ROBOTIC EMPIRE ONLINE STORE: March Update #1 (new t-shirt series, limited vinyl, etc, etc)

So we figured our logo / name wasn't on enough crap yet, and thus: the ROBOTIC EMPIRE LIMITED T-SHIRT SERIES is born. We're making 50 t-shirts a month for the rest of the year (10 designs for 2008) that will be limited to a one-time printing. Once these 50 go, that's it for good. They're all being printed on fancypants American Apparel brand t-shirts so they're maximum comfortable and you'll actually want to wear em. Avaiable sizes are extra small (aka, youth large) up through double extra large, all in varying quantities. Enough talking, here's the March shirt design:


It's titled "goodbye america", has the label name snuck in there non-abrasively, and turned out pretty damn sweet (a photo of it can be seen here). Sorta akin to the old "love virginia" design, which we also just re-printed due to mild demand and our endless love for this state.


The new Robotic Empire Online Store is generally working out great so far, and we want to thank everyone who ordered the ISIS Shades of the Swarm box set from us a week or so ago. We've packed and shipped about 1/2 of these so far, and are sending out UPS email notifications when each is finished. If you haven't received one yet, expect an email with tracking information by the end of the week.

We've also acquired a bunch of killer new jams and re-stocked some older ones over the past few weeks since the launch of the new Online Store, including:

NEW ITEMS:
* Agents Of Abhorrence - Covert Lobotomy - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 9" (Missing Link) $10.99
* Amateur Party - Sounds And Halls To House Them CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Artimus Pyle - Black Shroud CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Aughra - A Sleeping Bag And A Shitload Of Acid DVD (Underadar) $5.99
* Aughra - Habidibad Vol. 1 - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 7" (Underadar) $4.99
* Aughra / Poision Arrows - C10 Cassette (Underadar) $4.99
* Birushanah - Akai Yama CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory 12" (Hyperrealist) $9.99
* Bosch's With You - Dreams That Come A Thing Part II As If - RED BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $11.99
* Burial Year - Pestilence - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $11.99
* Cease Upon The Capitol - Untitled CD (Ive Come For Your Children) $7.99
* Cursed - One - GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Trash Art) $14.99
* Deadsea - Desiderata 12" (Chrome Leaf) $12.99
* Deadsea - Self-Titled CD (Chrome Leaf) $11.99
* Focus, The / Amateur Party - Split CD (Missing Link) $7.99
* Fucked Up - Epics In Minutes CD (Deranged) $11.99
* Halo Perfecto - Hospitals In Other Countries 12" (Underadar) $6.99
* Hellshock - Shadows of the Afterworld CD (Crimes Against Hum) $9.99
* Melt Banana / Three Studies for a Crucifixion - Split 8" (Chrome Leaf) $12.99
* Mouthbreather - Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Kiss of Death) $4.99
* Regulations - Self-Titled CD (Missing Link) $9.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Robotic Empire - Goodbye America - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Saviours - Warship - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Level Plane) $9.99
* Siege - Drop Dead CD (Deranged) $11.99
* Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost CD (Prosthetic) $11.99
* Souvenir's Young America / Spylacopa - Split - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Underadar) $4.99
* Tombs - Wasteland 12"+CD (Level Plane) $9.99
* Ulver - A Quick Fix Of Melancholy - RED COLORED VINYL 10" (Viva Hate) $13.99
* Various Artists - Empower: Exercising The Human Spirit CD (Underadar) $4.99
* Various Artists - Remain Standing CD (Pictora Pilota) $5.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Windmills By The Ocean - Owl Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99

