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No Stone Set to Release Road Into the Darkness Vinyl on Jan. 7

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Less than a year after releasing the album themselves digitally, Argentina’s No Stone have been picked up by StoneFly Records for a vinyl pressing of their debut, Road Into the Darkness (review here). Cultish and on the rawer end of garage doom, the release nonetheless carried across a melodic focus in its post-Uncle Acid vocal arrangements, and the blend of bare fuzz and ethereal sneer will no doubt come across well suited to the 12″ platter on which it’ll be presented. South American heavy, Argentine heavy, remain undervalued by the gringo underground in general, but anytime you get a Euro label signing a band — in this case, as the imprint’s second release; showing nothing if not priority — it’s worth noting. All the more so here because the record kicks ass and the band aren’t nazis so far as I know.

The release is Jan. 7, like the headline says. StoneFly sent the following down the PR wire:

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OCCULT STONER ROCK/ PSYCHEDELIC DOOM TRIO NO STONE SIGNS TO STONEFLY RECORDS FOR A WORLDWIDE VINYL RELEASE OF THEIR ROAD INTO THE DARKNESS ALBUM ON JANUARY 7 2022

StoneFly Records is thrilled to announce the signing of Rosario, Argentina based trio NO STONE and look forward to release their debut album Road Into The Darkness on 180g vinyl. This album will be the second album released by StoneFly Records. These quarantine made recordings were salvaged from a secret bunker hidden in the heart of Argentina and have been transferred to wax for the collector’s pleasure. Embracing a lo-fi aesthetic, this album will restore your faith in doom or send you to your grave.

In April 2020, NO STONE released a single: “Bewitched” which I very loved. It was only later in February 2021 that I finally heard about NO STONE again. Few friends sent me the link to their album and I was then jumping the feet ahead in this beautiful darkness. I loved the rawness of their sound; maybe something reminiscent of other Argentinian bands like Mephistofeles for example. The overall vibe was crying to me: Uncle Acid. I was seduced by these strong songs filled with these occult stoner proto-metallic riffs; I knew I wanted these guys on my label.

Road Into The Darkness has been recorded during the quarantine with minimalistic means. You can’t expect a studio album here, you gotta embrace the lo-fi aspect of the album in order to appreciate it fully. The vinyl version will offer a different version than the digital one. We worked with Martin Antonsson Productions who re-mixed the whole songs and mastered them for vinyl playback. The goal was to bring more definitions to the songs while keeping their vital essence alive.

Road Into The Darkness channels a dark magic that will please the old horror movie fans. You could easily swap the soundtrack of one of these black and white Hammer’s movies for it and just see fire!

NO STONE’s Road Into The Darkness was digitally released February 13, 2021. The band is a mixture of melodic harmonized vocals with heavy-style riffs with power drums & bass lines, inviting you to enter into their dark psychedelic world inspired by the atmosphere of old horror cult movies.

Tracklisting:
1. Intro
2. Bewitched
3. The Frayed endings
4. Devil Behind
5. Goodbye’s Blues / Put Me In A Hole
6. Shadow No More
7. Road Into The Darkness

NO STONE is:
Pablo Lanziani: Vocals, guitars and synths
Diego Moran: Bass
Maximiliano Fradellin: Drums, Percussion

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No Stone, Road Into the Darkness (2021)

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