Mars Red Sky is a

stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sleep. ...

band from

Bordeaux, France Bordeaux ( , ; Gascon oc, Bordèu ; eu, Bordele; it, Bordò; es, Burdeos) is a port city on the river Garonne in the Gironde department, Southwestern France. It is the capital of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, as well as the prefecture ...

Background

Formed in 2007, Mars Red Sky originates in Bordeaux, France, and is made up of Julien Pras (guitar, vocals), Jimmy Kinast (bass, vocals), and Mathieu Gazeau (drums). Their music is a blend of

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

and

Festivals and tours

The band has played at

Eurockéennes The Eurockéennes de Belfort (; en, Eurockeans of Belfort) are one of France's largest rock music, rock music festivals. The Eurockéennes, a play on words involving ''rock'' (rock music) and ''européennes'' (Europeans), is a festival based in ...

Levitation Levitation (from Latin ''levitas'' "lightness") is the process by which an object is held aloft in a stable position, without mechanical support via any physical contact. Levitation is accomplished by providing an upward force that counteracts ...

, the

Roadburn Festival Roadburn Festival is an international music festival held in Tilburg, Netherlands every April since 1999. It was set up as a spin-off from the Roadburn music blog founded by Jurgen van den Brand and Walter Hoeijmakers. Originally focused on stone ...

, and

South by Southwest South by Southwest, abbreviated as SXSW and colloquially referred to as South By, is an annual conglomeration of parallel film, interactive media, and music festivals and Convention (meeting), conferences organized jointly that take place in m ...

. In 2016, they toured North America.

Short film

In October 2016, Mars Red Sky released the short film '' Alien Grounds'', which included music from their album ''Apex III''. The film is directed by Sebastien Antoine and features actors Yan Tual, Victoria Cyr, and Dan Bronchinson.

Band members

Discography

Studio albums

* ''Mars Red Sky'' (2011) * ''Stranded in Arcadia'' (2014) * ''Apex III (Praise for the Burning Soul)'' (2016) * ''The Task Eternal'' (2019)

EPs

* ''Curse/Sádaba'' (2010) * ''Green Rune White Totem'' (split/collaboration with Year of No Light) (2012) * ''Be My Guide'' (2013) * ''Hovering Satellites'' (2014) * ''Providence'' (2016) * ''Myramyd'' (2017)

References

External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups from Bordeaux French stoner rock musical groups Musical groups established in 2007