RESTOCKS:
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Battlemaster - Warthirsting and Winterbound CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Black Cross - Severance Pays CD (Auxiliary) $11.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Blunted At Birth - STONED EYEBALL COLORED VINYL 12" (Forcefield) $12.99
* Cannabis Corpse - Blunted At Birth CD (Forcefield) $7.99
* Coliseum - Goddamage 12" (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Coliseum - Goddamage CD (Auxiliary) $10.99
* Coliseum - No Salvation - SILVER w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Auxiliary) $13.99
* Cream Abdul Babar - Covering The Track Marks CDep (Underadar) $5.99
* MGR - Nova Lux 12" (Viva Hate) $13.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $11.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me / Dance Tonight! CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Orchid - Dance Tonight / Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Orchid - Self-Titled (Gatefold) CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Organz, The - The Cuts CDep (Underadar) $5.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Portraits of Past - 01010101 - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $9.99
* Reversal of Man - This Is Medicine CD (Ebullition) $8.99
* Prideswallower - Lifeswallower CDep (Auxiliary) $7.99
* Pusher - Self-Titled CD (Auxiliary) $9.99
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Youth Large T-Shi (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Small T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Medium T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Large T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Robotic Empire - Love Virginia (Green) - Size: Extra Large T-Shi (Robotic Empire) $10.00
* Souvenirs Young America - Self-Titled CD (Underadar) $7.99
* Suppression - Release The Pirana CD (Underadar) $7.99
* Young Widows / Plows - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7"+CD (Auxiliary) $6.99

And finally, Robo Mailorder will shut down for a couple weeks starting this Wednesday since most of the dudes involved here will be traveling to SXSW with Torche, or to Florida for Megacon. Any orders received after Wednesday won't ship for roughly 2 weeks... so get those orders in now if you need a new music fix. ISIS BOX SET ORDERERS: no worries, all unshipped orders will still go out by the end of the week. Thanks, peace!

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ISIS - Shades Of The Swarm 12xLP Box Set NOW AVAILABLE!

OK folks, the moment many of you have been waiting for has arrived. The ISIS Shades Of The Swarm 12xLP Box Set is NOW AVAILABLE for sale!

Well over a year in the making production-wise, and TEN years in the making music-wise, this is easily the biggest release we have ever been a part of.

PLEASE NOTE: this must be shipped via UPS so everyone ordering can have both tracking and insurance on their package. If you are ordering this, MAKE SURE YOU EDIT YOUR ORDER TO BE SHIPPED VIA UPS. If you do not, the order will have to be refunded. Non-USA customers: put your email address and phone number in the "comments" section of checkout too.

That being said, thank you for everyone's patience in waiting for this release... head over to our Online Store to pick up this beast, as it probably won't last long!

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Here's our description of this massive release:

This is it folks: ten years worth of recording, touring and the general existence of ISIS, the heavy music powerhouse that has gone from the basements of Boston to the clubs (and stadiums) of the world. Robotic Empire has teamed up with Europe's Conspiracy Records to create the definitive collection of ISIS vinyl in this simply stunning twelve LP box set.

The entire released studio recordings to date by ISIS are enclosed in this massive box set. Eight albums over twelve records are contained on 180 gram black vinyl, each housed within individual sleeves utilizing artwork taken and re-worked from the original sources, all displayed through a clear spot gloss on heavyweight sleeves. These accompany an oversized 12" x 36" poster insert, all housed within an extremely sturdy cloth-bound, foil-stamped black box. Click here, here, here and here for photos. To say this set is "deluxe" is an understatement, as this is literally the biggest project both labels combined have been a part of to date. As a result, we are taking extra steps to ensure this arrives safely at your door:

THIS MUST BE SHIPPED VIA UPS: NO EXCEPTIONS! MAKE SURE YOU CHOOSE UPS SHIPMENT FOR THIS (GROUND, EXPEDITED) WHEN YOU CHECK OUT (edit your order after entering your PayPal info to choose UPS) OR WE WILL REFUND YOUR ORDER. Sorry this is expensive, but this is the ONLY way to provide both insurance and tracking for your Box Set... which we require if you want to order this. ** International customers, put both your telephone number and email address in the "comments" section of checkout **

600 copies of this collection exist, there is a limit of 1 per customer... and they are already going fast. Once these are gone from us, the band themselves (on tour) will be the last place to find this incredible ISIS box set! We hope you will enjoy this as much as we do. Thank you.

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ROBOTIC EMPIRE - Online Store Relaunch! New releases & more!

