TZOMPANTLI - Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force (Full Album) 20 Buck Spin

TZOMPANTLI
'Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force'
LP / CD / TAPE / DIGITAL
Released May 17th, 2024
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1. Tetzahuitl (0:00)
2. Tlayohualli (4:52)
3. Tlaloc Icuic (11:14)
4. Chichimecatl (15:26)
5. Tetzaviztli (20:19)
6. Otlica Mictlan (28:27)
7. Icnocuicatl (33:14)
With first album ’Tlazcaltiliztli’, Tzompantli called forth a penetrating strike of Death and Doom Metal like a poisoned arrow through the heart. The band’s foundation in Indigenous / Native rituals, history and lore, and merging of traditional instruments into their sound made for one of 2022’s most uniquely voiced metal records.
Now Tzompantli have again been summoned from the smoke of the ancient fires with a new offering at the altar of human sacrifice, ‘Beating the Drums of Ancestral Force’. Fearsomely brutal marches of war-like, percussive Death Metal are contrasted with melancholy passages of longing spirit and entrancing ceremonial invocations to the ancestors. The Tzompantli tribe has greatly expanded on this second album with 10+ musicians enlisted in the conjuring of wrathful deities and collection of invader skulls.
There has been no shortage of fantastic Death/Doom records in recent years and Tzompantli’s latest entry in the genre’s pantheon demonstrates its continued expansion into wider musical and thematic arenas. The anguished fortitude at the heart of ‘Beating The Drums of Ancestral Force’ exalts in the blood and ash of empire and would be conquerors, a fiery lamentation to centuries of erasure.
Tzompantli Tribe:
Brian “Itztlakamayeh” Ortiz - Vocals, Rhythm & Lead Guitars, Bass, Folks Instruments & Percussion
Manzig “Yohualli” Sanchez - Lead Guitars
Eric Delgado - Bass
Mateotl Boughton - Lead Guitars
Jason “Katulu” Brunes - Vocals, Folks Instruments & Percussion
Erol Ulug - Vocals, Lead Guitars
Alejandro Aranda - Vocals, Drums, Folks Instruments & Percussion
Justin Moore - Vocals
Lord Foul - Vocals
Mateotl Gonzalez - Folks Instruments & Percussion
Justin Ton - Lead Guitars
Recorded, produced, mixed & master by Erol Ulug at Bright Light StudiosCover by Adam BurkeAlbum layout by Chimere Noire
Photography by Luckee Ngin

[@unparked_neck]

19:55 when I have a landslide victory in a competitive game

[@JeneralDethray]

It's like Nile for Mexico

[@cikarda]

Solid, can't wait for my pre-ordered copy so that all of my neighbours can hear it too

[@Thresholds]

I cannot prove this, but I think the Aztecs would have approved.

[@PlanetWiper]

The death whistle in the beginning was sick.

[@mapean1332]

Tlaloc icuic mi preferida🔥 Quiero esto en LP!!!

[@couplemaniac]

Why nobody is talking about that sick cover art and logo?

[@JACONERO_1913]

Mexico?
Very good work
Southern brazilian hails

[@beewee88]

Oh that good ol' Motown sound!

[@mathieumartin4891]

This album brings the thunder man. I wanna set myself on fire on top of the Kukulcán pyramid with this! Killer stuff! 🔥

[@thotacon]

This makes the caveman in my brain happy

[@SPZ_Bionaks]

An absolute masterpiece to add in every death metal collection. I think I like it even more than the previous record. Cheers from France !

[@edd027]

Album of the year this is fuckin crazy

[@TheKeefmaster]

Mexican Nile

[@secondtosunofficial]

Album of the year.

[@baghodler508]

Nile and Brujeria had a baby in the depths of despair

[@giuseppealonge3991]

With Jungle sounds, deeply sounds 🦉

[@cmd_f5]

Crushing spiritual journey.

[@cartermoon1704]

Tlaloc Icuic is so sick, god what a cool band

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Absolute barn burner. Aaaawough awough, awough!!!

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Orale. Buying this on bandcamp right now!

[@joshbuckley4434]

Thanks 20 Buck Spin for releasing YET ANOTHER record I BOUGHT ON THE SPOT! This is fucking PHENOMENAL. Love the different instrumentation on this record!

