It marks a fearsome and spirited new vision for the Death Metal underground. 'Tlazcaltiliztli' is dedicated, and an offering, to the indigenous peoples, nations & tribes of the North, South, East & West of the American continents. On the ritualistic 'Eltequi' (to cut the chest open and extract the heart as an offering) the band's unification of native / folk instrumentation and heaviness becomes one in the same, opening vast new horizons for where this sound can go. 'Tlazcaltiliztli', a ritual ceremony that translates to 'nourishing the fire and sun with blood', is imbued with the spirit of Native inspiration that dwells deep within the heart and soul of the project and is skillfully weaved into a traditional bludgeoning framework of spine-severing savagery and melancholic anguish. Nearly three years after the band's self-released EP, Tzompantli's debut full length presents the first smoke-conjured specter to manifest materially. It consists of a very small slope at the bottom, a central band decorated with skulls running in three horizontal. The Tzompantli of Chichen Itza is a great rectangular platform of 60 meters (197 feet) ong by 12 meters (39 feet) wide. In total, over 500 bas-relief skulls have been found on the walls. In 2022, Tzompantli is a beyond crushing Death Doom war march built on a bedrock of Native / Indigenous themes, rituals and history, illuminating the splendor, brutality and despair within. On the sides you can find skull embossments. A Tzompantli, in bygone days, was a rack used to display human skulls, often of enemies or sacrifices, in several Mesoamerican civilizations.
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