Literally years in the making, this project has been the beast that almost slayed us. Through a label HQ move, one web developer going in rehab, another falling in love, computers and servers crashing, a distribution change and more... the new Robotic Empire Online Store has gone through countless unimaginable hurdles. Seeming absolutely cursed at times, it's almost unbelievable to us that this thing is actually DONE.

But "done" is both sorta inaccurate and an understatement. Inaccurate in the sense that we're still only able to accept orders through PayPal (couldn't get the credit card system ironed out in time for launch), and an understatement in the sense that this Online Store is going to change our entire operation for the better. From your standpoint during ordering, it shouldn't be terribly different... from our standpoint, we'll be far more efficient than ever before... which in turn effects how quickly you get your orders!

Long story short, we're a bit overwhelmed and relieved to finally have this absolutely monstrous project finished and raise a toast to everyone who's helped make this possible.

All that being said, we encourage you to check out our new Robotic Empire Online Store and let us know what you think... especially if you're having any problems. We know there are still some bugs and we're working on a few things still, but if you can't check out or find some sort of major flaw, we do want to hear about it. A lot of testing has been done, but not on every platform or in every different browser imaginable... so please be patient while we iron out the final creases with our new Online Store!

We had full intention of launching this site with the new CAPSULE 12"+CD album Blue available for the first time, but unfortunately we've hit a monstrous manufacturing snag with the CD part of the release so Blue is delayed another week or two at least. The problem with the release is a unique one (some CDs work, others don't) so we have to wait while the plant figures out exactly what the hell happened. Very frustrating, as this thing turned out beautifully (and leaked already) but we promise to have this available the moment it's finally, fully ready.

The ISIS Shades Of The Swarm 12xLP Box Set *should* be available for sale later this week, so keep an eye on our new site. Conspiracy has received their copies and the US parties (us and the band) have received samples that look absolutely amazing. Aaron Turner posted some photos of it on his blog if you want to get a sneak preview on this monstrous release. Keep an eye on our site (and for another announcement) for availability, and please do NOT write us about this. Thanks!


OK so upcoming releases aside, we do have some cool stuff available to celebrate the launch of our new Online Store. Since we started this label by releasing PG.99 records, and re-named it the same way (document #11 being the inaugural "Robotic Empire" release)... we figured it was only appropriate to have PG99 usher in our new webstore as well. We've re-pressed their landmark document #8 album on vinyl, and for the first time in years re-printed some classic and sought-after t-shirt designs.

The "girl with heart", "cow head", "family" and the 2-color "owl" t-shirt designs have all been re-printed, on Cygnus or American Apparel brand t-shirts (very comfy). This is the first time legitimate, band-sanctioned pageninetynine shirts have been printed since the band broke up and we're beyond stoked to finally make these available again. Click here for all available PG.99 t-shirts.


Another celebratory item we've made specifically for this launch is Robotic Empire Sweatpants! That's right, we made freakin' sweatpants of the "Blackmetal Sabbath" image... and we're giving them away! The first 20 people who order over $100 worth of stuff from our new Online Store are entitled to a free pair of sweatpants (if you actually want them). Because we only made 20 of these, we can't totally guarantee what sizes will be available, but if you order over $100 worth of stuff just add a note to your order during checkout (there is a "notes" box) letting us know what size you wear. These are available on a first come, first serve basis!

We've also added over 200 (!) new items and restocks to our site since the last update with the old store, including a mountain of new t-shirts. Here's the full list of all-new additions to our Online Store:

* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - A Clockwork Sodom / Tentacles Of Destruction - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (Garden Of Exile) $7.99
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - A Clockwork Sodom / Tentacles Of Destruction - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 7" (Garden Of Exile) $7.99
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Converge - The Poacher Diaries CD (Relapse) $9.99
* Aidan Baker - Scalpel CD (The Kora) $11.99
* Antlers - Self-Titled - BROWN w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $10.99
* Antlers - Self-Titled - HALF GREY / HALF YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $10.99
* Assuck - Blindspot Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Assuck - Blindspot Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Assuck - Blindspot Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Assuck - Blindspot Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Black Cross - Severance Pays - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Tuned To You) $11.99
* Black Shape Of Nexus / Crowskin - Split 12" (Adagio830) $11.99
* Black Tusk - Passage Through Purgatory CD+DVD (Hyperrealist) $9.99
* Bongzilla - Methods For Attaining Extreme Altitudes - (regular bag) 180 GRAM - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Modus Operandi) $22.99
* Bongzilla - Methods For Attaining Extreme Altitudes - w/ ZIP LOCK BAG - 180 GRAM - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Modus Operandi) $22.99
* Brainworms / Catalyst, The - Split - RED COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Brainworms / Dynamite Arrows - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Brainworms / Dynamite Arrows - Split - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) $4.99
* Caspian - The Four Trees - BLUE GREEN COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $19.99
* Caspian - The Four Trees - PILSNER WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) $19.99
* Cave In - Perfect Pitch Black - BLACK VINYL 12" (Garden Of Exile) $14.99
* Dear Diary I Seem To Be Dead - Self-Titled CD (One Eye) $7.99
* Deflore - Human Indu[b]trial - BLACK / GREY / WHITE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (KNVBI) $22.99
* Doomriders - Black Thunder 12" (Magic Bullet) $9.99
* Ed Gein - It's A Shame - BLUE GREEN SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Shock Value) $10.99
* Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters - BROWN w/ CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hex) $10.99
* Ed Gein - Judas Goats and Dieseleaters - RED w/ CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Hex) $10.99
* FT (The Shadow Government) - The Black And White Album - BLACK AND WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Scenester Credentials) $9.99
* FT (The Shadow Government) - The Black And White Album - BLACK VINYL 12" (Scenester Credentials) $9.99
* The Gersch - Self-Titled - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Shock Value) $10.99
* The Gersch - Self-Titled - GOLD w/ WHITE HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Shock Value) $10.99
* The Gersch - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Shock Value) $10.99
* Glos - Harmonium- SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $14.99
* Grey Daturas - Dead In Woods CD (Crucial Blast) $9.99
* Haram - Drescher - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $14.99
* Haram - Drescher - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) $14.99
* Heads Will Roll - Information As Terminal Disease - 180 GRAM BLACK VINYL 12" (Division Sound) $11.99
* Heads Will Roll - Information As Terminal Disease - CLEAR GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Division Sound) $11.99
* Hex Machine - Run To Earth - GREY / BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Molsook) $9.99
* Hex Machine - Run To Earth - WHITE / BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Molsook) $9.99
* Hex Machine - Run To Earth - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Molsook) $9.99
* Hoor-Paar-Kraat - In Eros Veritas - BLACK VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $12.99
* Hoor-Paar-Kraat - In Eros Veritas - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $12.99
* Infection Code - Intimacy - WHITE w/ BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $12.99
* Infest - Flag - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Infest - Flag - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Infest - Flag - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Infest - Flag - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Kiln - Twinewheel 12" (Division Sound) $11.99
* La Quiete / Catena Collapse - Split - RED COVER 7" (Adagio830) $8.99
* La Quiete / Catena Collapse - Split - WHITE COVER 7" (Adagio830) $8.99
* Magrudergrind - Euro Tour Skull - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Euro Tour Skull - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Euro Tour Skull - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Euro Tour Skull - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Worms - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Worms - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Magrudergrind - Worms - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Fuck Yoga) $17.99
* Meneguar - Strangers In Our House [European Tour Edition] 12" (Release The Bats) $14.99
* Minion - Out Of The Carnage Let Me Back In - COLORED VINYL 12" (Vendetta) $11.99
* Modern Life is War - Midnight In America - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Lifeline) $11.99
* Modern Life is War - My Love, My Way - BLACK w/ GOLD SWIRL COLORED VINYL 12" (Lifeline) $11.99
* Moho - 20 Unas 12" (Blind Date) $12.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $16.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (DIY) $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) $14.99
* Nadja - Guilted By The Sun - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Roadburn) $15.99
* Nadja - Guilted By The Sun - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Roadburn) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Document 8 - BLACK VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99
* Pageninetynine - Document 8 - FOAM COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99
* Pageninetynine - Document 8 - TANGERINE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99
* Pageninetynine - Document 8 - VAMPIRE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) $11.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow [red] - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Family - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Girl w/ Heart - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Owl [grey] - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $15.99
* Robotic Empire - Blackmetal Sabbath - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE Hoodie (Robotic Empire) $21.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (BLACK) - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Robotic Empire - Destroyer Zombies (WHITE) - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) $12.99
* Skeletonwitch - Beyond The Permafrost 12" (Hyperrealist) $11.99
* Skullflower - IIIrd Gatekeeper CD (Crucial Blast) $8.99
* Spazz - Kung Fu - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Spazz - Kung Fu - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Spazz - Kung Fu - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Spazz - Kung Fu - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations CD (Protagonist) $9.99
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - BLACK w/ WHITE HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $11.99
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $11.99
* Three Steps to The Ocean - Self-Titled - WHITE / BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) $11.99
* Tomydeepestego - Odyssea - PICTURE DISC 2x12" (KNVBI) $22.99
* Tomydeepestego - Odyssea CD (Subsound) $12.99
* Tragedy - Bird (BLACK) - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Bird (BLACK) - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Bird (BLACK) - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Bird (BLACK) - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Dying (GREY) - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Dying (WHITE) - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Dying (WHITE) - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Dying (WHITE) - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Tragedy - Dying (WHITE) - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Negative Reinforcement) $14.99
* Ultra Dolphins - Uber - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $11.99
* Ultra Dolphins - Uber - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Self Released) $11.99
* Ultra Dolphins - Uber - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Self Released) $11.99
* Ultra Dolphins - Uber - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Self Released) $11.99
* Wildildlife - Six CD (Crucial Blast) $7.99

