{"id":21250,"date":"2026-07-03T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21250"},"modified":"2026-07-03T07:00:43","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:00:43","slug":"bordeauxs-quintana-dead-blues-experience-deliver-dark-distorted-rock-on-new-lp-ashes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=21250","title":{"rendered":"Bordeaux\u2019s Quintana Dead Blues eXperience Deliver Dark, Distorted Rock on New LP Ashes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo Credit: Jessica Calvo<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From Bordeaux, France, Quintana Dead Blues eXperience return with Ashes, a raw and unrelenting new album landing June 26, 2026. Rooted in blues-rock-stoner-alternative, grunge, and stripped-down rock\u2019n\u2019roll, the project of lifer Piero Quintana pulls from both sides of the Atlantic, somewhere between the weight of Sabbath, the abrasion of Nirvana, and the French lineage of the duo The Inspector Cluzo, Trust, and Les Thugs. After decades spent circling the edges of rock\u2019n\u2019roll, from early bands in the \u201990s to years alone as a one-man wrecking crew, Quintana now returns backed by drummer Adrien Schiavone as a stripped-down, full-force duo. The result is heavier, looser, and far more volatile, a record that leans into instinct over perfection and keeps everything right on the edge of control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Written and recorded over three days in January 2026 at Silver Recordings in Bilbao, Spain, the album captures that edge in real time. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Mart\u00edn Guevara of CAPSULA, the sessions were tracked almost entirely live, with minimal separation and no safety net. You can hear it in the bleed, in the push and pull between instruments, in the moments where things threaten to derail but don\u2019t. Quintana\u2019s guitar work is thick, saturated, and restless, while his vocals, less treated than before, sit exposed in the mix, carrying the full weight of the songs without disguise. Tracks like \u201cSpell on Me\u201d and \u201cWild as Fire\u201d move with a kind of blunt force momentum, riffs that stick and drag, rhythms that feel closer to impact than groove. \u201cStill Haunted\u201d leans into a darker, more spacious tension, while their take on \u201cSchool\u201d pulls Nirvana through a heavier, more abrasive lens. There\u2019s a physicality to it, like stepping out of a packed room into cold night air, sweat still clinging, ears ringing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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