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Robotic Empire August Update. Sales! & Virginia Creep upcoming cassette release

Yup, we know it's been a while since we updated the store with some new items but with all the home construction going on things have been a little hectic. Finally have the label and distro areas set back up and reorganized and in our excitement over that we're running some sales and putting a few "Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach" Record Store Day Vinyl Versions up for sale that we came across in our reorganizing!

For the rest of August, all 7"s are on sale for 99 CENTS! so be sure to look over that section and pick up a few cheap items to add to your order: 7 inch sale!

Alpaca 12" records are on sale HALF OFF!. Crazy we know, but these tunes are so great and we have a decent amount of them in stock that need to find homes on your record shelves. Members of Baroness making excellent summer tunes so pick up a colored or black vinyl copy with your order and see for yourself. At that price you can't go wrong.

Decent update for everyone to look over below, some of the highlights being the Beach Slang cassette, The Black Heart Procession reissue of "One", new Cursed album on Deathwish, Expo 70's - Exquisite Lust album on gold vinyl, Grief imports, new Hollow Sunshine that we can't get off the turntable, Moment Discography, and the new Sumac. Many more items and some restocks so read below and head on over to the store to hear some sound samples and read up a bit more on each release. We know there's got to be something here for you to enjoy as August cruises along.



In other label news we're excited to be working with Virginia Creep on their debut Self-Titled EP. This is JR from Pig Destroyerr along with Chris from Tideland and other amazingly rad dudes so we can't be more pleased to be working with these guys! Cassettes will be forthcoming and they have a show planned for Saturday August 27th in Virginia so head on out to Vienna if you're in the area. More to come on that release soon and in the meantime check out their Facebook page for more info as they post it: Virgnina Creep Facebook

NEW ITEMS
American Football - Self-Titled - 180 GRAM VINYL 12" (Polyvinyl) $19.99
American Football - Self-Titled EP - 180 GRAM VINYL 12" (Polyvinyl) $19.99
Ascend / Descend - Murdock Street 12" (Tor Johnson) $10.99
Beach Slang - Here, I Made This For You Volume 1 Cassette (Polyvinyl) $8.50
Black Heart Procession, The - One - 180 gram WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (SDRL) $29.99
Bossk - Audio Noir - PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $13.99
Converge - You Fail Me Redux - BLACK WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $14.99
Cursed - III: Architects Of Troubled Sleep - SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $13.99
Death Index - Self-Titled - BLACK WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $13.99
Expo 70 - Exquisite Lust - GOLD COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Sonic Meditations) $24.99
Grief - Come To Grief Reissue - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Alone International) $24.99
Hollow Sunshine - Bible Sea 12" (Iron Pier) $11.99
Moment - Thick And Unwieldy From All Our Layers: A Complete Discography 2x12" (Tor Johnson) $19.99
Orthodox - Axis - COLORED VINYL 12" (Alone International) $14.99
Rwake - A Stone, A Leaf An Unfound Door - BROWN COLORED VINYL 12"+DVD (Behind The Mountain) $11.99
Sumac - What One Becomes - RED COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Thrill Jockey) $22.99
Wretched End, The - In These Woods, From These Mountains 12" (Alone International) $14.99

RESTOCKS
Converge - Axe To Fall 12'' *ELECTRIC BLUE AND BABY BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $11.99
City Of Caterpillar - Self-Titled 12" $15.99
Rwake - A Stone, A Leaf An Unfound Door 12''+DVD *BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Behind The Mountain) $11.99
Various Artists - Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach - RECORD STORE DAY SILVER COLORED VINYL 12'' - $22.99


Hope everyone is having a fun and safe summer. Thanks as always for the love and support!

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Robotic Empire Launches Man Is The Bastard: Bastard Noise new release!

Hey guys. We're so excited to announce our June 24th release which is a new album from BASTARD NOISE titled "The Honesty Shop". Yes we know we are a day early but we are so stoked we just can't wait! For the past 25 years, BASTARD NOISE has articulated it's mission between the spectrum of sheer, primitive "caveman electronics" to the spectral fascination of man's ridiculous "legend in his own mind'" status and regression through technology. With over 90 releases to date, enter the brand new full length LP by Bastard Noise titled "The Honesty Shop". Two long form compositions at nearly 20 minutes each that were custom designed, arranged, recorded, mixed and professionally edited by Michael Rozon ("THE RED LIST", "A CULTURE OF MONSTERS", "SKULLDOZER" and "ROGUE ASTRONAUT" to name a few).

This time around the line-up of Bastard Noise consists of New York based sound designer/performer Anthony Saunders and founding member Eric Wood. Vast, post Armageddon landscapes riddled with extremely dynamic geography that is crystal clear in delivery and accentuated with Wood's most brutal and extreme vocals to date. Cut by engineer master David Cheppa (NWA, GETO BOYS, BLACK FLAG, KRATWERK, etc.), "THE HONESTY SHOP" is a must have for all mutants addicted to hearing more in sound.

Packaged in a screen printed, single pocket jacket including a screen printed insert (screened by our buds at Broken Press in Seattle!) containing lyrics, this release is limited to 400 copies on clear candy colored pink vinyl, 100 of which are a deluxe version including an enamel pin and cloth patch. Cloth patch is white cloth with black ink and we have 2 color versions of the enamel pin, silver and gold. Sorry, no choice on the pin color, we will choose when packing your order.

On a personal note, I (Lindsay) just want to say that it's been an amazing pleasure to work with and get to know Eric Wood further throughout this project. He is an amazingly talented man and a very unique individual who cares so deeply about what he creates and the world and people around him. So honored to know him and be a part of his art in this small way. Thank you Eric for the opportunity.

Well we hope everyone is as excited as we are for the new BASTARD NOISE release. Head on over to the Robotic Empire Online Store now and pick up your copy before those deluxe versions sell out!



In addition to the new June release we also have picked up the new Radiohead album along with a decent amount of their back catalog. We were lucky to be able to score the WHITE COLORED VINYL for the new Radiohead! Don't overlook the Mary And The Small Omission cassette from Iron Pier Records please. Gorgeous sounds you need to hear, give the bandcamp link a click and check it out. Alright here's your complete list and we're also relisting last months update because it was killer and you need to glace through those items once again. Last month was the release of Pig Destroyer's Painter Of Dead Girls Deluxe vinyl reissue. The colored version sold out fast but we do still have some black vinyl available, not for long though. Get some new tunes, slam us with orders, keep us busy! Folding cardboard around your happily placed orders gives us an immense amount of pleasure! Thank you for the support, you keep us going!

