ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Update - Last few days of CD sale!

The last few days of our "buy one get one free" CD offer are upon us, as this ends midnight on June 30th. Really easy/cheap way to check out some Robotic Empire label releases both old and new, so please hit up our Online Store for this stuff and way more. Here's the new items & restocks we got in this week, which includes some killer European imports, other stateside punk & metal jams, and new CASSETTE releases from Robo-bands TORCHE & SH!TSTORM. word:

NEW ITEMS:

* Book Of Black Earth - Horoskopus - RED COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Prosthetic) $17.99
* Burst - Lazarus Bird - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99
* Cobalt - Eater Of Birds - YELLOW BLACK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99
* Funeral Pyre, The - Wounds CD (Prosthetic) $11.99
* Kylesa - Static Tensions 12" (Prosthetic) $13.99
* Ladies, The - Trashed 7" (Cowabunga) $4.99
* Shitstorm - Paranoid Cassette (Rotting Chapel) $4.99
* Textures - Silhouettes - GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99
* Through The Eyes Of The Dead - Bloodlust 12" (Prosthetic) $9.99
* Torche - Meanderthal Demos Cassette (Rotting Chapel) $4.99
* Weekend Nachos - Torture 7" (Cowabunga) $4.99
* Wrath Of The Weak - Alogon - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99

RESTOCKS:
* ANS - The Pool - BLACK VINYL 12" (Cowabunga) $9.99
* ANS - The Pool - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Cowabunga) $9.99
* Bossk - .1/.2 - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99
* Burst - Prey On Life / Origo 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $21.99
* Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth CD (Prosthetic) $11.99
* Kylesa - To Walk A Middle Course CD (Prosthetic) $11.99
* Swallow The Sun - Hope - GREEN BLACK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Garden of Exile) $21.99
* Weekend Nachos - Punish and Destroy 12" (Cowabunga) $9.99

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Badass DIAL review in Rock Sound magazine

United Kingdom's Rock Sound magazine was rad enough to do a small preview and review of the DIAL CDep... here's what they had to say:



Not too shabby! To anyone who hasn't checked out this crucial debut just yet, we've got it available in the Robotic Empire - Online Store for only 5 bucks. This EP is also available for FREE with our "buy 1 get 1 free" CD offer that we've got running until the end of the month. More details for that can also be found at our Online Store. Thanks!

ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Update - Small but mighty!

A small but mighty update for the Robotic Empire - Online Store this week. Of note: we scored a bunch of old Alone Records heyday-era stuff at affordable prices, along with several KILLER new releases from fellow Richmond bros Forcefield Records. Plus some solid restocks and more items newly marked down on sale... no use beating around the bush, here it is:

NEW ITEMS:
* Bravo Fucking Bravo - II 12" (Alone) $9.99
* Cough - Sigillum Luciferi 2x12" (Forcefield) $23.99
* Friendly Fire / Tenement - Split 7" (Forcefield) $4.99
* Juice Tyme - Self-Titled - MARBLE COLORED VINYL 7" (Forcefield) $4.99
* Lord By Fire - Self-Titled 7" (Forcefield) $4.99
* Lord By Fire - Self-Titled - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Forcefield) $4.99
* Mara'akate - Self-Titled 12" (Alone) $9.99
* Mass Movement of the Moth - Outerspace 12" (Alone) $9.99
* Pine, The - Days Slipping By 12" (Alone) $9.99
* Pine, The - Don't Need Regret 12" (Alone) $9.99
* Teenage Cool Kids - Foreign Lands Cassette (Crooked Direction) $4.99

RESTOCKS:
* Cough - Sigillum Luciferi CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Kodan Armada / Montcalm - Split - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Bright Skull Records) $4.99
* Nakatomi Plaza - Unsettled - ROOTBEER COLORED VINYL 12" (Brightskull Records) $9.99
* Prideswallower - Lifeswallower - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Brightskull Records) $4.99
* Racebannon - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In 12" (Alone Records) $9.99
* Since By Man - Pictures From The Hotel Apocalypse 12" (Init) $8.99

