Miguel Palou’s career began in his native Seville, around Pylar (Iberian reference of experimental metal), and expanded through multiple projects and collaborations ranging from Dronespell & the Omega Chord to Spagyria, among others. An incessant flow of work to which, little by little, his own references have been added as Doce fuegos: several demos, two splits with Run Arbos and Misa tridente, as well as the two albums released with Sentencia, with which Palou has managed to stamp his unmistakable musical imprint: «El templo de las cuevas» in 2021 and «Vita brevis» in 2022. To these works is now added this new, explicitly conceptual album, entitled «Quien escucha su nombre oye».
With an innate sensitivity for folklore and an excellent command of dark-wave language, «Quien escucha su nombre oye» is a medievalist work in which elements of post-rock, drone, ambient and even black and doom metal converge, without leaving aside impressionism or baroque music. We find ourselves before a sonic manifestation that revolves around the subjective and romantic experience of contemplating the landscape, presented as a tribute to northern mythology. His music evokes the stories told by the women and men of the villages, in the warmth of bonfires and against the backdrop of water, inspired by the bestiary and its nature, particularly the Asturian nature, where the artist currently resides.
There was a time when monsters were not just symbols or stories, but part of everyday life, and coexistence with the forces of nature and its mysteries was a reality. Our fears were crystallised in them, and through them our traditions, which go back to ancestral origins, beyond the limits of memory, were explained. Thus, the winter wind was the Black Hunter, or the storms were the work of Nuberu, and all were called by name. Recognising their manifestations in life was a way of understanding nature. Today, these monsters and myths are part of our history, part of who we are, and continue to reflect our collective perception of reality. They are at the root of the primordial act of storytelling, stories to understand the past and describe the present around us.
