15% OFF ALL SHIRTS

Get some new threads for the new weather (and help us make room for a bigass shirt order we want to make!) as we've got a blanket 15% off ALL t-shirts (and hoodies) on our site:

http://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=82

B O O M !

ISIS and PG.99 represses & shirts, new NADJA shirt + FLOOR discography discount, a bat PEEING in TILTS/TORCHE guitarist's EYE +lotsa new distro items!

This diverse update first sees us with two influential bands' catalog items back in print, with vinyl from ISIS and PG.99 getting the re-press treatment. Although the sonic differences are significant, each group created a lasting legacy that still holds long after their disbanding.


ISIS' landmark albums Oceanic and Panopticon are both back in action on the 2xLP format, each with "reverse board" printing throughout (Oceanic getting the massive "tip-on" style jackets, and Panopticon printed via reverse-board for the very first time). The band requested simple black-vinyl for the entire pressing and after a smattering of variations over the years, this keeps things nice and simple.

* ISIS items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store (including vinyl and t-shirts)
* ISIS on Facebook


PAGENINETYNINE reunited last year for a couple of well received and emotionally cathartic live performances. To celebrate, we issued their long out-of-print collections CD, Singles, on the overdue vinyl format. The entire pressing sold out, so a shorter run of 250 more on black vinyl have just been pressed to fill the remaining silkscreened jackets we had kicking around. In classic makeshift fashion, some copies come with the proper "printed innersleeve" that houses the vinyl, and some copies come with a xerox insert of the same artwork instead. Keeping it DIY to keep it in print!

Related, we also recently re-printed two classic PG.99 t-shirt designs. Most sizes are still available, although before even announcing their availability they started heading right back out our doors.

* PAGENINETYNINE items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store (including vinyl, t-shirts and a screen print)
* PAGENINETYNINE on Facebook


Again sonically different but equally recommended, in celebration of TORCHE's magnanimous new album Harmonicraft coming out later this month, we've decided to discount the closely-related FLOOR discography 8xCD set, Below & Beyond. Everything this seminal sludge-turned-pop outfit ever recorded is contained within this massive collection, and with the deluxe vinyl edition now sold out, this 8xCD release is the only (physical) way to own the monstrous amount of material these geniuii churned out.

The price is tightnice too, as if you enter the "FLOORTWENTY" coupon code at checkout, the price drop to, ahem, $20. Pretty galldarn good for 8 stacked CDs, a bigass 12"x12" 32(!)-page booklet and a custom gatefold jacket holding it all together. BONUS SCHWAG: coupon-code enterers also get a free FLOOR 8xButton set as well, depicting all the album covers from the discography. If you've slacked on this crucial mega-release thus far, hit that up with the quickness as the discount+hookup only goes through the end of this month.

* FLOOR items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store (including the discography, buttons, lots of t-shirts and a 2xDVD)
* FLOOR on Facebook

FLOOR also has three live gigs on deck in the coming months as well. If you're on the US East Coast, or in England... don't miss em!

* 4/14 - Savannah, GA @ Statts Benefit Block Party - w/ US CHRISTMAS, WITHERED, lots more - more info: http://www.friendsofstatts.com
* 5/26 - London, UK @ All Tomorrow's Parties - w/ MOGWAI, CODEINE, HARVEY MILK, lots more - more info: http://www.atpfestival.com
* 7/6-7/8 - Miami, FL @ 305 Fest - w/ TORCHE, HOUSE OF LIGHTNING, BASTARD NOISE, lots more - more info: http://305-fest.blogspot.com


We also have a fantastic and enveloping new t-shirt design from our favorite prolific doom-couple, NADJA! The Berlin-via-Canada duo have teamed up with Berlin-via-Sweden tattoo artist HLG for this brilliant new shirt. Simple but stark, black ink printed on grey supersoft "Next Level" brand t-shirts. Need a new favorite shirt? Seek ye no further! This really is nice...

* NADJA (and related) items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store (including shirts, CDs, vinyl, a book and more)
* NADJA on Facebook

Besides that rad new shirt and what we consider essential Robo catalog items re-pressed or discounted, we've also had a healthy amount of bombastic new items and re-stocks enter our world for this update.

On the new item tip, we're talking turkey bout killer vinyl from AMENRA, CLOUD MOUTH, DAITRO, DARK CASTLE, KEN MODE, KIDCRASH, MT. ASLEEP, SED NON SAETIA, TUBERS and more.

For restocks, lets rap about an ALGERNON CADWALLADER re-up for all you jangly mofos, BLACK COBRA vinyl and THE BODY 2xLPs are At A Loss essentials that are going quick, CAPSULE's latest ripper on the ltd waxy, COLISEUM, GIVE UP JAH GHOST, PUNCH, TOUCHE AMORE and TRAP THEM bludgeoners from Deathwish, DES ARK and PYGMYLUSH prettys LPs from Lovitt, MELT BANANA and smokeloads more from the prolific Init, the cool/oldschool-esque DON'T BE SWINDLE zine, plus a handful of other freaky gems weaved throughout just the restocks for this round. Here're the full lists:

NEW ITEMS:
* Algernon Cadwallader - Parrot Flies 12" (Hot Green) $9.99
* Amenra / Hive Destruction - Split 10" (Init) $13.99
* Battlefields - Agassiz CD (Init) $7.99
* Cloud Mouth - Keep Well 10" (Ice Age) $9.99
* Cloud Mouth - That Ghost is Always With Me 12" (Ice Age) $9.99
* Daitro - Laisser Vivre Les Squelettes 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99
* Dark Castle - Spirited Migration - 180 GRAM - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (At a Loss) $14.99
* Grin and Bear It - Self-Titled 7" (Allergic To Fun) $4.99
* Hive Destruction - Secretvm/Veritas CD (Init) $7.99
* Ken Mode - Venerable 12" (Init) $14.99
* Kidcrash - Naps 12" (Init) $12.99
* Monarch - Omens CD (At A Loss) $10.99
* Mountain Asleep - Smile Medicine 7" (Kid Sister Everything) $4.99
* Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Nadja - Bone Blight - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Old Growth - Out Of The Sand - COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99
* Same Sex Dictator - From Beneath You it Devours Cassette (Long Way) $4.99
* Sed Non Satiata - Self-Titled - COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99
* Sleeping In Gethsemane / Loom - Split 7" (Init) $4.99
* Tubers - Anachronous - TEAL COLORED VINYL 12" (Echo Canyon) $14.99

RESTOCKS:
* Abandoned Hearts Club, The - The Initial Confessions Of 7" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Init) $4.99
* Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader 12" (Security Blanket) $9.99
* Assailant, The - Nurse - PICTURE DISC 7" (Init) $5.99
* Battlefields - Entourage Of The Archaic 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Init) $10.99
* Black Cobra - Feather And Stone 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $14.99
* Body, The - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood 2x12" - GREY & DARK GREY COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $19.99
* Body, The - All The Waters Of The Earth Turn To Blood 2x12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (At A Loss) $19.99
* Buried Inside - Chronoclast 12" - 180g VINYL (Init) $19.99
* Capsule - No Ghost 12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Rorschach) $12.99
* Coliseum - True Quiet / Last Wave 7" (Deathwish) $4.99
* Des Ark - Don't Rock The Boat, Sink The F'er 12" - ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Lovitt) $14.99
* Don't Be Swindle - Issue #1 Zine (Don't Be Swindle) $3.50
* Give Up The Ghost - We're Down Til We're Underground 12" - TRANSPARENT ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $11.99
* Isis - Oceanic 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99
* Isis - Panopticon 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99
* Melt Banana - Initial 3" Mini CD (Init) $5.99
* Melt Banana - Initial 7" (Init) $5.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Singles 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99
* Pulling Teeth - Paranoid Delusions | Paradise Illusions 12" (Deathwish) $11.99
* Punch - Nothing Lasts 7" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $4.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" (Lovitt) $14.99
* Same Sex Dictator - From Beneath You it Devours 12" (Long Way) $9.99
* Spirit Of Versailles, The - Discography 2xCD (Init) $9.99
* Sunflare - Self-Titled Cassette (Cubic Pyramid) $6.99
* Sunflare - Young Love 12" (Cubic Pyramid) $18.99
* Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me 12" (Deathwish) $10.99
* Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise 12" (Deathwish) $11.99