New Items
Man Is The Bastard: Bastard Noise - The Honesty Shop 12" - PINK COLORED VINYL 12" Robotic Empire $14.99
Man Is The Bastard: Bastard Noise - The Honesty Shop 12" - DELUXE VERSION PINK COLORED VINYL 12" Robotic Empire $16.99
Mary And The Small Omission - The Effects Are Cumulative Cassette Iron Pier $6.50v Radiohead - A Moon Shaped Pool - 180 Gram WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x10" XL $29.99
Radiohead - Amnesiac 2x12" XL $23.99
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief 12" XL $26.99
Radiohead - In Rainbows 12" XL $24.99
Radiohead - Kid A 2x10" XL $23.99
Radiohead - OK Computer 2x12" XL $26.99

MAY NEW ITEMS
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls 12" (ATO) $14.99
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (ATO) $19.99
Baroness - Red - HOT PINK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
Black Keys, The - The Big Come Up 12" (Alive) $18.99
Black Tusk - Pillars Of Ash 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Blonde Redhead - 23 12" (4AD) $18.99
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly 12" (4AD) $18.99
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle 12" (4AD) $18.99
Body, The / Full of Hell - One Day You Will Ache - RED COLORED VINYL 12" Self Released 18.99
Bongzilla - Stash 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter 12" (ATO) $14.99
Charles Bradley - Changes 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Charles Bradley - Victim of Love 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Dark Circles / Abstracter - Split 12" Halo Of Flies 9.99
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board - BRONZE BLACK COLORED VINYL 10" (Relapse) $15.99
Graves At Sea - The Curse That Is 12" (Relapse) $24.99
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes 12" (ATO) $14.99
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity 12" (ATO) $14.99
Magrudergrind - II - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Mutant Scum - Field Recordings Cassette Handstand 4.99
Nothing - Guilty Of Everything 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Pig Destroyer - Painter of Dead Girls Deluxe Reissue 12'' - BLACK VINYL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
Pig Destroyer - Mass & Volume 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb - GREEN PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Pyramido - Vatten 2x12" Halo Of Flies 24.99
Ratatat - Classics 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - LP4 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - Magnifique 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - Ratatat 12" (XL) $18.99
Red House Painters - Red House Painters II (Bridge) 12" (4AD) $18.99
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill 12" (4AD) $18.99
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach/Shock Me 2x12" (4AD) $24.99
Red House Painters - Red House Painters I (Rollercoaster) 2x12" (4AD) $24.99
Rorcal - Creon 12" Halo Of Flies 9.99
Savages - Adore Life 12" (Matador) $18.99
Savages - Silence Yourself 12" (Matador) $18.99
Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma 12" (Drag City) $18.99
Scout Niblett - The Calcination Of Scout Niblett 12" (Drag City) $18.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Naturally 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Torche - Restarter - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower - ELECTRIC BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
Wrong - Self-Titled 12" (Relapse) $15.99

MAY RESTOCKS
Baroness - Blue *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Baroness - Live At Maida Vale BBC *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Baroness - Yellow & Green *YELLOW COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Catalyst, The - Voyager *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99
Windhand - Soma *BRONZE COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Yautja - Songs of Descent *VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99
Yautja - Songs of Lament *COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99



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Robotic Empire Launches Pig Destroyer Deluxe Reissue 12"

Alright everyone, we are stoked to announce the deluxe reissue of Virginia grind outfit Pig Destroyer‘s “Painter of Dead Girls” collection album, fully remastered and expanded with additional audio, additional artwork, archival photos and long-lost lyrics. Showcasing the band at their most primal (as a then-bassless power trio) these recordings capture the varied sounds of an envelope-pushing, borderline feral outfit. The release is officially out May 20th and we're accepting pre-orders in the Robotic Empire Online Store Pig Destroyer Pre-Orders

In the leadup to this deluxe reissue, a largely unheard yet definitive version of their late-90s demo-era track ‘Delusional Supremacy’ is now streaming via Noisey:

Noisey Stream

With a sonically massive rendering, ‘Delusional Supremacy 2K’ was previously found only on an obscure early-00’s sampler, unavailable widespread until now. This blistering PxDx deep cut is finally given proper attention, and is unlocked within the “Painter of Dead Girls (Deluxe Edition)” digital pre-orders, as well as streaming as a standalone single via Spotify:

iTunes – iTunes

Bandcamp – Bandcamp

Spotify – Spotify

Finally available again on vinyl after over a decade of unavailability, the first half of this collection was initially tracked as an equipment burn-in test during the millineal year leading up to Pig Destroyer self-recording their seminal “Prowler In The Yard” full-length. The secondary bulk of the material initially yielded their most sonically powerful recordings at the time, put to tape in the late 1990’s at Oblivion Studios (pg.99, Enemy Soil, etc).

Rounding out this expanded edition of “Painter of Dead Girls” is a raw mosh basement live recording of ‘Rejection Fetish’, along with a truly bludgeoning cover of Helmet‘s ‘In The Meantime’ complimenting the existing Dwarves and Stooges covers. With 19 blistering tracks in total all meticulously remastered by James Plotkin, this key piece of the Pig Destroyer catalog looks and sounds better than ever.

The original album artwork by Chris Taylor has been extended into a beautiful gatefold jacket with added metallic silver highlights. Newly created extra artwork adornes the interior, along with recently unearthed lyrics to all the PxDx songs found on “Painter of Dead Girls”, printed in full for the first time ever. A double-sided photo collage innersleeve houses the vinyl, containing classic photos from the era surrounding these recordings. The digital download versions includes a PDF booklet of these elements.

The vinyl version includes a full digital download of the album, and Pig Destroyer‘s classic “Painter of Dead Girls” collection is finally done justice on this deluxe edition release. Head on over to the Robotic Empire Online Store and check out the colored vinyl version and grab one up, they're going fast! Black vinyl also available. Order Here!




Last month also saw the release of our third and final Nirvana Tribute album, "Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach". We still have a handful of copies left in both clear and white colored vinyl but they are getting low and once these are gone they are gone for good. Here's the link, add one to your cart! Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach



Hollow Sunshine Deluxe Cassettes are still available! This bundle includes the brand new 4 song cassette EP from the band showcasing artwork by Reuban Sawyer, an enamel pin and cloth screen printed patch. Great deal for $9.99, give it a glance - Hollow Sunshine Deluxe Cassette Release

Now on to a MASSIVE distro update for this month. Maybe you noticed back in April we brought in some odd ball releases, non typical for the Robo distro but we want to keep filling up our shelves with some various other genres, especially some blues rock and folk. If you're unfamiliar with a lot of these artists we highly urge you to click on the item and give a listen to the sound samples we offer on each and every item page. The Alabama Shakes are a band we just can't get enough of and are super stoked to be carrying in the online store. This is some serious summer music, blues & soul blended nicely with some 70's rock. We've got both their albums available now and they are a great match to Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings which is another artist we brought in last month and again now, with their most popular album, "Naturally".

Constantly rotating on our turntable at the moment is Charles Bradley, this guy is exactly what folks are saying, a gutsy soul singer reminiscent of the 60's. Gutsy being the perfect description to his sound, we get chills listening and our favorite album is probably "No Time For Dreaming". Again, sound samples available, please take a second and check out his sound. He even covers Neil Young, Nirvana, and Black Sabbath....Come on!!

