April 18, 2011

Hella FLOOR merch (4 shirts, etc!) + rare import RESTOCKS and rad NEW ITEMS


Its still amazing to us that FLOOR has resurrected and is an active force again, currently on tour blazing eardrums across the USA! This is no small wonder, but still something to behold.


In celebration, we recently re-pressed the 8xCD version of their massive Below & Beyond discography... and this update we're pleased to announce that four(!) t-shirt designs are now available along with a kickass 8x button set.


One downside though is that due to our small HQ, we're a bit overwhelmed with sheer STUFF at the moment... so we've conjured up a "FLOORCOMBO" discount code to knock off $10 if you order the Below & Beyond discography plus a FLOOR t-shirt...AND we'll include a free 8x button set too if you bust the "FLOORCOMBO". Hella FLOOR jawns together for a nice price, just enter the "FLOORCOMBO" coupon code thing when you're checking out in our Online Store. This will run for the next 2 weeks.

That is easily the biggest news in our camp at the moment (following a large update about a month ago), but we've also taken the time to stock some killer new items and restocks to the Robotic Empire - Online Store as well.

The big restock news is finally scoring the long unavailable back catalog stuff from A Date With Elvis, aka the now-defunct Spanish label that issued the vinyl for PIG DESTROYER's Painter of Dead Girls 12", CRESTFALLEN's final 7" and TRANSISTOR TRANSISTOR's Erase All Names And Likeness 2x12". All very hard to get and/or WAY unavailable for ages now, we are likely the only place to stock any of this stuff as it was a major mission to get. Very hyped to have that stuff in stock again after many years, and once its gone... that's really it!

Along with that we've also got restocks from heavyweights such as BARONESS, DOOMRIDERS, MADE OUT OF BABIES, MAJORITY RULE, MASTODON, TWDY and more.

New stuff includes the debut BEE CONTROL 7" (already sold out from Adagio) plus the new CROWSKIN / BLACK FREIGHTER split and GODS & QUEENS "acoustic" tape all imported from our German brothers, plus lots of double LPs this time: new KYLESA 2xLP on color wax, LIGHT BEARER blisstality, ROSETTA's new one finally on vinyl, SALOME's newest(/final?) album, plus more quality NADJA tunes from their ever-expanding arsenal of a discography, a couple awesome Skin Balms (!!) from Zeep (seriously great for all you tattoo'd freex) and more. Chekk it:

NEW ITEMS:
* Adai - Felo De Se - BLACK VINYL 12"+CD (Cavity) $9.99
* Bee Control - Movement Into Reality 7" (Adagio830) $4.99
* Crowskin / Black Freighter - Split 12" (Vendetta) $12.99
* Floor - 8 Piece Button Set (Robotic Empire) $4.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Leaves - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Heather - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Gods & Queens - Acoustic Tape Cassette (Adagio830) $4.99
* Healing Comfrey Balm - Body Care (Zeep Soap) $5.99
* Kylesa - Spiral Shadow - MINT GREEN COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
* Lightbearer - Llapsus 2x12" (Halo Of Flies) $21.99
* MNMNTS - The Good Life 12" (Adagio830) $9.99
* Nadja / Galena - Konstruktion 12" (Adagio830) $12.99
* Rosetta - A Determinism of Morality 2x12" (Cavity) $19.99
* Salome - Terminal 2x12" (Vendetta) $19.99
* Trees - Lights Bane 12" (20 Buck Spin) $9.99
* Usnea Skin Balm - Body Care (Zeep Soap) $5.99

