Stone Demosn debut Ep + Bonus

STONE DEMONS - Of Darkness We Are

On the last days of august 2014, STONE DEMONS entered  La Casa en Llamas studio to record a 4-track Ep which will contain the brand new song "Vargtimmen" plus three covers. As bonus, the band will include the demos "Vampyr" and "The Craft of the Witches". The release date is scheduled on October 31st, 2014. This Ep will be a preamble to the recording and releasing of the debut album "We Belong Dead".

STONE DEMONS -The Craft of the Witches

2011 Anno Dominus

On that "Vampyr" session, old and new stuff was recorded to finally be included in “The Craft of the Witches” demo. About 10 songs were worked, but only 5 finished so, the list changed from the original idea. The tentative track was: “Gothic Cross”(Intro), “Haxän (The Craft of the Witches)”, “Vampyr” (different version), “Mournful Woman”, “When the Witches Burn” and “Call of the Woman”, which is a cover of the Mexican 70’s heavy Rock band Enigma. That record was at last unleashed as the plague in April 2011, getting very good response from around the world.  

Due to the few time of all the members of STONE DEMONS, live appearances are not planned in a near future. Thus, the band prefered to concentrate in recording demos, and later an album if darkness does not forbid, which will contain 9-11 tracks, some very old ones like “When the Witches Burn”, “Häxan”, “Stone Demons”  and “Vampyr”, or new ones like “Vargtimmen” or "Poison For the Fairies”.  

Never actually losing contact with Heavy Metal music, Van Hellsing and Martino know how the scene has changed in the last 15 years or so. But even when their ideas and concept are still the same, based upon the gothic cinema and horror/magic literature, etc, they don’t want to be confused with a band of “Gothic Metal”. Nor a satanic band they are, so no much bounds can be found to the nowadays Black Metal scene.

     

STONEDEMONS take their inspiration from diverse sources such as Mexican and European traditions and legends, theology matters, classic horror literature, gothic horror cinema, obscure and occult rock bands from the 60’s 70’s like: Coven, Black Widow, Black Sabbath, Iron Claw, Wicked Lady, Plus, Paternoster, Jacula / Antonius Rex / Zora, Icecross, Necromandus, Dies Irae, Goblin, as well as the satanic, obscure and sinister Heavy Metal bands from the 80s Venom, Demon, Angel Witch, Cloven Hoof, Death SS, Paul Chain Violet Theater, Witchfynde, Witchfinder General, Black Hole, Mercyful Fate/King Diamond, Exorcist, Bathory, Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Stormwitch, Deliverance, Ripper.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVTqIMmTO0Y

STONE DEMONS - The return...... Vampyr

2007 Anno Dominus

Years came and went, but the spirits of STONE DEMONS, Martino and Van Hellsing stayed in touch, always longing to complete what was started. Some encounters to watch classic terror movies and listen to some horrid records put them in the mood to agree on resurrecting STONE DEMONS. Removing the dust from their eyes, the Demons of Stone have spread their wings again and into their dead eyes burt a bloodred flame.

Looking through various old rehearsal tapes and notes, Martino and Van Hellsing started to work on the basis of those low quality sounding unfinished tracks. The task seemed to be very difficult since they had to wait some time until both schedules could match and new corpses would be found to join, as none of the former members were located, or in the case of Diana refused to join, Van Hellsing started to contact old friends who would be interested in the project and would match the horror concept which is the core of STONE DEMONS.

The first spirit to be summoned was Erick de Macario, once invited to be part of the band, but due to lack of time, had to decline. Now he sits behind the drum kit. In the deepest places of the morgue, they found the mortal remains of J.J. Constanzo, a long time friend, whose impressive dramatic vocal style was the last spectre to appear and join.

 

2009 Anno Dominus

With the line-up complete, new rehearsals are done to create new stuff and update the one already written. As a test, in autumn/winter 2009, the DEMONS recorded the very first song they wrote: “Vampyr”. Trying to experiment a bit, they recorded about 3-4 versions of the song. As everything went well, the Demons realized that they would go forward and continue recording.

