Ah Dzam Poop Ek

This has to be one of the greatest releases to come out of Mexico, since the Mexicans released the "tamale" unto us all. This release manages to blend a stable amount of folk music with some very enjoyable "destructive" black metal. "Ah Dzam Poop Ek" opens with a nice black metal assault in "Furor Antiquus", in which you pretty much get a taste of what the rest of the album will sound like (black metal wise), just add "war drums" and other folk instruments to some of them. Ok, to say that the rest of the album sounds exactly like the opening track, is a bit incorrect, because it doesn't come off as repetitive an any way. The lyrics are in English and also in Latin (I think).


Xibalba do a very good job on this album, and the year in which it was released is a plus, (offering something different then those "frost-bitten kingdoms"). If you are interested in some "raw sounding" folkish metal that doesn't have themes about trolls, Vikings, or any other European or Eurasian mythology, and instead is on the topic of Native American mythology / history, and you want some actual black metal with your folk, then this is definitely worth checking out. It's just one of those solid black metal releases.