https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/blood-moon

Label: Bats & Cats – a digital release on Bandcamp – cat. BCD14. 2025. Belgium

1. Scarlet Echoes in the Cosmic Dark
2. Where the Spirits Wake 
3. Lunar Sacrament 
4. A Celestial Fire, Deep and Red 
5. The Cycle Turns, the Night is Done
6. The Silent Hymn of a Blood Moon

A Ritual Blood Moon is a sacred and mystical event, symbolizing transformation, power, and spiritual awakening. As the moon turns blood-red during a lunar eclipse, it is often associated with ancient rites, occult practices, and celestial omens. Many cultures view this phenomenon as a time for deep introspection, energy shifts, and connection with higher realms. Rituals performed under a Blood Moon may include meditation, chanting, fire ceremonies, or offerings to deities. The crimson glow casts an eerie, otherworldly light, heightening the sense of mystery and magic. It is a moment where the veil between worlds seems thinner, inviting profound transformation. 

Ah Cama-Sotz is known for its dark, ritualistic soundscapes, blending industrial, tribal, and ambient elements to create immersive and hypnotic experiences. The ritual music of Ah Cama-Sotz evokes ancient ceremonies, mystical chants, and deep spiritual journeys. With pulsating tribal rhythms, eerie synth layers, and haunting vocal samples, the music transports the listener to shadowy realms of introspection and transcendence. Tracks often feel like sonic rituals, where primal energy meets electronic intensity. The fusion of dark ambient atmospheres and percussive ritual beats makes Ah Cama-Sotz a unique force in the industrial and tribal-electronic scene, perfect for deep meditative or ceremonial experiences. 

© bats & cats . cat. BCD14. 2025. Belgium 

© Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats digital 
© Artwork by Ah Cama-Sotz + bats & cats  

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credits: Miss Kitsch 

All tracks written, recorded, mixed, produced and mastered by Herman Klapholz at TERRA INHIBITA VII & ILLLEKTRIK.TOOLZ MASTERING & PRODUCTION OF SOUND AND MUSIC. 

Available in 24 bit AIFF format for optimal listening pleasure.  

released: May 2, 2025 

© Ah Cama-Sotz. all rights reserved.

ALTERNATION DARK CULTURE MAGAZINE (PL) – REVIEW by Khocico

If you’re searching for an unconventional and utterly hypnotic mixture of ritual intensity, magnetic beat, shamanic whispers, darkness, and a trembling sound-matter — Ah Cama-Sotz is your destination. I’ve followed this project with awe for years, and each new release feels like a personal rite of passage. “Blood Moon” continues that journey.

The album’s pulse is carried by a central, trance-inducing rhythm — steady, ceremonial, anchoring. Around it, secondary melodies branch out like capillaries in a sound-bloodstream: choral fragments, vocal incantations, sweeping layers that wrap around the core and move outward, echoing the body’s inner architecture. Everything flows — everything connects. The blood moon itself has always stood at the crossroads of myth and feeling. An omen in ancient times, a signal of change or divine displeasure, or simply a moment when the veils between realms seem thinner. Its crimson hue evokes awe and surrender — not only in the skies, but within us. The energy it carries is not chaotic, but deep. A chance to sense all the silent tensions: grief, rage, reverence. Ah Cama-Sotz doesn’t narrate — it invokes. These compositions seem to rise from beneath the skin, stirring memory and vision. There is something both ancient and intimate in this music. Like stone carvings you touch with your ear. And yet, the precision with which Herman Klapholz sculpts each layer, the elegance in his arrangements — it all roots the experience in the present moment, clear and intentional. The album doesn’t pull you in — it surrounds you. Like smoke during a nocturnal ritual. Like a dream you remember by heartbeat, not image. And once it’s with you, it stays — like certain stories, like sacred names whispered once and never forgotten. Bravo! I recommend.

Release date: 02.05.2025

https://ahcama-sotz.bandcamp.com/album/blood-moon

Author: khocico

Translator: khocico

Add date: 2025-05-03 / Music reviews

AH CAMA-SOTZ – Blood Moon (Bats & Cats)

written by  Nel Mertens 15/05/2025

Al 32 jaar laat de Belgische electroproducer / dj Herman Klapholz met zijn industrial techno en dark ambient project Ah Cama-Sotz van zich horen. In een combinatie van duistere, rituele soundscapes met industriële, tribale en ambient elementen creëert hij meeslepende en hypnotiserende luisterervaringen. Voor de luisteraars een dans rond oude ceremonies, mystieke gezangen en diepe spirituele reizen! Blood Moon is zijn nieuwste album, waarop hij 6 tracks presenteert, als soundtrack bij de bloedmaan.

“Een rituele bloedmaan is een heilige en mystieke gebeurtenis die transformatie, kracht en spiritueel ontwaken symboliseert. Omdat de maan bloedrood kleurt tijdens een maansverduistering, wordt deze vaak geassocieerd met oude rituelen, occulte praktijken en hemelse voortekenen. Veel culturen beschouwen dit fenomeen als een tijd voor diepe introspectie, energieverschuivingen en verbinding met hogere rijken. Rituelen die onder een bloedmaan worden uitgevoerd, kunnen meditatie, gezang, vuurceremonies of offers aan goden omvatten. De karmozijnrode gloed werpt een griezelig, buitenaards licht, wat het gevoel van mysterie en magie versterkt. Het is een moment waarop de sluier tussen werelden dunner lijkt, wat uitnodigt tot een diepgaande transformatie.”, legt Herman Wiki-gewijs uit.