ALLLL that gravy and more is available NOW in the Robotic Empire - Online Store


AND last but most likely not least, some crazy mainstream news activity has been surrounding TILTS guitarist/vocalist (and TORCHE guitarist) Andrew Elstner's recent run in with a rogue bat. A viral press bonanza has stemmed from a freak accident where a bat PISSED IN ANDREW'S EYE and things snowballed from there. There was a rabies scare, freaked out friends/family and subsequent emergency treatment... all detailed on MSNBC, MTV, BUZZFEED, PITCHFORK and more. This is too absurd not to share (you can't make this kinda stuff up!)... so have at it if you've been under a rock:

* MSNBC Coverage
* MTV Coverage
* Buzzfeed Coverage
* Pitchfork Coverage
* Lambgoat Coverage


Also significant: TILTS' infectious vinyl debut dropped about a month back and has sold swiftly (we've got roughly 50 copies left in house). You can get this unlucky man's gloriously catchy music direct from us:

* TILTS' debut album in the Robotic Empire - Online Store
* TILTS on Facebook

* TORCHE items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store (including vinyl, CDs, t-shirts and hoodies)
* TORCHE on Facebook

Appropriately (since they have a bangin new album on deck and all), TORCHE is touring their faces off henceforth, so go see these professional barnburners in ze flesh:

* 4/05 - Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
* 4/06 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic
* 4/07 - Miami, FL @ Churchill's
* 5/10 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
* 5/11 - Atlanta, GA @ 529
* 5/12 - Orlando, FL @ Will's Pub
* 6/01 - Charlotte, NC @ Amos' Southend #
* 6/02 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade #
* 6/03 - Nashville, TN @ Exit @ In #
* 6/05 - Oklahoma City, OK @ The Conservatory #
* 6/07 - Tempe, AZ @ Club 910 #
* 6/08 - Long Beach, CA @ Ink N Iron Festival
* 6/09 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's #
* 6/11 - Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven #
* 6/12 - Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre #
* 6/13 - Vancouver, British Columbia @ Rickshaw Theatre #
* 6/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge #
* 6/16 - Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall #
* 6/18 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird #
* 6/19 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre #
* 6/20 - Flint, MI @ The Machine Shop #
* 6/21 - Toronto, Ontario @ The Opera House #
* 6/22 - Montreal, Quebec @ Les Foufounes Electriques #
* 6/23 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs #
* 6/24 - Atlantic City, NJ @ Orion Music and Arts Festival
* 7/06 - Miami, FL @ 305 Fest

# = w/ CORROSION OF CONFORMITY, BLACK COBRA and GAZA

BIG t-shirt sale, lots of new vinyl and other rad stuffs

Once again, we've dreamed up a stupid sale to make some space. We've got a lot of new t-shirts lately (THOU, COUGH, etc) and have a bunch of others on deck in the near-future pipeline too... but no more shelf space for the upcoming stuffs! Solution? CRAZY SALE.

Through the rest of the month, we're doing a buy-3-get-1-free sorta offer. Really, it's "put 4 shirts in your cart, get $14.99 knocked off" since the high-end of the the average shirt price is $14.99 (even though many are less). Long story short, if you purchase 4 shirts, one of them will be free. 4 for the price of 3? I dunno, but get these old shirts outta here so we can make more! FALL FASHION and all that junk. Just use coupon code "SHIRTSALE" during checkout and you're officially chillin.

Beyond that foolishness, we've actually got another jammin lil update for ya this time around. Almost all vinyl (plus a few tapes) and bangers abound! New stuff and restocks all have quite noteworthy stuff, so here's just the lists in full:

NEW ITEMS:
* Aussitot Mort - Discographie - GREY COLORED VINYL 2x12" (IFB) $19.99
* Austrasian Goat, The / Neige Morte - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 10" (Music Fear Satan) $11.99
* Big Kids / Koalacaust - Split - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 7" (Mountain Man) $4.99
* Big Kids - Don't Be A Baby + 2 Cassette (Mountain Man) $4.99
* Big Kids - Hoop Dreams Cassette (Mountain Man) $4.99
* Big Kids - Phone Home Cassette (Mountain Man) $4.99
* Cloud Rat / The Oily Menace / Wolbachia - 3 Way Split 12" (IFB) $9.99
* Drainland / Cellgraft - Split 7" (IFB) $5.99
* Gentle Art of Chokin - Self-Titled 10" (IFB) $10.99
* Irons / Pulling Teeth - Grey Savior 12" (Deathwish) $12.99
* Kongh - Shadows Of The Shapeless 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
* Lentic Waters - Self-Titled 12" (IFB) $10.99
* Littlest Viking, The - Labor & Lust - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Mountain Man) $9.99
* Noothgrush - Failing Early Failing Often 2x12" (Emetic) $21.99
* Panzram - Reform 10" (IFB) $9.99
* Revok - Grief Is My New Moniker 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
* Touche Amore - Parting The Sea Between Brightness and Me - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $10.99
* Trap Them - Seance Prime: The Complete Recordings - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $10.99
* Trap Them - Seance Prime: The Complete Recordings - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* Converge - Axe To Fall 12" (Deathwish) $10.99
* Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume 10" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Music Fear Satan) $15.99
* Doomriders - Darkness Come Alive 12" (Deathwish) $9.99
* Eyehategod - Dopesick 2x12" - BLACK COVER VERSION VINYL (Emetic) $21.99
* Eyehategod - Dopesick 2x12" - WHITE COVER VERSION VINYL (Emetic) $21.99
* Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain 2x12" (Emetic) $21.99
* Titan - Colossus 12" (React With Protest) $12.99
* Trainwreck / Comadre - Split 12" (React With Protest) $11.99
* Victims - A Dissident 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $11.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $21.99

And just last week we had another gnarly mid-sized update, so to reiterate its awesomeness here's that stuff as well:

NEW ITEMS: (from 10/11/11)
* Aidan Baker - Only Stories 12" (Broken Spine Productions) $16.99
* Cult of Daath - The Grand Torturers of Hell CD (Battle Kommand) $4.99
* Hero Of A Hundred Fights - The Remote The Cold - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Forge Again) $13.99
* Infinite Light LTD - Self-Titled - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Denovali) $16.99
* Like Wolves - Self-Titled - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Hex) $9.99
* Moloch / Wyqm - Split - MARBLE BLACK GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Death Agonies & Screams) $9.99
* MonstrO - Anchors Up! - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Limited Fanfare) $5.99
* MonstrO - Anchors Up! - FUCHSIA COLORED VINYL 7" (Limited Fanfare) $5.99
* Nachtmystium - Doomsday Derelicts 12" - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Diabolus Templum Sanus) $10.99
* Nachtmystium - Live At Roadburn MMX CD (Diabolus Templum Sanus) $4.99
* Nadja / Picastro - Fool, Redeemer 12" (Broken Spine Productions) $16.99
* Oak & Bone - Self-Titled - BLACK 12" (Hex) $9.99
* Oak & Bone - Self-Titled - PURPLE MARBLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Hex) $9.99
* Oak & Bone / Like Wolves - Split 7" (Barbarossa) $4.99
* Protestant - Stalemate 10" (Halo Of Flies) $9.99
* Raein - Sulla Linea D'Orizzonte Tra Questa Mia Vita E Quella Di Tutti 12" (Self-Released) $15.99
* Sapthuran / Leviathan - Split CD (Battle Kommand) $4.99
* Secrets She Kept - La Fin Absolue du Monde Cassette (Witch Sermon) $4.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Accountant - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Unearthly Trance - V Cassette (Witch Sermon) $4.99
* Whirr - Distressor Cassette (Bridgetown) $5.99
* Xasthur / Leviathan - Split CD (Battle Kommand) $4.99

