QUEMASANTOS release their second full-length album, Stranded In Hell, released worldwide through Digmetalworld, with distribution by MVD Entertainment Group on October 9th, 2026. The eleven-song heavy/thrash metal concept album explores eleven different visions of Hell, united by an atmosphere of fear, temptation, isolation, and survival. Eleven guest guitarists from Chile, the United States, Brazil, and Colombia lend their voices to these musical chapters.
The songs are self-contained chapters connected by one central idea rather than a single storyline that must be heard in order. According to vocalist and lyricist Nelson “Sr. Díaz,” the different manifestations of Hell draw from dreams, literature, altered states of consciousness, religion, cinema, war and cosmic horror. Each chapter leaves listeners room to interpret its imagery through their own experiences.
The album combines classic heavy and thrash metal with cinematic textures and contrasting influences. Its visual character emerged naturally from the collaboration between Díaz’s narrative approach and Ignacio Orellana‘s background in video editing: Orellana often imagined scenes unfolding as he transformed the concepts into music, producing arrangements with the movement and atmosphere of a soundtrack.
Track Listing:
1. One Foot In Hell (Juancho Gómez – Masacre, Colombia)
2. Burning The Black (Felipe Roa – Acaro, USA)
3. Succubus (Héctor Guzmán – Distraught, Chile)
4. Stalking Sharks (Marco Cusato, Chile)
5. Nameless (Joe Sims – Axemaster, USA)
6. Red Planet (Regisson Silva – Masterpiece, Brazil)
7. Vampire (Richard Pilnik, Chile)
8. The Oneironaut (Cristian Ira – Nimrod, Chile)
9. Under The Moonlight (Sebastián Osorio – Reigning, Chile)
10. Before The Law (Yanko Tolić – Massakre, Chile)
11. Lex Talionis (Enrique Zúñiga – Atomic Aggressor, Chile)
For the first time on a Quemasantos full-length, Orellana built the musical foundations by recording the drums, bass and guitars himself, leaving the guest guitar solos to eleven international collaborators. Each guitarist recorded remotely and sent performances to New York under shared technical specifications, allowing Orellana to integrate them through a consistent production, mixing and mastering process at Oily Sound Studios. Díaz provided vocals, the concept and lyrics, except for “Burning the Black,” written by Orellana.
“Burning the Black” is the album’s most personal chapter. Written from Orellana’s experience accompanying his wife Ximena Muñoz through her illness and coping with her death, it brings a deeply human perspective to the record’s otherwise fictional visions of Hell. The song connects the album’s dark storytelling with the realities of loss, resilience, and creating music during an extraordinarily difficult period.
Lyric Video: “One Foot In Hell” features guest guitarist Juancho Gómez of Masacre: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03U1aPIF5Ls
Listen/Get the Album: https://quemasantos.bandcamp.com/album/stranded-in-hell
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/stranded-in-hell/6790892711
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/7aMz3hrYIo5dt2ES7PHsAq
Physical CD: MVD Shop: https://mvdshop.com/products/quemasantos-stranded-in-hell-cd
Digmetalworld Digipack: https://www.digmetalworld.com/product/stranded-in-hell-digipack
QUEMASANTOS:
Ignacio Orellana — Drums, Bass, Music, Production, Mixing & Mastering
Nelson “Sr. Díaz” — Vocals & Lyrics
Quemasantos is a New York-based heavy/thrash metal project with Chilean roots, combining traditional metal songwriting with concept-driven narratives and international collaborations. Their second full-length album, Stranded In Hell, expands the band’s creative direction through an interconnected eleven-song story, with each composition contributing to a broader musical and lyrical journey.
Guest Solo Guitarists:
Juancho Gómez — Masacre
Felipe Roa — Acaro
Héctor Guzmán — Distraught
Marco Cusato
Joe Sims — Axemaster
Regisson Silva — Masterpiece
Richard Pilnik
Cristian Ira — Nimrod
Sebastián Osorio — Reigning
Yanko Tolić — Massakre
Enrique Zúñiga — Atomic Aggressor
Vocals were recorded at Estudios Ultrasónico with Arturo Contreras and Estudios Attic with Marco Cusato.
The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Ignacio Orellana at Oily Sound Studios in New York.
More info:
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Source: ASHER MEDIA RELATIONS
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