San Diego stoner-rock power-trio Earthless wowed many critics and fans with their last album From The Ages. Now the band is coming back with a new album Black Heaven, from Nuclear Blast Entertainment, due out on March 16th. Stream their first new single and jam out to, ‘Gifted by the Wind’, now.
Black Heaven was recorded at Rancho de la Luna in Joshua Tree, CA with Dave Catching (Eagles of Death Metal) handling production.
Drummer Mario Rubalcaba commented:
“We are proud to drop the first single ‘Gifted by the Wind’ today. Something that moves, grooves and wants to shake your brains! We hope you enjoy and of course blast the ‘F’ out of it.” The song, which kicks off the album, marks a shift for the band, with four of the six songs featuring vocals whereas earlier albums only occasionally had vocals. “It wasn’t a premeditated thing to do a record with vocals”, continues Rubalcaba. “On the older records, Mike [Eginton] was responsible for a lot of the riffs that would start these jams, but on this one Isaiah [Mitchell] really brought his own pizazz and flavour to it. I’d say that’s one of the major differences on this album: It has more of Isaiah’s input. He took a risk bringing these ideas to us, not knowing if we’d like them. But as with everything we’ve done in the past, it felt very organic and natural.”
Black Heaven is now available to pre-order:
Limited Edition coloured and splatter vinyl: http://nblast.de/EarthlessShop
Limited Edition Black Vinyl: http://nblast.de/EarthlessVinyl
Limited Edition Digipack CD: http://nblast.de/EarthlessDigipack
Digital album from iTunes: http://nblast.de/EarthlessBlackHeavenIT
Black Heaven track listing:
Gifted by the Wind
End to End
Electric Flame
Volt Rush
Black Heaven
Sudden End