ITEMS NEWLY ON SALE:
* Gregor Samsa - 55:12 CD (The Kora) $9.99
* Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward - MAROON COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $14.99
* Kodan Armada / Montcalm - Split - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Bright Skull Records) $4.99
* Light Yourself On Fire / Nadir - Split - BABY BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Self Released) $5.50
* Racebannon - Satan's Kickin' Yr Dick In 12" (Alone Records) $9.99
* Various Artists - Emo Apocalypse 12" (React With Protest) $10.99

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United Kingdom: THOU embarks on their first tour of your lands

For the rest of the month, Baton Rouge, Louisana's sludge/doom merchants THOU will attempt to crumble the pillars of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Here are the dates:

19.06 - Bradford @ 1 in 12 Club - w/ Moloch and Gruel
20.06 - Nottingham @ Chameleon Arts Cafe - w/ Moloch and Rot in Hell
21.06 - Newport @ Le Pub - w/ Moloch, Spider Kitten, Ghast
22.06 - Brighton @ The Hobgoblin - w/ Moloch and Dopefight
23.06 - London @ Grosvenor - w/ Moloch and Pombagira
24.06 - Liverpool @ Korova - w/ Moloch, Lazarus Blackstar, Dragged Into Sunlight and Hammer Attack
25.06 - Edinburgh @ Henry's Cellar Bar - w/ Moloch and Haar
26.06 - Glasgow @ Arc Rehearsal Studios - w/ Moloch and Jackie Onassis
27.06 - Sheffield @ Cremorne Hotel - w/ Moloch and Jewdis
28.06 - Dublin @ Eamonn Dorans - w/ Altar of Plagues, Female Orphan Asylum and This Weary Hour
29.06 - Belfast @ Laverys Bunker - w/ Altar of Plagues, Wretch and War Iron
30.06 - Galway @ The Cellar - w/ Altar of Plagues, Neifenbach and On Pain oOf Death
01.07 - Cork @ Cypress Avenue - w/ Altar of Plagues and This Weary Hour

Detailed information is available on THOU's website

ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Update - Buy One Get One Free CD Sale!

Hello everyone! Until the end of the month, we decided to hook up the stubborn CD die-hards by doing a buy-one-get-one-free CD offer. Yep, for each CD you buy in the Robotic Empire - Online Store, you can get one Robotic Empire label release CD of an equal or lesser value for FREE. This means if you buy a distro or label CD, you can get a free label CD as long as it isn't priced higher than the CD you're buying.

Here's a list of the Robotic Empire label CDs that we currently have in stock:

* A Life Once Lost - Open Your Mouth For The Speechless CD
* A Life Once Lost - The Fourth Plague: Flies CDep
* Circle Takes The Square - As The Roots Undo CD
* Crestfallen - Self-Titled CDep
* Crowpath - Old Cuts and Blunt Knives CD
* Daughters - Canada Songs CD
* Dial - Self-Titled CDep
* Ghastly City Sleep - Self-Titled CD
* Kayo Dot - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue CD
* Magrudergrind / Sh!tstorm - Split CD
* Pageninetynine - Document #8 CD
* Pig Destroyer - Painter Of Dead Girls CD
* Pink Razors - Scene Suicide CDep
* Pink Razors - Waiting To Wash Up CD
* Pygmy Lush - Bitter River CD
* Red Chord, The - Fused Together - FIRST PRESS CD
* Red Chord, The - Fused Together In Revolving Doors CD
* Red Sparowes / Gregor Samsa - Split CD
* Stop It!! - Self Made Maps CD
* Torche - In Return - PROMO CD
* Torche - Self-Titled Reissue CD
* Ultra Dolphins - Mar CD
* Ultra Dolphins - Why Are You Laugh CDep
* Various Artists - Mutation CD (w/ Ed Gein, Tyranny Of Shaw (pre-Torche, pre-Capsule), etc)
* Versoma - Life During Wartime CDep
* Windmills By The Ocean - Self-Titled CD

The full list of available CDs with prices and descriptions can be seen: here. Full list of available CDeps with prices and descriptions can be seen: here.