I'm sure we don't have to introduce Blonde Redhead or The Red House Painters. Some great albums from those bands we're happy to have available for you to purchase from our online shop now! Years ago in Ohio, Lindsay had the opportunity to see Jason Molina play and a lovely woman named Scout Niblett was touring with him at the time. This chick is amazing, has quite a few albums out and we're carrying two of our favorites in hopes you guys will give them a spin. Again, if it helps you choose, personal album favorite would be "The Calcination Of Scout Niblett". In the folky category there's Brandi Carlile and Hurray for the Riff Raff. Americana and folky melancholy, good music all around and at a good price so easy to take a chance on. The Savages have been getting a lot of press lately and we wanted to offer those albums in the shop too, new King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and lots of Ratatat music to pick from!

Mega Relapse Records stock up. Baroness, Bongzilla, Dillinger Escape Plan, Magrudergrind, Nothing, Pig Destroyer, new new WRONG 12". Lots, lots, lots. This is update is getting wordy, read over the full listing below

NEW ITEMS
Alabama Shakes - Boys & Girls 12" (ATO) $14.99
Alabama Shakes - Sound & Color - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (ATO) $19.99
Baroness - Red - HOT PINK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
Black Keys, The - The Big Come Up 12" (Alive) $18.99
Black Tusk - Pillars Of Ash 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Blonde Redhead - 23 12" (4AD) $18.99
Blonde Redhead - Misery Is A Butterfly 12" (4AD) $18.99
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle 12" (4AD) $18.99
Bongzilla - Stash 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Brandi Carlile - The Firewatcher's Daughter 12" (ATO) $14.99
Charles Bradley - Changes 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Charles Bradley - No Time For Dreaming 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Charles Bradley - Victim of Love 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Dillinger Escape Plan - Calculating Infinity 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Dillinger Escape Plan - Under The Running Board - BRONZE BLACK COLORED VINYL 10" (Relapse) $15.99
Graves At Sea - The Curse That Is 12" (Relapse) $24.99
Hurray for the Riff Raff - Small Town Heroes 12" (ATO) $14.99
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard - Nonagon Infinity 12" (ATO) $14.99
Magrudergrind - II - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Nothing - Guilty Of Everything 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Nothing - Tired Of Tomorrow 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Pig Destroyer - Painter of Dead Girls Deluxe Reissue 12'' - PURPLE SILVER COLORED VINYL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
Pig Destroyer - Painter of Dead Girls Deluxe Reissue 12'' - BLACK VINYL (Robotic Empire) $14.99
Pig Destroyer - Mass & Volume 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Pig Destroyer - Phantom Limb - GREEN PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Ratatat - Classics 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - LP4 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - Magnifique 12" (XL) $18.99
Ratatat - Ratatat 12" (XL) $18.99
Red House Painters - Red House Painters II (Bridge) 12" (4AD) $18.99
Red House Painters - Down Colorful Hill 12" (4AD) $18.99
Red House Painters - Ocean Beach/Shock Me 2x12" (4AD) $24.99
Red House Painters - Red House Painters I (Rollercoaster) 2x12" (4AD) $24.99
Savages - Adore Life 12" (Matador) $18.99
Savages - Silence Yourself 12" (Matador) $18.99
Scout Niblett - It's Up To Emma 12" (Drag City) $18.99
Scout Niblett - The Calcination Of Scout Niblett 12" (Drag City) $18.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings - Naturally 12" (Daptone) $18.99
Torche - Restarter - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $15.99
Windhand - Grief's Infernal Flower - ELECTRIC BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $24.99
Wrong - Self-Titled 12" (Relapse) $15.99

RESTOCKS
Baroness - Blue *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Baroness - Live At Maida Vale BBC *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Baroness - Yellow & Green *YELLOW COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Catalyst, The - Voyager *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99
Windhand - Soma *BRONZE COLORED VINYL* (Relapse) $24.99
Yautja - Songs of Descent *VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99
Yautja - Songs of Lament *COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $11.99

Thanks so much for reading and thanks so much for all your support and kind words! We love hearing from you when you place your orders, leave us fun notes to read as we pack, pack, pack, pack those orders! Have a great rest of May!

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Robotic Empire Launches 3rd Nirvana Tribute Album!

On this lovely day in April we are extremely pleased to announce the release of our third Nirvana Tribute album titled “Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach”. This newest LP completes a trifecta of homages to the legendary grunge band’s official studio albums with “Whatever Nevermind” in 2015 and “In Utero, In Tribute” having been released in 2014.

The classic debut album “Bleach” is covered in full by 13 diverse artists including Basement, Beach Slang, Big Hush, Circa Survive, Daughters, Defeater, The Fall Of Troy, Mean Jeans, Rob Crow’s Gloomy Place, The Saddest Landscape, This Will Destroy You, Thou, and Young Widows.

Appropriately reflecting Nirvana’s rawest studio album alongside a full-circle nod to our root genres, this is arguably the darkest, heaviest release in the tribute series. A tasteful re-envision of these classic songs sees all 13 “Bleach” tracks run through the bands’ creative engines, putting an intense new perspective on these 25+ year old songs.

On our update today we are offering a limited number of Record Store Day versions of the “Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach” tribute. This version comes on metallic silver colored vinyl and includes a bonus over sized poster. The standard versions of the release come on white colored vinyl and clear colored vinyl, minus the poster and all copies include a download code. Available now in the Robotic Empire Online Store, head on over and pick out the copy (or copies!) you’d like to purchase.

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In case you missed it, back in March we had a killer distro update, bringing in many new titles and lots of crucial restocks. We’re re-listing those products below for you to browse through in hopes you may find something you’d like to add to that shopping cart! Also released in March was the Deluxe Cassette Release for California band Hollow Sunshine. This set includes a cloth patch and enamel pin showcasing the artwork of guitarist Reuben Sawyer. Don’t miss out, this is a one time pressing!

