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Ictus


There is more than one artist under this name: 1) Ictus was a melodic death metal/sludge/crust band from Galicia, Spain. They released a debut EP entitled 'Hambrientos de un Sol Distinto' in 2005, which was rawer and shorter than their later material but still hinted at and displayed some of their future characteristics. They also released two splits in 2006: One with Okban and another one with This Thing Called Dying, both featured lengthy songs closer to their final sound. Their sole full-length from 2007 simply entitled 'Imperivm', was in the form of a single 39 minutes track which was a concept album about the United States of America. The album most notably contains a highly emotional passage consisting of a spoken-word section that slowly builds up into screaming which denounces all of America's atrocities against other countries. The entirety of the lyrics are sung in Spanish and the motto of the album is 'Mismo Imperio, distintos nombres' (Same Empire, different names -- in English). It can be identified as ironic Spanish citizens are denouncing America for what they have done as Spain are guilty of something even worse (this does not diminish USA's crimes in any way); however, they bear no responsibility for what their 'conquistadores' ancestors did. The motto of the album could also be seem as indirectly denouncing Spain as one of the same empires that terrorised and oppressed other cultures, even reaching as far as back to the time of the Romans. Over the years...

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