Austin Heavy Rockers DEMONS MY FRIENDS to reissue debut album "Demons Seem To Gather" on Ripple Music; new video "Ghosts Of You" available!

Austin, TX heavy rock powerhouse Demons My Friends unleash a stirring new video to celebrate the special LP and CD reissue of their debut album "Demons Seem To Gather", available on January 16th through Ripple Music.

Get spellbound by their new video Ghosts Of You

Initially released in 2023, Demons My Friends' debut full-length "Demons Seem To Gather" is a powerhouse blend of drop-tuned grunge riffs, doom structures, soaring melodies, groove-laden rhythms and psychedelic harmonies. Sonic touchstones include Monolord, King Buffalo, All Them Witches and Soundgarden, while their musicianship brilliantly transcends most genre trappings. The album was recorded at Red Nova Ranch in Austin, TX and Soga Records in Jiutepec, Mexico; produced and mixed by Jeff Henson at Red Nova Ranch in Austin, TX; mastered for vinyl by Esben Willems (Monolord) at Studio Berserk in Gothenburg, Sweden.

Demons My Friends have recently signed a worldwide deal with Ripple Music for the release of their upcoming sophomore album in the spring of 2026. Stay tuned for more info!

Demons My Friends "Demons Seem To Gather" reissue
Out January 16th on Ripple Music (LP/CD)
International preorder - US preorder

"A highly captivating and first rate release." - Outlaws of the Sun

"The trio can bring big riffs as well as surprisingly dense, climactic hooks that help shake up their pacing, introducing drama into their luxuriously groovy pacing.” - Invisible Oranges

"A face-melting mix of sludgy power chords, thunderous drumming, Black Sabbath-meets-Soundgarden/Alice In Chains-like solos and crooned vocals with an expansive song structure." - Joy of Violent Movement

Demons My Friends, whose three members originate from Mexico City, was born during an impromptu recording session at SXSW Festival 2022 in Austin, TX. The concept of their debut album "Demons Seem To Gather" (2023) explores the inner journey its members have embarked on since the onset of the COVID pandemic, confronting inner demons and battling anxiety, depression, self-doubt, and rage, while teaching themselves how to turn these demons into their "friends". Their sound is both emotionally charged and adventurous, mixing raw power with a sense of reflective moodiness, while the lyrical themes often deal with personal struggles, societal matters, and the complexities of human experience with a touch of existential or philosophical contemplation.

As part of the promotion of "Demons Seem To Gather", Demons My Friends provided tour support for Bruce Dickinson and Graveyard in Mexico, and also performed at major festivals like Levitation, SXSW, Mexico Metal Fest and Ripplefest Texas.

Demons My Friends is

Pablo Anton – Guitars and vocals
Lu Salinas – Bass and vocals
Tarro Martinez – Drums

Demons My Friends links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Ripple Music links

Website | Facebook | Bandcamp | Instagram

Thanks to Purple Sage PR for the details

Gravitoyd announce ‘CHAPTER 1: THE GATHERING’ a Split Vinyl with Stone Nomads and Demons My Friends!

Gravitoyd announce ‘CHAPTER 1: THE GATHERING’ a Split Vinyl with Stone Nomads and Demons My Friends!

Limited edition Split LP with Demons My Friends on one side and Stone Nomads on the other side. Chapter 1: the Gathering is the first in a series of split LP's from Gravitoyd Heavy Music. Includes select tracks from "Demons Seem to Gather" and "Fields of Doom"

Pre-order Chapter 1: The Gathering here. 

Gravitoyd Heavy Music is proud to announce the release of it’s first in a series of Vinyl Split LP releases – “CHAPTER 1: THE GATHERING” Featuring Gravitoyd artists DEMONS MY FRIENDS and STONE NOMADS. 

Each release will be a limited edition available in Vinyl LP format only. Visit our bandcamp page for more details (see link above)

“Chapter 1: The Gathering is a celebration of 2 of our most coveted releases here at Gravitoyd Heavy Music. The album is a collection of tracks from STONE NOMAD’s “Fields of Doom” and DEMONS MY FRIENDS “Demons Seem to Gather”, each of which were featured albums of the year in 2022 and 2023 respectively. We are excited to hear these songs on vinyl for the first time!”

About The Bands

Demons My Friends is an unlikely collaboration between members of Mexican alt-metal band QBO and Washington, DC desert rockers Fellowcraft. The stoner/doom metal trio—Lu Salinas (bass/vocals), Tarro Martinez (drums), Pablo Anton (guitar/vocals)—embarked on their creative endeavor via an impromptu recording session at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2022.

Stone Nomads is an American Metal power trio based in Houston TX. The band, formed by Jon Cosky (Guitar/Vocals) and Jude Sisk (Bass/Vocals) in 2021, incorporates the sounds of early Doom Metal, modern Sludge Metal and all things heavy. Conceptually, the band explores the journey of life and death through the heavier and darker side of things, delivered via sludged-out, powerful riff-based sonics.

