Today is a good day. Not only have we put in a massive order for lots of new t-shirts, we also received some killer new releases both for the label and close friends. We're most excited to present the first release in our new cassette series from Florida's powerhouse trio CAPSULE! This thing turned out incredible, with three newly recorded tracks on side A and their entire seven song demo on the B side; it's roughly 25 minutes of furious jams! The new material is especially incredible and this serves as a fine prelude to their upcoming album we'll be releasing later on this summer.
In the meantime, a mere 200 of these were made, all with white ink on blue cassettes and a full color 4" x 9" j-card insert. All in all, we couldn't really be happier with how our first cassette release turned out and can't wait for you to see/hear this thing yourself! The band has them on the road with them (they leave tomorrow (!), here are the dates) and we're selling them for $6 postage paid in the US right now in our Online Store.
For those who haven't yet heard the glories that are CAPSULE, this trio is comprised of three dudes who have done time in Tyranny Of Shaw and Tunes For Bears, but take it to the next level with a triple-vocal yelled/sung assault over blistering tunes with monstrously heavy tunage. It's really quite unique stuff and is hard to directly compare to anyone else out there, so we highly encourage you to check out some sample MP3s either here or here.
The other main addition of note is the self-released demo CD-R by Richmond's own BRAINWORMS. These dudes are comprised of former and current Stop It, Ultra Dolphins and Are You Fucking Serious members, and seriously bring some style and intensity back into the mix. This seven track band-made CD-R has a massive and immaculate hand-made booklet with photos and lyrics, and was all recorded live in the studio (at what turned into an impromptu show), so all of the passion and force shines right through. Comparisons to Rites of Spring and Fugazi are probably inevitable, but they definitely take that early/mid-90's post/hardcore/indie style to the next level.
We're selling this massive thing for $7 postage paid, but if they're coming through your town please pick it up directly from them, as we only have a limited amount! ! They're heading out tomorrow for a ten-day tour w/ Red Wizard and you can hear songs by both bands here. Brainworms doesn't have a Myspace page (yet), so here are some possibly out-of-date tour dates:
* March 3rd: Harrisonburg, VA
* March 4th: Asheville, NC
* March 5th: Atlanta, GA
* March 6th: Athens, GA or Pensacola, FL
* March 7th: Gainesville, FL
* March 8th: St Augustine, FL
* March 9th: Savannah, GA
* March 10th: Charleston, SC
* March 11th: Greenville, NC
And finally, we've done a whole mess of trades with other labels lately and have added a fairly massive amount of awesome new additions and restocks to our Online Store this past week:
NEW ADDITIONS:
* Bathtub Shitter - "Lifetime Shitlist" 12" (Ramen Factory) - $8.00 - COLOR VINYL
* Belegost / The Sea Like Lead - "Split" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Brainworms - "Demo" CD-R (Self Released) - $7.00
* Bravo Fucking Bravo - "II" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Burnt By The Sun / Luddite Clone - "Split" CD (Ferret) - $8.00
* Capsule - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Robotic Empire) - $6.00
* Daniel Striped Tiger - "Condition" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Danse Macabre - "Synkopenleben Nein Danke" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Doomriders - "Black Thunder" 12" (Magic Bullet) - $10.00 - GOLD VINYL
* Dream Is Dead, The - "Hail The New Pawn" CD (Escape Artist) - $10.00
* Envy - "Angels Curse Whispered..." CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Envy - "The Eyes of Single Eared..." CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Envy - "From Here To Eternity" CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Preaching The End Time Message" CD (Emetic) - $10.00
* Fantomas / Melt Banana - "Split" 5" (Unhip) - $8.00
* Final - "3" 2xCD (Neurot) - $12.00 (members of Jesu / Godflesh / Napalm Death!)
