Cenotes (EP)
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| Released | 25 October 2011 | |||
| Recorded | June 2011 | |||
| Genre | Doom metal Post-metal Progressive metal | |||
| Length | 35:05 | |||
| Label | Independent Translation Loss Records | |||
| Producer | Matt Bayles | |||
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Cenotes is the second EP by post-metal band Giant Squid. It was released on 25 October 2011 through Translation Loss Records. Released two and a half years after the band's previous release, The Ichthyologist, it continues the story of that album's protagonist.
According to Giant Squid's official website, "The middle eastern aesthetic that the band has embraced throughout its entire cannon[sic] consumes this new material to its core. Riff worship meets gypsy jangle and Arabesque male/female vocal harmonies, further enhancing the band's trademark, otherworldly, musical storytelling. Unarguably, Cenotes is the deepest, fastest, sludgiest, and most adventurous release from Giant Squid yet."
On 16 September, Revolver Magazine's website posted the track "Figura Serpentinata". On 6 October, Pitchfork Media streamed the song "Mating Scars" on its website. National Public Radio's First Listen program debuted the full album on 9 October, sixteen days before the official release date.