RESTOCKS: (from 10/11/11)
* Achilles - Hospice 12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Farewell Party) $12.99
* Celeste - Misanthrope(s) 2x12" (Denovali) $24.99
* Celeste - Morte(s) Nee(s) 2x12" (Denovali) $26.99
* Celeste - Nihiliste(s) - PICTURE DISC 12" (Denovali) $14.99
* Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters 12" - RED/CLEAR VINYL (Hex) $9.99
* Fall Of Efrafa - Inle 2x12" (Halo Of Flies) $24.99
* Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, The - Anthropomorphic 2x12" (Denovali) $24.99
* Oak & Bone - Self-Titled 7" (Hex) $4.99
* Omega Massif - Geisterstadt 12" - BROWN BLACK COLORED VINYL (Denovali) $14.99
* Thou - Harp Lady T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Harp Lady T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Harp Lady T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Harp Lady T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Thou - Harp Lady T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Unholy Grave - Grindignation 7" - BLUE BLACK SMEAR SQUARE SHAPED COLORED VINYL (Death Agonies & Screams) $7.99
* Wyqm - Self-Titled 12" - YELLOW WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Death Agonies & Screams) $6.99

There ya go. All kinds of tunes and cloths for ya. Remember the coupon code "SHIRTSALE" for the $14.99 discount when you've got 4 shirts in yr cart. Big ups!

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ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Update - T-shirt giveaway & update items

A pretty stacked and killer Robotic Empire - Online Storeupdate for this week. We've scored a variety of domestic releases plus imports from Japan, Europe and otherwise... including with some burly grind, bonkerz noise, heavy jams, post-rock, indie, screamo and tons of other stuff.

It's also worth noting the healthy amount of THOU restocks (& 1 new split) as their crucial releases don't tend to stick around for too long. Plus, we dug up some leftover printwork that's kinda been collecting dust, so if you want a raw ISIS box (no records), raw PG.99 silkscreened cover poster or PG.99 16-page booklet... well, those are for sale now too. Plus a lot of the great Gilead Media releases are now on sale too, so this is one of those "something for everybody" kinda weeks.


Oh yeah, our buy-$50-getta-free-robo-shirt offer is running again this month. Stock up on the latest (old) fall fashion as we're tryin to make a bit of space and simultaneously hook up the 50dolla ballas! Here's the latest:

NEW ITEMS:
* Ampere - First Five Years CD (Oto) $9.99
* Celeste - Misanthrope(s) - GOLD COLORED VINYL with CROSS SCREENPRINT 2x12" (Denovali) $19.99
* Celeste - Misanthrope(s) - GOLD COLORED VINYL with STATUE SCREENPRINT 2x12" (Denovali) $19.99
* Cripple Bastards - Variante Alla Morte - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Dominic - Nord 12" (Denovali) $15.99
* Extreme Noise Terrror - Law of Retaliation CD (Deep Six) $9.99
* Exxasens - Beyond the Universe CD (Consouling Sounds) $10.99
* Fall Of Efrafa - Inle CD (Halo Of Flies) $7.99
* Heirs - Alchera 12" (Denovali) $15.99
* Isis - Shades Of The Swarm - Raw Box (Robotic Empire) $9.99
* Jeniferever - Choose A Bright Morning 2x12" (Denovali) $19.99
* Kidcrash - Snacks - CLEAR WITH BLACK PLANETS COLORED VINYL 12" (Denovali) $14.99
* Kidcrash - Snacks - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Denovali) $14.99
* Killie - Live at Shinjyuku Loft DVD (Oto) $7.99
* Kowloon Walled City - Gambling On The Richter Scale - BLACK WITH SILVER HAZE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (The Perpetual Motion Machine) $11.99
* Kowloon Walled City - Gambling On The Richter Scale - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (The Perpetual Motion Machine) $11.99
* Mesrine - Going to the Morgue - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Sonic Deadline) $12.99
* Methadrone - Better Living Through Chemistry CD (Consouling Sounds) $10.99
* Minus The Bear - They Make Beer Commercials Like This - 180g MULTI COLORED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $9.99
* N5 - Bergen: Skizzen + Notizen 12" (Consouling Sounds) $11.99
* Pageninetynine - Document #8 16-page Booklet (Robotic Empire) $1.99
* Pageninetynine - Document #8 Cover Poster (Robotic Empire) $1.99
* Phobia - 22 Random Acts of Violence - BROWN RAINBOW SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Phobia - Cruel 12" (Deep Six) $9.99
* Portugal The Man - It's Complicated Being a Wizard - 1-SIDED VINYL 12" (Suburban Home) $11.99
* This Time We Will Not Promise And Forgive - Self-Titled CD (Oto) $7.99
* Thou / Mohoram Atta - Split 12" (Halo Of Flies) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* Audrey - The Fierce And The Longing - CLEAR YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Denovali) $14.99
* Celeste - Misanthrope(s) - BLACK SCREENPRINT VINYL 2x12" (Denovali) $19.99
* Phobia - Grind Your F'ing Head In CD (Deep Six) $8.00
* Russian Circles - Enter - GREY BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Flame Shovel) $12.99
* Russian Circles - Station - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Suicide Squeeze) $12.99
* Thou / Black September - Split - RED COLORED VINYL 7" (Gilead Media) $5.99
* Thou - Malfeasance / Retribution 10" (Feast Of Tentacles) $15.99
* Thou - The Retaliation of the Immutable Force of Nature 12" (Gilead Media) $11.99

ITEMS NEWLY ON SALE:
* A Scanner Darkly - Self-Titled CDep (Gilead Media) $2.99
* Cancer Conspiracy, The - Omega - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Gilead Media) $6.99
* Crossing The Atlantic - Signals And Waves CD (Gilead Media) $2.99
* Frodus - Conglomerate International 2x12" (Gilead Media) $16.99
* Hewhocorrupts / Phoenix Bodies - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10"+Calendar (Gilead Media) $16.99
* Hewhocorrupts / Phoenix Bodies - Split - PINK COLORED VINYL 10"+Calendar (Gilead Media) $16.99
* Of Sinking Ships - Self-Titled - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Gilead Media) $6.99
* Paper Chase, The - Cntrl Alt Delete U CDep (Gilead Media) $3.99

That's it for this week, please hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Thanks!

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July Sale! Free T-shirt with $40 order + update.

Orders of $40 and over (before shipping) are now entitled to 1 free Robotic Empire label t-shirt! We've made a lot of label-specific designs over the years, and if you order $40 or more worth of records, CDs, shirts, etc... please feel free to request a free label t-shirt in the "notes" / "comments" section when you check out. This does not apply to any band shirts, just Robotic Empire label t-shirts. The available shirts / sizes can be found here (and the next couple of pages too). Please be sure to list what size and design you want, along with alternatives too, as the FREE shirts are pretty much available while supplies last (certain sizes/designs are already low in quantity). This offer will run until the end of the month... thanks & enjoy!

Also until the end of the month, all $4.99 items are now $4.20. Arbitrary sale! This mostly applies to 7"s and cassette tapes, but many other items are also discounted until July 31st. Our weekly update this time around is pretty small but it’s worth checking out as we’ve got the Japanese import picture disc of Isis – Wavering Radiant 2xLP in from Daymare along with some sweet new things from Little Mafia Records and the band Glaciers. Previous weeks updates are also listed below. Go!

NEW ITEMS:
* Extreme Noise Terror / Cock ESP - Split 5" (Little Mafia) $7.99
* G, The - Hold My Gold 12" (Shdwply) $12.99
* Glaciers - 22408 CD (Self Released) $5.99
* Isis - Wavering Radiant - PICTURE DISC 2x12" (Daymare) $25.99
* Suffering Bastard / Cock ESP - Split 10" (Little Mafia) $8.99
* Traindodge - I Am Forever 12" (Little Mafia) $12.99
* Waifle - And The Blood Will Come Down Like A Curtain 10" (Magister Ludi) $9.99

RESTOCKS:
• Waifle - The Music Stops, The Man Dies 12" (Magic Bullet) $9.99

ITEMS NEWLY ON SALE:
* Boris – Smile CD (Daymare) $24.99

June 29th Update Items:

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
* Sh!tstorm - 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

June 22nd Update Items:

NEW ITEMS:
* Bravo *#cking 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

Thanks for checking this out, and remember the free T-Shirt offer ends on July 31st. Peace!