* Fuck The Facts - "Mullet Fever" CD (Sonic Deadline) - $10.00
* Funeral Diner / Welcome The Plague Year - "Split" 7" (Electric Human Proj.) - $5.00
* Godstomper - "Art Damaged Masochists Vol. 1" 2xCD (Get The Axe) - $10.00
* Her Breath On Glass - "Building Monuments To Survival" 12" (Ramen Factory) - $8.00
* Isis - "Celestial" CD (Escape Artist) - $11.00
* Life Detecting Coffins - "Catatonic Begat Napoleonic" CD (Golden Brown) - $9.00
* Locust, The - "Flight of the Wounded Locust" CD (GSL) - $8.00
* Locust, The - "Self-Titled" 3" MiniCD (GSL) - $8.00
* Neurosis - "A Sun That Never Sets" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Enemy Of The Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* New Brutalism / Hit Self Destruct - "Split" 7" (Electric Human Proj.) - $1.00
* Number Twelve Looks Like You, The - "Nuclear Sad Nuclear" CD (Eyeball) - $10.00
* Pink Razors - "Waiting To Wash Up" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Racebannon - "The Inevitable: Singles and Rarities" 2xCD (Alone) - $12.00
* Refused - "The Shape Of Punk To Come" CD (Epitaph) - $11.00
* Rorscach - "Autopsy" CD (Gern Blandsten) - $10.00
* Rorscach - "Live in Italy: 6-18-92" CD (Gern Blandsten) - $10.00
* Tower of Rome / Gun Kata - "Split" CD (Sonic Deadline) - $10.00
* Tristeza - "Espuma" CDep (Gravity) - $7.00
* Tristeza - "Mania Phase" CDep (Gravity) - $7.00
* Ultra Dolphins - "Why Are You Laugh" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Unearth - "Our Days of Eulogy" CD (Eulogy) - $10.00
RESTOCKS:
* Amanda Woodward - "Collection (Self Titled)" CD (Golden Brown) - $9.00
* Circle Takes The Square - "As The Roots Undo" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Crestfallen - "Streaks of Terror" CD (Magic Bullet) - $8.00
* Dead Seraphim - "Discography" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Engineer - "Suffocation of the Artisan" CDep (Four Leaf) - $8.00
* Flying Worker, The - "A Collection" 3" MiniCD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Forensics - "Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway" 12" (Trash Art) - $9.00 - WHITE VINYL
* Forensics / Textbook Traitors - "Split" 12" (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Funeral Diner - "The Underdark" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Funeral Diner - "The Wicked" CDep (Alone) - $7.00
* Grails - "The Burden of Hope" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Grails - "Redlight" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Jeromes Dream - "Completed" 2xCD (Alone) - $12.00
* Joshua Fit For Battle - "Bring Out Your Dead" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* La Quiete / Louise Cyphere - "Split" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Love Like Electrocution - "Self-Titled" 1-sided 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Trophy" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Majority Rule - "Emergency Numbers" CD (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Maudlin of the Well (pre-Kayo Dot) - "Bath +3" CD (Dark Symphonies) - $10.00
* Maudlin of the Well (pre-Kayo Dot) - "Leaving Your Body Map +2" CD (Dark Symphonies) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "The Eye of Every Storm" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Souls At Zero" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Pageninetynine - "Document ..7" 12" (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Pageninetynine / Majority Rule - "Split" CD (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Rapider Than Horsepower - "Rapider Than The World" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Rats Into Robots - "A Column Of Smoke By Day, A Pillar Of Fire By Night" 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Saddest Landscape, The - "A Promise Was Made" 10" (Alone) - $8.00
* Saddest Landscape, The - "Lift Your Burdens High For This Is Where We Cross" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Takaru - "There Can Be Only None" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Transistor Transistor - "Put Down The Bible" CDep (Alone) - $7.00
* You and I - "Discography" CD (Alone) - $10.00
So that should conclude this massive update. The cassettes really couldn't have turned out much better, and that Brainworms demo comes highly recommended as well. We'll be continuing to stock and restock the Online Store with quality releases all year long as this beast is just growing and growing. All of the orders and support are keeping this whole crazy thing going, so a heavy thank you is due to everyone who's contributed in any way. Keep those orders coming, and we'll keep delivering some interesting alternatives to the mass mainstream makeover of metal, punk and everything we hold dear. Thanks/peace! -Robotic Empire Mailorder Crew
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