March 31, 2008

CANNABIS CORPSE post new song from Tube of the Resinated

Richmond, Virginia's weedian heathens CANNABIS CORPSE have posted the first public sampling of their new and true death metal album, Tube of the Resinated. The new track "Mummified in Bongwater" has been posted on the band's myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/CannabisCorpseVA

This bong-blastin' bludgeoner is the second of nine songs that comprise Tube of the Resinated, appropriately due out April 20th on Forcefield Records (CD) and Robotic Empire (vinyl). Do not listen if you anticipate any drug-testing in the next month, as this stoney tune will give you a contact high of sizzling brutality.

March 22, 2008

CAPSULE post new song, tour dates with FURNACE for April/May


Miami, Florida's CAPSULE will be teaming up with their brothers in trio madness, New Hampshire's FURNACE, for five weeks of cross-country mayhem. CAPSULE just posted another track "Flowerpower" from their debut album Blue on Robotic Empire here. FURNACE also just finished recording their debut full-length Doublewalker for Shock Value Records, with two new tracks available online here. Here are their tour dates:

4/7 - Miami, FL @ HOUSE OF PAIN - w/ Shitstorm, Consular
4/8 - Gainesville, FL @ WEED BEACH - w/ Brainstorm
4/9 - Atlanta, GA @ I CAN FLY HOUSE - w/ Fag Static
4/10 - Columbia, SC @ TBA - w/ Thank God
4/11 - Greensboro, NC @ 609 S ELM ST
4/12 - Richmond, VA @ NARA SUSHI - w/ Towers, Brainworms
4/13 - Washington, DC @ DUDEBROHAUS - w/ Towers, Osceola
4/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ DISGRACELAND - w/ Towers
4/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ BROOKLYN CAT HOUSE
4/16 - New York, NY @ CAKESHOP - w/ Birthday Boyz, Olde Ghost
4/17 - Providence, RI @ FIREHOUSE 13 - w/ Wasteland, They and the Children, Yayinfive
4/18 - Boston, MA @ WADZILLA MANSION
4/19 - Durham, NH @ UNH WILDCAT DEN - w/ Sinaloa, DST
4/20 - Burlington, VT @ WASTED CITY
4/21 - Ithaca, NY @ NO RADIO RECORDS
4/22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ THE LILYPAD
4/23 - Akron, OH @ KLING HOUSE
4/24 - Dayton, OH @ THE PORT OF MIAMI - w/ Rad Company
4/25 - Indianapolis, IA @ 1511 E. 49th ST - w/ Illithed, Worleater, Slam Dunk
4/26 - Detroit, MI @ THE TRUMBLEPLEX - w/ Phoenix Bodies
4/27 - Chicago, IL @ PEOPLE PROJECTS
4/28 - Milwaukee, WI @ ECHO BASE COLLECTIVE
4/29 - Minneapolis, MI @ TBA
4/30 - Lincoln, NE @ GHOST HOUSE - w/ El Minotaur, Ghost Towns
5/1 - Denver, CO @ KINGDOM OF DOOM
5/3 - Boise, ID @ TBA
5/4 - Portland, OR @ BROTEL CALIFORNIA
5/6 - Seattle, WA @ DOG CITY
5/7 - Tacoma, WA @ THE VIADUCT
5/8 - Arcata, CA @ THE YELLOW HOUSE
5/9 - San Francisco, CA @ THE BIKE KITCHEN - w/ Comadre
5/10 - Oakland, CA @ TBA
5/11 - Fresno, CA @ TBA
5/12 - Templeton, CA @ THE CELLAR
5/13 - Santa Barbra, CA @ TBA - w/ Bleeding Kansas
5/14 - Irvine, CA @ HELLFISH WAREHOUSE - w/ Graf Orlock
5/15 - San Diego, CA @ TBA
5/16 - Tijuana, Mexico @ CASA DE CALLEJON
5/17 - Tucson, AZ @ THE LIVING ROOM
5/18 - Albuquerque, NM @ MEOW WOLFE
5/19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ THE INFOSHOP
5/20 - Dallas, TX @ 715 PANHANDLE - w/ Trifle Tower (no Capsule)
5/21 - Austin, TX @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/22 - Houston, TX @ THE WHITE SWAN (no Capsule)
5/23 - Birmingham, AL @ CAVE 9 (no Capsule)
5/24 - Pensacola, FL @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/25 - Tallahassee, FL @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/26 - Gainesville, FL @ THE ATLANTIC - w/ Brainstorm (no Capsule)

