Robo Florida Bands Tour Assault: CAPSULE, FLOOR and TORCHE all hitting the road (separately)

The bulk of the active Floridian bands that we've worked with are substantially hitting the road within the next week/month... go see some righteous dudes in action! In chronological order:

CAPSULE

3/15 - Orlando, FL @ Wills Pub
3/16 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward council - w/ Pygmy Lush, Des Ark
3/17 - Athens, GA @ Flicker Bar
3/18 - Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton Collective
3/19 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Hoosier Dome
3/20 - Chicago, IL @ Kostner house
3/21 - Grand Rapids, Mi @ DAAC
3/22 - Cleveland, OH @ Now that's class
3/23 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Garfield Artworks - w/ Lil Daggers
3/24 - Bethlehem, PA @ St.Bernards
3/25 - NYC, NY @ The Acheron
3/26 - Boston, MA @ O'Briens (two shows)
3/27 - NYC, NY @ Silent Barn
3/28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Marvelous Records
3/29 - Baltimore, MD @ The Bell Foundry
3/30 - Washington, DC @ Corpse Fortress
3/31 - Richmond, VA @ strange matter
4/1 - Greensboro, NC @ Legitimate Business
4/2 - Harrisonburg, VA @ Macrock
4/3 - Chapel Hill, NC @ The Resevoir
4/4 - Columbia, SC @ New Brookland Tavern
--MINIBREAK/WEEDNAP--
4/16 - Pensacola, FL
4/17 - New Orleans. LA/Baton Rouge, LA
4/18 - Houston, TX @ Mangos
4/19 - Austin, TX @ TBA
4/20 - Oklahoma City, OK @ Bad Granny's
4/21 - Albuquerque, NM **
4/22 - Phoenix, AZ @ Sound Kontrol
4/23 - San Diego. CA @ Che Cafe - w/ Ghostlimb
4/24 - Los Angeles, CA @ Blvd
4/25 - Ventura,CA @ TBA
4/26 - Oakland, CA @ TBA
4/27 - San Francisco, CA @ TBA
4/28 - Portland, OR @ Red & Black Cafe
4/29 - Seattle, WA @ The Black Lodge - w/ Ghostlimb, Owen Heart, Tempest
4/30 - Vancouver, BC @ Garbage Mountain
5/1 - Victoria, BC @ TBA
5/2 - Seattle, WA
5/3 - Salt Lake City, UT**
5/4 - Denver, CO**
5/5 - Lincoln, NB
5/6 - St. Louis, MO @ Cranky Yellow
5/7 - Atlanta, GA**
** MEANS STILL IN MOTION, BUT THIS IS WHATS CONFIRMED SO FAR

CAPSULE's debut album, Blue, was recently repressed on 12"+CD (in a fineass gatefold jacket) and we also have t-shirts and their Demo+Tape+Tour+More Collections LP too. New album No Ghost coming soon on Richmond's Rorschach Records.
* CAPSULE stuff in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

TORCHE

3/16 Atlanta, GA @ 529 - w/ Post Teens
3/17 Norfolk, VA @ Jewish Mother - w/ Post Teens
3/18 Richmond, VA @ Stranger Matter - w/ Post Teens
3/20 West Springfield, VA @ Jaxx - w/ Post Teens
3/21 Columbus, OH @ Ravari Room - w/ Post Teens, Tilts
3/22 St. Louis, MO @ Fubar - w/ Post Teens, Tilts
3/23 Memphis, TN @ The Hi-Tone - w/ Post Teens, Xray Eyeballs
3/24 Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room - w/ Post Teens
3/25 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds - w/ Post Teens, Bedwetter
3/26 Lake Worth, FL @ Propaganda - w/ Post Teens

TORCHE are awesome, and newly joined by 2nd guitarist/backup vocalist Andrew Eltsner (TILTS, ex-RIDDLE OF STEEL)!!
* TORCHE stuff in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

FLOOR

4/9 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds - w/ Hawks
4/10 Atlanta, GA @ The Earl - w/ Hawks
4/11 Charlotte, NC @ The Milestone - w/ Hawks
4/12 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter - w/ Hawks, Amarok
4/13 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg - w/ Hawks
4/14 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church - w/ Hawks
4/15 Providence, RI @ Club Hell - w/ Doomriders
4/16 Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab - w/ Doomriders
4/17 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop - w/ Doomriders
4/18 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen - w/ Doomriders
4/20 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
4/23 Seattle, WA @ Funhouse - w/ Totimoshi
4/24 Portland, OR @ Branx - w/ Totimoshi
4/26 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater - w/ Totimoshi
4/29 Dallas, TX @ Sons Of Hermann Hall - w/ Mammoth Grinder, more
4/30 Austin, TX @ The Mohawk - w/ Mammoth Grinder
5/1 Houston, TX @ Walter's - w/ Mammoth Grinder
5/3 Tallahassee, FL @ The Engine Room
More updates and gaps in the holes will be posted at the band's Myspace page

First proper FLOOR tour in like a decade? Unbelievable! We also just re-pressed the 8xCD version of their Below & Beyond discography which they'll have with them on the road. GO SEE FLOOR LIVE!!!
* FLOOR stuff in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

CAPSULE - Tape + Demo + Tour + More (collections) 12" & THOU - Baton Rouge cassette now available!

Whoa, things are INSANE here. Hot on the heels of the FLOOR - Below & Beyond box set completion + shipment madness and KILLER reunion shows, we've got another round of new releases and general chaos over here. We nabbed 25 more copies of the Below & Beyond 8xCD set from our distributor, but they've already flown outta here. We're getting the remaining unsold band copies in a week or so, and that's probably it. The deluxe vinyl version is still available, and we're also scoring the band's unsold t-shirts in roughly a week too.


Beyond Below & Beyond (oof, sorry), we are psyched to announce yet another Robotic Empire label release from a sick South Florida band. CAPSULE's collections LP, Tape + Demo + Tour + More, is now available after being several years in the making. 15 tracks of totally berzerker complicatedcore, or, everything these ADD maniacs recorded prior to the Blue album we released a couple years ago. The release turned out rad with super bright artwork and a high-gloss finish (ala Blue) too, with some pretty outrageous colored vinyl to top it all off. Pretty sure we ordered 200 of the "snow drift" and "slime mold" colors, and 800 of the "cola" which turned out a rad translucent brown. Actually, they all turned out pretty sweet! This is technically a pre-order since it drops in stores/etc on April 13th (so expect them to arrive around that date), but we've got them in house now and they're good to go! Some tracks from that can be heard here (last 2 tracks) and/or ordered now in our Online Store.

We were supposed to also have the TIDELAND LP and THOU Baton Rouge vinyl for this update as well, but both of those have hit production snags and unfortunately won't be available for a few more weeks at the earliest. Sons of Vesta has their copies of the killer debut TIDELAND album now (we co-released it with them) as does the band themselves, but ours are weirdly MIA for the time being. More on that soon...


In the meantime, we decided to drop a cassette version of the phenomenal THOU - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For EP since the gatefold jackets for the vinyl version have to be completely reprinted. UGH. The tape turned out cool though with black/white/red covers, a black & white cassette, plus a two-color patch for good measure. Limited to 200, this should hopefully tide you over until the vinyl edition is finally ready for real, hopefully in just a few weeks. Listen to this in its entirety on our myspace and/or the band's website (along with everything they have released). This tape is available now in our Online Store.

Another healthy round of new items & restocks have been added to the Robotic Empire - Online Store as well, with a variety of good jams across the spectrum. Notable is the GET RAD stuff from Hyperrealist along with re-stocks of POLLUTION and RAEIN (both sold out quick last time). Also worth mentioning are the Red Cobalt label items imported from Japan (2 new, 1 restock)... they are expensive but deluxe to the max! Add in some crucial Hydra Head staples, a big pile of stuff we got from Ebullition and some other rando items... and this is a darnright stacked update! Here ya go:

NEW ITEMS:
* Black Cobra - Bestial - DELUXE JAPANESE IMPORT CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $19.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - COLA COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - SLIME MOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Capsule - Self-Titled (Tape + Demo + Tour + More) - SNOW DRIFT COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Cave In - Planets Of Old - VANILLA PISTACHIO COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $14.99
* Cold Craving - Beacons - GREEN OPAQUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Eschaton) $14.99
* Daniel Striped Tiger - Capital Cities 12" (Clean Plate) $10.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $13.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live - BLACK VINYL 12" (Hyperrealist) $13.99
* Get Rad - I Can Always Live CD (Hyperrealist) $9.99
* Moloch - Discography Cassette (Feast Of Tentacles) $4.99
* Oxbow - Songs For The French - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $13.99
* Saviours - Into Abaddon - JAPAN TOUR EDITION 12"+CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $21.99
* Thou - Baton Rouge, You Have Much To Answer For Cassette (Robotic Empire) $5.99
* Tragedy - Nerve Damage CD (Tragedy) $10.99