These above items are the only ones available for free, sorry no "distro" or non-Robotic Empire label CDs are available for free. This also does not apply to vinyl purchases.

However, if you order 5 distro CDs, you can get 5 free label CDs (or 1 free CD Lot)... so this is a great time to check out some Robo jams you haven't heard before, or to pick up an extra copy of something you like to give to a friend... or whatever's clever.

To get your free Robo label CD(s) along with your order, please just put the name of the free CD in the "comments" / "notes" section when you check out and we'll take it from there. This buy-one-get-one-free thing will end at midnight on June 30th.

For all the non-CD fans out there, we've only got vinyl for the new additions of this update, along with restocks of both formats. Some killer imports from Conspiracy, weirdo jams from Crucial Blast, post-rock goodness from The Mylene Sheath and screamo mayhem from React With Protest. Here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Actors & Actresses - Arrows - CLEAR GREY SWIRL COLORED VINYL 12" (The Mylene Sheath) $11.99
* Actors & Actresses - Arrows - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (The Mylene Sheath) $11.99
* Beneath Oblivion - Self-Titled - RED WHITE SWIRL COLORED VINYL 10" (The Mylene Sheath) $10.99
* Caspian - You Are The Conductor - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (The Mylene Sheath) $11.99
* Dolcim - Guillotine Ride 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings - BLACK ORANGE SWIRL COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $16.99
* Eksi Ekso - I Am Your Bastard Wings - WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $16.99
* Genghis Tron - Board Up The House Remixes Vol. 5 - MAGENTA GREEN SWIRL COLORED VINYL 12" (Crucial Blast) $11.99
* Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms - BLUE GREEN SWIRL COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $16.99
* Gifts From Enola - From Fathoms - HALF BLUE HALF GREEN COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $16.99
* Gnaw - This Face 12" (Conspiracy) $15.99
* Gnaw - This Face - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Conspiracy) $15.99
* Isis - Wavering Radiant 2x12" (Conspiracy) $19.99
* Isis - Wavering Radiant - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Conspiracy) $19.99
* Keitzer - As The World Burns 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Lvngs - Sinking Ships b/w Two - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 7" (The Mylene Sheath) $4.99
* Northless - No Quarter For The Damaged 12"+CD (Conspiracy) $11.99
* Protestant - Antagonist 7" (Conspiracy) $4.99
* Third Memory, The - 2nd 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Wildildlife - Peas Feast - YELLOW WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Crucial Blast) $11.99

RESTOCKS:
* Aidan Baker - Exoskeleton Heart CD-R (Crucial Bliss) $8.99
* Danse Macabre - Synkopenleben, Nein Danke 12" (React With Protest) $9.99
* Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Grey Daturas - Dead In Woods CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* La Quiete - La Fine Non E La Fine 10" (React With Protest) $11.99
* Loma Prieta - Last City 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Monarch - Dead Men Tell No Tales 2xCD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Nadja - Desire In Uneasiness CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Scott Hull - Audiofilm 3" CD (Crucial Blast) $5.99
* Skullflower - Orange Canyon Mind CD (Crucial Blast) $8.99
* Titan / June Paik - Split 12" *VINYL* (React With Protest) $11.99
* Trainwreck / Comadre - Split 12" *VINYL* (React With Protest) $11.99
* Various Artists - Doom Capital CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Various Artists - Emo Apocalypse 12" (React With Protest) $10.99
* Various Artists - Shadows Infinitum CD-R (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* You.May.Die.In.The.Desert - Bears In The Yukon CD (The Mylene Sheath) $10.99

Thanks for checking this out, and remember the buy-one-get-one-free Robotic Empire CD offer ends on June 30th. Peace!

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another favorable DIAL review... plus three more!

Eric Loranger @ absolutepunk.net was kind enough to review 4 releases of ours, and here's a segment of the DIAL review:

"...chords you’ve never heard of and a steady drone that never really goes away. The slow stomp of tracks like “Silent Holy War” can best be summarized as 'evil'. There are mathy elements all over the place, but the main focus is the mood and the power of a well-executed discord or two. Really good stuff. Simple, yes, but totally uncompromising."