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CANNABIS CORPSE - ridiculous new shirt now available!

BUD MOMSTER wearing the new "Cop Chiller" shirt & feeding Lil' Buddy

Just got in the ridiculously awesome new CANNABIS CORPSE "Cop Chiller" t-shirt. This is the first full-color shirt we've ever made and it turned out killer! Barf Callahan delivered again with artwork depicting the infamous bud monster smoking out of a homemade severed-cop-head bong!

This comes on an Anvil brand 100% cotton t-shirt and is guaranteed to blow minds! This is available now in sizes XXL - YL in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

CANNABIS CORPSE hit the road this week

Richmond, Virginia's CANNABIS CORPSE are hitting the road this week, just one day after bassist Landphil returns from MUNICIPAL WASTE's lengthy tour supporting LAMB OF GOD. Here are the dates:

05/16/09 - Cleveland, OH @ Now Thats Class - w/ Mortifier, Punching Moses
05/17/09 - Aurora, IL @ MIDWEST FUCKFEST - w/ Splitter, Weekend Nachos, Antigama, Plague Bringer, many more
05/18/09 - Chicago, IL @ Metal Shaker - w/ Splitter, Psytoxia, more
05/19/09 - Columbus, OH @ The Crackhouse - w/ Locusta
05/20/09 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Belvedere's - w/ Mahagana, Short Dark Strangers
05/21/09 - Wilkes-Barre, PA @ Cafe Metropolis - w/ Infernal Stronghold
05/22/09 - Baltimore, MD @ Nowarehouse - late night post-Deathfest show

This "Cop Chiller" tour is just a warm-up, as CANNABIS CORPSE are planning more touring later this year. Quote the band: "We hope to come smoke your city... so stay stoney for the impending pot rapture!"

More thorough, up-to-date show info can be found at CANNABIS CORPSE's myspace page.

p.s. Robotic Empire will have full-color "Cop Chiller" t-shirts available for sale in just a few days.

ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Massive update! (New bands, Online Store stuff, etc!)

Hello again, it's been a while. A lot has happened at Robotic Empire over the past month or so... in fact, the label/mailorder is now split into two camps on opposite ends of the country. This massive move was a huge undertaking for us, but better for everyone in the end as it will mean a more organized setup for our Online Store operation (now located in Olympia, Washington), and some much needed change for the Virginia setup.

We want to thank everyone who ordered from us in any of our our pre-move sales, and also thank those who have been patient while we've gotten everything for the Online Store re-established out in Olympia. Things are fully operational again, and better than ever! So we are very pleased to present you a somewhat meaty update here, with lots of happenings both for the label and Online Store aspects of Robotic Empire...

First up, we're releasing some new records in June. It's been a slow first part of the year for the label (intentionally) but we've got a lot going on in the second half of the year. Kicking things off on June 9th will be the debut releases from New Zealand's DIAL and Louisville, Kentucky's BAD SECRETS.


DIAL is the first band from the southern hemisphere that we've ever worked with, and couldn't be much happier about this pairing. Hailing from Wellington, New Zealand... DIAL self-released a demo a couple of years ago that we recently got to hear on a trip to NZ last fall. Intensely powerful stuff is contained within this little five-song EP, so much that we asked the band if we could re-release and thankfully they agreed.

To quote our official hype sheet for this: "The material contained within is leaps and bounds beyond what most bands accomplish even at their best. DIAL successfully channels the darkest corners of the AmRep catalog, the raw ferocity of classic hardcore, offtime kilter of math-rock, and the whole concept that music can actually be dangerous. The air-tight composure of DIAL's debut recording is striking; focusing more on space and dissonance than technical shreddery. Obscenely heavy guitars collide with bludgeoning percussion and intense, vicious and scathing female vocals... turning the whole thing into a downright terrifying experience. Add an incredibly crisp recording, and this makes DIAL's debut EP one of the most impressive demos we've heard in years, let alone had the privilege to re-release."

We are really stoked about this release and it'll be available on CD and digitally come June 9th. To give you a little preview, we just posted a track from it on our myspace page:

* Listen to DIAL @ Robotic Empire's myspace
* Listen do DIAL @ their myspace page


Louisville, Kentucky's BAD SECRETS was born out of improv jam sessions between YOUNG WIDOWS' Evan Patterson and KODAN ARMADA's Dan Davis. They recorded three weekends of jamming together, whittled it down to seven songs and thus, their debut release is born. We went for the super conventional 9"+CD format for this one, since it's such a normal release and all. Hah!

In all seriousness though, we're really psyched to finally work with Mr. Patterson after knowing this righteous dude and his kin for years. Who knows, maybe we've got another release with him up our sleeves...

Until then, the self-titled debut 9"+CD from BAD SECRETS should hit the world on June 9th (if we can get the band to screen the covers in time) and we're very pumped on the ridiculous color vinyl we've got in store for it too. More info on this release forthcoming.


This is probably also a good time to announce that we'll be releasing the debut album from northern Virginia's TIDELAND! Mostly comprised of dudes we've known for years, upon hearing their killer full length that they recorded @ Godcity studios... deciding to release this was kind of a no-brainer. We'll be teaming up with our Italian brethren Sons Of Vesta to co-release this on both CD and 12", sometime later in the summer (most likely July or August).

We'll post up a track from this release sometime soon, but in the meantime several demos can be found on the band's myspace page. We should note: the album blows away everything they've recorded before.

* TIDELAND on myspace


Semi-related, TIDELAND will be playing the two upcoming MANNEQUIN reunion shows. Yep, our ol' brothers in grunge finally decided it was time to return to form! There's surely several reasons for this happening, one favorite being that Ian Widman wanted to drum for MANNEQUIN as his graduation present. We gotta give a hearty "congrats" to him for making this happen! If you live in Virginia (or anywhere relatively close) and want to check out these killer shows, they'll both be happening the weekend of May 9th/10th and the details for the shows can be found on TIDELAND's myspace page.

* An unmastered tour-only MANNEQUIN EP that had two released & two unreleased songs on it (and their name spelled wrong on the cover) can be found here: download "Yr Aching Tooth!!!"


Semi-related to that is that we've now got new t-shirts in our Online Store from both PYGMY LUSH and PG.99. Resurrecting the old "goth girl" design sourced from the PAGENINETYNINE / CITY OF CATERPILLAR split 7", we're psyched to have this one back in print. Along with that are two new designs from PYGMY LUSH, designed for their last tour. Totally classic, and available now in our Online Store.


Completely unrelated to everything above but equally exciting to us is the re-press of the A STORM OF LIGHT / NADJA - Primitive North 2x12"+CD split. The first press for this thing was a total blowout, so we've re-pressed it with the quickness in attempts to keep it available. Two new color vinyl combinations are available for this beast of a release, this time as "Aurora Forge" and "Phosphorescence". Maybe corny names (?) but it compliments the weird colored vinyl well, and we're equally pleased with how the re-press turned out as we are with the first press. This comes with a CD of the same jams, and is housed in some pretty fancypants packaging.

Related to that is the fact that we got some super rare CDs direct from Josh Graham of A STORM OF LIGHT and formerly of RED SPAROWES. This includes the self-released very first RED SPAROWES demo CD-R, and their limited live CD that Neurot released. Along with those (which WILL go fast) is the hard-to-find (FALLEN) BLACK DEER Latitudes CD release that Southern organized a couple years back. Hardly any distros got that thing and we scored some copies direct from the band.

Along with all that crazyness above, we've also received a healthy amount of new and re-stocked items for this massive first Online Store update from our bi-coastal locations! GO!

