Portuguese Stoner Mantra Doom Band STONES OF BABYLON to Release New LP “Ishtar Gate” ‣ CVLTARTES

Somewhere in Babylon, in a space almost lost in time, the eighth gate of the city was erected. Like any door, the Ishtar Gate symbolizes access to coded worlds, the closing of crossroads, or simply the thunderous force of power.

Traveling back in time to the ancient history and myths of Mesopotamia and the fertile crescent, STONES OF BABYLON continue where they left off with their 2019 debut album “Hanging Gardens”: they start from song titles with the aim that the listener can embark on a journey and, somehow, be taken to the places of an always mysterious past that fills the lines of history.

With the entry of Alexandre Mendes on the guitar, there is an evolution in continuity, where, without losing the thread of the path followed previously, they intend not only to cement the concept of the project but also to expand it either through the composition or through the loudness.

In this way, the six thick tracks that makeup “Ishtar Gate”, intend to take the listener to feel an approach to the sounds of the Middle East in fusion with the densest and most massive riffs of the West, something like sonic mantras alternating between weight and subtlety and culminating in a psychedelic and travel atmosphere.