Thanks to Desert Bloom PR for all of the details.

Demons My Friends - Demons Seem To Gather (Album Review)

Release Date: September 08th 2023. Record Label: Gravitoyd Heavy Music. Formats: CD/DD/Vinyl

Demons Seem To Gather: Tracklisting

The Tower Falls

Bring The Night

Inner Slay

Ghosts Of You

Make Them Pay

Fire Mountain

Your Bones

We Are The Resistance

Review:

Demons Seem To Gather is the debut album from Doom/Stoner Metallers Demons My Friends and it's quite an accomplished debut from a band who have only been going since 2022. Taking the Sludge/Stoner Metal melodies of bands such as High On Fire, Mastodon and Torche but with the Psychedelic textures of King Buffalo and All Them Witches. There's also a bombastic style of Grunge that allows the album to have a more cautionary and classic sound which you can fully experience early on the outstanding opening song The Tower Falls.

The Tower Falls has a vibrant and highly melodic style of Sludge/Stoner Rock/Metal with a heavy down-tuned Doom based approach. The vocals remind me of Baroness and Mastodon with an Alternative edge appearing within the lyrics. The sound is always bang on point with a FUZZ and AMPLIFIER based attitude appearing within the production values throughout the album.

Second song Bring The Night is more restrained in places for the early stages of the song with the sludgy grooves before moving into heavier areas of the Sludge/Stoner Metal creative template Demons My Friends employ here. The track fuses Post-Metallic energy with deft touches of Hardcore aggression to add extra bite within the heavier parts of the track. The second half sees Demon My Friends play a more Progressive style of music with the drone-ish vocals working surprisingly well with the first rate guitars.

Third song Inner Slay has a heavier and darker presence compared to the other tracks on the album within both the music and lyrics that offers some of the heaviest grooves on the album. Demons My Friends play a slower style of music but it adds a more eerie and chilling atmosphere especially when the mood becomes more THRASH based which will delight fans of High On Fire. The Psychedelic and Fuzzier sounds wisely adapts to a more LOW & SLOW approach on the later stages of the track.

Fourth song Ghosts Of You sees the band change their vocal styles for a more melancholic and indie rock delivery but the music always remains Sludgy with Psychedelic gloomy textures which build upto a killer style of Post-Stoner based instrumental jams. The album does become more volatile on this track alone with the AMPLIFIER DISTORTION and Guitar Reverb allowing Demons My Friends to become aggressively LOUD and quite punishing at times. This is one of the standout tracks on the album.

The second half of the album sees Demon My Friends continue with their highly creative style of Sludge/Stoner Metal with areas of Classic Hard Rock and Grunge taking centre stage more on tracks such as: Make Them Pay, Fire Mountain and We Are The Resistance. Demons My Friends do try different things with their music on this part of the album with screeching vocals and experimental sounds being played just for the hell of it. However, there's always a fine amount of intense grooves and sublime vocals to leave you wanting to hear more great music such as this.

Demons Seem To Gather is a highly captivating and first rate release from Demons My Friends that offers genuine thrills and spills within the LOUD VOLUME department. The Doom/Stoner Metal scene has another wonderful band to fully get behind and get truly excited about. As this album delivers on all fronts.

Words by Steve Howe

Thanks to US/THEM PR for the promo.

Demons Seem To Gather will be available to buy on CD/DD/Vinyl via Gravitoyd Heavy Music from September 08th 2023.

Links:

Linktree | BandCamp

DEMONS MY FRIENDS announce new album ‘DEMONS SEEM TO GATHER’ out Sept 8th on GRAVITOYD HEAVY MUSIC!

Demons Seem to Gather was recorded, mixed and produced by Jeff Henson at Red Nova Ranch, Austin, TX. It was mastered by Alberto de Icaza. It’s set for release on September 8 on vinyl, CD and digitally via Gravitoyd Heavy Music. In the meantime you can stream the band's new song Make Them Pay below.

Demons My Friends is an unlikely collaboration between members of Mexican alt-metal band QBO and Washington, DC desert rockers Fellowcraft. The stoner/doom metal trio—Lu Salinas (bass/vocals), Tarro Martinez (drums), Pablo Anton (guitar/vocals)—embarked on their creative endeavor via an impromptu recording session at the SXSW music festival in Austin, TX in 2022 and have consummated the relationship with an upcoming full-length titled Demons Seem to Gather.

Shows coming up for Demons My Friends:

October 20th at Valhalla (Austin TX)
October 21st at Black Magic Social Club (Houston TX)

Demons My Friends is:

Pablo Anton - guitar/vox
Lu Salinas - Bass/vox
Tarro - Drums

Links:

Facebook | BandCamp | Instagram

Thanks to Desert Bloom PR for all of the details.