Now on to those lists:

New Items
1 Mile North - Glass Wars - 180 GRAM CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Wortcunner) $24.99
1 Mile North - Minor Shadows - 180 GRAM WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Wortcunner) $24.99
Blood Brothers, The - Burn, Piano Island, Burn - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Second Nature) $27.99
Body, The - No One Deserves Happiness - PINK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Bonnie Prince Billy - Pond Scum 12" (Drag City) $21.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis 12" (Sargent House) $18.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss 2x12" (Sargent House) $24.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty 2x12" (Sargent House) $24.99
Chelsea Wolfe - The Grime And The Glow 12" (Sargent House) $18.99
Converge - Thousands Of Miles Between Us DVD (Deathwish) $9.99
Crowpath - Red On Chrome - 200 GRAM VINYL 12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity 12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature 2x12" (Nostromo) $27.99
Hollow Sunshine – Burning Cassette + Patch & Pin (Robotic Empire) $9.99
Hollow Sunshine - Burning - TAN Patch (Robotic Empire) $3.99
Impaled - The Dead Still Dead Remain 2x12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Makaya McCraven - In The Moment 2x12" (International Anthem) $29.99
Mogwai - Rave Tapes 12" (Sub Pop) $9.99
Passing Phases - Another Side Cassette (Sterling) $4.99
Plug Primer - Piercing Balm (Zeep Piercing Aftercare) $9.99
Raw Blow - Slow Choke 7" (Tor Johnson) $4.99
Self Defense Family - The Corrections Officer In Me - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Family Drugs) $9.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin 12" (Daptone) $17.99
Stretch Up Salve - Piercing Balm (Zeep Piercing Aftercare) $7.99
Towers - Bel Air Highrise Plantation Cassette (Forward Fast) $5.99
Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire 12" (Willowtip) $15.99
Various Artists – Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach 12” *RECORD STORE DAY EDITION SILVER COLORED VINYL (Robotic Empire) $22.99
Various Artists - Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach 12” *CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Various Artists - Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach 12” *WHITE COLORED VINYL (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Wormed - Exodromos 12" (Willowtip) $9.99

Restocks
Blacklisted - When People Grow, People Go 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Body, The - No One Deserves Happiness 2x12'' *PINK COLORED VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Catalyst, The - Voyager 12'' *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $12.99
Code Orange Kids - I Am King 12'' *10 GRAM BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Coliseum - Anxiety's Kiss 12'' *SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2x12'' *VINYL* (Deathwish) $19.99
Converge - Axe To Fall 12'' *OPAQUE YELLOW COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $11.99
Cult Leader - Lightless Walk 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Cult Leader - Nothing For Us Here 12'' *BROWN COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Doomriders - Grand Blood 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Ed Gein - Bad Luck 12'' *COLORED VINYL* (Black Market) $9.99
Envy - Atheist's Cornea 12'' *VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $9.99
Loma Prieta - I.V. 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Loma Prieta - Life/Less 12'' *VINYL* (Discos Huelga) $9.99
Loma Prieta - Self Portrait 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God 033 (A) 12'' *VINYL* (Sige) $19.99
Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God 034 (B) 12'' *VINYL* (Sige) $19.99
Sed Non Satiata - Mappo 12'' *RED WITH SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth 12'' *WHITE SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Sumac - The Deal 2x12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $28.99
Thou / The Body - You, Whom I Have Always Hated 12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $17.99
Trap Them - SÈance Prime: The Complete Recordings 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Windhand - Self-Titled 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Night of Your Ascension 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Then It All Came Down 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - You've Always Meant So Much To Me 12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Yautja - Songs of Descent 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Yautja - Songs of Lament 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Year Of No Light - Tocsin 2x12'' *VINYL* (Debemur Morti) $33.99

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Robotic Empire Mega Rad Distro Update and Nirvana Tribute song premiers!

Just before we close out the month of March, we're squeezing this kickass distro update in for you! There's so many goodies it'll be hard not to talk about each and every one of them but here goes...

First up we'll mention 2 side businesses run by label manager Lindsay that I'm sure a lot of you guys have noticed flyers and stickers for in your orders. Wortcunner Records was started in 2015 so that the amazing ambient albums by Brooklyn band 1 Mile North, could be released on vinyl for the very first time. We've got both those 180 gram colored vinyl records in the shop now so give a listen and pick up those deluxe offerings. Zeep Piercing Aftercare is yet another side project and since we know some of you folks have piercings and gauged ears, well these balms might be just the thing you need to enhance your piercing experience and they are great on tattoos too. All hand harvested ingredients and on horseback to boot!

Alright, after that shameless self promotion the Chelsea Wolfe catalog we carry has increased immensely. Love, love, love us some Chelsea Wolfe so we're stoked to have these available for you to purchase if you don't own them already. The new Body 2x12" arrived yesterday and we've got copies on pink colored vinyl. Picked up some great vinyl from Willowtip Records out in Pennsylvania, one of which is the Crowpath - Red on Chrome which comes on heavy 200 gram vinyl! Some out of the ordinary items for us to carry would be the Makaya McCraven album that just recently came out on International Anthem. Gorgeous packaging and some highly enjoyable jazzy tunes. Please give the bandcamp sound samples a listen. Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings is a personal favorite over here so we're starting off with the Dap-Dippin album and hope to pick up a few more albums in April. This woman has got some voice on her! If you enjoy The Alabama Shakes, give Sharon Jones a try. Many other goodies in that New Items list but we'll let you discover them yourselves in the Robotic Empire Online Store

The restock list is quite beefy itself with highlights being a heck of a lot of Deathwish Records restocks, Old Man Gloom and Wrekmeister Harmonies. Forcefield Records sent us more Windhand and Yajuta and that pricey (but well worth it) Year Of No Light import is back again. Glance through these lists below and we hope you find something interesting to put on the turntable.

Thanks again for all the Hollow Sunshine cassette orders, those should all be arriving to everyone by now and we know you'll enjoy that one. There's an alternate color version of the patch that was included in that tape set, it's on tan cloth and sold separate in case folks are interested in dressing up a jacket or a bag for this spring/summer etc. We just placed that up for sale on the Robotic Empire Online Store so head over and give it a look.




In Record Store Day news, we've got some great premieres going on for the upcoming, third! Nirvana tribute LP, “Doused In Mud, Soaked In Bleach”. English rock band Basement unveil their tribute to Nirvana‘s “Bleach”-era classic, ‘School’ via The AV Club:

AV Club's Basement Premiere

Then we've got Circa Survive premiering their cover of ‘Love Buzz’, originally written/performed by Shocking Blue but made infamous by Nirvana. Alternative Press is streaming the song now along with a brief Q&A with the band:

Alternative Press Streams Love Buzz

Digital pre-orders are up now and aside from Google Play, all the pre-orders below include an immediate download of the Circa Survive and Basement tracks:

i Tunes
Bandcamp
Amazon
Google Play

And now here's the full distro update lists below!

