Earthless

Founded in San Diego, California in the early 2000s, Earthless brings together guitarist Isaiah Mitchell, bassist Mike Eginton and drummer Mario Rubalcaba around a largely instrumental brand of psychedelic rock. The trio develops long, improvisation-led pieces marked by a legacy of 1960s–70s hard rock and space rock, repetition reminiscent of krautrock, and an energy often linked to stoner and heavy psych scenes. Their debut studio album Sonic Prayer (2005) established this approach of extended compositions, continued with Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky (2007) and the live release Live at Roadburn (2008), recorded at the Dutch festival of the same name. With From the Ages (2013) Earthless further refined the suite-like instrumental format, before introducing more vocals and tighter structures on Black Heaven (2018). Night Parade of One Hundred Demons (2022) returns to long, darker pieces inspired by Japanese folk tales, confirming Earthless’s place on the international psychedelic rock stage.