Category: Cabrakaan
0 The Rock Metal Podcast – Cabrakaän – March of the Frozen North Tour – Feb 15 – 18 2018
0 Calgary Journal – Band profile: Cabrakaän, Calgary’s friendly neighbourhood Mexican folk metal fusion band
0 Calgary Herald: Symphonic metal band Cabrakaan brings spirit of ancient Mexico to Calgary
0 Oook.ca – Tour Date in Kelowna – Feb 15th – Mexico’s CABRAKAAN – Western Canadian Tour
0 Mexico’s Cabrakaän will be hitting the road for March Of The Frozen Western Canadian Tour. Pat Cuikani (Vocals/Ocarinas) chatted with Metal-Rules.com on the band’s upcoming visit to the frigid North!
Mexico’s Cabrakaän will be hitting the road for the March Of The Frozen Western Canadian Tour. Pat Cuikani (Vocals/Ocarinas) chatted with Metal-Rules.com on the band’s upcoming visit to the frigid North!
Tour Dates:
Feb 15 – Kelowna, BC – Muninn’s Post – info – https://www.facebook.com/events/1990961191229679/
Feb 16 – Calgary, AB – Distortion – info – https://www.facebook.com/events/206626189909942/
Feb 17 – Edmonton, AB – The Forge On Whyte – info – https://www.facebook.com/events/1197890607007585/
Feb 18 – Regina, SK – Cloud 9 – info – https://www.facebook.com/events/328477184323662/
0 Cut N’ Dry Talent TV (Episode #5.02 aka #044 Indie Music Videos) – Cabrakaan
0 Kelowna Capital News – Announced this week in Kelowna – Munnin’s Post is hosting a folk metal event featuring three bands on Feb. 15
0 Kelowna Daily Courier – Cabrakaän, a group of Mexican transplants who now call Calgary home are bringing their one-of-kind musical show to Kelowna next month.
Cabrakaän, a group of Mexican transplants who now call Calgary home are bringing their one-of-kind musical show to Kelowna next month.
0 NEWS: Mexican Folk Symphonic Metallers CABRAKAAN Announce Western Canadian Tour Dates; New Album “Cem Anahuac” Out Spring 2018
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – January 15, 2018
For fans of Nightwish, Equlibrium, Epica, Eluveitie, Ensiferum
Mexican Folk Symphonic Metallers CABRAKAAN Announce Western Canadian Tour Dates
New Album “Cem Anahuac” Out Spring 2018
Marko Cipaktli (Drums/Harsh vocals) | Pat Cuikani (Vocals/Ocarinas) | Paul Belmar (Guitar) | Nakuset Gould (Bass) | Alex Navarro (Guitar)
Photo Credit: Alex Herrera
Mexican symphonic folk metallers CABRAKAÄN will be hitting the road with Quebec’s Valfreya and Alberta’s Forsaken Rite for this year’s “March Of The Frozen Western Canadian Tour”. The tour will see the Mexican transplants whom now call Canada home and residing in Calgary, AB perform in three provinces during the month of February. During the tour, CABRAKAÄN will showcase new tracks from their upcoming 2018 full length “Cem Anahuac” due out in spring 2018 to follow their 2014 debut EP “Songs From Anahuac”.
Staying true to their roots, CABRAKAÄN‘s music combines elements of metal orchestrated with Mexican folklore along with a wide variety of instruments such as strings, acoustic guitars, Jarocha harp, marimba, ocarinas, Huehuetl, and Teponaztle. Their lyrics are in English, Spanish, Zapoteco, Nahuatl and other ancient Mexican languages. The band’s name is based on a character from the Mayan sacred book known as the Popol Vuh, where Cabrakan was the god of mountains and earthquakes.
“We are proud our roots and our culture and we want to share it with the world through our music. When we are on stage, we try to give our fans a great experience by creating an atmosphere from the time of the Aztecs, using costumes and make up. The purpose of our sets too is to give fans more of our culture visually and musically so they can connect with us and enjoy the performance even more.” says drummer Marko Cipaktli.
Tour Dates:
Feb 15 – Kelowna, BC – Muninn’s Post – info
Feb 16 – Calgary, AB – Distortion – info
Feb 17 – Edmonton, AB – The Forge On Whyte – info
Feb 18 – Regina, SK – Cloud 9 – info
About:
CABRAKAÄN was formed in Toluca, Mexico in 2012 and have been calling Canada home since first performing in the country at the 2017 Metalocalypstick fest in Lone Butte, BC where the beauty of the North won them over and encouraged them make the grand decision to relocate.
Their debut EP “Songs From Anahuac” was unleashed in 2014 and displayed a mix of death, folk, and symphonic European influences with Prehispanic instruments along with storytelling of Mesoamerican mythologies (Aztec, Mayan, Tlaxcaltecan, Olmecan) plus Mexican folklore such as La llorona, La Bruja, Day of The Dead.
