Band Submission: Cities of Mars-Doom/Fuzz/Heavy Psych From Gothenburg, Sweden

Band Name: Cities of Mars
Genre: Doom/Fuzz/Heavy Psych
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
Brief Bio/Description: After a critically acclaimed debut two-track single in 2015, Gothenburg-based psychedelic doom metal trio CITIES OF MARS release the follow-up EP. These three tracks continue to delve into the dark saga of the Soviet cosmonaut/KGB agent Nadia that landed on Mars in a covert mission in 1971 and discovers a buried civilization dating back to the dawn of time.

For fans of Mastodon, Elder, The Obsessed, Sleep, Kylesa and others.

Recorded, produced, mixed and mastered by Esben Willems/Berserk Audio.

Cover art by Axel Widén, www.axelwiden.com.

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Band Members:
Danne Palm-Bass, Vocals
Christoffer Norén-Guitar, Vocals
Johan Küchler-Drums, Vocals
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New Band To Burn One To: Cities of Mars

With music built around the concept of a female Soviet Union astronaut in the 1970’s, landing on Mars and discovering a dark ancient civilisation buried underneath the surface, played out to thick waves of lo-fi stoner doom/fuzz, you already know you’re onto something which will require your immediate attention.

Gothenburg’s Cities of Mars (featuring former members of Monolord and Marulk) are on the precipice of creating an album of sizeable prowess after hearing what their two new songs have to offer, in the form of the pounding stoner aggression of ‘The Third Eye’ and doom heavy ‘Cyclopean Ritual’ leaving a devastating effect on your audible senses. The three Swedes ( Danne Palm  - bass and vocals, Christoffer Norén – guitar and vocals,  Johan Kuchler – drums and vocals) have a sound that is truly epic on their hands; a sound which matches the seismic scale of planets, other life, and crushing realisations of possibilities of other truths.

Cities of Mars are a band that will envelope you unless you get on top of them now. Start here, and see where their path takes you.

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New Band To Burn One To: BOTTLECAP

BAND BIO:

Bottlecap plays "juicy, in-your-face rock with a touch of ADHD." They do it hard, they do it funny, and they are chewing the stage floor like there's no freaking tomorrow.

Bottlecap was formed in Gothenburg in the fall of 2008 by The Three Musketeers: Johan Reiman, Gustav Pahlsson, and Marcus Nilsson. After two years filled with live shows and podium finishes in contests around the Gothenburg area, the band had found their genre and sharpened their live performances like deadly knives. It was time for the next step. During the fall of 2011,the single "Mind Box" was released and it was followed-up by a three-week tour of Sweden.

With a backpack full of new material, Bottlecap started working on their debut album in February 2012. After several months of hard (but satisfying) work, the self-titled album was released on vinyl and CD in the fall of 2012 by Muther Music.

With a hysterical amount of energy, Bottlecap delivers a ruthless live experience that leaves audiences kicking and screaming for more. Time and time again.

THOUGHTS:

Whether you're 17 or 77, these Swedes are gonna make you feel old. Bottlecap burn clean and bluesy on Set Me On Fire and keep tight hold of your balls throughout the ten remaining tracks. This sound could've been recorded in a seedy campus kitchen as you knock over beer cans. The layered cat-call vocals perfectly complement the gruff lead, while the fuzzy, furry Zeppelin-esque Shake My Hand is pluck/plod dynamite. Balancing clean guitars with psych-fuzz chewiness, this is one jammy sleepover cruiser, breaking buzzing stoner madness with low basslines and trailer-park guitars. 

You'll find elements of smoky garage fuzz, but the puddle-sizzles capture the band at their juiciest. And Bottlecap have struck fucking gold with Wretches, likely the greatest third-gear stoner "whoo-woo" track laid to tape. Forget the ins and outs of songcraft and metal scapegoats, these Swedes have discovered a formula more enjoyable than any words any asshole could lay down as he tells you what's good and what's not. Hit the skins, hit that shit, and hit play. Bottlecap's youthful exuberance is here to crack you out of your straight life and get the knees jumpin'.

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