NEW ITEMS:
* (Fallen) Black Deer, The - Requiem CD (Latitudes) $12.99
* A Storm Of Light / Nadja - Primitive North [split] - AURORA FORGE COLORED VINYL 2x12"+CD (Robotic Empire) $19.99
* A Storm Of Light / Nadja - Primitive North [split] - PHOSPHORESCENCE COLORED VINYL 2x12"+CD (Robotic Empire) $19.99
* Chronic Youth - Das Chillin Cassette (Vinyl Rites) $4.99
* Drowning With Our Anchors - Breathing Lessons 7" (Commodity Fetish) $4.99
* Grief - Come To Grief - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Throne) $24.99
* Grief - Come To Grief - BLUE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Throne) $24.99
* Grief - Come To Grief - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Throne) $24.99
* Hex Machine - Omen Mas CD (Minimum Underdrive) $9.99
* My Disco - Paradise 12" (Fruits & Vegetables) $12.99
* Nadja - Corrasion 2x12" (Basses Frequences) $26.99
* Neil On Impression - L'Oceano Delle Onde Che Restano Onde Per Sempre 2x12" (Denovali) $22.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Goth Girl - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pirates Press - Vinyl Collage Puzzle (Pirates Press) $25.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $13.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Donkey - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $13.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Pygmy Lush - Man On The Moon - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Red Sparowes - Demo 03.12.2004 CD-R (Self Released) $29.99
* Red Sparowes - Oh Lord, God of Vengeance, Show Yourself! CD (Neurot) $14.99
* Winters In Osaka - Molded To Crawl CD (Haunted Hotel) $9.99

RESTOCKS:
* Algernon Cadwallader - Some Kind Of Cadwallader CD (Be Happy) - $7.99
* Burst - In Coveting Ways - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 10" (Throne) - $13.99
* Dystopia - The Aftermath CD (Life is Abuse) - $9.99
* Monarch / Grey Daturas - Split 12" (Throne) - $15.99
* Noothgrush - Erode The Person CD (Throne) - $11.99

Phew! Wow OK so that's enough to keep us busy for a while right? There's plenty more on deck so this year's just gonna get crazier and crazier for us. We like it this way, so please get those orders in and we'll crank them out as quickly as possible. THANK YOU!

Robotic Empire
Richmond & Olympia chapters

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p.s. almost forgot, we caved in and signed up for stupid Twitter... so if you're into that, check out our micro-bloggin's here.

New THOU t-shirts, discounted items & more @ Robotic Empire - Online Store

When our southern brethren in THOU asked us if we wanted to handle the mailorder for their t-shirts, we didn't hesitate for a moment. They like to keep their merch as inexpensive as possible for folks, but still high quality items that are sweatshop free. We're now happy to announce that we've printed up four new shirt designs for THOU, all on American Apparel brand t-shirts, and we're charging $11.99 for the majority of them (2XLs are a buck more). We've lowered the prices of existing Viking Warlock shirts to the same amounts as well. These are all available now in sizes Youth Large through Double Extra Large:

* THOU items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

We will be announcing more info about forthcoming THOU releases in the next month or so (some preliminary details can be found in the Robotic Obscurities blog), but we're very excited to be working with these guys! For anyone who hasn't heard them yet, be sure to check our their website for an insane amount of content (including free MP3 downloads of every track they've released to date).

At a faster end of the metal spectrum...

Vice Magazine has a new blog post entitled "IT HAPPENED - I DRESSED UP AS CANNABIS CORPSE'S WEED MONSTER", which pretty much sums up the post.

It's worth a quick read regardless, and we figured this was as good of an excuse as any to knock a couple bucks off the CANNABIS CORPSE vinyl on our site, so we did. These LPs will be on sale until the end of the month:

* CANNABIS CORPSE items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

Along with this stuff, we recently discovered a bunch of anomalies while doing our year-end inventory counts. This includes some vinyl with damaged covers, no covers, promo CDs and other wacky stuff, all at heavy discounts of course. Plus a few other new vinyl, CD and tape releases comprising the latest for this update:

NEW ITEMS:
* Army Of Flying Robots - Life Is Cheap 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $13.99
* Beware of Safety - Dogs - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $19.99
* Capsule - Blue - DAMAGED BLACK VINYL 12"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Ghastly City Sleep - Self-Titled - DAMAGED SMORE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $5.99
* Heller Mason - The Mess I've Made CD (Gilead Media) - $8.99
* Isis - In The Absense Of Truth - DAMAGED CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Isis - In The Absense Of Truth - DAMAGED GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Javelina - Self-Titled - 180 GRAM VINYL 12" (Triumph Of Death) - $19.99
* Lords / In Tongues - Split 7" (Hyperrealist) - $4.99
* Moloch - Self-Titled 10" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $13.99
* One Second Riot - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (E-Vinyl) - $14.99
* Pizza - Tape 2 CASSETTE (Sterling) - $4.99
* Pygmy Lush - Bitter River - DAMAGED PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $5.99
* Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn - 1ST PRESS RAW VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $6.99
* Rue - Self-Titled 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $14.99
* Rue - Self-Titled - DARK RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $14.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Torche - In Return PROMO CD (Robotic Empire) - $1.99
* Torche - Self-Titled - DAMAGED SAKE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $8.99
* UFO Gestapo - Vatependr 12" (Streaks) - $19.99
* We Need To Talk - It's Not Us, It's You - GREY COLORED VINYL 7" (One Eye) - $4.99
* Whorehouse Massacre, The - IV 12" (Streaks) - $19.99

RESTOCKS:
* Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains 12" *RED BLACK SWIRL COLORED VINYL* (The Mylene Sheath) - $14.99
* Beware of Safety - It Is Curtains 12" *RED w/ BLACK HAZE* (The Mylene Sheath) - $14.99
* Caspian - The Four Trees 2x12" *PILSNER WHITE VINYL* (The Mylene Sheath) - $19.99
* Indian Summer - Science 1994 Discography CD (Future Recordings) - $10.99
* Omega Massif - Kalt 12" *PICTURE DISC VINYL* (E-Vinyl) - $16.99
* Souvenir's Young America - Self-Titled *CLEAR VINYL* 12" (E-Vinyl) - $15.99
* Supermachiner - Rise 2x12" *GREY COLORED VINYL* (E-Vinyl) - $17.99
* Supermachiner - Rise 2x12" *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (E-Vinyl) - $17.99
* We All Inherit The Moon - Self-Titled 12" *VINYL* (Future) - $12.99
* You.May.Die.In.The.Desert - Bears In The Yukon CD (The Mylene Sheath) - $7.99

That's it for right now. Working on a pretty massive update for the Robotic Obscurities blog that I'm hoping to post in the next week or two... so keep an eye out for that. In the meantime:

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New TORCHE t-shirts, new distro items & restocks, plus Robotic Empire news!

Not a massive update this time around as we're still waiting for our TORCHE - Meanderthal LPs to arrive for true chaos to begin. In the meantime though, the band passed through town last week and dropped off a few tour-only t-shirts for us to sell. Once these sell out, that's it for their availability, as we won't be re-printing these designs (mostly drawings used within Meanderthal).

Over the past week or so we also got some new releases and crucial restocks for the Robotic Empire Online Store from No Idea, Code of Ethics, and KNVBI amongst others. Ash From Sweat is a new label we decided to carry as the packaging and overall presentation on some of these releases is completely over-the-top! A good variety of tunes too. In addition to all that, Deep Six released some new colored vinyl and Zeep Soap dropped off some new soaps for your naturally-fragranced grooming needs. Top not stuff!