RESTOCKS:
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - PCP Torpedo 2xCD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today 10" - BLUE VINYL (Ebullition) $10.99
* Big Business - Head For The Shallow CD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Breather Resist - Patent Cruciform 10" - CASKET SHAPED PICTURE DISC VINYL (King of the Monsters) $9.99
* Charles Bronson - Complete Discocrappy 2xCD (Youth Attack) $11.99
* Daitro / Sed Non Satiata - Split CD (Red Cars Go Faster) $11.99
* Das Oath - Self-Titled 11" (Youth Attack) $12.99
* Deadly Sins - 4x7" Comp (Hater of God) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Jouhou CD (Hydra Head) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Our Last Day CD (Hydra Head) $10.99
* Discordance Axis - Pikadourei DVD (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Helms Alee - Lionize / Truly 7" - BLACK VINYL (Hydra Head) $4.99
* Kung Fu Rick - Fragments of The Past Time 2xCD (625 Thrashcore) $10.99
* Kylesa - Time Will Fuse Its Worth - DELUXE JAPANESE IMPORT CD (Red Cobalt Industries) $19.99
* La Quiete - 2006-2009 CD (Sons of Vesta) $11.99
* LSD And The Search For God - Self-Titled 12" - BLACK VINYL (Deep Space) $10.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me / Dance Tonight CD (Ebullition) $10.99
* Orchid - Dance Tonight, Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes - Split 10" - CLEAR WITH BLUE COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes - Split 10" - DARK BLUE COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $9.99
* Pizza - Self-Titled 7"+CD-R YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $5.99
* Pollution - nastyDNA 12" (Feast of Tentacles) $17.99
* Portraits of Past - Cypress Dust Witch 12" (Excursions Into The Abyss) $9.99
* Portraits of Past - Discography CD (Ebullition) $10.99
* Pusher - Self-Titled CD (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio 12" - 1-SIDED WHITE COLORED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $14.99
* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio CD (Red Cars Go Faster) $11.99
* Sleep Terror - Probing Tranquility Cd (Feeling Faint) $9.99
* Yacopsae / Massgrav - Split 5" (RSR) $5.99
* Yaphet Kotto - The Killer Was In The Government Blankets 12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Ebullition) $10.99
* Young Widows - Settle Down City 12" - BROWN COLORED VINYL (Auxiliary) $12.99

Phew! Wow that's a solid round of stuff. Please check out all this (and more) in the Robotic Empire - Online Store. Thank you!

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Robotic Empire's first digital-only releases (CAPSULE, ENEMY SOIL, VANESSA VAN BASTEN)

The whole music industry's changing fast, and the wiseman says "adapt or die", right? Well, I guess that's sunk in a bit here at Robotic Empire and we've decided to try out the whole "digital-only" release thing. Although we're cheating a bit, since these releases already exist(ed) in one physical form or another. We're pretty psyched regardless, as this is a relatively simple way to work with some choice bands (and hopefully lead up to future collaborations too).


CAPSULE: We already released their debut album Blue, and this digital-only (for now) release titled Tape + Demo + Tour compiles the ten songs from the cassette tape we made for them a few years ago (which contained their demo and 7" material), plus three rare tracks from a tour-only EP the band self-released. Here's our more "formal" description of the collection:

Miami, Florida's CAPSULE are a pummeling trio and this 13-track compilation collects all of their released material prior to their debut album, Blue. Originally released across a limited cassette, 7" vinyl record and a tour-only CD-R, these songs show the excellent progression from CAPSULE's demo up to their debut album. Mathematically intense hardcore/punk/grind with stop-start precision and a confusing conglomeration of crashing percussion, squealing guitarwork and a myriad of buried, blurry vocal shouts. An intense ride, and a great collection of CAPSULE's initial works.

* A newly-posted preview track from this digital-only release can now be found on their myspace page
* A recent video montage of CAPSULE's journey to "The Fest 7" can also be viewed here


ENEMY SOIL: This is the band that got me into metal. Most people have an older brother or cool friend or something that gets them into subversive music, but my first introduction to anything remotely heavy (outside of punk) was seeing ENEMY SOIL live in a basement in Sterling, Virginia. Needless to say it was a life changing event, and so it's sort of an honor to finally work with Richard "The Grindfather" Johnson after all these years. For those unfamiliar with the band, here's a more cohesive description:

ENEMY SOIL was a long-running, grinding monster who's members eventually went on to form or join PIG DESTROYER, AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED, DRUGS OF FAITH, PG.99, CITY OF CATERPILLAR, FRODUS, BATTLETORN and many, many more. The epitome of "underground", this massive collection is their swansong to blistering grindcore, with everything they ever recorded and/or released (except for one a 7" on Relapse). From their humble (yet crucial) drum-machine origins, to the behemoth of a full-band they would eventually become... the sheer variety (and quantity) of punk, metal, grind, industrial and more collected here is downright impressive. With 72 tracks over nearly two hours, this is an epic homage to the mighty ENEMY SOIL!

* A recently-posted preview track from this release can now be found on our myspace page
* Further samples of archive tracks can be found here (a variety) and here (super old stuff)


VANESSA VAN BASTEN: An Italian band we've been super into ever since hearing their La Stanza Di Swedenborg album a few years ago. There's so many "heavy post-rock" bands out there that it'd almost be easy for VVB to get lost in the shuffle... but (to us at least) their quality of material really sets them apart from the pack. Channeling more from Justin K. Broadrick's classic work than the realms typically trodden, VANESSA VAN BASTEN are a hypnotic beast... which is incredible considering the majority of their songs are constructed as just a duo! These digital-download releases of their three CDs will be our first time working with VANESSA VAN BASTEN and we're most excited to present their catalog to world digitally.


The debut from VANESSA VAN BASTEN, the duo that utilizes guests and contributors from the alternative and extreme Italian underground. This is how they describe themselves: "We make slow, heavy, metaphysic instrumental music. Our influences are the cosmic psychedelia, industrial rock like SWANS or GODFLESH, Neurot & Hydrahead catalogue." Basically, they take a lot of elements from a lot of great bands and re-work the styles into a captivating new whole. This is their humble debut, a powerful indication of their potential and the great things to come!


