House Of Aquarius
The World Through Bloodred Eyes
Expect nothing less than a powerful proof of Scandinavian stonerrock-supremacy. This record will hit you like a meteor! Definitively a lost gem of the genre and in one league with classic acts like Gas Giant, The Awesome Machine or earlier Dozer. Limited to 350 black vinyl copies House Of Aquarius - Biography: The Eleventh House, The House Of Aquarius, is the house of group creative expressions. It is the desire to pool and merge the time, efforts and resources of the individual with those of the larger society in order to create something new for the benefit of everyone. Enhancement of the polity overwhelms the desire for self-aggrandisement, the walls of Ego come tumbling down and the individual communes with the totality of the species. House Of Aquarius was a Swedish band that saw the light of day in 2001. Jamming on a few ideas guitar player Thomas Eriksson brought to the table led to a three song demo that was set free to explore the world. A bunch of pretty nice reviews, airplay and some label interest came out of that demo and shortly resulted in one more demo. Daredevil Records suggested an album release and the band thought it sounded like a good idea and recorded the album in 2002. The album was released in 2003 and followed by two shorter tours in Sweden and in Germany. The first press of the album was sold out within a short time period while the band was writing and recording for a new album. One song, 'Awaiting The Sunrise' found its way on to a compilation released by Daredevil Records, 'Burn The Streets Volume IV'. To release a song in the company of such great acts as Mastodon, Entombed, Alabama Thunderpussy and others, was a great experience for the new, relatively unknown, band, especially since their doomy waltz, on the compilation, was noticed and praised by several critics. Unfortunately the band couldn't find a way to make ends meet with music, work, bills, life situations and general costs. This led to a last minute cancellation of a tour and sort of drained the energy out of the project. 10 years later, the album 'The World Through Bloodred Eyes' is re-released by Electric Magic Records. This time on limited vinyl format, probably the only proper way to enjoy this fuzzy-retro-rocking-four piece from Sweden.