NEW ITEMS:
* Aloe & Green Clover With Bamboo Powder - Soap (Zeep Soap) - $4.99
* ANS / Seasick - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (Headcount) - $4.99
* Asesino - Cristo Satanico - RED COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Deep Six) - $12.99
* Bailer - Sing It Like A Victim 12" (Ash From Sweat) - $9.99
* Bailer / Humble Ary - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* Bailer / Humble Ary - Split 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* Daitro - Laisser Vivre les Squelletes - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Code Of Ethics) - $9.99
* Daitro / Sed Non Satiata - Split 12" (Code Of Ethics) - $10.99
* Elder - Demo Cassette (Harsh Brutal Cold) - $4.99
* Extortion - Sick - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) - $9.99
* Hemp And Sage - Soap (Zeep Soap) - $4.99
* Hose Got Cable - Majesty 12" (Old Glory) - $4.99
* Hostage Calm - Demo 7" (Headcount) - $4.99
* Hot Water Music - Till The Wheels Fall Off - GREY MYSTERY COLORED VINYL 2x12" (No Idea) - $11.99
* Humble Ary - Seneca Falls? This is Twin Falls! - PINK COLORED VINYL 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* I.Corax - Spectral Metabolism CD (Kaos Kontrol) - $8.99
* Kah Roe Shi - Shi CD (Utarid) - $9.99
* Kias Fansuri - Dua Tahun Pertama CD (Utarid) - $9.99
* Light Yourself On Fire / Nadir - Split - BABY BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Self Released) - $5.99
* MMCIII - Self-Titled 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* My Calculus Beats Your Algebra - Shackleton's Dogs 12" (Ash From Sweat) - $9.99
* Negative Reaction - Tales From The Insomniac 2x12" (Spare Change) - $9.99
* New Rome, The - Self-Titled 12" (Ash From Sweat) - $12.99
* New Rome, The - Self-Titled CD (Ash From Sweat) - $9.99
* Omega Massif - Kalt - PICTURE DISC 12" (E-Vinyl) - $16.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [grey] - Size: YOUTH MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Patchouli With Orange And Lemongrass - Soap (Zeep Soap) - $4.99
* Phobia - Grind Your Fucking Head In - BLUE GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) - $9.99
* Planes Mistaken For Stars - We Ride To Fight - WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (No Idea) - $11.99
* Planes Mistaken For Stars - We Ride To Fight - BLUE YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (No Idea) - $11.99
* Pomegranate With Apricot Seed - Soap (Zeep Soap) - $4.99
* Positive Noise - No Hardcore 7" (Headcount )- $4.99
* Sink - The Process CD (Kaos Kontrol) - $8.99
* Spicy Pear - Soap (Zeep Soap) - $4.99
* Spoils, The - To The Victor - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Deep Six) - $9.99
* Strangers Die Every Day / Joseph Childress - Split - GREY COLORED VINYL 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* Stumm - I CD (Kaos Kontrol) - $8.99
* To Be Eaten - In The Clearing 12" (Ash From Sweat) - $13.99
* To Be Eaten - In The Clearing - BLACK WITH YELLOW HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Ash From Sweat) - $13.99
* To Be Eaten - Dead Man Seize CD (Ash From Sweat) - $9.99
* To Be Eaten - In The Clearing CD (Ash From Sweat) - $9.99
* Torche - Kimbo Smith - Size: EXTRA LARGE Muscle Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Kimbo Smith - Size: LARGE Muscle Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Kimbo Smith - Size: MEDIUM Muscle Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Juan Voodoo Doll - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Juan Voodoo Doll - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Britney Spears - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Britney Spears - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Britney Spears - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Drunk Skull Steve - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Drunk Skull Steve - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - Drunk Skull Steve - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Windows - Meet At The Bridge Cassette (Ash From Sweat) - $5.99
* ZombieZombie / Kindercide - Split 7" (Ash From Sweat) - $4.99

RESTOCKS:
* Amanda Woodward - La Decadence De La Decadence - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Code of Ethics) - $10.00
* Daitro - Laisser Vivre les Squelletes - BROWN COLORED VINYL 12" (Code of Ethics) - $10.00
* Floor - Dove CD (No Idea) - $9.00
* Floor - Dove - AQUA BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (No Idea) - $10.00
* Floor - Self-Titled CD (No Idea) - $9.00
* This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - Front Seat Solidarity - GRAY COLORED VINYL 12" (No Idea) - $9.00
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - BLACK WHITE HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $12.00
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $12.00
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - WHITE BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $12.00
* Vanessa Van Basten - Self-Titled - YELLOW BROWN COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $13.00
* Vanessa Van Basten - Self-Titled - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $13.00

That's it for this round... please check out the Robotic Empire Online Store for all of these items and thousands more.

Also, we know some folks are eagerly awaiting our new releases, and we are too. Because we don't do pre-orders or hold copies of our releases for people, please just keep an eye out for more updates from us. Our mailing list subscribers are amongst the first to know about our new releases, website updates, etc. Please sign up if you're anxiously awaiting any of our upcoming releases. Here's the current status of things coming out in the very near future:

BATTLE OF MICE / JESU - Split 12" and CD
These are shipping from the pressing plants this week and will be made available on or around August 12th. Both formats have the same music (2 exclusive songs from each band) and are being sold separately for a change. This will also be available on iTunes and other legit digital download locations.

HELMS ALEE - Night Terror 12"
Hoping to have this one available on August 12th as well but we'll see if we meet our distributor's deadline of July 30th or not. Fingers crossed! If not, this won't be available for an additional few weeks but will be worth it either way. Two album tracks have *just* been posted, and a couple others from the demo (found here) have been re-recorded for the album. Killer debut album overall, CD version on Hydra Head available August 5th too.

TORCHE - Meanderthal 12"
We are still waiting for our copies of this to be assembled and are at the mercy of those assembling this beast. Some stores and online distros may have these available before we do, but we will have them for sale ourselves the very day they arrive here. In the meantime the band (on tour with BORIS) is the best place to get this release on vinyl for now. The CD version is currently available from Hydra Head.

VERSE EN COMA - Rialto 10"+CD (both formats together)
This is done and turned out awesome. We will have these available for sale on or around August 12th. A second track has just been posted on the band's myspace page. Check it out!

That's it for now... please check out the Robotic Empire Online Store for all our latest releases and distro items... and for anyone who missed the ISIS - Live IV 2xLP last time around, there's still copies available on colored vinyl for those who're interested. Thanks!

-Robotic Empire Mailorder Crew

ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Updates (new shirts, limited vinyl, cassettes, CDs and... other stuff)

It's been a couple of weeks since the release of the CANNABIS CORPSE Tube Of The Resinated 12" but the response has been pretty awesome! Thanks to everyone who's ordered, and we still have copies available in the Robotic Empire Online Store for those who missed it. In related celebration of its release, we re-printed CANNABIS CORPSE's first t-shirt design, aptly titled "Skullbong". Yep, it's a crucial image of a bong made out of a gnarly skull, with generally evil shit surrounding it. We made these in Youth Large all the way through Double Extra Large... those and all other CANNABIS CORPSE items can be found here.

Another batch of t-shirts we've printed up are for CAPSULE, who recently got home from a massive full-US tour with FURNACE. They blew through their band copies of these shirts at last weekend's Dude Fest, so the Robotic Empire Online Store is the best place to pick up CAPSULE shirts for now. To make up for not getting our shit together to make another Robotic Empire Limited T-Shirt Series shirt for this month, we decided to tye-die some of the supersoft, grey CAPSULE shirts instead. The results are varied but all-in-all these turned out pretty badass, and are available on one of the most comfortable shirts out there. All CAPSULE items we carry can be found here.