Because there are several dates with TBA locations, please keep an eye on CAPSULE and FURNACE's myspace pages for up-to-date info:

* http://www.myspace.com/CapsuleFL
* http://www.myspace.com/FurnaceSucks

March 16, 2008

CAPSULE "Blue" 12"+CD (together) OUT NOW!! +online store additions


A long, long time coming, we are thrilled (and relieved) to finally announce that CAPSULE's debut album Blue is now available through the Robotic Empire Online Store! One of the weirdest/craziest/perplexing albums we've heard in years, CAPSULE are seriously playing some of the most fucked up hardcore out there. There was a very frustrating problem with the manufacturing of the CD portion of this 12"+CD combo that resulted in over a month's delay with this release... but new CDs have been pressed and this beast is finally available! Here's what we wrote about this mindboggling debut:

Wrapping one's head around what exactly CAPSULE is doing on their debut album Blue is damn-near impossible, as these three post-ADD maniacs have created one of the strangest heavy-music albums in years. This is a confounding conglomeration of blasting time-signatures, galloping punk spirit and a ghostly vocal chorus that buzzes through a mountain of guitar and bass. No other band sounds like Miami's trio CAPSULE, just as CAPSULE sounds like no other band.

Blurry, buried shouts in unison are surrounded by absolutely thunderous songs, played at speeds with every tempo in the "punk" and "metal" spectrums. Intricate melodies in bizarre tunings sneak their way into an overall unnerving amalgamation of genres, creating an anxiety-filled album of fevered beauty. Of course, this is coming from a label who writes release descriptions typically loaded with hyperbole, but we still say with full confidence that this is one of the most unique and interesting albums Robotic Empire has released to date.

Attempting to keep up with the packaging precedence set by Miami brethren TORCHE's "In Return" 10"+CD release, CAPSULE's Blue only comes as two formats together, with a deluxe gatefold jacket housing both a CD and 12" vinyl record. A high-gloss spot varnish accompanies this full color, die-cut gatefold jacket with printed black interior. The minimalistic design perfectly contrasts CAPSULE's varied creations on this simply stunning debut.

The pressing info for this mofo is as follows: (1505 copies total)
* 1000 on black
* 175 on cokebottle blue
* 175 on translucent dark blue
* 150 on clear/translucent blue with black splatter

Two tracks from this behemoth can be heard online here.

Along with this incredible debut, we've recently received a bunch of new stuff and re-stocks added to our Online Store, including some crazy-hard-to-find (and expensive) new BORIS imports, the long sought-after TOWERS/TDYA split tape, older obscure stuff and some fine re-stocks from a variety of bands.

