Volahn

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Eduardo "Volahn" Ramirez is an American musician of Guatemalan descent. His black metal solo project Volahn has existed since 2003 .

background

Ramirez is the driving force behind the Black Twilight Circle (Crepusculo Negro), founded in 2008, a Los Angeles- based black metal scene whose members have predominantly Latin American roots. In addition to Volahn, this includes other bands, including Arizmenda , Odz Manouk, Tukaaria and Ashdautas . The Black Twilight Circle also serves as a label for the bands. The music of the bands of the Black Twilight Circle is considered diverse, but what all bands have in common is a traditional, rumbling sound. However, a Rock Hard reviewer criticized that none of the bands really stood out.

In 2011 Ramirez gave the Boston Phoenix an interview in which he highlighted the Central American roots of the Black Twilight Circle and called Americans of European descent as occupiers, whereupon the singer "Naeth", who has German-Russian ancestors, ended Ashdautas.

For his solo project of the same name, Volahn is supported by live musicians. In 2018 Volahn was on a European tour with several other bands.

style

Volahn and other bands of the Black Twilight Circle take their influences from the folk music of the indigenous cultures of Latin America, desert rock or California surf rock (see also twang guitar ). In addition to the well-known Norwegian black metal scene, Ramirez also cites the Légions Noires (LLN) , BlazeBirth Hall (BBH) and other regional scenes as influences.

The texts of his solo project are predominantly in Spanish, occasionally also in Nahuatl , and deal with the indigenous mythology of his ancestors. The EP El Tigre del Sur (The Tiger of the South), released in 2019, is dedicated to Emiliano Zapata .

Discography

Acualli

  • 2013: Pact of Possession (Demo)
  • 2014: Transform with Limitless Will (Split)

Ashdautas

  • 2004: As the Vile Must Digress (Demo)
  • 2005: Shadow Plays of Grief and Pain
  • 2007: Where the Sun Is Silent ... (EP)
  • 2011: Ashdautas / Bone Awl (Split)

Axeman

  • 2010: Arrive (Demo) Everything

Blue Hummingbird on the Left

  • 2010: Bloodflower (EP)
  • 2014: Debajo del Simbolo del Sol (Split)
  • 2019: Atl Tlachinolli

Dolorvotre

  • 2011: Dolorvotre

Kallathon

  • 2010: Before Drifting into the Abyss (Demo)
  • 2015: Desert Dances and Serpent Sermons (Split)

Kuxan Suum

  • 2009: Worship Black Twilight (Split)
  • 2010: Kinich Ahau (demo)
  • 2011: Odor of Dust & Red (Split)

Muknal

  • 2012: Muknal (demo)
  • 2012: Muknal / The Haunting Presence (Split)

Shataan

  • 2011: War Cry Lament (demo)
  • 2015: Desert Dances and Serpent Sermons (Split)
  • 2016: Weigh of the Wolf

Volahn

  • 2008: Dimensiónes del trance kósmico
  • 2010: Live Ritual (Live album)
  • 2011: Volahn / Tukaaria (Split)
  • 2011: Disequilibrium of the Ecliptic Plane (Split)
  • 2014: Aq'Ab'Al
  • 2014: Debajo del Simbolo del Sol (Split)
  • 2015: Desert Dances and Serpent Sermons (Split)
  • 2019: El Tigre del Sur (EP)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Inside the underworld of Crepusculo Negro - Music Features
  2. ↑ ARIOUS ARTISTS-BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE - TLILTIC TLAPAUAK - Crossfire Metal Webzine
  3. ↑ Rock Hard - BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE - TLILTIC TLAPOYAUAK - Sampler
  4. ↑ Black-metal meltdown: Ashdautas singer breaks up band over Boston Phoenix's Black Twilight Circle profile - On The Download Archiv-Link
  5. ↑ BLACK TWILIGHT CIRCLE - EUROPEAN CONQUEST TOUR 2018 - DEAF FOREVER
  6. ↑ The Perverted Evil of Ancient Dynasties: An Interview with the Black Twilight Circle