Totally uncompromising! We'd definitely describe the debut DIAL recordings the same way, and are really happy with people's overall reaction to the band thus far. The CDep is available now too, so please pick it up if you have 5 bucks to spare!

Two tracks from this EP are still streaming at our myspace page (and another one at the band's myspace page), and if you like what you hear, its available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

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another #1 spot for TORCHE...

Half a year after landing Decibel magazine's #1 spot for album of the year, TORCHE is back with a new #1 position...


HOLY SMOKES! Out of over 3000 different projects and 2 million+ records made, Pirates Press head honcho (and good dawg of ours) Eric Mueller has picked TORCHE's In Return 10"+CD as the #1 most essential release that they've pressed! This is an incredible honor to us, and we're beyond stoked as this is another way to celebrate the recent 4th (!) pressing of TORCHE's In Return 10"+CD, which is now available in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

The image above is a segment of the new Alternative Press feature on Pirates Press, and you can read the whole thing here. Whether you love or hate them, there's no denying that Pirates Press came out of nowhere and completely changed the world of vinyl... for both underground and mainstream collectors and fans. We're really happy to have been able to work with Eric and the Pirates for over four years now, and are honored that they picked In Return as the #1 most essential release that they've pressed! Thank you!!

Another label release has been getting press attention too: the new DIAL self titled EP has been showing up in reviewers mail boxes, and we're pretty psyched on this Hex review that just surfaced:

"One of the only words I can use to describe this is ‘suffocating’. Everything sounds so dense and evil all at once, and carries through the entirety of this five song EP. Mish-mashing stop-go noise rock with almost tribal, repetitive and trance-like drumming Dial can ride a single riff for a whole song, but tastefully keep most of them reigned in at the three minute mark. Therefore, the sonic pounding lasts just long enough to keep you wanting more, yet breaks you down the same way a drone band would... minus the boring part. It’s a sonic, primal beating from out of nowhere and I feel like I ought to join an end of the world cult after hearing this..."

Two tracks from this EP are still streaming at our myspace page (and another one at the band's myspace page), and if you like what you hear we're only asking 5 bucks for this CDep. It is available now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

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ROBOTIC EMPIRE ONLINE STORE: rare vinyl, killer new releases & rad imports!

Hot on the heels of last week's badass update, here's another burly one for ya. We're getting TONS of killer stuff in now that the Olympia wing of Robotic Empire's Online Store is up and running at full force, so please check out some of this stuff to keep em' busy!

Things particularly of note: PYGMY LUSH "chill" Mount Hope vinyl now at a lower price, hella new Rorschach releases, import stuff from Hypertension and Adagio830 (which tends to go fast), and some killer GRAF ORLOCK jawns (including the new album, old split... and import cassette tape last week - see previous update)! There's also a pile of rare, import and awesome stuff listed in last week's update that's been getting grabbed up... so please check out both lists for all the jams we've gotten in this month (so far). Here's the latest:

NEW ITEMS:
* Amenra - Mass IIII 2x12" (Hypertension) $19.99
* Brainworms - Swear To Me 12" (Rorschach) $14.99
* Brainworms - Swear To Me - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $14.99
* Brainworms - Swear To Me CD (Rorschach) $9.99
* Brainworms / Catalyst - Split - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Brainworms / Dynamite Arrows - Split - PINK COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Comadre - Burn Your Bones 12"+CD+DVD (Adagio830) $14.99
* Comadre - Wolf Ticket 12" (Adagio830) $13.99
* Drowning With Our Anchors - You Can Never Go Home Again 12" (Adagio830) $13.99
* Fargo - Zug Um Zug - CAMO BROWN COLORED VINYL 7" (Adagio830) $4.99
* Glasses - Self-Titled - 1-SIDED ETCHED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $11.99
* Graf Orlock - Destination Time Today - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Vitriol) $12.99
* Graf Orlock - Destination Time Today - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $12.99
* Graf Orlock / Grey Skull - Split - BACKPACK CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Vitriol) $9.99
* Kowloon Walled City - Turk Street - RED BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 10" (Wordclock) $7.99
* Life & Times, The - Tragic Boogie - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Liturgy - Immortal Life 12" (Infinite Limbs) $9.99
* Mouthbreather / Environmental Youth Crunch - Split 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Mouthbreather / Environmental Youth Crunch - Split - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Nadja - Clinging To The Edge Of The Ocean 12" (Vendetta) $15.99
* Ordination Of Aaron - Discography - WHITE BLACK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Adagio830) $19.99
* Pink Razors - First Degree - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Sea Of Bones - Grave of the Mammoth Cassette (Doornail) $4.99
* Sea Of Bones - The Harvest CD (Doornail) $7.99
* Withered - Folie Circulaire 2x12" (Hypertension) $19.99