Incredible Italian duo VANESSA VAN BASTEN walk in the same footsteps as JESU, ISIS, NEUROSIS and PELICAN without totally jocking their styles. Very anthemic but not cliché, these guys would easily be a household name here if they were only FROM here. Seriously though, this stuff is intense! La Stanza Di Swedenborg is their stunning first full-length release, with eight tracks total.


Two years after the critically acclaimed La Stanza di Swedenborg, VANESSA VAN BASTEN returns with two brand new epic tracks combined on this beautiful EP, which was written by all band members. This heavy Italian postrock ensemble does not constrict itself to the laws of some Great Postrock Bible. Instead it blends in psychedelia, ambient influences, metal and shoegaze to result in a unique musical experience. Dreamlike and cinematographic sounds collide with heavy and dark sonic assaults: the music is incredibly crafted and reveals more of its intrinsic beauty every time it is being played. VANESSA VAN BASTEN has kept their DIY attitude as the tracks were recorded in the rehearsal room and at home with the aid of a technician and feature the same human drummer that toured with the band in the past (no more computer drums this time). Incredible and intense material from one of Europe's best underground bands.

* Audio samples from each release can be found on VANESSA VAN BASTEN's myspace page

This would probably be a good time to mention that our most recent physical releases are also available digitally, including the A STORM OF LIGHT / NADJA - Primitive North split, BATTLE OF MICE / JESU - Split, GODS & QUEENS - untitled debut album, VERSE EN COMA - Rialto EP and almost everything else in our catalog of releases. These and much more can be found on iTunes, emusic, amazon.com, etc, etc, etc.

* A STORM OF LIGHT / NADJA - Primitive North split on
* BATTLE OF MICE / JESU - Split on
* GODS & QUEENS - untitled on
* VERSE EN COMA - Rialto on

For those out there who actually do pay for digital download releases, we salute you. You are directly supporting the musicians and record labels that completely depend on the independent music community to get by. We realize that in this current age of instant-everything, it's pretty easy for people to justify NOT paying for downloadable music. All that does though is take away from people sacrificing comfortable lives to give time, hard work and money... just to create an album. Please don't take that for granted. Thank you!

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

CAPSULE post new song, tour dates with FURNACE for April/May

Miami, Florida's CAPSULE will be teaming up with their brothers in trio madness, New Hampshire's FURNACE, for five weeks of cross-country mayhem. CAPSULE just posted another track "Flowerpower" from their debut album Blue on Robotic Empire here. FURNACE also just finished recording their debut full-length Doublewalker for Shock Value Records, with two new tracks available online here. Here are their tour dates:

4/7 - Miami, FL @ HOUSE OF PAIN - w/ Shitstorm, Consular
4/8 - Gainesville, FL @ WEED BEACH - w/ Brainstorm
4/9 - Atlanta, GA @ I CAN FLY HOUSE - w/ Fag Static
4/10 - Columbia, SC @ TBA - w/ Thank God
4/11 - Greensboro, NC @ 609 S ELM ST
4/12 - Richmond, VA @ NARA SUSHI - w/ Towers, Brainworms
4/13 - Washington, DC @ DUDEBROHAUS - w/ Towers, Osceola
4/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ DISGRACELAND - w/ Towers
4/15 - Brooklyn, NY @ BROOKLYN CAT HOUSE
4/16 - New York, NY @ CAKESHOP - w/ Birthday Boyz, Olde Ghost
4/17 - Providence, RI @ FIREHOUSE 13 - w/ Wasteland, They and the Children, Yayinfive
4/18 - Boston, MA @ WADZILLA MANSION
4/19 - Durham, NH @ UNH WILDCAT DEN - w/ Sinaloa, DST
4/20 - Burlington, VT @ WASTED CITY
4/21 - Ithaca, NY @ NO RADIO RECORDS
4/22 - Pittsburgh, PA @ THE LILYPAD
4/23 - Akron, OH @ KLING HOUSE
4/24 - Dayton, OH @ THE PORT OF MIAMI - w/ Rad Company
4/25 - Indianapolis, IA @ 1511 E. 49th ST - w/ Illithed, Worleater, Slam Dunk
4/26 - Detroit, MI @ THE TRUMBLEPLEX - w/ Phoenix Bodies
4/27 - Chicago, IL @ PEOPLE PROJECTS
4/28 - Milwaukee, WI @ ECHO BASE COLLECTIVE
4/29 - Minneapolis, MI @ TBA
4/30 - Lincoln, NE @ GHOST HOUSE - w/ El Minotaur, Ghost Towns
5/1 - Denver, CO @ KINGDOM OF DOOM
5/3 - Boise, ID @ TBA
5/4 - Portland, OR @ BROTEL CALIFORNIA
5/6 - Seattle, WA @ DOG CITY
5/7 - Tacoma, WA @ THE VIADUCT
5/8 - Arcata, CA @ THE YELLOW HOUSE
5/9 - San Francisco, CA @ THE BIKE KITCHEN - w/ Comadre
5/10 - Oakland, CA @ TBA
5/11 - Fresno, CA @ TBA
5/12 - Templeton, CA @ THE CELLAR
5/13 - Santa Barbra, CA @ TBA - w/ Bleeding Kansas
5/14 - Irvine, CA @ HELLFISH WAREHOUSE - w/ Graf Orlock
5/15 - San Diego, CA @ TBA
5/16 - Tijuana, Mexico @ CASA DE CALLEJON
5/17 - Tucson, AZ @ THE LIVING ROOM
5/18 - Albuquerque, NM @ MEOW WOLFE
5/19 - Oklahoma City, OK @ THE INFOSHOP
5/20 - Dallas, TX @ 715 PANHANDLE - w/ Trifle Tower (no Capsule)
5/21 - Austin, TX @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/22 - Houston, TX @ THE WHITE SWAN (no Capsule)
5/23 - Birmingham, AL @ CAVE 9 (no Capsule)
5/24 - Pensacola, FL @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/25 - Tallahassee, FL @ TBA (no Capsule)
5/26 - Gainesville, FL @ THE ATLANTIC - w/ Brainstorm (no Capsule)

