Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force
by Tzompantli
- Type: Album
- Released: 17 May 2024
- Label: 20 Buck Spin
- Country: United States
- Length: 42:17
- Community rating: 3.67/5 from 5 ratings
Artists on this release: instruments
Album Notes & Community Reviews
A ritualistic, overwhelmingly heavy slab of death doom metal deeply intertwined with pre-Hispanic Indigenous American musical traditions and ancestral folklore. The California ensemble incorporates traditional percussive instruments and profound pagan themes into their impossibly slow, ominous riffing. It operates as an aggressive, deeply dark, and culturally reverent extreme metal experience.
Genres
Descriptors: ritualistic, mythology, folklore, monolithic, distorted, percussive, instrumental, metallic, droning
Tracklist
- Tetzahuitl (4:52)
- Tlayohualli (6:21)
- Tlaloc Icuic (4:12)
- Chichimecatl (4:52)
- Tetzaviztli (8:07)
- Otlica Mictlan (4:46)
- Icnocuicatl (9:03)
Credits
- Tzompantli - primary artist, songwriter [all songs written by], arranged by
- Adam Burke - artwork [cover art painting]
- Brian Ortiz - bass [bass performed by], instruments [folk instruments], percussion, lyrics by [all lyrics written by], performer [tzompantli tribe], rhythm guitar [rhythm guitars performed by], songwriter [all songs written by], arranged by, vocals [vocals performed by]
- Eric Delgado - bass [bass performed by], performer [tzompantli tribe]
- Alejandro Aranda - drums [drums performed by], instruments [folk instruments], percussion, performer [tzompantli tribe], vocals [vocals performed by]
- Jason Brunes - instruments [folk instruments], percussion, performer [tzompantli tribe], vocals [vocals performed by]
- Mateotl Gonzalez - instruments [folk instruments], percussion, performer [tzompantli tribe]
- Justin Ton - lead guitar [lead guitars performed by], performer [tzompantli tribe]