New Items
1 Mile North - Glass Wars - 180 GRAM CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Wortcunner) $24.99
1 Mile North - Minor Shadows - 180 GRAM WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Wortcunner) $24.99
Blood Brothers, The - Burn, Piano Island, Burn - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Second Nature) $27.99
Body, The - No One Deserves Happiness - PINK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Bonnie Prince Billy - Pond Scum 12" (Drag City) $21.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis 12" (Sargent House) $18.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Abyss 2x12" (Sargent House) $24.99
Chelsea Wolfe - Pain is Beauty 2x12" (Sargent House) $24.99
Chelsea Wolfe - The Grime And The Glow 12" (Sargent House) $18.99
Converge - Thousands Of Miles Between Us DVD (Deathwish) $9.99
Crowpath - Red On Chrome - 200 GRAM VINYL 12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Defeated Sanity - Passages Into Deformity 12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Esben and the Witch - A New Nature 2x12" (Nostromo) $27.99
Hollow Sunshine - Burning - TAN Patch (Robotic Empire) $3.99
Impaled - The Dead Still Dead Remain 2x12" (Willowtip) $9.99
Makaya McCraven - In The Moment 2x12" (International Anthem) $29.99
Mogwai - Rave Tapes 12" (Sub Pop) $9.99
Passing Phases - Another Side Cassette (Sterling) $4.99
Plug Primer - Piercing Balm (Zeep Piercing Aftercare) $9.99
Raw Blow - Slow Choke 7" (Tor Johnson) $4.99
Self Defense Family - The Corrections Officer In Me - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Family Drugs) $9.99
Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Dap-Dippin 12" (Daptone) $17.99
Stretch Up Salve - Piercing Balm (Zeep Piercing Aftercare) $7.99
Towers - Bel Air Highrise Plantation Cassette (Forward Fast) $5.99
Ulcerate - Everything Is Fire 12" (Willowtip) $15.99
Wormed - Exodromos 12" (Willowtip) $9.99


Restocks
Blacklisted - When People Grow, People Go 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Body, The - No One Deserves Happiness 2x12'' *PINK COLORED VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Catalyst, The - Voyager 12'' *ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Forcefield) $12.99
Code Orange Kids - I Am King 12'' *10 GRAM BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Coliseum - Anxiety's Kiss 12'' *SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Converge - All We Love We Leave Behind 2x12'' *VINYL* (Deathwish) $19.99
Converge - Axe To Fall 12'' *OPAQUE YELLOW COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $11.99
Cult Leader - Lightless Walk 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Cult Leader - Nothing For Us Here 12'' *BROWN COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Doomriders - Grand Blood 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Ed Gein - Bad Luck 12'' *COLORED VINYL* (Black Market) $9.99
Envy - Atheist's Cornea 12'' *VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $9.99
Loma Prieta - I.V. 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Loma Prieta - Life/Less 12'' *VINYL* (Discos Huelga) $9.99
Loma Prieta - Self Portrait 12'' *WHITE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God 033 (A) 12'' *VINYL* (Sige) $19.99
Old Man Gloom - The Ape of God 034 (B) 12'' *VINYL* (Sige) $19.99
Sed Non Satiata - Mappo 12'' *RED WITH SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth 12'' *WHITE SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Sumac - The Deal 2x12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $28.99
Thou / The Body - You, Whom I Have Always Hated 12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $17.99
Trap Them - SÈance Prime: The Complete Recordings 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Windhand - Self-Titled 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Night of Your Ascension 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Then It All Came Down 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - You've Always Meant So Much To Me 12'' *VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Yautja - Songs of Descent 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Yautja - Songs of Lament 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Year Of No Light - Tocsin 2x12'' *VINYL* (Debemur Morti) $33.99

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Robotic Empire March New Releases! Hollow Sunshine & Creation Is Crucifixion

We've got two new releases for you guys this lovely March 11th and first off is the 4 song EP from California duo Hollow Sunshine. Presented as a deluxe cassette release that includes a 5x5 cloth patch and a black and white enamel pin showcasing Reuben Sawyer's artwork on both. Clear cassettes with printed J-cards. Limited to 100 copies.

Versatile visual artist (of key work for Destruction Unit, Chelsea Wolfe + Deafheaven) and multi-instrumentalist Reuben Sawyer along with vocalist Morgan Enos follow two well received LPs and a slew of EPs with further- reaching explorations of Hollow Sunshine's drone/darkwave/pop amalgam. "Burning" is the new EP from the increasingly prolific California duo, and while the previous Hollow Sunshine work explored the landscapes of 1990s atmospheric pop and sludge, "Burning" pushes deeper into both the past and the future. The four new songs feel ancient and coated in precious metals, as Sawyer and Enos tap into the muses of Florian Fricke, Alice Coltrane and Bill Fay to form their most mature and realized release yet. Fans of contemporary, heavy/pop-influenced outfits Jesu and Hum will also rejoice in the beautiful contrast of Sawyer's downtuned guitar mass with Enos' subdued, haunting vocal melodies as the duo deftly wade through songs of helplessness, departure and relief.

Cassettes are up for sale now in the online store! Head on over and have a look – Hollow Sunshine Cassette/Pin/Patch package!

Digital purchases can be made here:
Bandcamp
iTunes

Next up is the Creation Is Crucifixion 2x12" that we took pre-orders for last month. These are in house and have been shipping out to all those folks who placed their early orders. The release date is officially today!



Pittsburgh tech-metal hactivists Creation is Crucifixion emulate Lazarus with a double-LP collecting their last recordings along with an impressive live set. Longrunning metal/hardcore website Lambgoat is now streaming the full Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live In Geneva album!


Lambgoat Stream


The long-rumored Antenna Builder track, the 'final' recording by Creation is Crucifixion's last active lineup is a 9-minute opus that brilliantly merges CIC's heavy technical metal along with the noise passages the band became renown for. As one of the highest-fidelity recordings from the band's extensive output, the lineup's similarly oppressive Rerecorded Splits material fleshes out the first 12" in the gatefold double-LP package

Accompanying the studio-recordings 12" is a live LP from a classic CIC's set from on their last European tour, captured live in Geneva during May of the millennial year. These 15+ year recordings showcase tracks from across the band's catalog of material, with a higher clarity than some of their raw studio recordings.

Separately mastered by James Plotkin for both vinyl and digital formats, the Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live In Geneva 2xLP comes housed in a stark black and white gatefold jacket with gold ink overlaid. A digital download of the full release is included.

Following a reunited appearance at 2015's King pf the Monsters Festival, CIC guitarist Adam MacGregor said the following regarding the band's future:

"It's now a radically different world than when Creation is Crucifixion launched in 1997, and individually we're much different people than we were during the band's run. But one thing hasn't changed, and that's our love of writing and playing music that challenges both ourselves and the listener. The new material we are working on aims to do both. With members divided geographically by wide swaths now, we've been exploring some different approaches to composition, and rethinking what a "band" really can be. Whatever we come up with, the goal is to respect our past work without simply rehashing it. And if it meets that double bottom line, then we'll be excited to share. Expect at least one live appearance in 2016 (TBA) in support of "Antenna Builder" and possibly more to come."

If you've not picked up a vinyl copy yet head on over to the Robotic Empire Online Store and take your pick of Black or Gold vinyl.

If digital is more your style here are those links for you too.
iTunes
Bandcamp Spotify


Now on to the distro update. Scoring some more Dead releases was a treat this month and there are only a few copies of each so if you're interested don't hesitate. If you're a fan of The Black Heart Procession and Pall Jenkins then give a listen to his side project Mr. Tube and The Flying Objects. We picked up a few of these and you won't be disappointed! Gilead Media releases galore and some Top Shelf items in addition to that fancy Choirs split 7". Thou's - Heathen 2x12" has been restocked. Check the list!

