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    "comment": "Diles que no me maten’s “Hiriku” arrives as a striking outlier within the atmosphere of Escrito en Agua: faster, more hypnotic, and more overtly driving than much of the material surrounding it. Early coverage of the song describes it as inspired by José Vicente Anaya’s poem “Híkuri,” a connection that immediately gives the track an expanded emotional and spiritual frame. That makes sense when hearing how the band approaches it. Rather than using speed simply for aggression, “Hiriku” feels trance-like, as if propulsion itself were a way of opening multiple emotional planes at once. The group has long been skilled at balancing heaviness with reflection, and this single sharpens that tension beautifully. There is motion everywhere in it, yet the song never feels careless. It sounds considered, even ritualistic in places, with repetition doing the work of meditation rather than simplification. The result is intense without being blunt. Recent notes around the forthcoming album suggest a more stripped and deliberate approach to rhythm and arrangement, and “Hiriku” stands out precisely because it channels that restraint into a piece of high-energy concentration. It is not chaos for its own sake. It is a focused burn, a song that circles altered states, split selves, and emotional multiplicity without losing its grip on the body. Few bands make hypnosis sound this urgent. \u2028Listen: https://dilesquenomematen.bandcamp.com/album/hiriku",
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