Cartaxo Sessions: The Wizards / Lâmina / Vahlak

///THE WIZARDS///
https://www.facebook.com/TheWizardsRock/

THE WIZARDS is your new favorite 70´s Hard Rock and Occult Rock band, but you still don´t know!

Formed in Bilbao, Basque Country, back in 2013 these five outcasts decided to form a band after several intense sessions of drug abuse and hard liquor drinking marathons at backyard parties where the records from Black Sabbath, Danzing, The Cult, Blue Oyster Cult, Pentagram, Deep Purple, Dio, Horisont and Electric Wizard where played so loud neighbours would call the police sooner than expected.

In January 2014 they record and self-release their first demo “Plagues”. With only 4 songs recorded and a bunch of covers they are able to win the 26th edition of the local Pop-Rock contest Villa de Bilbao, on the “Metal” section, earning a great bunch of cash, but spending almost half of it on alcohol and illegal sustances that same day of a epic allnigther.

During 2015 they release their selft tittled debut LP. Recoded in Silver Sound Studio by Martin Guevara and mixed and mastered by local Punk Rock hero Mikel Biffs (Safety Pins, The Plasure Fuckers) at GBBG Estudio II the album is released through the band´s own label Witch Records in collaboration with French label Geea Music. With all the 300 vinyl copies and 1000 cd copies got sold out on the following months the band decides to re-release another 500 cd copies, which get sold fast.

The band starts playing live and even tours in France together with their friends from Brain Pyramid. In Basque Country and Spain the band gets to open for legendary bands and artists such as The Dictators, Iggy Pop or Turbonegro and shares stages with Peter Pan Speed Rock, Horisont, Hypnos and so on. They are even invited to participate in festivals such as Madrid Stoner Scene Fest, Kriston Fest or Faan Fest.

During April 2016 the band enters Gaua Studio together with Brooklyn based produced Dean Rispler, current bass player for The Dictators and ex-bass player for NYC hardcore veterans Murphy´s Law and The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. During two weeks they record 8 songs that form their upcoming second album “Fullmoon in Scorpio”, engineered by Asier Zubelbu and mixed and mastered by Jesse Cannon (The Cure, The Misfits, Dillinger Escape Plan) at Cannon Found Soundation in Union City, New Jersey.

The result is a blast, a master piece full of undeniable power, edge crushing guitar riffs and solos, tight and fierce rhythm section and outstanding lead vocals by frontman Ian Mason, a true force of nature. The album even includes a song called ¨Leaving the past behind” where guitar god Ross The Boss (from Manowar fame) plays a guest solo and Barcelona based designer Pol Abran from Branca Studio (Pentagram, High on Fire, Kvelertak, The Black Dahlia Murder, Fu Manchu, Baroness) has taken care of the atwork for the record too, making the visuals of this album as good as its ground breaking sound.

Not bad for an up coming band from northern Spain right?

These 8 songs are blessed with the thunder and they are the band´s sincere tribute to the almighty and the occult. As they confess, “Fullmoon in Scorpio” is a magical artifact, to be handle with care and to be played at maximum volume for its full effect. Just open your ears and prepare to be destroyed, crushed and conquered by the most savage rock and roll album you have listened in the last years.

///LÂMINA///
https://www.facebook.com/LaminaIsEvil/

LÂMINA: Psicadelismo com corpo Stoner e alma Doom 

LÂMINA nasceu em Agosto de 2013, pela mão de  Vasco Duarte (guitarra e voz), Katari (bateria), Filipe Homem Fonseca (baixo) e Sérgio Costa (guitarra). O quarteto já abriu para Greenleaf  e Acid King e partilhou o palco com Pentagram ou Sleep em festivais como o Sonic Blast Moledo e o Reverence Valada.

"LILITH" é o nome do álbum de estreia dos lisboetas LÂMINA. Editado a 2 de Junho com o selo da Raging Planet, "LILITH" é uma viagem de 53 minutos sem roteiro definido que explora influências musicais e imagéticas de contornos psicadélicos e  obscuros, com forte influência cinematográfica. 

A 31 de Outubro do ano passado, LÂMINA lançou o vídeo oficial para o tema "In The Warmth Of Lilith", uma curta metragem de cerca de 10 minutos pensada, produzida e realizada pela própria banda. Retrato conceptual, ilustra a história de Lilith e estabelece uma analogia com este primeiro ábum.

Os concertos de LÂMINA são uma intensa experiência sensorial e um convite à percepção de um universo misterioso e oculto.
Sejam bem-vindos.

Official Bandcamp
https://laminaofficial.bandcamp.com/

'In the warmth of Lilith' video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lp8pLaXmfro


///VAHLAK///
https://www.facebook.com/vahlakmusic/

Das melhores castas trazidas por Baco até aos confins do ribatejo que servem de inspiração, Vahlak nasce carregando doom apedrejado ao ombro que profetiza tempos demenciais e pessimistas. Por entre bruxas, João Garrido e David Calisto juntam energias astrais para formar uma banda em 2017 que vai contra a ética e crenças do seu berço. Bruxas, Deuses, paisagens desérticas e a própria falibilidade do ser humano são as temáticas líricas e atmosféricas que procuram perante a sua exposição ao mundo quotidiano.  

A banda alternativa ribatejana “Vahlak” composta por ex-elementos das bandas The Fallen Reign e Dear Watson apresentam-se em público dia 2 de dezembro no palco das Cartaxo Sessions (Centro Cultural do Cartaxo). O autointitulado EP será disponibilizado gratuitamente dia 27 de Novembro nas plataformas digitais.

Para mais:
Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/vahlakmusic/
Soundcloud- https://soundcloud.com/jo-o-garrido-5
Youtube- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCC0PShIveOQfb-D3UYUoetQ?view_as=subscriber

Bilhetes: 5€