On the distro end, we've got some solid stoner jams from new Belgian label Electric Earth (who just had a baby boy and named him Thor, which rules!). Aside from that, their releases are top notch in quality so check them out. After literally begging and pleading, we finally got the HELMS ALEE 1-sided 12" from Rome Plow and this thing is incredible. It's got a burly etching on the B-side and every element of it has some hand-screened artwork (including the poly bag)! This preludes the impressive Night Terror album we are releasing for HELMS ALEE later this year. Hydra Head's doing the CD, we're doing the vinyl and this band is former folk from HARKONEN, who we always felt were totally underappreciated. Oto Records in Japan released an OFF MINOR / KILLIE split 2xCD that comes in an amazing die-cut rectangular box with CDs side by side. Seriously insane packaging. Lots of new/re-stocked cassette tapes, some impressive new releases from our bros at Cavity Records (NORTH, PAULSON), limited imported vinyl, and a few other badass releases for this update:

NEW ITEMS:
* Barack Obama / Execution Techniques - The Blackhouse Cassette Series Vol. 1 Cassette (Blackhouse) - $4.99
* Black Pyramid - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (Electric Earth) - $8.99
* Brainstorm (aka With Teeth) / Dead Friends - Split Cassette (Vinyl Rites) - $4.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Grey - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Grey - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Grey - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Grey - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Grey - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Tie-Dye - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $17.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Tie-Dye - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $17.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Tie-Dye - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $17.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Tie-Dye - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $17.99
* Capsule - Kids On Beach - Tie-Dye - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $17.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [Black Ink on ARMY] Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [Black Ink on ARMY] Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [Black Ink on ARMY] Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [Black Ink on ARMY] Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [Black Ink on ARMY] Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Capsule - Girl w/ Claws [White Ink on Black] Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $13.99
* Cease Upon The Capitol - Untitled 12" (React With Protest) - $10.99
* Comadre / Trainwreck - Split 12" (React With Protest) - $11.99
* Eternal Elysium - Mysterious Views In Stone Gardens - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Electric Earth) - $10.99
* Explosions In The Sky - How Strange, Innocence CD (Temporary Residence) - $8.99
* Grinding Halt - Sprookjeshof 12" (React With Protest) - $10.99
* Helms Alee - Self-Titled - 1-Sided 12" (Rome Plow) - $14.99
* Her Breath On Glass / Khere - Split 10" (Sons of Vesta) - $14.99
* Her Breath On Glass / Khere - Split - PINK COLORED VINYL 10" (Sons of Vesta) - $14.99
* Jarboe / Justin Broadrick - J2 CD (The End) - $9.99
* Killie / Off Minor - Split 2xCD (Oto) - $12.99
* Loma Prieta - Last City 12" (React With Protest) - $10.99
* Mehkago NT - Self-Titled 12" (Vinyl Rites) - $10.99
* Monarcs / Thank God - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 10" (Mashnote) - $17.99
* North - What You Were CD (Cavity) $7.99
* Paulson - All At Once - BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12 (Cavity) - $13.99
* Paulson - All At Once - RED COLORED VINYL 2x12 (Cavity) - $13.99
* Paulson - All At Once - RED HAZE COLORED VINYL 2x12 (Cavity) - $13.99
* Pyramids / Violent Breakfast - Split 10" (Sons of Vesta) - $14.99
* Red Sparowes / Made Out Of Babies / Battle Of Mice - Triad CD (Neurot) $8.99
* Titan / June Paik - Split 12" (React With Protest) - $11.99
* War All The Time - Discography CD (Pure Minds) - $9.99

RESTOCKS:
* Comadre - Burn Your Bone / Songs About The Youth Cassette (Pure Minds) - $5.99
* Immortal - Pure Holocaust CD (Osmose Productions) $8.99
* Kaospilot - Discography CD (Oto) $10.99
* La Quiete - La Fine Non E La Fine 10" (React With Protest) $11.99
* Mehkago NT - Self-Titled 7'' (Abort The World) $4.99
* Pissed Jeans - Shallow CD (Parts Unknown) $8.00
* Satyricon - Nemesis Divina CD (Moonfog) $8.99
* Satyricon / Enslaved - Split CD (Moonfog) $8.99
* Towers - Self-Titled 12'' *LIME GREEN VINYL* (React With Protest) $11.99
* Various Artists - Emo Apocalypse 12" *PICTURE DISC* (React With Protest) $13.99
* Zann - Three Years In The Desert Cassette (Pure Minds) $5.99

That sums up everything going on this week... expect some new label releases from us in the next few weeks. That's all we can say for now, since we don't do pre-orders... just keep an eye on the site!

Robotic Empire - Online Store

New TORCHE t-shirt, limited edition Robotic Empire shirt, colored vinyl and more!

The third installment of our Robotic Empire Limited T-Shirt Series is now available and we're pretty stoked on how this one tuned out. Like the others before it, this comes on an American Apparel brand shirt so its hella comfortable, and also like the others before it, is limited to a one-time run of 50 shirts and features 2 colors of ink. Black and grey are found on this dark "ash" grey t-shirt with woodcut artwork of an old man (probably a wizard) playing a harp in a blacksmith shop or something. Metalheads take note: this two color t-shirt is fairly gloomy, and majorly grim. A somewhat larger photo of this can be seen here. These look killer in person, and the photos don’t really do this justice!

Long story short, we're pumped on how this shirt turned out and still have some of the previous ones available as well. You can check out all available shirts from this limited series in our Online Store here: Robotic Empire - Limited T-Shirt Series.


While on the subject of clothing, we also re-printed a sweet TORCHE t-shirt that was originally printed as a pre-order only edition when In Return first came out. This John Baizley designed shirt was only available online for a week or so, and the band then printed a run for tour... but now that Meanderthal is out (on CD), they stopped printing these in favor of new designs. We also used the same printer the band prefers down in south Florida so the print is large and the quality of this is top notch! These can be found in our Online Store here: TORCHE - "Flies" T-Shirt.

For everyone wondering, both the CANNABIS CORPSE and TORCHE vinyl are still in production... but we hope to have Tube of the Resinated in by the end of the month, with Meanderthal hopefully following shortly. New posts will be made when these are ready as there aren't going to be pre-orders. However, in the meantime we've also obtained a small amount of new items and re-stocks for the Robotic Empire Online Store over the past week or so, including the last available copies of the killer NADJA + 5/5/2000 split LP+CD on Accident Prone, some PELICAN 10"s and the impressive RINGFINGER debut... amongst other stuff.

NEW ITEMS:
* Austin Lucas - Putting The Hammer Down 12" (Magic Bullet) $11.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Tube of the Resinated CD (Forcefield) $9.99
* Cough - Sigillum Luciferi CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Forensics - Green Lion 7" (Timberline) $4.99
* Mae Shi, The - Hlllyh 2x12" (Yosada) $17.99
* Molotov Solution / War From A Harlots Mouth - Split 10" (Twelve Gauge) $10.99
* Nadja / 5/5/2000 - Tumpisa - 180 GRAM - 12"+CD (Accident Prone) $18.99
* Nitro Tokyo / Rattler - Split CD (Magic Bullet) $7.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - BLACK VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK PURPLE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Pelican - Pink Mammoth - PINK RED SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 10" (Hydra Head) $15.99
* Ringfinger - Decimal - BLACK VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Ringfinger - Decimal - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Limited Shirt Series No. 3 - Old Man w/ Harp - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Sabertooth Zombie - Dance / The Prisoner Double Release - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Twelve Gauge) $10.99
* This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled CD (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* This Will Destroy You - Self-Titled - BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Magic Bullet) $19.99
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain - BROWN GOLD COVER WITH WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain - OATMEAL PURPLE COVER WITH WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $12.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $16.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Torche - In Return - "Flies" - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Triac - In The Blue Room - BLACK w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Forcefield) $9.99

RESTOCKS:
* Crestfallen - Streaks of Terror CD (Magic Bullet) $8.00
* Majority Rule - Interviews With David Frost CD (Magic Bullet) $8.00
* Navies - An Estate 12" (Yosada) $9.00
* This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain CD (Magic Bullet) $10.00

That's it for now, peace!

Robotic Empire - Online Store

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!

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RED SPAROWES "At The Soundless Dawn" 2xLP re-press! +lots of colored vinyl, new t-shirts, etc

RED SPAROWES debut album At The Soundless Dawn has just been re-pressed and it turned out awesome! We made 1000 more copies of this long out-of-print 2x12" with half pressed on silver colored vinyl, and the other half pressed on clear vinyl with silver smoke. Both color variations compliment the artwork well, and here is what we initially wrote about the album back when it was first released:

"Tasteful use of space can be a rarity in modern instrumental music. Los Angeles' RED SPAROWES debut with At The Soundless Dawn, a massive album with unconventional approaches to creating aural landscapes that prove not only tasteful, but downright outstanding. With generous hints to shoegazing's glorious past, their subtle use of reverberating guitars not only echoes the west coast's comforting distance of surf rock, but also helps the band fluidly transfer into darker passages that flow more like orchestral movements than modern rock songs. Their softer moments resonate in dream-like sequences that drift convincingly into heavier explosions, dismissing the predictable build-ups standardized by many bands of their ilk. It seems that no matter what pace they are playing, RED SPAROWES' music is always in motion... and with alumni from both NEUROSIS and ISIS on board it's not exactly a huge surprise. At The Soundless Dawn is a seven-track, double-LP album and comes housed in a stunning gatefold jacket, helping make this nothing short of a phenomenal debut."

