Chilean Mapuche metal band MAWIZA have announced that their latest album ÜL is nominated for the 2026 Pulsar Award — Chile's national music prize — in the category for Best Metal Album. The band previously won the award in the same category for their album Kollong.
The nomination comes on the back of a strong start to 2026 for MAWIZA: the band visited GOJIRA frontman Joe Duplantier's Silver Cord Studio, shared stages with MR. BUNGLE and AVENGED SEVENFOLD, headlined Pumapu Rock Fest, and sold out shows in their hometown of Santiago.
MAWIZA are also set for European festival appearances at Midgardsblot, Hellsinki Metal Festival, and Malmö Massacre later this year.
Vocalist and guitarist Awka on the nomination: "ÜL was born against silence. It is a chant to recover energy, to feel united with nature again, to remember where we come from, to hear the birds, the wind, the rivers, the trees. The earth still speaks. And we will keep singing with it."
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