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Mordor Truckers Premiere “Red Sands”; Debut EP Coming Soon

Posted in audiObelisk on October 30th, 2020 by JJ Koczan

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Brazilian three-piece Mordor Truckers — who, yes, win at band names — are getting ready to release their first studio EP sometime in the near future, following up on their initial 2018 single “Lord of the Desert” and the 2019 live offering Ao Vivo – Pequeno Anfiteatro. “Red Sands” featured on that live album, along with a slew of other vibe-heavy mostly-instrumentals crossing the line between atmospheric spaciousness, jamming and heavier-fuzzed riffs, capturing the spirit of a nascent Sungrazer with a warmth of bottom-end tone that came through the proceedings even in the rawer, captured-outside form.

To listen to “Lord of the Desert” from that release — you can stream it at the bottom of the post here for reference; it’s also name-your-price — you not only get a taste of guitarist Manuel Ceballos‘ vocal approach, but the copious groove that coincides led by his own thickened fuzz and push forth by the drums of Brendan Bazzi and the bass of Patrick Jordy.

In comparison, “Red Sands” balances out as a mellower affair, but the dynamic is similar. It begins with a spacious, mellow establishment of the central progression and a well timed full kick into the ensuing distortion and crash, the roll underway with little ceremony and all the easier to follow for that. The converted will find little to argue with as the guitars drop out and the bass makes a bed for a sample warning against a return to Mars, and when the riff resurfaces, it opens to an airy lead that’s a preface for the drifting but still tense movement that soon enough plays back and forth with crushing weight as the song rolls through its final stage.

One is left to wonder how the rest of the EP might play out and how the band — who recorded in 2019 — might have continued to grow in the time since, but these are concerns for after emerging from the other side of “Red Sands” itself, which portends the yet-untitled release as one for which one might keep an eye/ear out in the “coming soon” to come.

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Mordor Truckers, “Red Sands” official track premiere

The Brazilian Psychedelic/Stoner Rock/Space Rock three-headed act Mordor Truckers is ready to release their first new single “Red Sands” which is expected to be featured in the band’s first EP (hopefully in this year). “Red Sands” is a instrumental heavy psychedelic and spacey journey through the cosmos inspired by the sonority of bands like Spaceslug and Vinnum Sabbathi. Crushing riffs, a intense atmosphere and beautiful heavy tones are part of this first trip of the band in their path exploring new dimensions and inspirations.

Recorded between April and October/2019 at Wecando Music/Joinville
Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Julio Cesar Schwochow

Mordor Truckers is a Stoner Rock band from Jaraguá do Sul/Brazil formed in June 2016 by Manuel Ceballos (vocal/guitar), Brendan Bazzi (drums) and Lucas Dal-Ri (bass). The band emerged from a conversation about the lack of Stoner Rock bands in the city featuring the heavy and slow and with psychedelic characteristics of the 70’s. The band show diverse influences ranging from Led Zeppelin to Deep Purple and even touching the heavier sounds like Black Sabbath, Kyuss and Dozer.

With a new lineup with Patrick Jordy in bass the band got their own brand with a particular sonority made to impact the listener. They aim their forces and influences to the mystical and intangible together with the influences of scientific articles and references from the 1940s, 50s and 60s, embracing the heavy and dirty sounds and conjuring the psychedelic and spacey influences together

In the year of 2019 the band was invited to participate in the Week of Rock promoted by the Secretariat of Culture in the city of Jaraguá do Sul playing alongside great bands from the city scene. In that event was possible to record the live EP of the band. In this 2020 year the band is preparing the process of the first studio EP with four tracks of intense and mesmerizing Psychedelic/Stoner Rock vibrations.

Mordor Truckers are:
Drums: Brendan Bazzi
Guitar/Vocals: Manuel Ceballos
Bass: Patrick Jordy

Mordor Truckers, Ao Vivo – Pequeno Anfiteatro (2019)

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