Along with all of the Online Store renovations, we finally have a somewhat functional website again ( www.roboticempire.com ). It's pretty stripped down to say the least, but the discography page is up to date and took forever to compile.

Major thanks are due to Josh Sisk of McCarthyism/Logjamming for working with us to make this new store possible... there's no way this would exist without him. His label has put a lot of earth-shattering jawns as well, we recommend you check them out here.

Thank you for reading through all of this, and for checking out our new Robotic Empire Online Store. Peace!

ROBOTIC EMPIRE FIRE SALE: $5 CDs for all standalone label titles (plus more)

Here it is, the final celebration and fire sale for Robotic Empire’s current (ie, old) Online Store. Until the launch of our new Online Store, we’re offering all standalone Robotic Empire CDs for $5 apiece. This is for USA customers only, since our existing international setup sucks with our current (and now royally outdated) Online Store. Canadians can partake too, but ya’ll gotta cough up $8 apiece.

There’s one catch though, you have to spend a minimum of $10 if you partake in this fire sale. That means you have to buy 2 CDs… or 1 CD and a 7" or LP or shirt or whatever raises the order value to at least $10. This is so we don’t totally lose our asses with this, as we absorb all PayPal and postage fees within our current Online Store.

Yep, $5 CDs postage paid by us. Sound like a good deal? This is a win-win situation, as we need to make room for the incoming Capsule LP+CDs and Isis box set, both just a few weeks away now. That’s all we can say for now as there won’t be pre-orders or holds or anything… but we’ll be launching these titles for sale when the new Online Store is done. We’re busting our asses to finish this absolutely mammoth project, but it’s almost done now so keep an eye out for that major update from us in the coming weeks.

