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LAS CRUCES

Doom or be Doomed !!!

About Me

Las CrucesBIOGRAPHY George Trevino-Guitars, Paul De Leon-Drums, Mando Tovar- Guitars, Marilyn- Bass- Hailing from San Antonio, Texas, Las Cruces has spent the past several years bludgeoning audiences with their Doom-Driven Precision sound. Influences ranging from Venom, Zeppelin, Iron Maiden, Fates Warning to vintage Sabbath. Las Cruces has risen to the top of the South Texas metal heap and left its mark across the Lone Star State. With a resume that includes opening slots with such acts as Overkill, Nebula, Kyuss, Trouble, Spirit Caravan, Solitude Aeturnus, Cathedral, Monster Magnet, Ignitor, Activator, Jack Knife, Rob Zombie, Bio-Hazard, Pissing Razors, King Diamond, Mercyful Fate, Soilent Green, Eyehategod, Crowbar, Sixty Watt Shaman, Archie Bunker, Vader, Kreator, Debris Inc., Atomic Bitchwax, Reverand Bizarre, Orodruin, Gates of Slumber, Earthride, Against Nature, Pale Devine, Well of Souls & many others, Las Cruces is poised to take its brand of music to the masses.Formed in 1994 by George Trevino, Las Cruces began touring the Texas scene, gaining widespread recognition and the interest of John Perez, guitarist of Solitude Aeturnus & owner of Brainticket Records. Thus forging the Debut release: S.O.L.(1996-Brainticket Records). After a year of touring Texas and the Southern States, Las Cruces decided to re-enter the studio. Driven by the hunger and sharpness of old school metal along with the power melodies of 70s rock, Las Cruces released their skull-crushing follow-up, 1998s Ringmaster(Brainticket Records).Las Cruces was invited to perform at the first annual Stoner Hands of Doom Fest in August of 1999 and have been asked to perform regularly at these events. Las Cruces then began some extensive touring that gained them the well deserved exposure and respect of many of their peers. During 2001 Las Cruces returned to the studio to record & release "Lowest End". Las Cruces was also featured in "The Encyclopedia of Heavy Metal" by Author Daniel Bukszpan in 2003 as well as in the publication 'Rockdetector music presents: "Stoner, Doom and Gothic metal" series published in 2003. Las Cruces are poised to begin the metal onslaugth for the masses as they prepare to record their 3rd full length album. Over the years Las Cruces have gone through line-up changes & rumors of break-up. However, these things have not foiled the bands ideology. The 2005 Las Cruces line-up is the most solid & unified members to date. Discography: 1996:S.O.L.L.P.-Brainticket Records 1998:RingmasterL.P.-Brainticket Records 1999:Farewellsingle- (Stone Deaf Forever Italian C.D. comp) Red Sun Records 2000:The Prisoner single- (Iron Maiden Tribute) Meteor City Records 2000:RingmasterL.P.-(German release) Gutter Records 2001:In My Sadness single- (Movie soundtrack I Am Vengeance) Meteor City Records 2001:S.O.L.L.P.-(German release) Gutter Records 2001:Lowest End E.P. -(Cross-Eyed Records) Free Demonic layouts at SatanSpace.com

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Member Since: 2/15/2005
Band Members: LAS CRUCES IS:George Trevino: Guitars, Paul DeLeon: Drums, Mando Tovar: Guitars, Marilyn: Bass
Influences: The almighty Black Sabbath, Led Zeppellin, Accept, Ironmaiden, Judas Priest, Thin Lizzy, Motorhead, Saxon, Trouble, Mercyful Fate, Holocaust, KISS and countless others.
Sounds Like: Doom Fucking Metal
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Review for Ringmaster on Amazon.com

Dense. Thick. Crushing! All words that describe, yet fall short of the weight of Las Cruces' sophomore release Ringmaster. Doom has become a genre watered down by "stoner" references and made tepid by...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 08:07:00 PST

Doomed to Fall 2

    We wanna thank our brother Mark Zammaron for coming onstage for Doomed to Fall II . It was  very unrehearsed , and considering we had not played together for almost a year, the...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Mon, 08 Oct 2007 12:02:00 PST

With great sadness...

Well friends it is with great sadness that we, Las Cruces, have to announce that Mark Zamarron, long time frontman for LC, has decided to pack up his singing shoes with this band.  It was a decis...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:58:00 PST

STUDIO!!!!

Well......we've been hard at work and the work is paying off. Little by little the sounds of a NEW LAS CRUCES record are being made. And it is sounding mean......12 songs total.........just ...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Sun, 03 Sep 2006 10:50:00 PST

LAS CRUCES in Hellride forum!!

Thanks for some wonderfull Comments!!   http://www.hellridemusic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=10718...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Thu, 15 Jun 2006 11:56:00 PST

KNAC on 666!!!

Here what KNAC sent to us .........I'm glad they kept us in mind. I want to thank my in studio guests Stanton and Szandora LaVey for stopping by. Here's what we played Band Song Album Eyes of Fire "Fi...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:28:00 PST

Show Reviewed.

Here is a short review from a hevy metal fanzine in South Texas called "Phantom Scripts"  - Cheers - George    It had been 7 years since Las Cruces hit the stage at the White...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 04:19:00 PST

Metal Maniacs Review from Templars show!!

--Same review from Hellride Music-- It had been too many years since Las Cruces flew their banner before the doom faithful and anticipation of their triumphant return ran high. Set against songs from ...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Fri, 02 Dec 2005 10:01:00 PST

Old review from Shod 3.(2001).........I'd never seen this.

The Stoner Hands of Doom festival 3 Red Blood Club in Dallas, Texas (USA)(5 to 7 oct. 2001)         The climax of the evening for me was Las Cruces.  Id heard a few of ...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 08:47:00 PST

Review from Hellride Music for Templars show!!!!!

It had been too many years since Las Cruces flew their banner before the doom faithful and anticipation of their triumphant return ran high. Set against songs from the Lowest End ep and the classic Ri...
Posted by LAS CRUCES on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST