MAGRUDERGRIND / SHITSTORM - Split CD out now +massive distro updates

So this shit isn't available in stores until March 14th, but we just got our copies of the MAGRUDERGRIND / SHITSTORM split CD so we're unleashing the bastards ahead of time. Here's the awesome thing we wrote for stores and distros and whoever:

"This 24-track, 22-minute blasterpiece showcases two of the most ferocious newcomers to the grind/powerviolence scenes in many years. MAGRUDERGRIND bring the scathing, thrash/crossover influenced grinding mayhem while SHITSTORM terrorize with gruffer, speed/death metal-tinged destruction? together creating one of the most abrasive split albums ever conceived. With no direct mimicry, these two young trios manage to walk in the same shoes worn by grind greats like DISCORDANCE AXIS and PIG DESTROYER, both delivering absolutely pummeling performances with only the use of guitar, drum and voice. That's right, no bass players are needed for songs this short, fast and absolutely relentless... and no heavyness is compromised with each band's best recordings to date and a fantastic mastering job by West West Side. Top it all off with unbelievably sick artwork from BARONESS' John Baizley, and you've got a split undeniably destined for full-blown 'classic' status."

If that doesn't get you stoked, you better go listen to some MP3s from this split here or here or here and GET stoked! Vinyl won't be ready until the March 14th street date, and we're not doing pre-orders so please don't ask! Yes, there will be colored vinyl so if you want to be the first to know, sign up for our mailing list (it's at the bottom of our Online Store)

Already know you want this killer album? Click here to order it directly from our awesome Online Store. Want some other jams? Oh we got those too! Here's the latest (massive) updates with tons of new items and restocks:

02/02/06 UPDATE:
* 86 Mentality - "Goin Nowhere Fast" CD (Grave Mistake) - $8.00
* Aborted - "Goremageddon" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Aborted - "The Archaic Abattoir" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Asschapel - "Fire and Destruction" CD (Crimes Against Hum) - $8.00
* At The Gates - "Gardens of Grief" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Balboa - "Manifeste Cannibale" CDep (Forge Again) - $6.00
* Bloodbath - "Nightmares Made Flesh" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Bloodbath - "Resurrection Through Carnage" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Burmese / Fistula - "Split" CD (Crucial Blast) - $8.00
* Caustic Christ - "Can't Relate" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Despised Icon - "Consumed By Your Poison" CD (Galy) - $10.00
* Despised Icon - "The Healing Process" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Direct Control - "You re Controlled" 12" (No Way) - $10.00
* Disfear - "Misanthropic Generation" 12" (Feral Ward) - $10.00
* Dim Mak - "Intercepting Fist" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Examination Of The... - "We Are The Architects Of Desire" CD (Forge Again) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "10 Years of Abuse" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Confederacy of Ruined Lives" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Dopesick" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "In The Name Of Suffering" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Southern Discomfort" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Take As Needed For Pain" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Facedowninshit - "Shit Bloody Shit" CD (Crimes Against Hum) - $8.00
* Fordirelifesake - "Breathing Is Only Half The Function" CD (Forge Again) - $8.00
* From Ashes Rise / Victims - "Split" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Genghis Tron - "Cloak of Love" CDep (Crucial Blast) - $7.00
* Gezoleen - "Black Spaces Between Stars" CD (Acerbic Noise) - $9.00
* God Forbid - "IV: Constitution of Treason" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Gorguts - "And Then Comes Lividity / Demo Anthology" CD (Galy) - $10.00
* Gorguts - "From Wisdom To Hate" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Gorguts - "Obscura" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Government Warning - "No Way Out" 7" (No Way) - $5.00
* Great Redneck Hope, The - "Behold The Fuck Thunder" CD (Thinker Thought) - $10.00
* Groinchurn - "Already Dead" 3" MiniCD (Crimes Against Hum) - $6.00
* Haunted, The - "rEVOLVEr" CD (Century Media) - $10.00
* Hewhocorrupts - "Ten Steps To Success" CD (625 Thrashcore) - $10.00
* Hewhocorrupts - "Ten Steps To Success" 12" (625 Thrashcore) - $8.00
* Infidel/Castro - "Bioentropic Damage Fractal" 2xCD (Crucial Blast) - $10.00
* Limpwrist - "The Official Discography" CD (Self Released) - $11.00
* Magrudergrind / Shitstorm - "Split" CD (Robotic Empire) - $10.00
* Misery - "Production Thru Destruction" CD (Crimes Against Hum) - $8.00
* Misery - "The Early Years" CD (Crimes Against Hum) - $8.00
* Nebula - "Atomic Ritual" CD (Liquor and Poker) - $8.00
* Nine Shocks Terror - "Zen and the Art of Beating Your Ass" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Riddle of Steel / Dakota Dakota - "Split" 7" (Forge Again) - $5.00
* Rune - "Self-Titled" CDep (Crucial Blast) - $6.00
* Set To Explode - "Self-Titled" 7" (Grave Mistake) - $5.00
* Skitsystem - "Enkel Resa Till Rannstenen" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Skitsystem - "Gra Varld, Svarta Tanakar" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Uranus - "To This Bearer Of Truth" CD (Feral Ward) - $12.00
* Various Artists - "Doom Capital - Maryland / DC Heavy Rock Underground" CD (Crucial Blast) - $8.00
* Various Artists - "Never Give In: A Tribute To Bad Brains" CD (Century Media) - $8.00
* Various Artists - "Not Without A Fight" 2xCD (Crucial Blast) - $10.00
* Various Artists - "Shadows Infinitum" CD-R (Crucial Blast) - $8.00
* Wasted Time - "Self-Titled" 7" (Grave Mistake) - $5.00
* Yakuza - "Way of the Dead" CD (Century Media) - $10.00

01/15/06 UPDATE:
* Ampere - "All Our Tomorrows End Today" 3" MiniCD (Ebullition) - $7.00
* An Albatross - "We Are The Lazer Viking" CD (Ace Fu) - $8.00
* As The Sun Sets - "7744" CD (Undecided) - $10.00
* Assistant, The - "Self-Titled" CD (Milligram) - $10.00
* Baroness - "First" CDep (Hyperrealist) - $7.00
* Bucket Full Of Teeth - "I, II, III" CD (Youth Attack) - $10.00
* Charles Bronson - "Complete Discocrappy" 2xCD (Youth Attack) - $12.00
* Converge - "Jane Doe" CD (Equal Vision) - $11.00
* Converge - "When Forever Comes Crashing (reissue)" CD (Equal Vision) - $11.00
* Converge - "You Fail Me" CD (Epitaph) - $12.00
* Crestfallen - "Self-Titled" 7" (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Cursed - "Two" CD (Goodfellow) - $10.00
* Cursive - "The Recluse / Art Is Hard Singles" 10" pic disc (Robotic Empire) - $8.00
* Das Oath - "Self-Titled" CD (Dim Mak) - $10.00
* Dead Meadow - "Feathers" CD (Matador) - $12.00
* Direct Control - "Nuclear Tomorrow EP" 7" (Sorry State) - $5.00
* Eel - "People People" CD (Records of the Damn) - $11.00
* Examination Of The... - "The Whitest Of Elephants" CD (Hawthorne Street) - $8.00
* Expectorated Sequence - "Hairbomb" CD (New Romance...) - $10.00
* Facedowninshit - "Passing Times" CD (Crimethinc) - $10.00
* Fall of Troy, The - "Doppleganger" CD (Equal Vision) - $11.00
* Flowers In The Attic - "Human" CDep (Reptilian) - $8.00
* Forensics - "Hogback Mountain Sessions Vol. 1" 12" (Tuned To You) - $8.00
* Hatebeak / Caninus - "Split" 7" (Reptilian) - $5.00
* Head Wound City - "Self-Titled" CDep (Three One G) - $7.00
* Hugs - "The Tarpit" 12" (Records of the Damn) - $8.00
* Isis - "Oceanic" CD (Ipecac) - $12.00
* Isis - "Panopticon" CD (Ipecac) - $12.00
* Jesu - "Self-Titled" CD (Hydra Head) - $12.00
* Karp - "Self-Titled" CD (K) - $10.00
* Kylesa - "To Walk A Middle Course" CD (Prosthetic) - $10.00
* Mannequin - "Warps Yr Head" CDep (Reptilian) - $8.00
* Mastodon - "Sick Leg" 7" pic disc (Reptilian) - $6.00
* Medic / Triac - "Split" 7" (Reptilian) - $5.00
* Minor Times, The - "Making Enemies" CD (Prosthetic) - $10.00
* Mummy The Peepshow - "School Girl Pop" CD (Records of the Damn) - $11.00
* Old Scratch Revival Singers - "Oh Didnt He Ramble" 12" (Records of the Damn) - $14.00
* Pageninetynine - "Singles" CD (Reptilian) - $10.00
* Pig Destroyer - "Painter Of Dead Girls" 12" (Robotic Empire) - $8.00
* Triac - "Dead House Dreaming" CD (Reptilian) - $10.00
* Various Artists - "Drum Machine Madness - 1-sided" 7" (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Various Artists - "Mutation (Ed Gein, Minor Times, etc)" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* YMCK - "Family Music" CD (Records of the Damn) - $11.00

As always, these prices are listed with POSTAGE PAID (by us) in the USA, so you'll be hard up to find a cheaper spot for most of the items we carry. We also have descriptions for everything on the site and MP3s for almost every item so hit up our Online Store for the sweet stuff. Thanks!

Website update from January 3rd, 2006

Website update from January 3rd, 2006:

http://www.roboticempire.com/index010306.shtml

KAYO DOT return to the road, release new album

Boston's "avant-metal" octet KAYO DOT return to the road this January, hot on the heels of a seven-week, full-US tour this past fall. A shorter journey this time, the band will be on the road a lot this year in support of their sophomore album, "Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue" (Robotic Empire). Here are the latest round of dates:

01/10 - Cambridge, MA @ TT The Bear's - w/ CJ Boyd
01/11 - Asbury Park, NJ @ The Saint - w/ East Of The Wall, Mothguts
01/12 - Pittsburgh, PA @ TBA
01/13 - Baltimore, MD @ The Jerkstore - w/ Plague Barrier, Orragon Annon
01/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ House Show - w/ Belegost
01/15 - Kingston, PA @ Backstage Enterprises (the early, all ages show)
01/21 - Providence, RI @ AS220 - w/ Banana Hands, Honeyhander, Baricoise Orchestra
01/22 - Boston, MA @ Mass Art - w/ Capillary Action, Andrew Tomasello, Sparrows Swarm And Sing
01/28 - New York, NY @ TBA - w/ Bloody Panda
01/29 - Easthampton, MA @ The Flywheel - w/ Capillary Action, Death To Tyrants, Belltone Suicide

"Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue" is available now through both the band and label, and will hit stores and distros everywhere January 10th. Until then, it can be ordered directly from the label and sample MP3s have been posted at the following locations:

http://www.myspace.com/KayoDot
http://www.purevolume.com/KayoDot
http://www.hxcmp3.com/Kayo%20Dot

For more information on KAYO DOT or info on ordering, please visit the label website here:

http://www.roboticempire.com

ULTRA DOLPHINS Tour Europe, Release Collections Album

Richmond/Philly/NY's vagabonds ULTRA DOLPHINS recently embarked on their first European tour alongside their close pals WOW OWLS. December 26th - January 15th is safely seeing them travel all around mainland Europe, delivering their patented, unique blend of post-hardcore, math rock, indie, chaotic hardcore and far more. Upon the return to the states, the band will finish the final stages of mixing their upcoming debut album for Robotic Empire, simply entitled "Mar".

This, the band's first full-length, has been recorded over several months at Richmond's fine Recorditorium studio with engineer Jason Laferrera (Stop It!!, Gregor Samsa, VCR, etc). A plethora of tracks will be included on this fierce debut, which will see a release mid-2006. Until then, the band has compiled six older tracks from two limited EP releases for the "Why Are You Laugh" collections disc on Robotic Empire. This intense 24-minute CD will hit the streets March 14th, but both the band and label have them available now, on tour and through Robotic Empire's Online Store, respectively. A newly re-mastered MP3 from the collections disc has been posted at the following locations:

http://www.myspace.com/UltraDolphins
http://www.hxcmp3.com/Ultra%20Dolphins
http://www.hxcmp3.com/Robotic%20Empire

The "Why Are You Laugh" collections disc is available for order now only through Robotic Empire' Online Store, found at the following location:

http://www.roboticempire.com/store_index.php

More info on the band, and label, can be found at their respective websites:

http://www.ultradolphins.com
http://www.roboticempire.com

Website update from December 10th, 2005

Website update from December 10th, 2005:

http://www.roboticempire.com/index121005.shtml

THREE new releases available now: KAYO DOT, PINK RAZORS, PAGENINETYNINE !!!

(Taken directly from our email newsletter)

Hello again everyone, this could be considered a bit overdue (and it is) but we have been traveling a lot lately, mostly on tour with thrash-merchants Municipal Waste, so apologies for delays. Enough of that though, let's get down to business because a lot is going on:

* New Releases *
KAYO DOT - Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue CD
This is not available to stores and distros until January 10th, but the band has just completed a 7-week tour with this massive album and we want to make it available to the general public ASAP because this thing is incredible. Five tracks spanning 60 minutes of some of the most interesting, unique and downright powerful music that the intelligent & extreme underground music worlds have seen in years. We always hype things up, yes, but this deserves the praise and much, much more. Click here for more descriptive info, MP3s, and/or to order:
http://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=580

PINK RAZORS - Waiting To Wash Up CD
Again, not available to stores and distros until January 10th but we wanted you to have access to this blistering album ASAP! It's 15 tracks of furiously catchy punk rock all in roughly 22 minutes, so as you can tell, not a single song breaks the two-minute mark. Incredible songwriting, incredible hooks, incredible lyrics... you might go as far as calling this debut album "incredible". But don't just take our word for it, click here to listen to MP3s, read our snazzy description and/or order this badass jam:
http://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=596

PAGENINETYNINE - Document #8 (reissue) CD and limited LP
The coffin is still firmly nailed shut, but that didn't stop us, or the band, or engineer Kurt Ballou (from some little band called Convey or something) from diving head-first back into the original reels and fully re-mix and re-master this baby from the ground up. The drums sound way better, the basses can actually be heard instead of just felt and other elements have been toned up as well. However, this wasn't done for people who already own the album... honestly, it doesn't sound THAT different (just, better) but it was done for all those who don't yet have this essential album... considered by many to be the band's best release. We went all out on this one too, the CD version is housed in a beautiful deluxe digipak with expanded 16-page booklet, and the LP version comes in a hand-screened cover with a variety of limited colors available. A more formal description, MP3 and ordering info can be found here:
http://www.roboticempire.com/record.php?id=591

(The PG.99 vinyl will probably go pretty dern fast, but we will have vinyl versions of the KAYO DOT and PINK RAZORS albums in the coming months as well)

* Online Store Updates*
Well being on tour didn't stop us from trading for a TON of awesome new releases and restocks from some of today's raddest independent labels. We also hunted down the somewhat infamous tech/chaos band THE SAWTOOTH GRIN and extracted all remaining copies of their pummeling "Cuddlemonster" CD (yep, we're the only distro now that has any copies at all) as well as about a million other rad items, including but not limited to:

A Day In Black And White / Navies - "Split" 10" (Level Plane) - $8.00
A Life Once Lost - "Open Your Mouth For The Speechless" CD (Robotic Empire) - $10.00
Arsis - "A Diamond For Disease" CDep (Willowtip) - $8.00
Bionic - "Deliverance" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Brain Failure - "American Dreamer" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Circle of Dead Children - "Exotic Sense Decay" CDep (Willowtip) - $8.00
Coliseum / Doomriders - "Split" CDep (Level Plane) - $7.00
Constellations - "Sistering" CDep (CNP) - $10.00
Converge - "Unloved and Weeded Out" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
Crotchduster - "Big Fat Box of Shit" CD (Willowtip) - $9.00
Crowpath - "Son of Sulfer" CD (Willowtip) - $9.00
Dispensing of False Halos - "Growing Up, Giving In" CD (Init) - $9.00
Dispensing of False Halos - "With Prayers and a Scalpel" CD (Init) - $9.00
DJ Renaldo / Partyman - "Split" CD-R (CNP) - $4.00
Doomriders - "Black Thunder" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
Ducky Boys, The - "Three Chords and the Truth" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Fordirelifesake - "Breathing Is Only Half The Function" CD (Forge Again) - $8.00
Fordirelifesake - "Breathing Is Only Half The Function" 12" (Forge Again) - $8.00
Fordirelifesake - "Dance.Pretend.Forget.Defend" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Funeral Diner - "The Underdark" CD (Alone) - $9.00
Gospel - "The Moon Is A Dead World" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
Gospel - "The Moon Is A Dead World" 12" (Level Plane) - $9.00 (colored vinyl)
Holy Bible - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Fuckittapes) - $6.00
Kayo Dot - "Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
Kill The Client - "Escalation of Hostility" CD (Willowtip) - $9.00
Killing The Dream - "In Place, Apart" CD (Deathwish) - $10.00
Kojak - "Crash Motherfucker" CD (CNP) - $10.00
Meneguar - "I Was Born At Night 2" Cassette (Fuckittapes) - $6.00
Meth & Goats - "Attack From Meth & Goats Mountain" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
Meth & Goats - "Attack From Meth & Goats Mountain" 12" (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
Municipal Waste - "Hazardous Mutation" CD (Earache) - $10.00
Neil Perry - "Lineage Situation" 2xCD (Level Plane) - $12.00
Neurosis - "Souls At Zero" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
New Breed, The - "Off The Beaten Path" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
One AM Radio, The - "On The Shore Of The Wide World" 12" (Level Plane) - $8.00 (color)
Otesanek - "Self-Titled" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
Phoenix Bodies / Enkephalin - "Split" CD (Init) - $9.00
Phoenix Bodies / Enkephalin - "Split" 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
Pig Destroyer - "Painter Of Dead Girls" 12" (Robotic Empire) - $5.00 (cover damage discount)
Premonitions of War / Benumb - "Split" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Rats Into Robots - "A Column Of Smoke By Day" CD (Slave Union) - $8.00
Rats Into Robots - "A Column Of Smoke By Day" 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
Saddest Landscape, The - "A Promise Was Made" 10" (Alone) - $8.00
Sail - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Fuckittapes) - $6.00
Saviours - "Warship" CDep (Level Plane) - $6.00
Saviours - "Warship" 12" (Level Plane) - $8.00
Sawtooth Grin, The - "Cuddlemonster" CD (Self Released) - $9.00
Sawtooth Grin, The - "Logo" Sticker (Self Released) - $0.50
Shikari / Louise Cyphre - "Split" 9" (Level Plane) - $9.00
Silver Ninjas - "Night Wars" CD-R (CNP) - $4.00
Snack Truck - "Harpoon" CD (Perpetual Motion) - $8.00
Spirit of Versailles - "Discography" 2xCD (Init) - $14.00
Suppression - "Release The Pirana" CD (Underadar) - $8.00
Torche - "Self-Titled" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
Torche - "Tour w/ Kylesa, Coliseum" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
Transistor Transistor / Light The Fuse And Run - "Split" CD (Level Plane) - $8.00
United States - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Fuckittapes) - $6.00
Vulgar Pigeons - "Burning Episode" CD (Deep Send) - $9.00
Vulgar Pigeons - "Imperialism" CD (Willowtip) - $9.00
Wednesdays, The - "Invisible Youth" CD (Thorp) - $8.00
Yes Sirs, The - "2-Man Rhythm Disaster" CD-R (CNP) - $3.00
Various Artists - "Anti-Social Hurt Yourself Jams" CD-R (CNP) - $4.00
Various Artists - "Robotic Empire - Sampler 1" CD (Robotic Empire) - $4.00
Various Artists - "Supersonic Sounds From The Fuck You Movement" CD (CNP) - $10.00

As you might've noticed, some of our older releases are in there as well. Well we just cleaned our office and found a few copies of some random stuff (Robotic Empire Sampler #1, A Life Once Lost - Open Your Mouth For The Speechless CD reissue) so if you want them and/or any of the rest of this burly music, we highly implore you to head on over to our Online Store and order away... because the holidays are coming and we're going to stop processing orders on the 20th (or so) so we can go visit family and all that. So that gives you roughly two weeks to stock up on obscure independent music to blast in front of the 'rents, thus ruining Christmas. Or not, we don't know what holidays our customers may or may not celebrate. We don't think much about demographics and don't even really consider you "customers" anyway... more like rabid music fans like us, and that's why we try to keep our prices cheap (remember, all those prices listed above are US Media Mail postage paid [by us! ]). But look, now Robotic Empire is rambling and it's more important that we not waste any more of your time. That being said, you can also un-subscribe to this list (or order killer music) on the front page of our Online Store:

http://www.roboticempire.com/store_index.php

* Tours *
But wait, there's more! TORCHE is back on the road again after just catching their breath following their full US tour with the massive groups KYLESA and COLISEUM. These guys just don't know how to slow down, already having recorded the better half of a brand new album! That's right folks, start salivating now because come Spring or Summer we are going to have TORCHE's next record in your hands. And don't it beat all, but the new material is simply INCREDIBLE! Spring or Summer... that sure sounds great right about now... but until then the only way you can hear these unbelievably awesome new jams is to catch them live:

December 4 - Charlotte, NC @ Milestone - w/ Horse Thief
December 5 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Wetlands
December 6 - Richmond, VA @ Nanci Raygun - w/ Municipal Waste, Misery Index
December 7 - Washington, DC @ Warehouse Nextdoor - w/ Pygmy Lush, Flowers in The Attic
December 8 - Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Artspace
December 9 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church - w/ Strike Anywhere, Paint It Black
December 10 - Boston, MA @ Mass Art - w/ Backstabbers Inc.
December 11 - Providence, RI @ Living Room - w/ Unearth
December 12 - Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
December 13 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks
December 14 - Columbus, OH @ High Five Bar
December 15 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
December 16 - Detroit, MI @ Alvin's
December 17 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen - w/ Sweet Cobra
December 18 - Indianapolis, IN @ Secret Location
December 19 - Nashville, TN @ The End - w/ Cave In, Doomriders
December 20 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
December 21 - Birmingham, AL @ Cave 9
December 23 - Gainesville, FL @ The Atlantic

OK so now this is getting ridiculous and we refuse to clog up your inbox any further. In the next few days we hope to get the main page of our website updated so you can know all the haps with all our bands, as well as the updated info on upcoming releases from GRAILS, RED SPAROWES, CAPSULE, ULTRA DOLPHINS and more. Keep an eye out on www.roboticempire.com but in the meantime definitely hit up our Online Store for all the latest in our new releases:

http://www.roboticempire.com/store_index.php

Thank you for reading all of this! -Robotic Empire

Website update from October 4th, 2005

Website update from October 4th, 2005:

http://www.roboticempire.com/index100405.shtml

KAYO DOT Complete New Album, Launch Full US Tour

Boston, Massachusetts' eight-man (and woman) avant-metal group KAYO DOT have completed their new album, Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue, their first for Robotic Empire and followup to 2003's debut Choirs of the Eye on Tzadik. This beast of an album spans 60 minutes and will be available everywhere on January 10th, 2006. Several clips have been posted in the following locations:

* Kayo Dot's hxcmp3 page: http://www.hxcmp3.com/Kayo Dot (3 clips)
* Kayo Dot's homepage: http://www.kayodot.net (5 different clips)
* Kayo Dot's myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/KayoDot (2 clips)

The album will be available in advance from the band on their upcoming seven-week full-US tour, which launches October 1st:

