ña Tzantii Yoo Nchii (Tlayoualotl, 2016)
- Chalchiumeztli (Nu Kontavi Ña Tzi, 2016)
- Xipetotec (Xiuhcoatl)
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