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Cities of Mars Sign to Ripple Music; New Album Due in 2019

After making their full-length debut with 2017’s Temporal Rifts (review here) on Argonauta Records, Gothenburg, Sweden-based riff-rollers Cities of Mars have announced they’ve signed to Ripple Music. They will issue a yet-untitled new album in 2019.

Good news? Hell yes that’s good news. Since Cities of Mars self-released their first single, Cyclopean Ritual/The Third Eye (review here), in 2015, and followed it up with 2016’s Suicide Records EP, Celestial Mistress (review here) the band’s momentum and creative trajectory have both done nothing but move forward, and signing to Ripple, who I think are inarguably the driving force in the American heavy underground at this point, is both a huge and a crucial step in furthering that process. Bottom line is the band kick ass and with Ripple behind them, only more people are going to realize it. Always good news.

Cities of Mars have made a point to tour heavily both before and after the arrival of Temporal Rifts, so as they make public their intentions toward a second long-player due out next year, it seems only fair to expect they’ll be out on the road again to support it. More on that, and the album, hopefully, as we get closer to the release, but for now, heartfelt congratulations to the band and here’s looking forward to new material from them. Their sci-fi edge and unbridled tonal heft should bring something unique to the flagship Ripple lineup, and I can’t wait to hear how it all turns out.

The label sent along the following info:

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Cities of Mars – New Album

Cities of Mars from Gothenburg, Sweden, combine heavy doom riffs with ambient soundscapes and haunting vocals.The lyrics on each song adds a chapter in a continuing story, where a Soviet cosmonaut on a covert space mission in 1971 discovers an ancient Martian city and awakens a sleeping conspiracy from the dawn of humanity.

With several European tours and two critically acclaimed vinyl releases under their belt, Cities of Mars are continuing to evolve their sci-fi saga through lead-heavy space tunes.

Formed in 2015 by Danne Palm (vocals, bass), Christoffer Norén (vocals, guitar) and Johan Küchler ( drums, vocals) the first two songs were recorded into a single produced by Esben Willems (Monolord/Berserk Audio) and released for the band’s first live show at the Wizard of Fuzz Festival.

2016 saw the release of Celestial Mistress, a three-song vinyl EP with the captivating artwork of Gothenburg-based graphic artist Axel Widén and the bands’ first European tour. More shows and new songs followed into 2017 when the album Temporal Rifts was released with a three week tour through Europe.

The saga now continues – with three years of writing, jamming and touring, Cities of Mars have sharpened their songcraft in writing another album for release in 2019 – heavy riffs to infinity and beyond!

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Cities of Mars, “Caverns Alive!” official video

Cities of Mars, Temporal Rifts (2017)

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