NEW ITEMS
Choirs / Niner Niner - Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 7" (Choirs) $4.99
Creation is Crucifixion - Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live in Geneva - GOLD COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Creation is Crucifixion - Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live in Geneva - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Dead - Captains of Industry 12" (We Empty Rooms) $19.99
Dead - One Way Split - 180 Gram VINYL 12" (We Empty Rooms) $19.99
Forn - Weltschmerz 12" (Gilead Media) $13.99
Hollow Sunshine - Burning Cassette (Robotic Empire) $9.99
Kowloon Walled City - Grievances - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Gilead Media) $16.99
Krallice - Ygg Huur 12" (Gilead Media) $16.99
Mr.Tube And The Flying Objects - No Wrong, No Rights 12" (SDRL) $14.99
Pianos Become The Teeth - The Lack Long After 12" (Top Shelf) $14.99
Saddest Landscape, The - After The Lights 12" (Top Shelf) $14.99
Saddest Landscape, The - Darkness Forgives 12" (Top Shelf) $14.99
Yellow Eyes - Sick With Bloom 12" (Gilead Media) $16.99

RESTOCKS
Dead - Idiots 12'' *VINYL* (We Empty Rooms) $19.99
Thou - Heathen 2x12'' *VINYL* (Howling Mine) $19.99

We're re-listing the February Distro items here for your convenience. Some good items from last month too!

New Items
Expo 70 - Kinetic Tones - BRONZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Oaken Palace) $17.99
Jessica 93 - Self-Titled 12" (Music Fear Satan) $10.99
Massgrave / Suffering Mind - Split 9"+DVD (Behind The Mountain) $9.99
Monarch - Die Tonight - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Music Fear Satan) $10.99
Monarch - Sabbracadaver 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
Perpetual Conversion - 30 Years & Counting in the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker Book (Handshake) $19.99
Phobia / Suffering Mind - Split 5" (Behind The Mountain) $5.99
Posse - Perfect H 7" (Wharf Cat) $8.99
Rwake - A Stone, A Leaf An Unfound Door - LAVENDER COLORED VINYL 12"+DVD (Behind The Mountain) $10.99
Self Defense Family - Duets - PINK COLORED VINYL 12" (Iron Pier) $13.99
Self Defense Family - German Industrial Ballads Cassette (Bad Paintings) $5.99
Self Defense Family - When The Barn Caves In - ORANGE GOLD COLORED VINYL 7" (Iron Pier) $4.99
Self Defense Family - When The Barn Caves In Cassette (Iron Pier) $4.99
Soilent Green - Pussy Soul - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Behind The Mountain) $10.99
Wild Moth - Inhibitor 12" (Iron Pier) $13.99
Wild Moth - Mirror - FLEXI VINYL 7" (Iron Pier) $4.99

Restocks
Floor - Self-Titled 12''+7'' *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire) $16.99
Floor - Self-Titled 12''+7'' *CLEAR COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Huata - Atavist Of Mann 2x12'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12'' *CLEAR BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
Year Of No Light / Bagarre Generale - Split 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $10.99


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Robotic Empire February Distro Update

Got a nice little distro update for everyone this week! Very pleased to have the Expo 70 - Kinetic Tones album in stock, this one has been on constant rotation lately so be sure to grab up a copy. Newest album from Jessica 93 came in from Music Fear Satan Records and I suggest you give them a listen if you've not yet. We've got their previous two albums in stock also in case you're looking for more. Grabbed up some Monarch releases and some Year of No Light restocks from MFS too.

Behind the Mountain Records in Poland sent us some brutal music from their catalog and some come with DVDs like the Massgrave/Suffering Mind 9" and the Rwake 12". The first book we've ever carried is available now in the shop, a great read if you're a Dan Lilker fan. Great photos, massive book, totally worth the cash! Lot's of Self Defense Family tunes in stock now from Iron Pier Records in addition to some Wild Moth releases and last but not least is the newest 7" from Seattle band Posse . These are some great songs and a gorgeous little 7", check them out.

As far as Robo news goes, all Isis - Celestial 2x12" orders have been shipping out in a timely manner and we're expecting to get word any day about the arrival of the Creation is Crucifixion 2x12" that we've been taking pre-orders for. Once we hear more we'll make sure to post about it on our Instagram - @roboticempire and Facebook accounts. As soon as they arrive they'll begin shipping out, thanks for all those orders!

Back in stock in limited quantities is Floor's - Self Titled 12"+7" on CLEAR COLORED VINYL along with some Black copies too. Once these are gone they are gone for quite some time, no plans for a repress on that one any time soon. Don't miss out. We requested the last copies of Thou's - Baton Rouge 12"s back from our distributor and just like Floor, once those are sold out there are no plans for a repress anytime soon.

Alright that's about all for now, please look over the list below and thanks for the support. Stoked to start pumping out the 2016 releases!

New Items
Expo 70 - Kinetic Tones - BRONZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Oaken Palace) $17.99
Jessica 93 - Self-Titled 12" (Music Fear Satan) $10.99
Massgrave / Suffering Mind - Split 9"+DVD (Behind The Mountain) $9.99
Monarch - Die Tonight - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Music Fear Satan) $10.99
Monarch - Sabbracadaver 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
Perpetual Conversion - 30 Years & Counting in the Life of Metal Veteran Dan Lilker Book (Handshake) $19.99
Phobia / Suffering Mind - Split 5" (Behind The Mountain) $5.99
Posse - Perfect H 7" (Wharf Cat) $8.99
Rwake - A Stone, A Leaf An Unfound Door - LAVENDER COLORED VINYL 12"+DVD (Behind The Mountain) $10.99
Self Defense Family - Duets - PINK COLORED VINYL 12" (Iron Pier) $13.99
Self Defense Family - German Industrial Ballads Cassette (Bad Paintings) $5.99
Self Defense Family - When The Barn Caves In - ORANGE GOLD COLORED VINYL 7" (Iron Pier) $4.99
Self Defense Family - When The Barn Caves In Cassette (Iron Pier) $4.99
Soilent Green - Pussy Soul - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Behind The Mountain) $10.99
Wild Moth - Inhibitor 12" (Iron Pier) $13.99
Wild Moth - Mirror - FLEXI VINYL 7" (Iron Pier) $4.99

Restocks
Floor - Self-Titled 12''+7'' *BLACK VINYL* (Robotic Empire) $16.99
Floor - Self-Titled 12''+7'' *CLEAR COLORED VINYL* (Robotic Empire) $19.99
Huata - Atavist Of Mann 2x12'' *RED COLORED VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12'' *CLEAR BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $21.99
Year Of No Light / Bagarre Generale - Split 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Music Fear Satan) $10.99v
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Robotic Empire Update - Creation Is Crucifixion Pre-orders and Isis Repress!

