MOSARA Summon Ravaging Arizona Doom with New Single “Amena”

Hailing from the hotbed of Phoenix, Arizona, comes the ferocious, rumbling four-piece MOSARA. Their new single, “Amena” follows on the heels of the band’s 2022 LP, Only The Dead Know Our Secrets, dropped last summer.

Describing their style as atavistic doom, the band says “Amena” is “equal parts primal and nuanced…imbued with an intensity that lies just under the surface of a powerful wall of sound.” It’s meaning is obscure, probably Arabic for honest, trustworthy.

As the piece opens, drums punch out a wide gait, signaling the approach of some dreadful horde just over the hills. Guitars crack and buzz like pissed off swarms of hornets. Vocals announce a doom once prophesied in ages past, now imminent.

Mosara’s new single officially releases July 26th (get it here). Stick it on a playlist with North, 10,000 Years, Grin, and Dirge.

Give ear…

SOME BUZZ

Mosara is a Phoenix, Arizona-based doom band, originally formed and active in the early 2000s. In late 2018, the band was reformed by Tony Gallegos, the founding vocalist and guitarist. The new lineup includes guitarist Nikos Mixas from Twingiant, bassist Christopher Burns from Hex Volt, and drummer John Quin from Authority Zero. Mosara’s music combines elements of doom, stoner metal, prog metal, and atmospheric sludge.

In the fall of 2020, Mosara began recording their first full-length album. The self-titled effort was recorded and mixed without the use of any recording software, resulting in the raw and authentic sound of the finished product. The album was released in May 2021 through Transylvanian Recordings and received praise from several genre-specific outlets. Mosara’s unique style of “atavistic doom” was praised as the element that distinguishes them from other bands in the subgenre.

Mosara followed up their self-titled debut in the summer of 2022. Only The Dead Know Our Secrets, their second studio album, garnered high praise from doom and sludge media sites such as Invisible Oranges, Doomed and Stoned, and Veil of Sound. Mosara’s latest single, “Amena,” is set to be released this July as a teaser for their upcoming third full-length, which will begin pre-production this fall.