My first question for Cortez guitarist Scotty Fuse when I saw the below press release was, “Does the album have a title yet?” Nope, it doesn’t. But we do get some song titles, and anything involving stoner rock and monoliths is okay by me. Here’s the update from the band:

Massachusetts stoner/doom metallers Cortez have entered New Alliance Audio (Scissorfight, Cave In, Keelhaul, Trap Them, The Red Chord) in Cambridge, Massachusetts to begin recording material for its second album with engineer Ethan Dussault. Song titles set to appear on the CD include “Monolith,” “Northlander,” and “Beyond the Mountain.” This will be the first recording to feature vocalist Matt Harrington.

Cortez‘s latest album, Thunder in a Forgotten Town, was released in 2006 via Buzzville Records.

Below is a live video from September 2009 of Cortez performing “Monolith” at the Stoner Hands of Doom Festival in Frederick, Maryland.

Tags: Allston, Cortez, Massachusetts

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