Xalpen (Chile): “Sawken Xo'on”

On 29 August, we announced here the release of the first full-length by Chilean Xalpen, the band in which Watain's live bassist Tarem Kelash plays. The album Sawken Xo'on has meanwhile been released, and I am pleased to introduce you to it. The album is one of the most brutal, dirtiest, but also most spiritualistic things released in 2020. It will probably not surprise you in terms of musical originality, but you will certainly have the feeling of listening to something genuinely extreme, for instance the song “Tres Chamanes (Sawken Xo'on)”. From this point of view, the production is perfect and essential. When you read the titles of the songs and the aliases of the members, you will realize that you are in an occult dimension, and these guys seem to really be into it: a few themes of the album are shamanism, black magic, spiritualism, chaos, just to name a few. In short, a solid and great album.
 
Notes:
Sawken Xo'on was released on September 13 as CD via Morbid Skull Records, and on September 3 as cassette via Nigredo Records.
 
Personnel:
Tarem-Keláash (Bass & vocals)
Keykròk (Guitar & vocals)
K´awx (Guitar & vocals)
Kenenek (Drums)
Herrnash (Void of Noises)
 
Text by Herjann
herjann@unholyblackmetal.com