Hey Martian Maniacs!!! You may have heard the transmission across the universe that we are self releasing Dead Planet Exodus on October 18th, Pre-order this long awaited slab of Mars Metal now and get it ASAP on release.
Grab it now and enjoy the opening track Crashdown to get you into the saga of our stalwart Crashtronauts and their journey from the void to the Dead Planet and beyond. Get your preoder here: https://desertsofmars.bandcamp.com/album/dead-planet-exodus
We’ve got some cool Austin shows coming up as the year cools, down we’re heating it up. If you are keeping up here, hit the side bar or the Live link up top, and also follow us on Facebook and Instagram. On short notice we picked up a gig with some friends at the Far out Lounge on 08/21/2024 Followed quickly by another rocker on 09/05/2024 at Valhalla (it’s so great to be playing there again, the former Room 710 was one of our first regular venues when we got started).
Hey Martian Maniacs we have more shows lined up, but we’re hoping you can join us at one of our favorite places – Valhalla on Red River for a night of Space Rock- Saturday August 3rd for the Gallows of Saturn CD release show with Tears of Ra! It’s going to rip, so show up to hang out at 8:00 and stay late for an out of this world time!!
Thanks to everyone who has been sharing the Mars Metal across the Universe! We’ve been getting incredible feedback and we are charging up the interstellar engines to get back out there LIVE. Our first new show announcement is at one of our favorite venues, The Coral Snake, on Friday, May 10th, with Peth bringing the heat from the start and Fuzz Lightyear closing out the night! You won’t want to miss this packed lineup!! Thanks to Spargonaut Presents for making this happen! In other rad news, Tuesday, May 6th, brings episode 212 of the El Gordo Metalero Podcast streaming Crimson Mountain and many other rocktastic tunes! Check it out along with previous episodes; there is a lot of great music from all over the world in these Transmissions!
Hey Martian Maniacs!! We’re proud to announce the release of the new single “Crimson Mountain” from the upcoming album “Dead Planet Exodus.” You can stream it across the Universe on the platform of your choice!
You can also watch the new Lyric video for Crimson Mountain here: (full album credits in the about): https://youtu.be/riG2DkC_knw
“Heavily inspired by sci-fi and Tabletop RPGs, DESERTS OF MARS deliver a dynamic sonic mixture of stoner rock, grunge, metal, and doom/industrial. The new single “Crimson Mountain” is out now, and lands ahead of the forthcoming album Dead Planet Exodus to be released later this year.
The band comments on “Crimson Mountain”:
“An anthem and rallying cry for the Crashtronauts and the band as our heroes hop into a battle vehicle and head to take the rocket base atop the Crimson Mountain (you can see the rocket taking off on the album cover). I channeled all the anime/action visuals in my head for this one, as I wanted to evoke the feeling of a band going for broke with weapons shaped like instruments, slaying their enemies, and reaching their ultimate goal.
Thinly veiled, but the last lyric: ‘This flight, our final fight To seize our place Among the stars’ is how I feel this album and its strange winding production has been for the band. This is our final make or break during this time period, and a call to action that we have to make things happen.”
Thanks to C-Squared Music for being awesome and getting the word out, and to everyone keeping Mars Metal alive!
Deserts of Mars
