hitting up some inspiration for my own album now in the works with this
This is just a monster slab of shredding, raw, complex, melodic, atmospheric, technical, destructive black metal and any other adjectives you could jam in there.
"Volahn returns with his second doctrine of native occult theology. Mayan calendar symbol for night entering dawn, Aq'ab'al symbolizes the earthly dark spaces & those within our own consciousness. The Maya value these places as both of spiritual and physical wealth. Aq'ab'al is the regernerating power of the still & the dark - the place of rebirth & transformation - as in "Be Still & Know that I am God". A black twilight journey to a sound portal opening towads the dawn of Mayan Gods and the jaguar warrior kings who sustained their will. Aq'ab'al proclaims the spirit of indigenous ritual through six tracks of cosmic black metal coming to an hour long. Recorded at black twilight studio mixed & mastered by Arthur Rizk at Solomon's Gate. Aq'ab'al captures a professional recording immersed in metaphysical esoteric hysteria."
Awesome black metal, awesome concepts, badass interludes and inspiring music of a time way back when. Easily one of the best of 2015 and possibly my favorite Crepusculo Negro release.
I'm gonna rip this off so hard.