RESTOCKS:
* Black Shape of Nexus - Self-Titled 12" (Vendetta) $11.99
* Brainworms - Which Is Worse 12" *BLACK 180g VINYL* (Rorschach) $14.99
* Brainworms - Which Is Worse 12" PINK ICE BLUE COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $14.99
* Life & Times, The - The Magician 12" YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Life And Times - Suburban Hymns 12" CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Playing Enemy - I Was Your City CD (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mt.Hope 12" CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Adagio830) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mt.Hope 12" RED COLORED VINYL (Adagio830) $12.99
* Starkweather - Croatoan 2x12" (Hypertension) $13.99
* Suicide Note - Empty Rooms 12"+CD CREAM COLORED VINYL (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Zann / Trainwreck / Perth Express / Ghostlimb - Split 12" (Adagio 830) $12.99

ITEMS NEWLY ON SALE:
* Black September - Hordes Of Flesh & Bone CD (Self Released) $5.99
* Lamb Of God - New American Gospel 2x12" (Prosthetic) $13.99
* My Disco - Paradise 12" *VINYL* (Fruits & Vegetables) $10.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mt.Hope 12" CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Adagio830) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mt.Hope 12" RED COLORED VINYL (Adagio830) $12.99
* Zann / Trainwreck / Perth Express / Ghostlimb - Split 12" (Adagio 830) $12.99


It's also worth mentioning that we've got a new label release that's been getting super-positive responses so far. The new DIAL CDep is now available and two songs from it can be streamed here. Quote awesome blog Brooklyn Vegan:

"New Zealand's DIAL, whose new self-titled EP that once existed as a demo (they rarely sound this good) is set to detonate on June 9th via Robotic Empire. Hardcore is a definite influence for this trio, but so are the start-stop rhythms of prime Page Hamilton, math rock, Unsane, Jesus Lizard, and the great AmRep."

Could've only put it better ourselves if "sounds terrifying" was added in there somewhere. We're really pumped with how this release turned out, and want as many people as possible to check it out... so we're only asking 5 bucks for it and it's available now in our Online Store.

New releases from DIAL, TORCHE, huge store updates, etc!

Our first standalone-CD release in a long time is officially coming out next week... and since our distributor Revolver is shipping the debut DIAL release to stores and distros now, we're ready to announce this killer CDep is available now direct through Robotic Empire's Online Store.

This 5-song EP was originally recorded as the New Zealand band's demo, but once we heard it last year it was apparent that more people needed to know about DIAL. Absolutely crushing without being overtly "metal" or "hardcore", maybe more reminiscent of the "math rock" heyday... but WAY heavier. 2 of the 5 tracks are available to check out on the band's myspace page and through the week we will post a different streaming song on our own myspace page. Here's the planned schedule and EP track listing:

1. If You're Not Battling You're Dead = streaming TODAY (Monday)
2. Holy Silent Ruin = Tuesday
3. Always at the Border = Wednesday (also streaming now on the band's myspace page)
4. Sweating = Thursday
5. Permanent Opium War = Friday (also streaming now on the band's myspace page)

We definitely wish it was a bit longer than 20 minutes, but regardless of its relatively short length this is a phenomenal debut recording and we're proud to present it to you. We're only asking $4.99 for this fully packaged CDep, so if you like what you hear please check it out in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

Although the BAD SECRETS debut 9"+CD was supposed to drop at the same time, some delays with the screen printed covers has pushed this back a month. It'll be worth the wait though, and should be available on July 6th.


