Chilean epic doom metal band Mortajas presents their sophomore full-length album »Mortajas II«, out now via Sun & Moon Records
Chilean epic doom metal band Mortajas is back with their sophomore full-length album, »Mortajas II«, which was released on October 18th, 2023 via Sun & Moon Records. Featuring current and former members of Procession, Mourners Lament, Mar de Grises and more.
Listen to »Mortajas II« on Spotify and other streaming platforms!
Tracklist:
01. Miedo y Dolor
02. Las Palabras del Silencio
03. Bajo un Nuevo Sol
04. Perdido en un Mar
05. He Perdonado
Mortajas formed in 2020, in the city of Villa Alemana, with the purpose of doing doom metal in Spanish. Currently lineup includes members of prominent Chilean doom metal bands like King Heavy, Mourners Lament and Mar de Grises.
Debut album »Mortajas I« was released in January 2021 by the Peruvian label Gate Of Horror, and later re-issued for Europe by Rafchild Records (GER). In 2022 they released a split with the classic doomsters Anguish (Sweden) by the Romanian label Sun & Moon Records.
The band’s second album »Mortajas II« was released by Sun & Moon Records on October 18th 2023; album contains five tracks and about 45 minutes of doom metal with a couple of guest musicians. One of them was Juan Escobar from Wooden Veins and ex-Mar de Grises, who was in charge of the keyboards on the last track of the album »He Perdonado«.
Photo by Mauricio Cancino Moreno
The second guest musician is an active member of the most iconic Chilean band that has just turned 60 years of career, Carlos Cabezas from the band Los Jaivas who was in charge of the arrangements for 3rd track »Bajo un Nuevo Sol« brilliantly performing the quena, zampona, trompe, trutruca, charango, percussions and voices.
Mortajas 2nd full-length album »Mortajas II« is available now on CD with jewel case and 12 pages booklet, limited to 300 copies.
Buy here: sunandmoonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/mortajas-ii
Mortajas are:
Marcos Contreras – Guitars, Vocals
Sergio Álvarez – Guitars
Daniel Pérez Saa – Bass, Backing Vocals
Rodrigo Figueroa – Drums, Backing Vocals
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well