Desert Collider is a Psych/Desert/Stoner Rock four-piece from Italy. Born as a convergence the individual and diverse experiences of Federico C, Federico G, Andrea and Manuel, the band’s primary focus has been the search for a distinctive sound, finding in stoner rock the perfect answer to the musical needs that emerged from the members’ previous individual projects. Drawing inspiration from the hypnotic grooves of the ’90s desert rock scene, Desert Collider blends elements of stoner, metal, space rock, progressive rock with subtle psychedelic undertones to forge an expansive and immersive sound. Echoes of Kyuss, Lowrider, Monster Magnet, Yawning Man give rise to a compact and determined sound that evolves into a loud stoner style: both raw and sophisticated, balancing monolithic riffs with deep, atmospheric textures and a sense of cosmic storytelling.

After a year of relentless experimentation, the band entered Stone Bridge Studios to lay down their debut full-length album, Generation Ship: Endless Drift Through Infinity. Mixed by Andrea Cola and mastered by Karl Daniel Lidén (Lowrider, Dozer), the album features eight tracks that revolve around themes of self-loss and rediscovery, a yearning for the primordial, and the inner journey as the sole mission and pathway to redemption. Shifting between heaviness and atmospheric passages, the album adds to modern psych-stoner rock arrangements featuring an intricate soundscape through the use of synths and acoustic interludes. The album takes quiet yet deliberate steps on the pages of Robert A. Heinlein’s masterpiece “Orphans of the Sky” and lays the groundwork for a creative approach that aspires to the “conceptual,” free of artistic limits or preconceptions.

For fans of: Dozer, Black Elephant, Kyuss, Monster Magnet, Free Ride

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