In other new/old release news, we've just received the beautiful 4th pressing (!) of the landmark TORCHE In Return 10"+CD release. It's amazing to think that this record almost didn't happen, and that in the end it turned out the way that it did. Personally this is one of our favorite Robo releases, both in music and packaging, and are very happy to have it available again. Of course we pressed it on ridiculous colored vinyl (duh), and here's the pressing info for this 4th press:

* 200 of POLLEN (translucent yellow & orangey mix with weird spots)
* 200 of WING SHADOW (clear w/ black winged blob insert)
* 400 of AMOEBA SEA (half cokebottle blue, half cokebottle green with faint spots)
* 400 of CREEPING MOON (light yellow w/ one random "planet" insert - looks nuts!)
* 400 of POMEGRANATE (semi-translucent maroon)
* 400 of PULP (swirly translucent pink with red spots)

That "wing shadow" was supposed to be a laser cut "bee" insert but it turned out a little differently than we anticipated. Regardless, this whole pressing is pretty badass and the photo above doesn't really do any of the colors justice. Some more up-close photos can be found on the items individual pages in the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

While that's the main new label-related activity for this update, we'd also like to highlight the new CANNABIS CORPSE t-shirts we recently pressed:

In addition to the older "Skullbong" and "Bud Monsters" designs that we just re-printed, this gnarly new "Cop Chiller" design is the first full-color t-shirt we've ever printed! Barf Callahan (check out his new skate magazine) delivered again with this amazing design of the infamous budmonster smoking out of a severed-cop-head-bong! W T F it doesn't get much more ridiculous than that! These are available now in a variety of sizes (XXL down through YL/XS) so check it out!

Besides all the record label activity we've had a small mountain of awesome stuff come in for the Robotic Empire - Online Store over the past few weeks. Here's the latest in crucial vinyl, CDs, tapes, etc:

NEW ITEMS:
* A Life Once Lost - Iron Gag - RED WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $14.99
* Annihilation Time - III: Tales of the Ancient Age 12" (Tee Pee) $13.99
* Atomic Bitchwax, The - 4 - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Tee Pee) $13.99
* Austin Lucas - Somebody Loves You - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $14.99
* Avail - 4AM Friday - GREY COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Suburban Home) $15.99
* Avail - Dixie - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Suburban Home) $15.99
* Avail - Over The James - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $14.99
* Black Arrows of Filth & Impurity - 1984 (ETERNAL) CD (Gilead Media) $7.99
* Black Pyramid - Self-Titled 7" (Electric Earth) $7.99
* Black Pyramid - Self-Titled CD (Meteor City) $9.99
* Black September - Hordes Of Flesh & Bone CD (Self Released) $6.99
* Black September - The Sermon Of Vengeance 7" (Self Released) $5.50
* Boulder - Reaped in Half Act 1 and Act 2 12" (Tee Pee) $11.99
* Boulder - Ravage and Savage 12" (Tee Pee) $11.99
* Burmese - Colony Collapse Disorder - PICTURE DISC 10" (Rock is Hell) $17.99
* Corrupted - Nadie 12" (Throne) $23.99
* Dead Letter Auction - Cancer If Times CD (Excursions Into The Abyss) $7.99
* Dial - Self-Titled CD (Robotic Empire) $4.99
* Elder - Self-Titled 12" (Electric Earth) $22.99
* Elder - Self-Titled Delux CD (Meteor City) $9.99
* Ehnahre - The Man Closing Up CD (Sound Devastation) $9.99
* Eternal Elysium - Spiritualized CD (Meteor City) $8.99
* Every Time I Die - Gutter Phenomenon - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $13.99
* Every Time I Die - Hot Damn - HALF BLACK HALF GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $13.99
* Every Time I Die - Last Night In Town - WHITE RED ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $13.99
* Every Time I Die - The Big Dirty - PURPLE WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $13.99
* Fistf#%k - Rock'n'Roll Nightmare CD (D7I) $8.99
* Hewhocorrupts / Phoenix Bodies - Split - PINK COLORED VINYL 10"+Calendar (Gilead Media) $19.99
* Hewhocorrupts / Phoenix Bodies - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10"+Calendar (Gilead Media) $19.99
* Krallice - Self-Titled - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Gilead Media) $17.99
* Krallice - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Gilead Media) $17.99
* Maladie - Self-Titled 7" (Nuestra Lengua) $4.99
* Maladie - Self-Titled CD (Nuestra Lengua) $7.99
* Morrow - Self-Titled CD (Excursions Into The Abyss) $9.99
* Obsessed, The - Lunar Womb CD (Meteor City) $7.99
* Raw Radar War / Deer Creek - Split 12" (Game Two) $12.99
* Spirit Caravan - Dreamwheel CD (Meteor City) $8.99
* Spirit Caravan - The Last Embrace 2xCD (Meteor City) $8.99
* These Arms Are Snakes / Tropics - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (We Be) $5.99
* Twenty Two Days - Demo 10" (Communique) $9.99
* Torche - In Return - AMOEBA SEA COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - CREEPING MOON COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - POLLEN COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - POMEGRANATE COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - PULP COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - WING SHADOW COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Wolves in the Throne Room - Malevolent Grain 12" (Southern Lord) $13.99

