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Band info
Band: Burnt Lodge
Album: ‘Intergenerational Anamnesis‘
Released: November 2nd, 2024
Genre: melodic black metal
Location: US
Review
If there are two things to remember from ‘Intergenerational Anamnesis‘, it is how good the music is, and how magnificent the cover art is. Burnt Lodge is a one-man band from Portland, OR, and created by Xaaynuunaxre, who you can guess is partially native, but also with many other complex origins. After a first album in 2022 dealing with processing grief from losing close ones, Burnt Lodge is back with a new album about our lives and the ones of our ancestors. Anamnesis is the process of remembering the past and actualizing it into our present, and Xaaynuunaxre decided to do that with their ancestors, the many struggles they went through the marks it leaves in the present and what it opens for the future.
Musically speaking, there is an intensity which is rarely found, and the quality of the mix of the album really highlights it for the better. Self-defining as solo melodic black metal, you will find all elements from this genre, but it would be an understatement of the quality and complexity of this music. To me, there is really something that always strikes me in native black metal, a way of walking you in the music and then leaving you living through the music, and this is what I felt even before knowing more about the band and its origins. Even in the slower songs of the album, like the introduction of “Imprisonment of the Matriarchs“, there is a suffering, and I personally feel like I was walking with heavy weights on my shoulders and ankles. I cannot state how much I loved this album. The diversity, intensity and quality of every track of this album make it one of those albums I will play again and again.
Other links and platforms:
BC: https://burntlodge.bandcamp.com/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/burnt_lodge/
YT: @burntlodge