Tollund Man by The Owl

"Deliberately uncomplicated, primitive, neanderthalic plods. This man has been encased in the mud for around 2300 years!"

The Tollund Man (died 405–384 BC) is a naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 5th century BC, during the period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age.

He was found in 1950, preserved as a bog body, near Silkeborg on the Jutland peninsula in Denmark. The man's physical features were so well preserved that he was mistaken for a recent murder victim.

The cause of death has been determined to be by hanging. Scholars believe the man was a human sacrifice, rather than an executed criminal, because of the arranged position of his body, and his eyes and mouth being closed.

More reading about Tollund Man
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tollund_Man

Tracklist

1.	Mud Languisher	22:20

2.	Quagmire Torso Dredging	16:05

3.	Mummification	19:50

Credits

released May 8, 2025

Released on the 75th anniversary of Tollund Man being found.

Big thank you to Cursed Monk for also releasing this album on CD!
I am a long time fan of the label. Go bury yourself in a vast, heavy, murky, intriguing, sombre, dark discography.
cursedmonk.bandcamp.com/album/tollund-man
'To mark the 75th anniversary of the discovery of the Tollund Man, The Owl created a drone master class.' Pre-order available now for CDs

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Made and conceptualised with synth, drums, piano, voice, laptop, plus sounds of the outside world on a cold, quiet evening, between 17.8.23 and 3.9.23; Remastered and called complete 1.11.23

'Mummification' is also on an Aural Films compilation, the proceeds of which go to the Billion Trees Project: auralfilms1.bandcamp.com/album/horror-films-2023

Bandcamp codes:
dlcm.app/the-owl/tollund-man

Discover 'Tollund Man' in a different bog:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sguly6PHEo

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