Portugese atmospheric rockers Earth Drive present their fourth full-length album »Light Codes«; out now via Raging Planet Records!

Montijo, Portugal based atmospheric rockers Earth Drive are back with their fourth full-length album, »Light Codes«, which was just released this Monday, September 23rd, 2024 via Raging Planet Records.

Tracklist:
01. The Bridge
02. True Passage Into The Void
03. Psychoid
04. Four Levels Of Consciousness
05. Omega Point
06. Light Codes
07. Home

Earth Drive are characterized by their dense, melodic, visceral and cathartic sound.

In addition to its weight, the band has a strong atmospheric component, hypnotic and meditative textures adorned by a charismatic, engaging, deep and captivating female voice.

Spatial and ritualistic atmospheres create a unique aesthetic, making his work a surprising inner journey that must be experienced.

The Portuguese band formed in 2007 and played in several prestigious spaces and festivals in the underground scene, such as Reverence Valada Festival, Under The Doom IV Edition, VOA Heavy Rock Festival, Woodrock Festival, Stonefest, Sons No Montijo and Sunburst Festival; having shared stages with national and international bands such as Sasquatch, Crippled Black Phoenix, Sisters Of Mercy, Steak, Glowsun, Radar Man From The Moon, Wet Cactus, Spectral Haze, Ecstatic Vision, UHF, Keep Razors Sharp, My Master The Sun, Sinistro, It Was The Elf, Basalto, The Black Wizards, Stones Of Babylon, Desert Smoke, Son Of Cain, The Year, Marbles, Moes Implosion, Earth Electric, Wells Valley, Process Of Guilt, Vircator, Asimov, Inhuman, among other great ones bands.

Earth Drive were honored with the 2017 Alternative Metal Album of the Year award with Stellar Drone by World of Metal magazine (issue #13 page 174), and in 2020 »Helix Nebula« was the No. 1 album in the Experimental Psych Rock category by the same magazine.

The band earned a prestigious mention in LOUD! magazine. “One of the most brilliant projects of the current national underground” – José M. Rodrigues | LOUD! nº 202. »Helix Nebula« was also on the best albums lists of several magazines such as Metal Hammer Portugal, Time For Metal and HellHeaven.

3 albums were released via Raging Planet: »Planet Mantra« in 2015, »Stellar Drone« in 2017, »Helix Nebula« in 2020.

Earth Drive’s fourth album, »Light Codes«, was released on September 23rd under the Raging Planet label and features Fernando Matias on bass who joined the band in 2023.

Order »Light Codes« on CD here:
earthdrive.bandcamp.com/album/light-codes

Currently Earth Drive are Sara Antunes (vocals), Sebastião Santos (drums), Fernando Matias (bass) and Hermano Marques (guitar and vocals).

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