Because there are several dates with TBA locations, please keep an eye on CAPSULE and FURNACE's myspace pages for up-to-date info:

* http://www.myspace.com/CapsuleFL
* http://www.myspace.com/FurnaceSucks

CAPSULE "Blue" 12"+CD (together) OUT NOW!! +online store additions

A long, long time coming, we are thrilled (and relieved) to finally announce that CAPSULE's debut album Blue is now available through the Robotic Empire Online Store! One of the weirdest/craziest/perplexing albums we've heard in years, CAPSULE are seriously playing some of the most fucked up hardcore out there. There was a very frustrating problem with the manufacturing of the CD portion of this 12"+CD combo that resulted in over a month's delay with this release... but new CDs have been pressed and this beast is finally available! Here's what we wrote about this mindboggling debut:

Wrapping one's head around what exactly CAPSULE is doing on their debut album Blue is damn-near impossible, as these three post-ADD maniacs have created one of the strangest heavy-music albums in years. This is a confounding conglomeration of blasting time-signatures, galloping punk spirit and a ghostly vocal chorus that buzzes through a mountain of guitar and bass. No other band sounds like Miami's trio CAPSULE, just as CAPSULE sounds like no other band.

Blurry, buried shouts in unison are surrounded by absolutely thunderous songs, played at speeds with every tempo in the "punk" and "metal" spectrums. Intricate melodies in bizarre tunings sneak their way into an overall unnerving amalgamation of genres, creating an anxiety-filled album of fevered beauty. Of course, this is coming from a label who writes release descriptions typically loaded with hyperbole, but we still say with full confidence that this is one of the most unique and interesting albums Robotic Empire has released to date.

Attempting to keep up with the packaging precedence set by Miami brethren TORCHE's "In Return" 10"+CD release, CAPSULE's Blue only comes as two formats together, with a deluxe gatefold jacket housing both a CD and 12" vinyl record. A high-gloss spot varnish accompanies this full color, die-cut gatefold jacket with printed black interior. The minimalistic design perfectly contrasts CAPSULE's varied creations on this simply stunning debut.

The pressing info for this mofo is as follows: (1505 copies total)
* 1000 on black
* 175 on cokebottle blue
* 175 on translucent dark blue
* 150 on clear/translucent blue with black splatter

Two tracks from this behemoth can be heard online here.

Along with this incredible debut, we've recently received a bunch of new stuff and re-stocks added to our Online Store, including some crazy-hard-to-find (and expensive) new BORIS imports, the long sought-after TOWERS/TDYA split tape, older obscure stuff and some fine re-stocks from a variety of bands.

NEW ITEMS:
* Antlers - Self-Titled CD (Rorschach) $7.99
* Boris - Message 12" (Daymare) $19.99
* Boris - Smile CD (Daymare) $34.99
* Deflore - Egodrive CD (Subsound) $7.99
* Devil and The Sea, The - Heart Vs. Spine CD (Acerbic Noise) $10.99
* Dormant - Beneath the Mighty Oak CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Drain The Sky - Haunted By Rivers - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Level Plane) $14.99
* El Chupa Cobras - Self-Titled CD (Acerbic Noise) $10.99
* Gehenna - War Of The Sons Of Light & The Suns Of Darkness 12" (A389) $10.99
* Godheadscope - A City Out of Sight CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Holy Ghost - Self-Titled - SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (A389) $9.99
* Indian Summer - Science 1994 Discography CD (Future Recordings) $10.99
* Kobra Khan / Helen of Troy - Split 7" (Monoton Studios) $7.99
* Nonlinera System Theory - Fourier's Outrage CD (Subsound) $7.99
* Odium / Feedbackstream - Split Cassette (Sacrosanct Opuscule) $4.99
* Party Of Helicopters - Space and How Sweet It Was 12" (Monoton Studios) $14.99
* Pelican - March Into The Sea - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Pelican - March Into The Sea - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Grey - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Procer Veneficus - A Summerhaze Array for August Nights 2xCD (God Is Myth) $14.99
* Procer Veneficus - Ghostvoices CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Pulling Teeth - Martyr Immortal 12" (A389) $10.99
* Russian Circles - Enter - WHITE SPECKLED COLORED VINYL 12" (Bloom Explode) $14.99
* Stroszek - Songs of Remorse CD (God Is Myth) $10.99
* Taint - Secrets And Lies 2x12" (Super Fi) $17.99
* Towers / Take Down Your Art - Split Cassette (Waving Wheat) $4.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord 2x12" (Cavity) $13.99