Hi everyone, the moment so many folks have been asking about is finally here. We are officially taking pre-orders for the Creation is Crucifixion - Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live in Geneva 2x12" records today!


Pittsburgh tech-metal hactivists Creation is Crucifixion emulate Lazarus with a double-LP collecting their last recordings along with an impressive live set.

The long-rumored Antenna Builder track, the 'final' recording by Creation is Crucifixion's last active lineup is a 9-minute opus that brilliantly merges CIC's heavy technical metal along with the noise passages the band became renown for. As one of the highest-fidelity recordings from the band's extensive output, the lineup's similarly oppressive Rerecorded Splits material fleshes out the first 12" in this gatefold double-LP package.

Accompanying the studio-recordings 12" is a live LP from a classic CIC's set on their last European tour, captured live in Geneva during May of the millennial year. These 15+ year recordings showcase tracks from across the band's catalog of material, with a higher clarity than some of their raw studio recordings.

Specifically mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin, the Creation Is Crucifixion - Antenna Builder + Rerecorded Splits / Live In Geneva 2xLP comes housed in a stark black and white gatefold jacket with gold ink overlaid. A digital download of the full release is included. 2 color options available, Metallic Gold or Black Vinyl.

Again, this is a pre-order and we expect the records to arrive to us the last week of February, we'll begin shipping ASAP once we have our anxious little hands on them. Keep in mind that anything else you add to your order with the Creation Is Crucifixion records will not ship till end of Feb. If you want to pick up additional items and want them sooner, please make a separate order just for those, thanks.


Also exciting to announce is that we have a fresh repress of Isis' Celestial 2x12" with new color options available in the online shop! These are here at Robo Headquarters and shipping now. Check out these beauties, we think the new colors turned out great.


Our previous distro update was loaded with lots of good tunes, please look over the list below as most items are still available. We're also still running our bandcamp sale till the end of the month so head on over to our BANDCAMP PAGE! All albums are 20% off with the coupon code “NEWYEARNEWME”. Go grab some tunes on the cheap! Great way to check out something new, there’s tons of great music on there, we know you’ll find something to give a listen to.

We've got a big year ahead of us with LOTS of releases on deck so if you can place an order either in our Robotic Empire - Online Store or on our BANDCAMP PAGE it will help direct fund lots of cool new projects across the year! Thanks so much everyone!

NEW ITEMS
Birds In Row – Personal War 12″ (Deathwish) $9.99
Bleach Everything – Free Inside 7″ (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Bleak – We Deserve Our Failures 12″ (Hex) $9.99
Bleed The Pigs / Thetan – Split 12″ (Dead Tank) $8.99
Blood Sun Circle – Bloodiest / Sunniest 12″ (Hex) $9.99
Body, The / Krieg – Split – WHITE COLORED VINYL 12″ (At A Loss) $19.99
Charles Manson – Inner Sanctum 7″ (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Corey J Brewer – Pale Pink Prison Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Cult Leader – Lightless Walk – CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12″ (Deathwish) $9.99
Dialysis – Abastab 7″ (Hex) $4.99
Dialysis – Ludicrous Speed 7″ (Hex) $4.99
Dorthia Cottrell – Self-Titled 12″ (Forcefield) $9.99
Ed Gein – Bad Luck – COLORED VINYL 12″ Black Market Activities $9.99
Elsinores, The – New Forms 12″ (Dead Tank) $8.99
Envy – Atheist’s Cornea 12″ (Temporary Residence) $9.99
Ex-Breathers – Past Tense 12″ (Hex) $9.99
Grizzlor – Cycloptic 7″ (Hex) $4.99
Ides Of Gemini – Carthage Between Strange Fruit 7″ (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Loma Prieta – Love 7″ (Deathwish) $4.99
Loma Prieta – Self Portrait – WHITE COLORED VINYL 12″ (Deathwish) $9.99
Meridian Arc – Out of Stasis Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Neurosis – Through Silver In Blood Deluxe Reissue – 180 gram VINYL 2×12″ (Relapse) $19.99
Neurosis – Times Of Grace – 180 gram VINYL 2×12″ (Relapse) $19.99
Oakeater – Aquarius 12″ (Sige) $19.99
Pyrit – UFO 12″ (Bookmaker) $17.99
Rainbow Wolves – 1 Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Still Caves – Gnarly for Days Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Taxa – Resurrection Year 7″ (Hex) $4.99
Tentacles – Ambivalence 12″ (Dead Tank) $8.99
Terminal Fuzz Terror – Immersed in This World of Distortion Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Unsacred – False Light 12″ (Forcefield) $9.99
Wailin Storms – One Foot in the Flesh Grave – CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12″ (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies – Night of Your Ascension – WHITE COLORED VINYL 12″ (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Yautja – Songs of Lament 12″ (Forcefield) $9.99
Year Of No Light – Tocsin 2×12″ (Debemur) $33.99

RESTOCKS
Bastard Sapling – Instinct Is Forever 2×12” (Gilead Media) $19.99
Code Orange Kids – I Am King 12” GREEN COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $10.99
Doomriders – Grand Blood 12” PURPLE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $9.99
Ed Gein – Judas Goats and Dieseleaters 12” (HexRecords) $9.99
Harkonen / These Arms Are Snakes – Split 12” 1 Sided VINYL (Mind Over Matter) $11.99
Holy Sons – Fall of Man 12” GOLD COLORED VINYL (Thrill Jockey) $18.99
Like Wolves – Self-Titled 12” (Hex) $9.99
Meatwound – Addio 12” (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Mutilation Rites – Devoid 12” (Forcefield) $9.99
Oathbreaker – Eros Anteros 12” (Deathwish) $9.99
Planes Mistaken For Stars – Mercy 12” PURPLE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $9.99
Sed Non Satiata / Carrion Spring – Split 12” (Protagonist) $9.99
Self Defense Family – Heaven Is Earth 12” WHITE SILVER COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $9.99
Sweet Cobra – Earth 12” CLEAR ORANGE COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $9.99
This Will Destroy You – Live In Reykjavik Iceland 3×12” (Magic Bullet) $24.99
This Will Destroy You – Young Mountain 12” LAVENDER COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Trap Them – Seizures In Barren Praise 12” *BLACK VINY (Deathwish) $9.99
Windhand – Self-Titled 12” (Forcefield) $9.99
Wovenhand – Refractory Obdurate 12” WHITE BLUE COLORED VINYL (Deathwish) $10.99
Yautja – Songs of Descent 12” (Forcefield) $9.99
Young Widows – Easy Pain 12” Temporary Residence) $10.99

Robotic Empire 2016 New Year Update!

Happy New Year Everyone! Hoping your year end festivities were a blast and 2016 is starting off on a good foot!

