CANCELED: Mars Red Sky

Thu May 28 2020

8:00 PM

Reggies Music Joint

2105 South State Street Chicago, IL 60616

Ages 21+

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The concert featuring Mars Red Sky is CANCELED. All previously purchased tickets will be refunded at original point of purchase. 

Reggies Music Joint
8pm doors / 21+ / $15 

Empire Productions presents:
Mars Red Sky 
Black Road

 

CANCELED: Empire Productions presents:
CANCELED: Mars Red Sky

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  • Mars Red Sky

    Mars Red Sky

    Stoner Metal

    Brought up on bands like Sonic Youth, The Jesus Lizard or My Bloody Valentine,
    Bordeaux-based outfit MARS RED SKY had no idea that they were about to become
    French stoner scene cornerstones when they founded the band in 2007. Yet the
    heavy psychedelic trio already share many similarities and obvious connections with
    the "heavy and slow" community. Free from any musical genre consideration, the
    musicians build their very own style on the tracks of the underground pioneers.
    Julien Pras' ethereal and melodic voice emerges from a thick and complex rhythm,
    carried by sci-fi literature's lyricism. Almost cinematic, MARS RED SKY's sounding
    has a peculiar and unique flavor, standing out within the heavy rock scene.

    To record their self-titled debut album, they shut themselves up in a remote house
    in the wilderness of the Spanish desert. Hypnotic, exhilarating, heavy, the release
    conquered the very select heavy family and brought the trio to the biggest
    international rock and metal stages (SXSW, Hellfest, Desertfest, Roadburn,
    Eurockéennes), as well as opening for major acts such as Sleep, Dinosaur Junior,
    Kyuss Lives!, Killing Joke, Detroit or Gojira. On stage, they manage to recreate their
    sophisticated studio atmospheres and to deliver the special sonic touch that
    characterizes them. Their live shows absorb the listener, lose him into a visual and
    vibrant limbo and take him into another dimension. Beyond a simple concert, it is a
    real sensorial experience that is proposed.

    A series of EP releases follow, including a split with post-metal sextet Year Of No
    Light in 2012. In 2014, MARS RED SKY begin a collaboration with French label
    Listenable Records and welcome their new drummer Matgaz to replace Benoît
    Busser who decides to leave the band. Together they complete the albums
    "Stranded In Arcadia" (2014), "Apex III (Praise For The Burning Soul)" (2016) and
    "The Task Eternal" (2019). Matgaz's vision and musicianship create depth in the
    trio's personality, which take a darker and more massive turn throughout these
    three productions.

    The band's latest EP (out April 2023 on Mrs Red Sound & Vicious Circle) features
    dark folk artist Queen Of The Meadow. The power of psychedelic heavy meets the
    depth of dark folk harmonies in a complex and exhilarating flavor.

    Julien Pras: vocals, guitars, harmonica, broken piano.
    Jimmy Kinast: bass, drones, sound effects, lead vocals on The Final Round.
    Mathieu Gazeau: drums, percussions, rhodes.

  • Black Road

    Black Road

    Psychedelic

    Black Road is a four-piece sultry stoner/doom band from Chicago, IL. Founding members Tim M. and Suzi Uzi write the riffs and lyrics, with new member Trey Wedgeworth (bass) and newest member Danny Garcia (drums) creating a heavy and harmonious rhythm as the backbone. Formed in the summer of 2015, Black Road has had lineup changes that have pushed the band to become stronger and more focused. Just before acquiring then-new members Robert and Casey in fall of 2016, Black Road signed with DHU Records (Netherlands) for a vinyl and cassette deal. In early 2017, they signed with BloodRock Records (Italy) for the CD release. After almost one full year of gaining their new bassist and drummer, Black Road was finally ready to reveal their self-titled debut Black Road - EP (10/6/2017). One year later, a digital single with a runtime of over ten minutes was released: Witch of the Future. The single album release with two tracks is titled “Blood On The Blade” (4/5/2019), and the 7” vinyl sold out in 20 minutes in the US and overseas at DHU Records. “Witch of the Future”, the debut full-length attempt, was released on Halloween 2019 with the same two killer labels. It features a completely new recording of the song “Witch of the Future”, and a brand new mix for “Blood on the Blade”. A repress on “Witch of the Future” was released in September 2020, with a limited edition translucent red vinyl via DHU Records and The Company. This second pressing (sold out) featured new artwork.