Corsica’s stoner/doom metal trio Alconaut announce their second full-length album »Endless Skies« to be released on May 12th!

Bastia, France based stoner/doom metal trio Alconaut has announced their second full-length album, »Endless Skies«, which will be released on May 12th, 2023.

Tracklist:
01. The Causality
02. Slugs
03. Lost
04. Ascending I: The Departure
05. Ascending II: Journey
06. Ascending III: Endless Skies
07. Icarus Down
08. Gelmir’s Path
09. Earthbound

“The hot sand, the sun, the sea, and no it’s not California but Corsica where the 3 members of Alconaut come from. Drawing inspiration from stoner rock and doom metal, the trio evolves in compositions playing on slow and captivating rhythms like Mars Red Sky or Elder, to switch to more aggressive or bluesy riffs like Wo Fat and Orange Goblin. The group formed in 2016 turns to the theme of space and what could exist with the imagination of the 3 members coming from different backgrounds. After their 1st album »Sand Turns To Tides« released in 2019, they decide to produce a 2nd one, entitled »Endless Skies« for the year 2023 which is part of a slightly more prog rock line.”

Alconaut formed in 2016 in Bastia, Corsica by Georges Agostini on vocals and guitars, Kevin Albertini on bass, and Antoine-Joseph Marini on drums.

The group started playing at that time group covers which were generally in the stoner such as Sleep, Fu Manchu, The Sword, Mars Red Sky etc… After making some concerts, the group wanted to go further and began to compose and bring everyone’s influences together to realize their first album entitled »Sand Turns To Tides«, the trio extends a relatively inspired universe of everything in the stoner in general, thanks to the compositions, illustrations and design produced by one of the group’s members.

Photo by Alex Chartré

Alconaut acquires complete and immersive imagery that allows the listener to find a universe fantastic, we will find colossal mastodons hammering the dunes of a desert transported by a sand whale or a furious biker crossing with speed mountains of this world but a theme that is set in front is that of the Alconaut (found in the song »Space Controller«) which is a space explorer searching the universe every alcoholic drink that exists.

Alconaut’s second album »Endless Skies« will be available on May 12th!

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Vincenzu Lota at Atom Studio, Biguglia. Artwork by Antoine-Joseph Marini.

Alconaut is:
Georges Agostini – Guitar / Vocals
Kevin Albertini – Bass
Antoine-Joseph Marini – Drums

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well