10/01 Purchase, NY @ SUNY Purchase College w/ Time of Orchids, Kiss Kiss, Casket Architects
10/02 New York, NY @ Cake Shop w / Time of Orchids, The Tremula
10/03 Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery w / Time of Orchids
10/04 Burlington, VT @ 242 Main w / Mantits, Time of Orchids
10/05 Syracuse, NY
10/06 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
10/07 Columbus, OH @ High Five Bar w/ Silencio, Mouth of the Architect
10/08 Detroit, MI @ The Labyrinth
10/09 Cleveland, OH @ The Tower of Treason w/ 9-Volt Haunted House
10/10 Wheeling, IL @ Hang Out's w/ Unfortunaut, Clad in Darkness
10/11 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
10/12 Madison, WI @ The High Noon Saloon
10/13 Minneapolis, MN @ The Nomad w/ Mel Gibson and the Pants, Lazaretto
10/14 Sioux Falls, SD @ The Urban Hermit
10/15 Omaha, NE @ Fort House (5125 N. 49th St.) w/ Shinyville, Father
10/16 Denver, CO @ Monkey Mania w/ The Autokinoton
10/17 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court w/ Gaza
10/18 Boise, ID @ 1018 W. Hays St. w/ Gaza
10/19 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern w/ Phobophobe
10/20 Portland, OR @ Berbati's Pan w/ Master Musicians of Bukkake
10/21 Eugene, OR @ The Samurai Duck w/ I/O
10/22 Oroville, CA @ NorCal Ramp w/ Gaza, Way Beyond Blue
10/23 San Jose, CA @ The Cave
10/24 Oakland, CA @ 21 Grand Arts Space w/ Gaza
10/25 San Francisco, CA @ The Hemlock Tavern
10/26 Santa Cruz @ The Aptos Club w/ Shamelady, The Abominable Iron Sloth
10/27 Los Angeles, CA @ The Knitting Factory (Alterknit Lounge) w/ The Wayward
10/28 Phoenix, AZ @ The Counter Culture Café
10/29 Tucson, AZ @ Skrappy's
10/30 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launchpad
10/31 DAY OFF
11/01 DAY OFF
11/02 Austin, TX @ The Back Room w/ Great Tyrant, The Wayward
11/03 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves w/ Man is Mostly Water, Great Tyrant, Trifle Tower
11/04 Beaumont, TX @ The Vortex w/ The Wayward
11/05 New Orleans, LA @ The Howlin' Wolf
11/06 Hattiesburg, MS @ The Green Room w/ That Yellow Bastard
11/07 Tallahassee, FL @ Kleman Plaza
11/08 Orlando, FL
11/09 Miami, FL @ The Alley w/ xbxrx, The Laundry Room Squelchers, Vaster Than Empires
11/10 Tampa, FL
11/11 Gainesville, FL or Savannah, GA
11/12 Atlanta, GA @ Lenny's
11/13 Nashville, TN @ The Muse w/ Hillbilly Casino, Life in the Sky
11/14 Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records w/ Ahleuchatistas, Pomme de Terre
11/15 Wilmington, NC @ The Soapbox Laundro-Lounge w/ Gregor Samsa
11/16 Richmond, VA @ Nanci Raygun w/ Gregor Samsa, Planar, Souvenir's Young America
11/17 Washington DC @ The Warehouse Next Door w/ Gregor Samsa
11/18 Philadelphia, PA @ The Khyber w/ Gregor Samsa, Starkweather, Bad Vibes
11/19 Brooklyn, NY @ North Six w/ Time of Orchids, Shinyville
11/20 Boston, MA @ TT the Bear's

More information, up-to-date tour dates and more can be found at the main Robotic Empire website.

Welcome Two New Bands To Robotic Empire: CAPSULE and ULTRA DOLPHINS

Miami, Florida commands a lot of respect in the heart of Robotic Empire with several of its offspring joining our roster over the years (Tyranny of Shaw, Torche and now Shitstorm as well). We are proud to welcome its young sons known only as CAPSULE. This trio plays furious and interesting tunes of blistering proportions, combining everything from super thick riffs with frantic blasts to mellow melodic guitars that meander into jazzy interludes or suddenly collapse into thunderous maelstroms.

These comrades have served time in both Tunes For Bears and Tyranny of Shaw, but the new sounds they've created are unlike anything we've heard before. It is almost reminiscent to a few heavy screamo bands of the past in the technical/off-kilterness of Jeromes Dream or Love Lost But Not Forgotten, but taking it WAY up a notch without piercing vocals, instead opting for an innovative unison-sung triple-vocal assault that is somehow both quite grabbing and simultaneously haunting.

We are absolutely thrilled to be working with CAPSULE as their demo has more or less completely blown us away, and will be releasing a full-length CD with them early next year. In the meantime, we highly encourage you to check them out as a demo MP3 can be found here.


Having known these dudes for many, many years now (ten for one member!), we couldn't really be much happier to be working with our longtime pals, the ULTRA DOLPHINS! Another mighty power-trio to add to the fold, these Philly/NY/Richmond dudes are an absolute clobberhouse that somehow channels an incredible amount of styles to create a very passionate, noisy and unforgiving blend of post-hardcore, punk, indie, rock and way more. We're talking Jesus Lizard, Fugazi, Led Zeppelin, Frodus, Shellac, Hella, Snack Truck (with whom they share members) and just plain ol' pummeling rock in general. The live energy this band exhumes is completely uncontrollable and we are way beyond stoked to have them on board!

Ultra Dolphins are joining the label with a bang, in the form of TWO full-length releases right off the bat! Coming out early next year, one will be a collection of their Self-Titled EPs that have been wondrously remastered at Silver Sonya (the place Dischord remastered the bulk of their catalog).

The other will be a brand new full-length recorded by Laferrera (Gregor Samsa, Stop It!!, VCR) and promises to be an absolute scorcher. In the meantime, you can hear two (unmastered) MP3s from the EPs right here.

Website update from August 1st, 2005

Website update from August 1st, 2005:

http://www.roboticempire.com/index080105.shtml