CHILEAN VOLCANIC MUSIC

Apr 252015

Hell has visited Earth again, in spectacular fashion. This time, the portion of Earth visited by Hell is Chile, where three days ago the Calbuco volcano erupted near the southern town of Puerto Montt after being quiet for 42 years. It has become the subject of some truly breathtaking photos and videos, some of which I’ve embedded in this post after the jump.

Are there any natural occurrences in the world more metal than an explosive volcanic eruption — especially eruptions that include lightning within the volcanic plume? I think not.

So, of course I decided that I needed to include some metal from Chile to accompany the photos and videos you’re about to see. I did dome searching through the NCS archives and discovered that in just the last 18 months we’ve written about more than a half dozen Chilean bands. I’ve collected songs from each of those bands, plus a couple of others. For a change, I’m not going to write any florid descriptions of the music, but just provide the streams and some links in case you want to explore further. All the music is excellent — volcanos aren’t the only things that unleash hell in Chile.

AND NOW FOR SOME CHILEAN METAL… (and if you’ve got other Chilean bands to recommend, please leave names and links in the Comments)

ATHANATOS
https://ironboneheadproductions.bandcamp.com/album/athanatos-unholy-union
https://www.facebook.com/AthanatosMetal

DEATH VOMIT
http://xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gutted-by-horrors

EVIL MADNESS
https://www.facebook.com/EvilMadnessOficial
https://thanatologyproductions.bandcamp.com/album/bastards-get-rotten

INVINCIBLE FORCE
https://www.facebook.com/Invincible666Force
http://darkdescentrecords.bandcamp.com/album/satan-rebellion-metal

LVXCAELIS
(new album The Watchers coming in May from Lamech Records — the songs below are on that album)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/LvxCælis/234104389943005