Wasting no time in Canada, CABRAKAÄN are currently completing production on their follow up full length album entitled “Cem Anahuac” set for release in spring 2018. The album will be an expression of pride for their roots, history and traditions along with their love for metal and traditional music from their home country of Mexico.
For more info:
http://www.facebook.com/cabrakaan
http://www.twitter.com/cabrakaan
http://www.youtube.com/cabrakaan
EPK – https://wp.me/pciNW-bkt
(Bio written by Steve Earles)
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“Cabrakaän on a remarkable concert with live orchestra and a chorus” – El Sol de Toluca (Mexican newspaper)
“CABRAKAÄN, a fusion between folklore and metal” – ARTURO MARÍN
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0 EPK – Cabrakaan – Songs From Anahuac (2014)
Cabrakaan – Songs From Anahuac (2014)
For fans of Nightwish, Equlibrium, Epica, Eluveitie, Ensiferum
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“Cabrakaän on a remarkable concert with live orchestra and a chorus” – El Sol de Toluca (Mexican newspaper)
“CABRAKAÄN, a fusion between folklore and metal” – ARTURO MARÍN
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Release Date: June 14, 2014
Label: Self-Release
Track Listing:
1. Cipactli (2:57)
2. Citalmina (3:37)
3. Obsidian (4:37)
4. La Leyenda (5:30)
5. La Llorona (5:09)
6. Meshika (4:19)
EP Length: 26:12
EP Credits:
• All songs performed by: CABRAKAÄN
• All songs written by: Marko Cipaktli/Pat Cuikani & Ramon Estrada
• Produced by: Cipaktli & Cuikani
• Mixed by: Cipäktli Miktlan Recording Studio
• Mastered by: Lasse Lammert LSD studio. Lübeck, Germany
• Album Artwork by: DOONA www.doona.pro
• Album Band Line Up: Pat Cuikani, Marko Cipaktli, Arcader White, Ramón Estrada, Andy Katzen
Discography:
2018 – Cem Anahuac – LP (coming soon)
2014 – Songs From Anahuac – EP
Shared Stage with:
From Mexico: APYRO, Anima Tempo, Nuclear Chaos, Desangre, Drakonia…
From Canada: Tessitura, Anarcheon, Scythia, Hedk’s, Viloent Betty, Sovereign Council
Tours and Festival Performances:
2017 – METALOCALYPSTICK FEST – LONE BUTTE, BC
2015 – FESTIVAL CULTURAL – SAN SIMON DE GUERRERO. MEXICO
2014 – FESTIVAL DEL QUINTO SOL – TENANGO DEL VALLE, MEXICO
Music Placements:
2015 – FUSION ROCK LIVE TV SHOW (Televisión Mexiquense, MEX) .
Marko Cipaktli (Drums/Harsh vocals) | Pat Cuikani (Vocals/Ocarinas) | Paul Belmar (Guitar) | Nakuset Gould (Bass) | Alex Navarro (Guitar) – Photo Credit: Alex Herrera
Metal means so much to so many cultures and has spread throughout the world, bringing unity and happiness rather than war and hatred.
The United Nations should make 2018 the official year of metal!
When metal meets a new culture it blends with it, creating a band special and original that we have never heard before. Such a band is the Mexican Folk Metal band Cabrakaan.
Formed in Toluca, Mexico in December 2012, Cabrakaan combine metal, orchestral elements and Mexican folkloric music, mixing such instruments as Jarocha harp, marimba and pre-Hispanic instruments like ocarinas, with lyrics in Spanish, English, Zapoteco and Nahuatl!
Cabrakaan are a truly unique band, one not just for their beloved and inspirational Mexico, but for the whole world, and the world will be hearing much more of them in the future.
As drummer and founder Marko Cipaktli says.
“We are proud of our roots and our culture and we want to share it with the world through our music.”
Inspired by Nightwish, Equilibrium, Amon Amarth, Wintersun, Eluveitie , Marko describes Cabrakaan’s music as “folk, melodic, epic, symphonic, death.”
Cabrakaan could not have a more metal name. “Cabrakaan is the name of a character in the Mayan sacred book known as Popol Vuh. He is the god of mountains and earthquakes.”
He feels that their forthcoming 2018 album “Cem Anahuac” will be an epic listening experience for fans.
“The album is inspired by the Mexican culture, its traditions and the issues we have as a society nowadays. It’s an expression of pride in our roots, our history and traditions, and our love for metal and music from our country.”
Live, Cabrakaan put on a show that is unique as their music.
“When we are on stage we try to give out fans a great experience by creating an atmosphere from the Aztecs’ time, using costumes and make-up!”
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