Pyramids on Mars is music that really sounds like it’s from Mars!!

Every once in a while there comes along a band that is so different or unique, you would think they were dropped on Earth from another planet. Pyramids on Mars, is one of those bands.

What first catches you, is that they are an instrumental band. A combination of elements such as hard rock, industrial, metal and psychedelic rock. And then... the lead guitar comes soaring in. Well crafted, beautiful, melodic phrases so catchy and memorable they will be stuck in your head the rest of the day. The guitar has become the "vocals" of the music.

As the solo project of guitarist Kevin Estrella, he wanted to do something musically different that would stand out from the crowd.

"Pyramids on Mars is the embodiment of who I am, really. My musical influences, my philosophies on life, the universe and our place in it." Kevin went on to say, “I have always been attracted to space, and a lot of my sound is influenced from my childhood growing up in the '70's. Some of my favorite TV shows back then were Star Trek and Space: 1999. Plus I am a huge Rush and Pink Floyd fan! Thus I use a lot of analog synthesizers like the Minimoog and Oberheim Polyphonic. Predominant of the '70's era and used exclusively by those bands. They are just so warm and mysterious sounding, they resonate with me."

His musical style is very similar to world renowned rock guitarist Joe Satriani. So much Kevin has nicknamed himself the "Satriani of the North."

"Of course Satriani is a huge influence on me", he says. "But he (Satriani) does more of a bluesy thing. I am more influenced by classical music. I absolutely love baroque classical composers J.S Bach and Antonio Vivaldi. They are a paradigm shift for me, and are my biggest musical influences. I spent 3 years in fact, studying classical guitar. Mix my classical influences with all the bands I grew up listening to like Rush, Iron Maiden, Metallica, Ministry, Pink Floyd for example, and bands like Meshuggah, I am a blend of it all. And much more...."

Kevin recorded, produced, engineered and mastered his first debut CD, self titled "Pyramids on Mars" released in 2013. He performed all the instruments on the album and did all the drum programming. He has been capturing music industry attention, and getting international radio airplay in the U.S, Canada, South America and Europe. Pyramids on Mars continue to gain a tremendous amount of fans worldwide on Jango Radio, Soundcloud, Reverbnation and Twitter. His goals are to continue to build a loyal fan base and bring his powerful, ambient music to the masses.

Pyramids on Mars really is music from the Mystical Red Planet.

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"Kevin Estrella, much like Vai, and Satriani, can make his guitar truly communicate and display emotion. That's NOT a skill that comes along with practice. That comes purely from a connection established between a musician and their instrument that is nearly akin to what we know as 'true-love'; There's a real passion that Kevin plays with that only comes along every so often... a real magic" - SleepingBagStudios -

"Kevin Estrella is in the same ballpark as David Gilmour". - Metallian -

"Pyramids on Mars have released Echo Cosmic, which is easily the finest instrumental metal album since Joe Satrani's seminal Surfing With the Alien." - Steve Earles, Hellbound.ca -

"With the likes of Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and David Gilmour you would say 'Wow, that's a great guitar player!' If you would have known him. Shamefully, thats the thing. Kevin Estrella is probably the most criminally unkown guitar player on the planet." - Dutch Metal Music

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What Fans have have say about Pyramids on Mars:

“Pyramids On Mars sounds like Metallica travelled thru a wormhole and grew a new set of balls, cool stuff!” Brett Kendall

“If the UFC Built A DOJO ON MARS & Televised Space Alien Cage Matches, Pyramids On Mars Would Perform The Music!” Brett Kendall

“Sick!” (music fan)

“We’re not worthy” (music fan)

“You really did take me to Mars!” (music fan)

“Your music made our drummers dick harder than when he took two hits of Viagra!” (music fan)