In the meantime, please help us get some CDs out of our house as there’s hardly room to walk in here any more. The following Robotic Empire titles and non-label titles are now discounted to just $5 apiece:

* A Life Once Lost - "The Fourth Plague: Flies" CDep (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* A Life Once Lost - "Open Your Mouth For The Speechless" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* As The Sun Sets - "Each Individual Voice" CD (City Of Hell) - $5.00
* Circle Takes The Square - "As The Roots Undo" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Crestfallen - "Self-Titled" CDep (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Crippler Cross Face (mbrs of Daughters, As The Sun Sets) - "Where Did We Put That Dead Horse" CDep (Urchin) - $7.00
* Crowpath - "Old Cuts and Blunt Knives" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Daughters - "Canada Songs" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Ghastly City Sleep - "Self-Titled" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Kayo Dot - "Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Magrudergrind / Shitstorm - "Split" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Magrudergrind / Shitstorm - "Split - EUROPEAN IMPORT" CD (Fuck Yoga) - $5.00
* Necrophagist - "Epitaph" CD (Relapse) - $5.00
* Neil Perry / A Days Refrain - "Split" 3" MiniCD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Pageninetynine - "Document 8" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Pig Destroyer - "Painter Of Dead Girls" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Pink Razors - "Scene Suicide" CDep (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Pink Razors - "Waiting To Wash Up" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Pygmy Lush - "Bitter River" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Railsplitter - "Sunday Morning At The Church Of The Head Crushing Riff" CD (Urchin) - $5.00
* Red Chord, The - "Fused Together In Revolving Doors" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Red Chord, The - "Fused Together - FIRST PRESS" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Red Sparowes / Gregor Samsa - "Split" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Stop It!! - "Self Made Maps" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Torche - "Self-Titled Reissue" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Torche - "Self-Titled (Original Press)" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Ultra Dolphins - "Why Are You Laugh" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Ultra Dolphins - "Mar" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Various Artists - "Mutation (Ed Gein, Minor Times, etc)" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Versoma - "Life During Wartime" CDep (Robotic Empire) - $5.00
* Windmills By The Ocean (member of ISIS, Red Sparowes) - "Self-Titled" CD (Robotic Empire) - $5.00

This is a limited time offer, and will expire with the launch of our upcoming, entirely new Online Store. So take advantage of this while you can, as we’re trying to get this new webstore live as quickly as possible! Thank you!

Robotic Empire - Online Store.

GHASTLY CITY SLEEP vinyl now available!! +RED SPAROWES, TORCHE re-presses!

Low and behold, the GHASTLY CITY SLEEP vinyl is finally done! Only like 9 months late, what? Better late that never birthing this beast though, as this self-titled debut turned out beautiful on vinyl. Two jackets printed up at Ross Ellis (with a thick spot varnish on the outer one) house the fine vinyl made by Pirates Press. This is the first job we've hand-assembled in years, and it was definitely worth having a billion extra boxes in-house for, as the end-result is pretty stellar! We made 1165 of these total, with the total pressing info as such:

* 275 on VANILLA (opaque cream with a tiny bit of white splatter)
* 275 on SMORE (opaque brown mixed with opaque cream)
* 275 on COGNAC (metallic gold mixed with translucent green)
* 210 on BLACK
* 130 (rejected) TEST PRESSES with alternate packaging

The test press version is only being sold along with the regular album, and these are now available through the Robotic Empire Online Store!

GHASTLY CITY SLEEP is mainly comprised of Virginia-to-NYC transplants who've converted their audio pallet from former chaos (CITY OF CATERPILLAR, MAJORITY RULE) into blissful rock-based ambience. Channeling the ghosts of SIGUR ROS and MOGWAI's past blended with powerful guitars, keys, varied percussion and just about everything in between. The multitude of layers involved here are accompanied by a warm, haunting array of vocals... all helping GHASTLY CITY SLEEP craft simply epic songs. Two tracks from this self-titled debut can be heard online here: http://www.myspace.com/GhastlyCitySleep

These LPs will ship out roughly around the time of the band's record release show on December 15th, and will be amongst our last shipment trip for the year as we're not filling any new orders received after December 10th. The US post offices are just far too nuts around Christmas time to even try fighting the crowds. We'll be accepting orders during this break, but won't start shipping again until after the new year... so if you want stuff, now is the time to get it!