Although that was written over two years ago now, it's still completely applicable as the band really did construct an incredible first album (then continuing on to create the killer followup Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun which we also just re-pressed as a few weeks back). If you have not heard the material on this album, two MP3s from it can be heard here:

* "Our Happiest Days Slowly Began To Turn Into Dust"
* "Alone And Unaware, The Landscape Was Transformed In Front Of Our Eyes"

(yep, all the song titles are really long, spelling out a story basically)


Along with the recent RED SPAROWES 2xLP re-presses, we've also just had a big pile of new additions and restocks to our ever-growing Robotic Empire Online Store... including some sweet new t-shirts (shown above). Done by local Richmond basement-dwellers, the SLEEP Vol 2 t-shirt came in freakishly close to our own recent BLACK SABBATH / black metal tribute/parody t-shirt & hoodie entitled Blackmetal Sabbath:


We post this again as a lot of folks overlooked it in the shadows of the last update, but they turned out fucking sweet as the print is pretty much spot-on and got printed on faux American Apparel t-shirts. These along with a whole mess of new items/restocks are now available in the Robotic Empire Online Store:

NEW STUFF:
* Achilles - "Hospice" CD (Hex) - $10.00
* Apeshit - "Demo" CD-R (Self Released) - $5.00
* Blood Brothers, The - "March On Electric Children - CLEAR / BLACK COLORED VINYL" 12" (Three One G) - $12.00
* Bone Awl - "Not For Our Feet" 12" (Nuclear War Now) - $15.00
* Bone Awl - "Undying Glare" 7" (Nuclear War Now) - $7.00
* Burial Year - "Self-Titled - CLEAR w/ SMOKE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Waving Wheat) - $9.00
* Cattle Decapitation - "Homovore - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Three One G) - $12.00
* Caustic Christ - "Government Job" 7" (Havoc) - $5.00
* Caustic Christ - "Lycanthropy" 12" (Havoc) - $10.00
* Cephalic Carnage - "Xenosapien" CD (Relapse) - $10.00
* Chinese Stars, The - "A Rare Sensation - GREEN / CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Three One G) - $10.00
* Converge / Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "The Poacher Diaries - COLORED VINYL" 12" (Relapse) - $12.00
* Crimson Curse, The - "Both Feet In The Grave" 12" (Three One G) - $10.00
* Earth - "Hex / Printing In The Infernal Method" 2x12" (Southern Lord) - $16.00
* Earth - "Hibernaculum - 180 GRAM" 12" (Southern Lord) - $12.00
* Explosions In The Sky - "The Earth Is Not A Cold Dead Place" 2x12" (Temporary Resid...) - $12.00
* Growing - "Vision Swim - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) - $14.00
* Hot Cross - "Risk Revival" 12" (Equal Vision) - $8.00
* Isis - "Celestial - RED/YELLOW w/ CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Escape Artist) - $16.00
* Isis - "Celestial - RED/YELLOW w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Escape Artist) - $16.00
* Isis - "Celestial - RED/YELLOW w/ WHITE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Escape Artist) - $16.00
* Job For A Cowboy - "Genesis" CD (Metal Blade) - $10.00
* Lightning Bolt - "Hypermagic Mountain - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Load) - $14.00
* Lightning Bolt - "Hypermagic Mountain" CD (Load) - $10.00
* Lightning Bolt - "Self-Titled (Yellow Album)" CD (Load) - $10.00
* Lightning Bolt - "Wonderful Rainbow" CD (Load) - $10.00
* Magrudergrind / Shitstorm - "Split - EUROPEAN IMPORT" CD (Fuck Yoga) - $8.00
* Makara - "Discography - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 12" (Blood Of The Young) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "Black - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "Black - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "Black - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "Black - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "White - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "White - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "White - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Man Is The Bastard - "White - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Mastodon - "Capillarian Crest" 7" (Relapse) - $5.00
* Mastodon - "The Wolf Is Loose - PICTURE DISC" 12" (Relapse) - $12.00
* Mayhem / Emperor - "Split Live - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 12" (111 Records) - $16.00
* Melt Banana - "Bambis Dilemma" 12" (Azap) - $10.00
* Meneguar - "Bury A Flower - RED COLORED VINYL" 7" (Troubleman Unlimited) - $5.00
* Meneguar - "I Was Born At Night (reissue)" 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) - $10.00
* Monarcs (members of Capsule) - "Apocalyptic Bebop" CDep (Escucha) - $7.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising" 2x12" (Neurot) - $20.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Oxbow - "The Narcotic Story" CD (Hydra Head) - $10.00
* Pelican - "City Of Echoes" CD (Hydra Head) - $10.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn - CLEAR w/ SMOKE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn - SILVER COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Ruiner - "The Lives We Fear - ORANGE / BLACK COLORED VINYL" 7" (Bridge Nine) - $5.00
* Russian Circles - "Upper Ninety / Re-Enter - COLORED VINYL" 7" (Suicide Squeeze) - $5.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $12.00
* Soilent Green - "Confrontation - COLORED VINYL" 12" (Relapse) - $10.00
* Some Girls - "The DNA Will Have Its Say - YELLOW COLORED VINYL" 7" (Three One G) - $5.00
* Woods - "At Rear House - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Troubleman Unlimited) - $12.00

RESTOCKS:
* Amanda Woodward - "La Decadence De La Decadence" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
* Bathtub Shitter - "Lifetime Shitlist - BROWN COLORED VINYL" 12" (Ramen Factory) - $8.00
* Behold The Arctopus - "Nano-Nucleonic Cyborg Summoning - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Epicene) - $13.00
* Birthday Boyz - "The Bro Cycle" 12" (Life In A Box) - $10.00
* Bucket Full Of Teeth - "I, II, III" CD (Youth Attack) - $10.00
* Bucket Full Of Teeth - "IV" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
* Coalesce - "Give Them Rope V2.0" CD (Edison) - $10.00
* Combatwoundedveteran - "Duck Down For The Torso - PURPLE COLORED VINYL" 10" (No Idea) - $9.00
* Converge - "Unloved and Weeded Out" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
* Corrupted - "El Mundo Frio" CD (HG Fact) - $20.00
* Corrupted - "Llenandose De Gusanos" 2xCD (HG Fact) - $20.00
* Corrupted - "Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos" CD (HG Fact) - $18.00
* Craw - "Bodies For Strontium 90 - PURPLE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $10.00
* Cursed - "One" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
* Das Oath - "Self-Titled" 11" (Youth Attack) - $11.00
* Destroyer Destroyer - "The Dead Sleep Like Us For A Reason" CD (Debello) - $9.00
* Doomriders - "Black Thunder" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
* Envy - "All The Footprints..." CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Envy - "From Here To Eternity" CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Envy - "The Eyes of Single Eared..." CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Fucked Up - "Mix Tape 2" Cassette (Deranged) - $7.00
* 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
* His Hero Is Gone - "The Plot Sickens [black cover]" 12" (Self Released) - $10.00
* Hot Cross - "Risk Revival" CD (Equal Vision) - $5.00
* Robinson - "The Great City" CD (Debello) - $9.00
* Saetia - "A Retrospective" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
* Transistor Transistor / Wolves - "Split" CD (Level Plane) - $8.00
* Transistor Transistor - "Self-Titled" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
* Upsilon Acrux - "Volucris Avis Dirae-Arum" 12" (Epicene) - $13.00
* Wrangler Brutes - "Self-Titled (AKA "The Tape")" 2x8" (Clarence Thomas) - $16.00

Yep, another bigass update with lots of colored vinyl for all you collector freaks and new t-shirts for those more fashionable than us! Please continue to keep us busy and head on over to our Robotic Empire - Online Store... thanks and take it easy!