Clean playing and acoustic guitars which also return on a later track starts off the album before going into more of a heavier and melodic direction while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. Vocals bring in a mixture of growls and black metal screams and when the music speeds up a decent amount of blast beats can be heard.
A couple of the tracks are also long and epic in length while the album also adds in a good mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts. Clear pagan vocals can also be heard at times along with the tremolo picking in the fast riffing also giving the music more of a raw feeling when it is utilized, keyboards are also used briefly and one track also adds in a small amount of female vocals.
Auka plays a style of pagan black metal t hat is very melodic, atmospheric, aggressive and traditional sounding. The production sounds very professional while the lyrics are a concept album based upon the history of the city Villarrica, Chile and the events surrounding the Mapuche territory during the process of Spanish conquest and Colonization.
In my opinion Auka are a very great sounding atmospheric and melodic pagan black metal band and if you are a fan of this musical genre, you should check out this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Hacia los rios de oro" "Cenizas de la Villa Rica" and "La ultima frontera". 8 out of 10.
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