RESTOCKS:
* Adai - Felo De Se 12"+CD - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Cavity) $9.99
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today 10" *BLUE VINYL* (Ebullition) $10.99
* Ampere / Sinaloa - Split 12" *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Ebullition) $11.99
* Baroness - Blue 2x12" - CONFETTI COLORED VINYL (Relapse) $24.99
* Bloody Panda - Summon 2x12'' + DVD *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $20.99
* Breather Resist - Patent Cruciform 10'' *CASKET PICTURE DISC VINYL* (King of the Monsters)$9.99
* Charles Bronson - Complete Discocrappy 2xCD (Youth Attack) $11.99
* Crestfallen - Self-Titled 7" (A Date With Elvis) $5.99
* Deadly Sins - 4x7'' *VINYL* (Hater of God) $10.99
* Doomriders - Black Thunder 12" - PURPLE HAZE COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $14.99
* Doomriders - Black Thunder 12" - THUNDERSTRUCK COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $14.99
* Endless Blockade - Primitive 12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Fistula - Goat 12'' *LIMITED EDITION GLOW IN THE DARK COLORED VINYL* (Hydrophonic) $24.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Logo & Symbol - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Floor - Dove - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Forensics - Green Lion 7" (Magic Bullet) $4.99
* Glasses - Self-Titled 12" 1-Sided Etched Vinyl (Vendetta) $9.99
* Graf Orlock - Doombox 10''+CD *CLEAR COLORED VINYL* (Vitriol) $14.99
* Graves At Sea / Asunder - Split 12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Liturgy - Renihilation 12'' *VINYL* (20 Buck Spin) $12.99
* Made Out of Babies - The Ruiner 12" - COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* Majority Rule - Emergency Numbers CD (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost 12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* Mastodon - Leviathan 12" (Relapse) $14.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me / Dance Tonight CD (Ebullition) $10.99
* Orchid - Self-Titled [gatefold] CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Orchid - Totality CD (Clean Plate) $11.99
* Pig Destroyer - Painter Of Dead Girls 12" - CLEAR VINYL (A Date With Elvis) $14.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio 12'' *1-SIDED WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Sons Of Vesta) $14.99
* This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled 2x12" - COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $16.99
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $10.99
* Tragedy - Nerve Damage 12" *VINYL* (Self Released) $11.99
* Tragedy - Vengeance 12'' *VINYL* (Tragedy) $11.99
* Transistor Transistor - Erase All Names And Likeness 2x12" (A Date With Elvis) $19.99

There ya go faithful friends. Thanks for checking this stuff out and holla at the Robotic Empire - Online Store if anything sounds enticing. Peace!

REMAINING FLOOR TOUR DATES:
* 4/18 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen - w/ Doomriders
* 4/20 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
* 4/22 - Missoula, MT @ Secret Show
* 4/23 - Seattle, WA @ Funhouse - w/ Totimoshi
* 4/24 - Portland, OR @ Branx - w/ Totimoshi
* 4/25 - Oakland, CA @ The Uptown Nightclub - w/ Totimoshi
* 4/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater - w/ Totimoshi
* 4/29 - Dallas, TX @ Sons Of Hermann Hall - w/ Mammoth Grinder
* 4/30 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk - w/ Mammoth Grinder
* 5/1 - Houston, TX @ Walter's - w/ Mammoth Grinder
* 5/2 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
* 5/3 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room

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April 6, 2011

FLOOR touring for first time in over eight years


Floridian heavy trio FLOOR are about to embark on their first proper tour in over eight years. Since disbanding, FLOOR's overdue notoriety has slowly grown, due in part from laying the foundation for guitar player/vocalist Steve Brooks' non-stop activity in TORCHE.

Reuniting to celebrate the release of their massive Below & Beyond discography/box set, FLOOR returned for a few key shows over the past year to an overwhelmingly positive response. As a result, the band is now hitting the road for the first time since 2003. In regards to the tour, Brooks had the following to say:

"It's a celebration. Celebrating our 19 years together, apart, back together, apart and back together again! Dropping bombs like it's Floorld War III!"

The (updated) scheduled dates are as follows:

4/9 - Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds - w/ Hawks
4/10 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl - w/ Hawks
4/11 - Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone - w/ Hawks
4/12 - Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter - w/ Hawks, Amarok
4/13 - Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg - w/ Hawks
4/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church - w/ Hawks
4/15 - Providence, RI @ Club Hell - w/ Doomriders
4/16 - Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab - w/ Doomriders
4/17 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop - w/ Doomriders
4/18 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen - w/ Doomriders
4/20 - Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
4/22 - Missoula, MT @ Secret Show
4/23 - Seattle, WA @ Funhouse - w/ Totimoshi
4/24 - Portland, OR @ Branx - w/ Totimoshi
4/25 - Oakland, CA @ The Uptown Nightclub - w/ Totimoshi
4/26 - Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater - w/ Totimoshi
4/29 - Dallas, TX @ Sons Of Hermann Hall - w/ Mammoth Grinder
4/30 - Austin, TX @ The Mohawk - w/ Mammoth Grinder
5/1 - Houston, TX @ Walter's - w/ Mammoth Grinder
5/2 - New Orleans, LA @ Siberia
5/3 - Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room

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