NEW ITEMS:
* Antlers - Self-Titled CD (Rorschach) $7.99
* Boris - Message 12" (Daymare) $19.99
* Boris - Smile CD (Daymare) $34.99
* Deflore - Egodrive CD (Subsound) $7.99
* Devil and The Sea, The - Heart Vs. Spine CD (Acerbic Noise) $10.99
* Dormant - Beneath the Mighty Oak CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Drain The Sky - Haunted By Rivers - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Level Plane) $14.99
* El Chupa Cobras - Self-Titled CD (Acerbic Noise) $10.99
* Gehenna - War Of The Sons Of Light & The Suns Of Darkness 12" (A389) $10.99
* Godheadscope - A City Out of Sight CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Holy Ghost - Self-Titled - SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (A389) $9.99
* Indian Summer - Science 1994 Discography CD (Future Recordings) $10.99
* Kobra Khan / Helen of Troy - Split 7" (Monoton Studios) $7.99
* Nonlinera System Theory - Fourier's Outrage CD (Subsound) $7.99
* Odium / Feedbackstream - Split Cassette (Sacrosanct Opuscule) $4.99
* Party Of Helicopters - Space and How Sweet It Was 12" (Monoton Studios) $14.99
* Pelican - March Into The Sea - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Pelican - March Into The Sea - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Procer Veneficus - A Summerhaze Array for August Nights 2xCD (God Is Myth) $14.99
* Procer Veneficus - Ghostvoices CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Pulling Teeth - Martyr Immortal 12" (A389) $10.99
* Russian Circles - Enter - WHITE SPECKLED COLORED VINYL 12" (Bloom Explode) $14.99
* Stroszek - Songs of Remorse CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Taint - Secrets And Lies 2x12" (Super Fi) $17.99
* Towers / Take Down Your Art - Split Cassette (Waving Wheat) $4.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord 2x12" (Cavity) $13.99

RESTOCKS:
* Brain Banger - Yellow Belly 12'' (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Breather Resist / Suicide Note - Split 2xCDep (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Burial Year - Self-Titled - CLEAR SMOKE COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Burmese / Fistula - Split CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Goslings, The - Spaceheater / Perfect Interior CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Great Redneck Hope, The - Behold The Fuck Thunder - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Great Redneck Hope, The - Behold The Fuck Thunder - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Kodan Armada / Montcalm - Split - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL 7'' (Bright Skull) $5.99
* Loma Prieta - Matrimony - WHITE VINYL 7" (Discos Huelga) $5.00
* Nakatomi Plaza - Unsettled - ROOTBEER COLORED VINYL 12'' (Bright Skull) $10.00
* Occam's Razor - Invisible - CLEAR VINYL 7" (Discos Huelga) $5.00
* Playing Enemy - Accessory CDep (Hawthorne Street)) $7.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Prideswallower - Lifeswallower - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Bright Skull) $4.99
* Pulling Teeth - Vicious Skin - COLORED VINYL 10" (A389) $8.00
* Taint - Ruin Of Nova Roma 2x12" (Super Fi) $17.99
* Souvenir's Young America - Self-Titled - BLACK VINYL 12” (E-Vinyl) $14.99
* Souvenir's Young America - Self-Titled - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (E-Vinyl) $14.99


We also still have copies of the first in our limited t-shirt series. The "goodbye america" design is available in most sizes here. A new design will be coming in a few weeks, and we hope these continue to sell okay as we plan to keep releasing a new limited design every month for the rest of the year. Each shirt will only be made in a 1-time pressing of 50 shirts, all on American Apparel brand (so it's hella comfy and you'll actually want to wear it).

Thanks everyone, especially those patiently waiting for the CAPSULE album. Peace!

Robotic Empire Online Store

March 2, 2008

ROBOTIC EMPIRE ONLINE STORE: March Update #1 (new t-shirt series, limited vinyl, etc, etc)


So we figured our logo / name wasn't on enough crap yet, and thus: the ROBOTIC EMPIRE LIMITED T-SHIRT SERIES is born. We're making 50 t-shirts a month for the rest of the year (10 designs for 2008) that will be limited to a one-time printing. Once these 50 go, that's it for good. They're all being printed on fancypants American Apparel brand t-shirts so they're maximum comfortable and you'll actually want to wear em. Avaiable sizes are extra small (aka, youth large) up through double extra large, all in varying quantities. Enough talking, here's the March shirt design:


It's titled "goodbye america", has the label name snuck in there non-abrasively, and turned out pretty damn sweet (a photo of it can be seen here). Sorta akin to the old "love virginia" design, which we also just re-printed due to mild demand and our endless love for this state.


The new Robotic Empire Online Store is generally working out great so far, and we want to thank everyone who ordered the ISIS Shades of the Swarm box set from us a week or so ago. We've packed and shipped about 1/2 of these so far, and are sending out UPS email notifications when each is finished. If you haven't received one yet, expect an email with tracking information by the end of the week.

