Mixteco thrusts you into a whirlwind of pre-Hispanic legends, pounding drums, and fierce metal riffs. Cemican paints the rise of the legendary Mixtec ruler Ocho Venado Garra de Jaguar (Eight Deer Jaguar Claw), whose very birth is marked by cosmic signs like the Blue Eagle and Five Lizard. These calendar names hint that fate itself chose him, filling the track with mystical references to sacred rain suns, bone awls, and turquoise palaces.
The lyrics follow this warrior-king as he forges alliances, sails beyond known horizons, topples mythical cities, and even rips the heart from the lord of death before ascending to the heavens. It is a heroic saga of conquest and transcendence, celebrating the resilience, spirituality, and martial glory of the Mixtec people. By blending metal with ancient instruments and Nahuatl shouts, Cemican turns ancestral history into an explosive call to remember where we come from and to charge fearlessly into our own battles.