RESTOCKS:
* Brain Banger - Yellow Belly 12'' (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Breather Resist / Suicide Note - Split 2xCDep (Hawthorne Street) $10.99
* Burial Year - Self-Titled - CLEAR SMOKE COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Burmese / Fistula - Split CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Genghis Tron - Dead Mountain Mouth CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Goslings, The - Spaceheater / Perfect Interior CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99
* Great Redneck Hope, The - Behold The Fuck Thunder - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Great Redneck Hope, The - Behold The Fuck Thunder - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Waving Wheat) $8.99
* Kodan Armada / Montcalm - Split - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL 7'' (Bright Skull) $5.99
* Loma Prieta - Matrimony - WHITE VINYL 7" (Discos Huelga) $5.00
* Nakatomi Plaza - Unsettled - ROOTBEER COLORED VINYL 12'' (Bright Skull) $10.00
* Occam's Razor - Invisible - CLEAR VINYL 7" (Discos Huelga) $5.00
* Playing Enemy - Accessory CDep (Hawthorne Street)) $7.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Portraits Of Past - Logo Black - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) $12.99
* Prideswallower - Lifeswallower - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Bright Skull) $4.99
* Pulling Teeth - Vicious Skin - COLORED VINYL 10" (A389) $8.00
* Taint - Ruin Of Nova Roma 2x12" (Super Fi) $17.99
* Souvenir's Young America - Self-Titled - BLACK VINYL 12” (E-Vinyl) $14.99
* Souvenir's Young America - Self-Titled - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (E-Vinyl) $14.99


We also still have copies of the first in our limited t-shirt series. The "goodbye america" design is available in most sizes here. A new design will be coming in a few weeks, and we hope these continue to sell okay as we plan to keep releasing a new limited design every month for the rest of the year. Each shirt will only be made in a 1-time pressing of 50 shirts, all on American Apparel brand (so it's hella comfy and you'll actually want to wear it).

Thanks everyone, especially those patiently waiting for the CAPSULE album. Peace!

Robotic Empire Online Store

CAPSULE Tour Dates + News

Miami, Florida's latest addition to the Robotic Empire roster, CAPSULE, are hitting the road again next week. Teaming up with GRAF ORLOCK (Level Plane) and COMADRE (Init) for the bulk of the dates, this trio will be entering the studio in two sessions both before and after the tour to track their debut full-length, which remains to-be-titled. Tracking will occur at Southern Studios with Jonathan Nunez (TORCHE, SHITSTORM) for a fall release on Robotic Empire. Here are the dates:

* 6/18 Boynton Beach, FL @ Backbone Music Fest! w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre, Devices, Smile
* 6/19 Deland, FL @ TBA w/ Devices, Soulman, Breeze
* 6/20 Myrtle Beach, SC @ Monkey Business w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre, US Funk Team
* 6/21 Greensboro, NC @ The White House w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre, Death To Tyrants, Wolverines
* 6/22 Richmond, VA @ The Junkyard House (231 S. Laurel St) w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre
* 6/23 Washington, DC @ Kay Spiritual Life Center w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre, Rue The Day, Nona
* 6/24 Cleveland, OH Communion Fest @ The Church w/ Balboa, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You
* 6/25 Philadelphia, PA @ The Veggieplex w/ Towers, Hot Cross, Graf Orlock, Comadre, Pyramids
* 6/26/ New Jersey @ The 120 House w/ Graf Orlock, Comadre, Make Me
* 6/27 Brooklyn, NY @ The Northsix w/ Birthday Boyz, Gunners, Landmines
* 6/29 South Kingston, RI @ ART Space TBA w/ Sparrows Swarm And Sing
* 6/30 Hudson, NY @ St. Johns w/ Rising Up, Rising Down
* 7/01 Gloucester, MA @ TBA
* 7/03 Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project w/ Conversions, The Sea Like Lead

The band hopes to post a new track prior to leaving for the road, but regardless you can hear songs from their self-titled cassette release here:

http://www.myspace.com/CapsuleFL

CAPSULE tape + BRAINWORMS demo + massive Online Store updates!!

Today is a good day. Not only have we put in a massive order for lots of new t-shirts, we also received some killer new releases both for the label and close friends. We're most excited to present the first release in our new cassette series from Florida's powerhouse trio CAPSULE! This thing turned out incredible, with three newly recorded tracks on side A and their entire seven song demo on the B side; it's roughly 25 minutes of furious jams! The new material is especially incredible and this serves as a fine prelude to their upcoming album we'll be releasing later on this summer.