RESTOCKS:
* Boris - Smile [Japanese Import Version] CD (Daymare) $29.99
* Cattle Decapitation / Caninus - Split 7" *BROWN VINYL* (Wartorn) $6.99
* Cattle Decapitation / Caninus - Split 7" *RED VINYL* (Wartorn) $6.99
* Crowpath / Submerge - Split 7" (Abstraction) $7.99
* Graf Orlock - Destination Time Cassette (Utarid) $6.99
* Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda - Split 12" *COLORED VINYL* (Holy Roar) $14.99
* Minus The Bear - Planet of Ice 2x12" *PINK COLORED VINYL* (Suburban Home) $14.99
* Mouth of the Architect / Kenoma - Split 12" *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Gilead Media) $12.99
* Murder By Death - Like the Exorcist, But More Breakdancing 12"+7" *CREAM COLORED VINYL* (Eyeball) $13.99
* Murder By Death - Red of Tooth and Claw 12" *180 GRAM MAROON COLORED VINYL* (Self Released) $14.99
* Murder By Death - Who Will Survive 2x10"+7" *GREY COLORED VINYL* (Self Released) $19.99
* Phoenix Bodies - Raise The Bullsh!t Flag Cassette (Utarid) $6.99
* Russian Circles - Station 12" *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Suicide Squeeze) $16.99
* Total Shutdown / XBXRX - Split 2x5" (Rock is Hell) $10.99
* Trifle Tower / Killeur Calculateur - Split 7" *VInYL* (Communique) $4.99
* Tristan Tzara - Da Ne Zaboravis 7" *RED SPLATTER COLORED VINYL* (Medical Abuse) $4.99
* Zach Hill & Mick Barr - Vol. 2 12" (Rock is Hell) $19.99

ITEMS NEWLY ON SALE: (click here for all sale items)
* A Perfect Murder - Rehearsal CDep (Cyclop Media) $4.99 - save 29%
* Cobra Noir - Adobe of the Dead CD (Cyclop Media) $4.99 - save 44%
* Commando - Talk of The Town CD (Cyclop Media) $4.99 - save 44%
* Constants - The Murder of Tom Fitzgerril - BLUE 180 GRAM COLORED VINYL 12" (Vega Vinyl) $12.99 - save 13%
* Kayo Dot / Bloody Panda - Split - MARBLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Holy Roar) $14.99 - save 17%
* Mi Amore - The Lamb CD (Cyclop Media) $4.99 - save 44%
* Nadja - Guilted By the Sun CD (Elevation) $7.99 - save 20%

Phew! Pretty massive update now that the Olympia portion of our operation is fully set up and 100% in motion. Please keep sending us those orders as we highly prefer being busy than bored!

Also: definitely want to throw out the reminder to stores/distros/etc that we've opened up our entire distro catalog of non-Robo stuff to wholesale ordering... so if you are interested in placing a wholesale order, please get in touch.

Thank you, peace!
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