NEWS: El Muerto announce EP “Lost and Amsterdamned”!

Known for his adventures in Mexico with Sekhmet and Australia with Conscious Comma, multi instrumentalist and vocalist Ricardo Botello is now firmly rooted in The Netherlands and has started a fresh project in Blackened Death Metal dubbed El Muerto. A first taste of his vision has been unveiled in a music video for “Enthroned in the Tower of Shadows (The Witch)”  with the announcement of a debut EP “Lost and Amsterdamned” toe tagged and body bagged for a 21st November release from the morgue. Driven by guitar-forward compositions and visceral vocals, the record is said to balance Old School extremity with cinematic vision, each track being both a personal exorcism and a descent into archetypal horror from a man who was lost in the black depths. Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp

El Muerto offer a track by track run through of “Lost and Amsterdamned“:

“A Song for Ran” – “A melancholic invocation of the Norse sea goddess, casting despair into the sea’s cold embrace. Melodic and mournful, it drifts between surrender and transcendence beneath crashing waves and whispered death. Where the final rest in the most peaceful as well.”

“Enthroned in the Tower of Shadows (The Witch)” – “A theatrical black metal tale of the witch-queen reigning from a tower of obsidian. Ritualistic, grand, and venomously lyrical, it reads like folklore soaked in blood and fire. Betrayal, treason and lies.”

“Lich King” – “A blighted anthem of death’s dominion. With imagery of skeletal monarchs and ruined worlds, it’s a march into the void, full of oppressive riffing and funereal dread.”

“Blood Crypt” – “The EP’s most venomous moment: a burial rite soaked in bile and loathing. A brutal poem of closure through decay, it turns memory into rot, laying ghosts to rest in a cathedral of scorn.”

“Ghosts of Torment” – “An inner war against unseen forces. This track is a descent into madness where haunting spirits represent trauma, anxiety, and mental illness. Dissonant and despairing, it’s a song about being torn from within—and haunted from without.”

“Wolves of Den Haag” – “Inspired by the real-life cannibalistic murder of Dutch statesman Johan de Witt in 1672, this track uses historical horror to reflect modern betrayal and societal rage. Gnarled riffs and spectral tension echo through The Hague’s ghost-soaked streets”