We've also acquired a bunch of killer new jams and re-stocked some older ones over the past few weeks since the launch of the new Online Store, including:

NEW ITEMS:
* Agents Of Abhorrence - Covert Lobotomy - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 9" (Missing Link) $10.99
* Amateur Party - Sounds And Halls To House Them CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Artimus Pyle - Black Shroud CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Aughra - A Sleeping Bag And A Shitload Of Acid DVD (Underadar) $5.99
* Aughra - Habidibad Vol. 1 - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 7" (Underadar) $4.99
* Aughra / Poision Arrows - C10 Cassette (Underadar) $4.99
* Birushanah - Akai Yama CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory 12" (Hyperrealist) $9.99
* Bosch's With You - Dreams That Come A Thing Part II As If - RED BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $11.99
* Burial Year - Pestilence - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $11.99
* Cease Upon The Capitol - Untitled CD (Ive Come For Your Children) $7.99
* Cursed - One - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Trash Art) $14.99
* Deadsea - Desiderata 12" (Chrome Leaf) $12.99
* Deadsea - Self-Titled CD (Chrome Leaf) $11.99
* Focus, The / Amateur Party - Split CD (Missing Link) $7.99
* Fucked Up - Epics In Minutes CD (Deranged) $11.99
* Halo Perfecto - Hospitals In Other Countries 12" (Underadar) $6.99
* Hellshock - Shadows of the Afterworld CD (Crimes Against Hum) $9.99
* Melt Banana / Three Studies for a Crucifixion - Split 8" (Chrome Leaf) $12.99
* Mouthbreather - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Kiss of Death) $4.99
* Regulations - Self-Titled CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Saviours - Warship - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Level Plane) $9.99
* Siege - Drop Dead CD (Deranged) $11.99
* Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost CD (Prosthetic) $11.99
* Souvenir's Young America / Spylacopa - Split - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Underadar) $4.99
* Tombs - Wasteland 12"+CD (Level Plane) $9.99
* Ulver - A Quick Fix Of Melancholy - RED COLORED VINYL 10" (Viva Hate) $13.99
* Various Artists - Empower: Exercising The Human Spirit CD (Underadar) $4.99
* Various Artists - Remain Standing CD (Pictora Pilota) $5.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99

RESTOCKS:
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Battlemaster - Warthirsting and Winterbound CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Black Cross - Severance Pays CD (Auxiliary) $11.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Blunted At Birth - STONED EYEBALL COLORED VINYL 12" (Forcefield) $12.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Blunted At Birth CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Coliseum - Goddamage 12" (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Coliseum - Goddamage CD (Auxiliary) $10.99
* Coliseum - No Salvation - SILVER w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Auxiliary) $13.99
* Cream Abdul Babar - Covering The Track Marks CDep (Underadar) $5.99
* MGR - Nova Lux 12" (Viva Hate) $13.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $11.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me / Dance Tonight! CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Orchid - Dance Tonight / Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Orchid - Self-Titled (Gatefold) CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Organz, The - The Cuts CDep (Underadar) $5.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Portraits of Past - 01010101 - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $9.99
* Reversal of Man - This Is Medicine CD (Ebullition) $8.99
* Prideswallower - Lifeswallower CDep (Auxiliary) $7.99
* Pusher - Self-Titled CD (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Youth Large T-Shi (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Small T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Medium T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Large T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Extra Large T-Shi (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Souvenirs Young America - Self-Titled CD (Underadar) $7.99
* Suppression - Release The Pirana CD (Underadar) $7.99
* Young Widows / Plows - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Auxiliary) $6.99

And finally, Robo Mailorder will shut down for a couple weeks starting this Wednesday since most of the dudes involved here will be traveling to SXSW with Torche, or to Florida for Megacon. Any orders received after Wednesday won't ship for roughly 2 weeks... so get those orders in now if you need a new music fix. ISIS BOX SET ORDERERS: no worries, all unshipped orders will still go out by the end of the week. Thanks, peace!

Robotic Empire Online Store