Mother Iron Horse Sign to Ripple Music; Under the Blood Moon out Later This Year
If you’re not from Massachusetts or you’ve never lived there, you probably don’t know the difference between the North Shore and the South Shore. Well. As somebody who lived on the South Shore for nearly seven years, let me tell you, there’s a difference. You go north of Boston, it’s pretty nice up there. Salem — where Mother Iron Horse are from — is a cool town, and there’s some old-money-style New Englandy stuff to look at. South Shore? Yeah, it’s pretty much just whatever’s off the highway en route to Cape Cod.
So hey, congrats to North Shore denizens Mother Iron Horse on getting picked up for Blasko‘s curated series through Ripple Music. I saw this band one time, and they were pretty cool. Their first record came out through Electric Valley in 2019, and they’ll have their second, Under the Blood Moon out sometime later in 2021.
They join a swath of recent Ripple signees and keep the company of Holy Death Trio, Hail the Void and The Crooked Whispers in Blasko’s curated series. Dude would seem to have a particular affection for three-word bands. Either way, can’t argue with any of the picks at this point.
From the PR wire:
Salem occult sludge merchants MOTHER IRON HORSE sign to Ripple Music as part of special series curated by Blasko; watch “Old Man Satan” video now!
Ripple Music announces the signing of Salem, Massachusetts sleazy sludge rock cultists MOTHER IRON HORSE, for the release of their sophomore album “Under The Blood Moon” later this year. This comes as the fourth signing as part of Blasko’s special series on the Californian powerhouse.
Says the band: “Joining the Ripple family with some of the genres top artists is something we’re still wrapping our heads around! Working with Blasko and Ripple on our sophomore record has been an absolute honor and it’s pushed us to create our best work yet. We’re humbled and truly thankful for this opportunity. We look forward to hitting the road in both the US and abroad to celebrate this new partnership. With Blasko and Ripple backing us up, we truly feel unstoppable! Cheers!”
With a sound steeped in occult debauchery and esoteric rituals, MOTHER IRON HORSE stands out from the stoner rock pack by adding some sleazy grit and tongue-in-cheek blasphemy into the mix and adding a corrosive sludge punk twist that makes it all sound incredibly rousing and addictive. With years worth of touring canceled due to the pandemic, MOTHER IRON HORSE set out to create a fun video for their new single “Old Man Satan”, which will appear on their sophomore album and Ripple Music debut “Under The Blood Moon”.
MOTHER IRON HORSE was formed in 2018 by North Shore natives Adam Luca, Marco Medina, and Chris Kobialka. Shortly after forming, they found an old mill and began building their own recording studio, leading to the release of a 2-song demo on Halloween of 2018 (Hellmouth Records). Shortly afterward, the band was approached by Italy-based label Electric Valley Records, who released their debut album ‘The Lesser Key’ worldwide on May 17th, 2019. In support of the album, the band left for their first tour alongside Dutchguts up and down the American East Coast and throughout the Southern states in June 2019. After a summer of festivals and weekend shows, they hit the road again in September- with longtime friends and fellow Massachusetts natives Leather Lung. They played regionally throughout the rest of the year and appeared on the Boston-based TV show Heavy Leather Topless Dance Party.
2020 was shaping up to be their biggest year yet with a national tour booked around their appearance at Psycho SmokeOut in Los Angeles, followed by another summer of festivals leading up to a European tour in the fall. Unfortunately, the pandemic hit. Not one to waste time, MOTHER IRON HORSE began writing their second album ‘Under The Blood Moon’. The album’s debut single and video for “Old Man Satan” made an impression within the underground heavy scene and caught the attention of Blasko, who signed the band to Ripple Music for a 2021 release as part of his own curated series on the label.
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