Well, after our massive Black Friday sale we hunkered down and got to work restocking the Robotic Empire - Online Store with some serious goodies for you to start off the new year with. As you'll see below on the full lists, we've got some badass cassettes to offer you from Broken Press in Seattle who is now releasing some tapes that come with silk screened J-Cards (of course!). A Terminal Fuzz Terror tape is amongst those which we are extremely stoked on! Meridian Arc is certainly worth checking out too, it's a side project from Andy of TFT. And if you've not picked up the Terminal Fuzz Terror album we released last year for them, we still have a handful of the deluxe versions available here: Deluxe TFT! These come with a lovely embroidered patch and silk screened tote bag.

We picked up a hefty amount of items from Magic Bullet Records and Deathwish including the new Cult Leader, Loma Prieta, and lots of 7"s this time around. We usually don't carry too many of those little dudes anymore so if you're a 7" collector now's the time to stock up! An import album by Year of No Light is up for sale in the shop too but we only have a few so grab one if you're keen. There are deluxe reissues of Neurosis albums at a good price, these are mega heavy, look and sound amazing! And last but not least, if you are into the band Low we highly recommend you pick up the Pyrit album we brought in from Bookmaker records in France, who also released the Henryspenncer album we did digital for and have vinyl for in the shop. This is seriously making the best of 2015 list for us. Can't stop jamming it, only have a few, check it out! Our restock list is nothing to shake a stick at, most of these have been flying out the door as fast as we can stock them so we picked up more as soon as we possibly could.

For our digital download folks, we're running a sale on our BANDCAMP PAGE for the rest of the month of January. All albums are 20% off with the coupon code "NEWYEARNEWME". Go grab some albums on the cheap! Great way to check out something new, there's tons of great music on there, we know you'll find something to give a listen to.

Now yes, we know things have been quiet on the new release front for Robotic Empire but rest assured 2016 is going to pack a punch. So many releases planned, lots going into production as we speak and a few about to finish up soon. Lots of folks have been asking about the Creation is Crucifixion release and yes, it's still happening and it's currently in production. Looking at an early spring release date for that one. Thanks for all the comments and questions on it, we're really impatient to get this one out there for you guys!


Another release we're very excited and honored to be a part of is the newest Man Is the Bastard album titled "The Honesty Shop". This thing is going to be blowing minds all year long and just wait till you see the gorgeous packaging we have in store for you on this one. Deluxe versions will be available too that include special goodies but will only be for mailorder through us. This is a limited pressing and we hope to have this one ready as winter comes to a close. In our excitement over this, we're putting all the MITB T-Shirts on sale for the rest of the month. 3 designs to choose from, if you're amped on the upcoming release, show some support and pick up a shirt!

Alright, enough talk, here's the full list below with new items to the shop and restocks too. Thanks everyone for all the support you sent our way in 2015 and we are very excited to be bringing you some badass releases in 2016!! You guys RULE!
-Team Robo
Robotic Empire - Online Store

NEW ITEMS
Birds In Row - Personal War 12" (Deathwish) $9.99
Bleach Everything - Free Inside 7" (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Bleak - We Deserve Our Failures 12" (Hex) $9.99
Bleed The Pigs / Thetan - Split 12" (Dead Tank) $8.99
Blood Sun Circle - Bloodiest / Sunniest 12" (Hex) $9.99
Body, The / Krieg - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (At A Loss) $19.99
Charles Manson - Inner Sanctum 7" (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Corey J Brewer - Pale Pink Prison Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Cult Leader - Lightless Walk - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $9.99
Dialysis - Abastab 7" (Hex) $4.99
Dialysis - Ludicrous Speed 7" (Hex) $4.99
Dorthia Cottrell - Self-Titled 12" (Forcefield) $9.99
Ed Gein - Bad Luck - COLORED VINYL 12" Black Market Activities $9.99
Elsinores, The - New Forms 12" (Dead Tank) $8.99
Envy - Atheist's Cornea 12" (Temporary Residence) $9.99
Ex-Breathers - Past Tense 12" (Hex) $9.99
Grizzlor - Cycloptic 7" (Hex) $4.99
Ides Of Gemini - Carthage Between Strange Fruit 7" (Magic Bullet) $4.99
Loma Prieta - Love 7" (Deathwish) $4.99
Loma Prieta - Self Portrait - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Deathwish) $9.99
Meridian Arc - Out of Stasis Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Neurosis - Through Silver In Blood Deluxe Reissue - 180 gram VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
Neurosis - Times Of Grace - 180 gram VINYL 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
Oakeater - Aquarius 12" (Sige) $19.99
Pyrit - UFO 12" (Bookmaker) $17.99
Rainbow Wolves - 1 Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Still Caves - Gnarly for Days Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Taxa - Resurrection Year 7" (Hex) $4.99
Tentacles - Ambivalence 12" (Dead Tank) $8.99
Terminal Fuzz Terror - Immersed in This World of Distortion Cassette (Broken Press) $6.99
Unsacred - False Light 12" (Forcefield) $9.99
Wailin Storms - One Foot in the Flesh Grave - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Wrekmeister Harmonies - Night of Your Ascension - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Thrill Jockey) $19.99
Yautja - Songs of Lament 12" (Forcefield) $9.99
Year Of No Light - Tocsin 2x12" (Debemur) $33.99

RESTOCKS
Bastard Sapling - Instinct Is Forever 2x12'' *VINYL* (Gilead Media) $19.99
Code Orange Kids - I Am King 12'' *GREEN COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Doomriders - Grand Blood 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters 12'' *VINYL* (HexRecords) $9.99
Harkonen / These Arms Are Snakes - Split 12'' *1 Sided VINYL* (Mind Over Matter) $11.99
Holy Sons - Fall of Man 12'' *GOLD COLORED VINYL* (Thrill Jockey) $18.99
Like Wolves - Self-Titled 12'' *VINYL* (Hex) $9.99
Meatwound - Addio 12'' *VINYL* (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Mutilation Rites - Devoid 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Oathbreaker - Eros Anteros 12'' *VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Planes Mistaken For Stars - Mercy 12'' *PURPLE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Sed Non Satiata / Carrion Spring - Split 12'' *VINYL* (Protagonist) $9.99
Self Defense Family - Heaven Is Earth 12'' *WHITE SILVER COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Sweet Cobra - Earth 12'' *CLEAR ORANGE COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet) $9.99
This Will Destroy You - Live In Reykjavik Iceland 3x12'' *VINYL* (Magic Bullet) $24.99
This Will Destroy You - Young Mountain 12'' *LAVENDER COLORED VINYL* (Magic Bullet) $9.99
Trap Them - Seizures In Barren Praise 12'' *BLACK VINYL* (Deathwish) $9.99
Windhand - Self-Titled 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Wovenhand - Refractory Obdurate 12'' *WHITE BLUE COLORED VINYL* (Deathwish) $10.99
Yautja - Songs of Descent 12'' *VINYL* (Forcefield) $9.99
Young Widows - Easy Pain 12'' *VINYL* (Temporary Residence) $10.99