In the meantime, a mere 200 of these were made, all with white ink on blue cassettes and a full color 4" x 9" j-card insert. All in all, we couldn't really be happier with how our first cassette release turned out and can't wait for you to see/hear this thing yourself! The band has them on the road with them (they leave tomorrow (!), here are the dates) and we're selling them for $6 postage paid in the US right now in our Online Store.

For those who haven't yet heard the glories that are CAPSULE, this trio is comprised of three dudes who have done time in Tyranny Of Shaw and Tunes For Bears, but take it to the next level with a triple-vocal yelled/sung assault over blistering tunes with monstrously heavy tunage. It's really quite unique stuff and is hard to directly compare to anyone else out there, so we highly encourage you to check out some sample MP3s either here or here.





The other main addition of note is the self-released demo CD-R by Richmond's own BRAINWORMS. These dudes are comprised of former and current Stop It, Ultra Dolphins and Are You Fucking Serious members, and seriously bring some style and intensity back into the mix. This seven track band-made CD-R has a massive and immaculate hand-made booklet with photos and lyrics, and was all recorded live in the studio (at what turned into an impromptu show), so all of the passion and force shines right through. Comparisons to Rites of Spring and Fugazi are probably inevitable, but they definitely take that early/mid-90's post/hardcore/indie style to the next level.

We're selling this massive thing for $7 postage paid, but if they're coming through your town please pick it up directly from them, as we only have a limited amount! ! They're heading out tomorrow for a ten-day tour w/ Red Wizard and you can hear songs by both bands here. Brainworms doesn't have a Myspace page (yet), so here are some possibly out-of-date tour dates:

* March 3rd: Harrisonburg, VA
* March 4th: Asheville, NC
* March 5th: Atlanta, GA
* March 6th: Athens, GA or Pensacola, FL
* March 7th: Gainesville, FL
* March 8th: St Augustine, FL
* March 9th: Savannah, GA
* March 10th: Charleston, SC
* March 11th: Greenville, NC

And finally, we've done a whole mess of trades with other labels lately and have added a fairly massive amount of awesome new additions and restocks to our Online Store this past week:

NEW ADDITIONS:
* Bathtub Shitter - "Lifetime Shitlist" 12" (Ramen Factory) - $8.00 - COLOR VINYL
* Belegost / The Sea Like Lead - "Split" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Brainworms - "Demo" CD-R (Self Released) - $7.00
* Bravo Fucking Bravo - "II" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Burnt By The Sun / Luddite Clone - "Split" CD (Ferret) - $8.00
* Capsule - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Robotic Empire) - $6.00
* Daniel Striped Tiger - "Condition" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Danse Macabre - "Synkopenleben Nein Danke" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Doomriders - "Black Thunder" 12" (Magic Bullet) - $10.00 - GOLD VINYL
* Dream Is Dead, The - "Hail The New Pawn" CD (Escape Artist) - $10.00
* Envy - "Angels Curse Whispered..." CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Envy - "The Eyes of Single Eared..." CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Envy - "From Here To Eternity" CD (HG Fact) - $10.00
* Eyehategod - "Preaching The End Time Message" CD (Emetic) - $10.00
* Fantomas / Melt Banana - "Split" 5" (Unhip) - $8.00
* Final - "3" 2xCD (Neurot) - $12.00 (members of Jesu / Godflesh / Napalm Death!)
* Fuck The Facts - "Mullet Fever" CD (Sonic Deadline) - $10.00
* Funeral Diner / Welcome The Plague Year - "Split" 7" (Electric Human Proj.) - $5.00
* 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
* Isis - "Celestial" CD (Escape Artist) - $11.00
* Life Detecting Coffins - "Catatonic Begat Napoleonic" CD (Golden Brown) - $9.00
* Locust, The - "Flight of the Wounded Locust" CD (GSL) - $8.00
* Locust, The - "Self-Titled" 3" MiniCD (GSL) - $8.00
* Neurosis - "A Sun That Never Sets" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Enemy Of The Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* New Brutalism / Hit Self Destruct - "Split" 7" (Electric Human Proj.) - $1.00
* Number Twelve Looks Like You, The - "Nuclear Sad Nuclear" CD (Eyeball) - $10.00
* Pink Razors - "Waiting To Wash Up" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Racebannon - "The Inevitable: Singles and Rarities" 2xCD (Alone) - $12.00
* Refused - "The Shape Of Punk To Come" CD (Epitaph) - $11.00
* Rorscach - "Autopsy" CD (Gern Blandsten) - $10.00
* Rorscach - "Live in Italy: 6-18-92" CD (Gern Blandsten) - $10.00
* Tower of Rome / Gun Kata - "Split" CD (Sonic Deadline) - $10.00
* Tristeza - "Espuma" CDep (Gravity) - $7.00
* Tristeza - "Mania Phase" CDep (Gravity) - $7.00
* Ultra Dolphins - "Why Are You Laugh" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Unearth - "Our Days of Eulogy" CD (Eulogy) - $10.00

