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53 490 000 Anos Luz

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Buraco Negro
53 490 000 Anos Luz
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“53 490 000 Anos Luz” is a work driven by profound identity, character, and soul, simultaneously reflecting on the past and contemplating an unpredictable, uncertain, and ominous future.

Musically, “53 490 000 Anos Luz” fuses influences from heavy metal, doom metal, avant-garde, and progressive jazz, constructing dense, experimental, and emotionally charged soundscapes. The sonic and aesthetic concept departs from conventional formulas, prioritizing profound atmospheres, non-linear structures, and an artistic approach that champions expression, restlessness, and creative freedom.

The album operates as a conceptual piece, utilizing the galaxy, time, and space as central metaphors for an existential journey. The narrative explores the human condition—minuscule and anonymous—suddenly cast into a cosmic vortex as if thrown into a time capsule. This trajectory navigates extreme emotions, adventures, and misadventures shaped by fear, hope, anguish, and resilience.

Throughout this sonic odyssey, the listener is guided through hallucinatory, terrifying, and sinister vistas, yet the underlying pursuit of better days and the utopia of a perfect paradise remains resolute. Amid internal and external battles, symbolic warfare, and existential conflicts, the work acknowledges the inevitability of the abyss: a dizzying, endless descent into a black hole where everything dissolves.

Ultimately, the album establishes itself as a conscious return to the roots of purpose-driven, identity-focused music, while courageously confronting the future despite its inherent uncertainty. It delivers an intense, reflective, and visceral sonic experience—a journey with no guarantee of return, yet deeply saturated with meaning.

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Record Deal with Buraco Negro

Spectral Works proudly announces a record deal with Buraco Negro, a Metal, Avant Garde, Prog Jazz band from Lisboa, Portugal, for the release of their debut album, 53 490 000 Anos Luz.

Buraco Negro is an original and conceptual musical project created in 2023 by LordSir7Peles, born from the desire to explore new sonic languages and artistic narratives beyond conventional boundaries. The project presents itself as a space for experimentation, identity, and profound expression, where music is treated as a sensory, emotional, and philosophical journey.

Buraco Negro’s sound merges influences from heavy metal, doom metal, and avant‑garde with elements of prog jazz, resulting in a dense, atmospheric, and unpredictable aesthetic. Each composition is crafted as part of a greater universe, where weight, dissonance, and improvisation coexist with moments of introspection and creative freedom.

The concept took form when LordSir7Peles shared the idea with Carlos Pires, whose vision and artistic sensitivity were essential to bringing the project to life. From this collaboration emerged a body of work that preserves the project’s raw and distinctive essence while adding solidity, coherence, and sonic depth.

The project achieved an even more singular dimension with the special participation of José Martins on saxophone. His presence introduces an expressive and unexpected layer to Buraco Negro’s music, strengthening the fusion between experimental metal and progressive jazz, and broadening the emotional and atmospheric range of the compositions.

Thus, Buraco Negro positions itself as a bold and self-aware artistic project, reclaiming the importance of music with soul, personality, and concept. It looks to the past as a reference and to the future as an open, uncertain, and challenging territory. It invites the listener to dive in without guarantees, embracing the fall, the intensity, and the transformation that only a true musical journey can provide.