NEWS: Cemican unveil “Viaje Astral Del Quetzal De Fuego”!

Guadalajara based Ancestral Folk Metal group Cemican have offered up another advanced listen from their upcoming new album by releasing “Viaje Astral Del Quetzal De Fuego” into cyberspace. The eight minute surpassing track showcases another element to the Mexican outfits sound with their 31st October dated album “U k ‘u’ uk’ankil Mayakaaj” (or “Resistance“) looking set to expose that further. Based on Mayan ideology, worldview, mysticism, and the universe, the record is said to contain various legends and stories of ancestral gods, the duality of life and death.

Drummer Tlipoca explains: “’Viaje Astral Del Quetzal De Fuego’ is a tribute to our loved ones who have departed this earthly plane when they begin their eternal flight on the great astral journey. The quetzal represents our loved ones, who return in the form of a mystical bird. In Mayan mythology, the quetzal represents the divine, freedom, the connection between heaven and earth, life and death, the gateway to the astral.

This song represents a journey, featuring atmospheric sounds and flutes that transport you to the mystical universe, making you soar and letting your spirit free in the wind. The sounds of death connect you to the underworld, touching the depths of darkness. The chants and flutes make you feel sacred, the trance that comes from listening to the tranquility of the atmosphere. We represent how we feel when we lose a loved one. We express ourselves as we feel stunned, senseless, and without reason, due to the great pain of knowing that we will never see or have them with us again. The absence of their presence will forever be the essence of their past, a reminder and a reminder of their aromas, knowing that they have taken flight to the great cosmos, that they will be with us for all eternity, in light and darkness.

The fire that surrounds the Quetzal represents the living flame that prevails in our hearts, remembering them, and that no one will extinguish until we ourselves extinguish it by dying, and we too embark on the eternal flight to the firmament, and our spirit rises on the wind, toward the universe on our great, infinite journey of astral travel. I wrote this song for the pain I felt at the loss of my father and sister. And for all the warriors who have felt this pain of losing a loved one”