Only a bunch of copis on cdr were given away to closer people. One of the copies arrived to Blower Recs, long time friends of Martino and Van Hellsing. This lead to the inclusion of the song in the Blower’s records compilation “Forged in Metal” in March 2010. The response towards the band was overexpected, above all in Italy, Greece and Germany, something which convinced STONE DEMONS to finally complete the never released demos “Vampyr” and “The Craft of the Witches”. Intense composing sessions took place after digging through old tapes, to decide which stuff would be usable for future records.

On the early days of winter 2010, they gathered again to start a recording session. For instance they decided to record “Mournful Woman” and thus release the planned “Vampyr” tape, but missing the self titled song “Stone Demons”, which would be included on a later release. On December 2010 the band printed 50 copies in tape and passed them unto close friends. But as people noticed about the cassettes, asked for the stuff, so the band decided to print some on cd format on February of 2011.  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiJtPk2YYIk

STONE DEMONS - The nightmare continues...

1991 Anno Dominus

 STONE DEMONS had finished a very slow process to complete three songs which included “Vampyr”, “Mournful Woman” and “Stone Demons”. A debut demo tape named “Vampyr” was scheduled to be recorded in mid July 1991, but in that lapsus of time void, Malthus disappeared and was never found again, dead or alive. His departure caused a deep disaster in the band, since no a new walking dead could be found to complete the task. Also, Van Hellsing found himself prey of health breakdown which affected the whole process.

The band was put into rest for an agonic time, while waiting for a new cadaver could came into the morgue to fit the vocals, while Van Hellsing recovered slowly, but not completely. It was until 1993 that the graves opened again and from the dust and coldness stepped out of the mortuary pit A. Aestera, a grim entity who shared the same macabre visions as the other three. By that time, the band had worked in new sinister sounds to be added to the first three songs, which included “Haxän”, “Bell Tower”. “When the Witches Burn”, “A Moonshine Filled Night” and “Presentia Diaboli”, which would be part of a new demo named “The Craft of the Witches”.

But calamity struck the band again. Diana is found by their parents in shock state. A long path had Diana walk to recover from that episode she refuse to speak about. To this day she is under clinical observation.   

       

   In that state of misery, STONE DEMONS found a grey horizon for the future of the band so they decided to stop for a while. Van Hellsing goes to university, joint short-living bands, and travels through Europe, while Martino concentrates himself to study at the National Conservatory and college. Aestera simply disappeared in the darkness where he came from. So the eyes of the STONE DEMONS were closed in winter 1994.

Thus the crypt was sealed… 

STONE DEMONS - An old story of horror forgotten in the mist of time.

1990 Anno Dominus

STONE DEMONS came into this world of misery in through a slow process of life, death and resurrection which started in autumn 1990, when the restless souls of Martino (guitars, 17 y.o.) and Van Hellsing (drums, then 16 y.o.) met each other at an old and macabre occult library (now closed) in downtown Mexico City. Their love for the sinister side of music, cinema and literature bounded them in a macabre alliance since then. Both shades involved in shades started to work in Heavy Metal band to give shape and life to their twisted ideas and conceptions, all in all sunk into the macabre, superstition and tradition of the horrible and frightening. With basic and cheap equipment, but lots of zest, both lovers of the macabre started to work with some riffs and lyrics while searching for suitable members to join the legions of dead.

Almost a year passed until, suddenly, from the mist a third wandering ghost came in the fuzzy shape of G. Malthus, a fresh corpse still in his drape, who would break the silence howling like a wolf in night of fullmoon. Very few Martino and Van Hellsing knew about Malthus fascination for drugs, something which would lead him to the pits of perdition in short time after.  

A fourth wandering spirit appeared from the darkest darkness. On her tombstone was written her name: Diana Salazar, whose horrible abilities were shown on bass guitar and keyboards. She went even more into darkness, following the magia inversa direction since she was deeply interested in black magic & witchcraft. More a classic trained musician than a metalhead, she added new dimensions to the STONE DEMONS sound.

To be continued...

STONE DEMONS - Anno 2007

Line up 2007 - today:

J. J. Constanzo (The Storyteller) – Voice of the dead & whisper of the night

Enrique “de” Martino  (The Witchmaster) – Six and four hanged man’s drops

Joseph Van Hellsing (Nightwind) – Electric funeral

Erick “Macabre” de Macario (Executor’s axes) - Lighting and thunder