RESTOCKS:
* Amanda Woodward - "Collection (Self Titled)" CD (Golden Brown) - $9.00
* Circle Takes The Square - "As The Roots Undo" Poster (Robotic Empire) - $1.00
* Crestfallen - "Streaks of Terror" CD (Magic Bullet) - $8.00
* Dead Seraphim - "Discography" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Engineer - "Suffocation of the Artisan" CDep (Four Leaf) - $8.00
* Flying Worker, The - "A Collection" 3" MiniCD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Forensics - "Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway" 12" (Trash Art) - $9.00 - WHITE VINYL
* Forensics / Textbook Traitors - "Split" 12" (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Funeral Diner - "The Underdark" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Funeral Diner - "The Wicked" CDep (Alone) - $7.00
* Grails - "The Burden of Hope" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Grails - "Redlight" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Jeromes Dream - "Completed" 2xCD (Alone) - $12.00
* Joshua Fit For Battle - "Bring Out Your Dead" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* La Quiete / Louise Cyphere - "Split" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $8.00
* Love Like Electrocution - "Self-Titled" 1-sided 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Trophy" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Majority Rule - "Emergency Numbers" CD (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Maudlin of the Well (pre-Kayo Dot) - "Bath +3" CD (Dark Symphonies) - $10.00
* Maudlin of the Well (pre-Kayo Dot) - "Leaving Your Body Map +2" CD (Dark Symphonies) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "The Eye of Every Storm" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Souls At Zero" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Pageninetynine - "Document ..7" 12" (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Pageninetynine / Majority Rule - "Split" CD (Magic Bullet) - $9.00
* Rapider Than Horsepower - "Rapider Than The World" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Rats Into Robots - "A Column Of Smoke By Day, A Pillar Of Fire By Night" 12" (Slave Union) - $8.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Saddest Landscape, The - "A Promise Was Made" 10" (Alone) - $8.00
* Saddest Landscape, The - "Lift Your Burdens High For This Is Where We Cross" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Takaru - "There Can Be Only None" CD (Alone) - $10.00
* Transistor Transistor - "Put Down The Bible" CDep (Alone) - $7.00
* You and I - "Discography" CD (Alone) - $10.00

So that should conclude this massive update. The cassettes really couldn't have turned out much better, and that Brainworms demo comes highly recommended as well. We'll be continuing to stock and restock the Online Store with quality releases all year long as this beast is just growing and growing. All of the orders and support are keeping this whole crazy thing going, so a heavy thank you is due to everyone who's contributed in any way. Keep those orders coming, and we'll keep delivering some interesting alternatives to the mass mainstream makeover of metal, punk and everything we hold dear. Thanks/peace! -Robotic Empire Mailorder Crew

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Miami's CAPSULE touring February/March!!

Miami, FL's newest addition to the Robotic Empire roster, the trio known only as CAPSULE, will be hitting the road this week as a warm-up for the recording of their debut album for the label. This three week jaunt includes dates alongside PYRAMIDS (Slave Union), TOWERS (Shock Value) and many more. Expect the band to have a limited cassette-only release of their demo material plus three newly recorded songs as a little preview before their upcoming album. The dates are as follows:

2/24 - Jacksonville, FL @ The Pit - w/ Environmental Youth Crunch, Devices, Civilization
2/25 - St. Augustine, FL @ The Warehouse - w/ Environmental Youth Crunch, Devices, Civilization
2/26 - Orlando, FL @ The Island Oasis w/ Environmental Youth Crunch, Devices, Civilization
3/3 - Miami, FL @ Andrew's House of Obscure Torture - w/ Pyramids
3/4 - Tampa, FL @ Skatepark of Tampa - w/ Pyramids
3/5 - Gainesville, FL @ Wayward Council - w/ Pyramids, Devices, FIYA
3/6 - Tallahassee, FL @ Sorceress Fortress - w/ Pyramids, Towers, Peter & Craig
3/7 - Atlanta, GA @ Swayze's - w/ Pyramids, Blame Game
3/8 - Crossville, TN @ 1127 - w/ Pyramids, Sadville
3/9 - Louisville, KY @ Old Louisville Coffee House - w/ Pyramids, Equal and Ultra
3/10 - Columbus, OH @ The Legion of Doom - w/ Pyramids, Sweetwater
3/11 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr. Roboto Project - w/ Pyramids
3/12 - Brooklyn, NY @ The North Six - w/ In First Person, Dear Tonight
3/13 - Allston, MA @ Basement Show - w/ The Hueristic, Draw Blood, They and the Children
3/14 - Philadelphia, PA @ Be Happy House - w/ Towers, Peter & Craig
3/15 - Washington, DC @ WUMC Radio Station - w/ French Stewart, Chiefs
3/16 - Richmond, VA @ The Fortress of Solid Dudes (9 N. Blvd) - w/ Brainworms, Resonance, Wasted Time

Upon returning home, the band will enter Southern Noise studios (Torche, Shitstorm, etc) to record their as-yet-untilled debut album, but in the meantime more information and some newly-mastered MP3s from the cassette can be found on the band's Myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/CapsuleFL

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.