[@AlejandroMorones]

Great and powerfull sound, greetings from México

[@luskdylan]

These boys are going to the top with this one

[@metalrob6713]

Fcking amazing!🤘🏻🔥😈
Greetings from Finland🇫🇮

[@thomasphillips468]

A brilliant follow up to their debut LP. Well done to all involved

[@swarm69]

i hope streaming is up for my morning drive to work! pre order has been locked for like a month I'm ready

[@Grindermetalhead]

That was pretty fucking dope.

[@1lostmuffin515]

Can't wait to give it a spin when my copy gets here. Boy, my roommates are going to kill me

[@pmgrafael]

Tzompantli is a gem! Thank you, guys!
Greetings from Austria

[@LikeAssassinx]

in love de esta cosa hermosaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@Nekrist666]

Prehispanic Death / Doom, crushing stuff. 💀

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This is fire 🔥🤘

[@Kanoly]

Ahhhhh yeah, I heard a few song like a month ago and it was sweet.

[@austindonnelly1837]

That last song gave me goosebumps 🔥

[@AustinD1993]

Keep up the Good Work! 🔥 Album!!!

[@eversosleight]

New to me and this is blowing me away!

[@GoatOfTheWoods]

Ok, this is something else.
Very varied and well balanced. I've heard Nile, Soulfly, Spectral Voice and even some Enslaved on this album, and that is good thing in my book.
But it is of course, its own thing, well produced and executed.
Not to mention the rarely explored theme + the awesomeness of the cover art.

[@Abc-fe5mi]

Solid album boys 🔨🔨 I gotta pick Chichimecatl as my fav track. 🔥

[@WeakTube]

Amazing material! Definitely going to see this band live!

[@The_Slowburn]

I am most definitely pre-ordering this and a shirt! Superb release!

[@patrickpira1527]

Top notch Death/Doom! 🤘💀🤘

[@IYAOYAS6969]

Pretty good

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Huge

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Solos w the Ripping Corpse Vibes hell yeah

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Foda demais.

[@andrewbellavie795]

Track three is that a fucking Chihuahua in the background? This album is sick as hell, hits the same spot as old Nile, brutal as fuck

[@jmg-e]

💚🤍❤️ Finally: it’s here. And it is as great and brutal as expected. Another 20 Buck Spin gem this year!

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Tzompantli fuc...rules! 🤘

[@keel6826]

Perfection.

[@alejotm000]

Fantastic album!

[@josedias1387]

So good!!!👌

[@nicholasromig5506]

this is death/doom that hits like hardcore. I love it, and I love its atmospheric parts too. Really cool album.

[@RageReviewsARG]

Destined to be one of the death metal albums of the year. This is astonishing death doom with a lot of percussion elements and tribal vibes. I will review it soon on my channel RAGE REVIEWS

[@KSCdd]

Been waiting for this one😍🤘

[@Faustustopheles]

awesome 🖤💀

[@JohnnyPaychecks]

Last track reminds me of MSW Obliviosus

[@MetalMouse67]

What sweet brutality 🤘

[@BornTooNate]

RIFFS

[@annihilation777]

Bro I got the Salvador flag vinyl. On my grandma this slays so hard

[@teningur4266]

let's gooooo

[@Domenicoblacksoul]

🔥🔥🔥

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Zajebisty album.

[@jefwhitehead4301]

Ripping!!!!!

[@coma_blood]

This sounds very similar to the Japanese Death/Doom metal band Coffins.

[@svorttsirhc1814]

It's the best thing to happened to metal since the creation of cheese

[@barleschronson1075]

Stacking this next to Brujeria

[@JeffMcDuffie72MeridianGate]

A return to the eve of all that's heavy and brutal

[@dante666jt]

Fubar!

[@jamesangel4366]

Yay

[@hannahe6738]

Potential AOTY

[@JackBradshaw95]

AOTY contender

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🤟🏻❤️🤟🏻

[@taharboudjennad1710]

AZTEC death metal :D

[@hobojungle1]

Sudden urge to watch Apocalypto

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[@DavidPerez-xo7nh]

Wait.. There's like 11 members? 🤔

[@scoobameru2458]

💀🤘

[@AlexB414]

In the words of DJ Khaled: ANOTHER ONE!

[@svobodasimon1185]

Maya band?

[@djeremi15]

Монотонно,примитивно,безыдейно.зацепили народ необычными этническими фишками,которые не свойственны данному стилю.Как sepyltyra в свое время в их стиле,но те играть точно умели.

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AOTY - I hate that fucking term!

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Quetzalcóatl would be proud

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🔥🔥🔥