Argonauta Records welcomes heavy instrumental stoner rockers Ephedra from Switzerland to their roster. The four heavy rockers from Zofingen have their musical roots all over the place, reaching from stoner rock, metal, hardcore punk to death metal.

If you hear the band’s music for the first time, you’ll notice the different influences moving along between dreamy space melodies and the sound of a tractor refuelled with kerosene.

The band says: “We are stoked and excited to be part of the Argonauta Records family. This is a huge landmark in the history of Ephedra and will hopefully spread the band’s name all over the place.”

Founded in 2012 by bass player Kilian and drummer Tomi to have a fun project that should go in the direction of Kyuss, Karma To Burn and Monster Magnet, they went through some lineup changes in their early days before completing their current lineup with the two guitarist Andy and Roman in 2013.

Their self-titled debut was released in August 2013 and available here.

Being asked to support the Midnight Ghost Train, this show changed the band’s spirit forever. They knew now that they wanted to play as many shows as possible. Over the past two years they played in Germany, Poland, Austria and Switzerland, sharing stages with bands such as Electric Wizard, Truckfighters, Yawning Man, Monkey 3, 1000 Mods, Karma To Burn, Sasquatch, Elder, Greenleaf, The Midnight Ghost Train, Goatess and Pentagram.

Ephedra went back into the studio at the Foolpark Studios, Luzern, to record their second album, Can’- Ka No Rey, which is named after a place in Stephen King’s fantasy saga, The Dark Tower, and will be released on CD/DD via Argonauta Records on January 30th.