Speaking of "stuff", along with this beautiful GHASTLY CITY SLEEPdebut, we have just (again) re-pressed the vinyl versions of RED SPAROWES and TORCHE's debut albums, along with the deluxe TORCHE followup, In Return on 10"+CD (together).


The TORCHE Self-Titled Reissue 12" has been re-pressed as the first press is now sold out. Touring their asses off with MOGWAI, ISIS, JESU and BARONESS since its release definitely hasn't hurt, so we pressed up 1000 more! Pressing info is as follows for this second press:

* 250 on BURGUNDY (dark opaque maroon)
* 250 on CHOCOLATE COIN (metallic gold mixed with opaque brown)
* 250 on HOLY WATER (a weird amalgamation of clears)
* 250 on SAKE (clear with cloudy opaque white mixed in)

This is the gatefold, fully re-mixed and re-mastered edition of TORCHE's debut album... which has been completely reworked from the ground up due to the band's overall dissatisfaction with the original release. This new version is a much more accurate representation of the band with an even heavier (and clearer) mix than the original, also containing an all new bonus track originally recorded during the initial tracking (but only recently receiving some absolutely epic vocal treatment) and expanded artwork.


Along with this, TORCHE's In Return 10"+CD has been re-pressed as well. Everyone who's pre-ordered this second pressing will have their order shipped out on Friday, December 7th. These are now in-house and ready to roll so please order way through the Robotic Empire Online Store. The pressing info for this second pressing is as follows:

* 400 on ASTEROID
* 400 on MAROON SWIRL
* 400 on OPAQUE DARK PINK
* 400 on TRANSLUCENT GREEN SWIRL
* 200 on TRANSLUCENT RED w/ BLUE "PLANETS"
* 200 on CLEAR w/ BLACK "PLANETS"

It sure doesn't feel like it, but it's been three years since TORCHE's eponymous debut, and now they return with a blistering new release fittingly titled, well, In Return. This monstrous, seven-song, 20-minute EP pushes TORCHE's musical extremes even further as the "poppy" songs are far more catchy, and the "heavy" songs are infinitely more crushing. The band continues to explore every side of their multi-faceted personas, presenting their darkest, heaviest and most infectious work to date!

In Return is also Robotic Empire's most obsessively ridiculous packaging yet; a beautiful full-color John Baizley design as a gatefold 10" jacket with a printed innersleeve and a die-cut that holds the companion CD in place, all housed in a thick mylar bag with a two-color sticker. Yep, this deluxe colored vinyl comes with a musically-identical CD counterpart so you don't have to deal with any digital download hassles if you simply want this thing on your computer. However, you'll definitely appreciate the physical nature of this true beast once you see and hear TORCHE's absolutely mammoth new release, as this truly is the most over the top packaging we've done to date!

Other new stuff and restocks that have come to the Robotic Empire Online Store in within the past week or so includes the following:

* Ampere - "All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Ebullition) - $11.00
* Ampere / Sinaloa - "Split" 12" (Ebullition) - $12.00
* Battle of Mice - "A Day of Nights" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Black Cross - "Severance Pays" CD (Auxiliary) - $12.00
* Black Cross - "Sink, Knives and Chrome" CDep (Auxiliary) - $7.00
* Brainworms - "Which Is Worse - CLEAR w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Rorschach) - $10.00
* Brainworms - "Which Is Worse" CD (Rorschach) - $8.00
* Catalyst, The - "Marianas Trench - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Self Released) - $9.00
* Chamberlain - "Exit 263" 12" (Hometown Caravan) - $10.00
* Chamberlain - "Five Year Diary" 2x12" (Hometown Caravan) - $14.00
* Coliseum - "Goddamage" CD (Auxiliary) - $10.00
* Coliseum - "No Salvation - SILVER w/ WHITE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Auxiliary) - $14.00
* Eulcid - "Hope, And Songs To Sing" 12" (Altin Village) - $12.00
* Final - "3" 2xCD (Neurot) - $12.00
* Grails - "The Burden of Hope" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Grails - "Redlight" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* House of Low Culture - "Edwards Lament" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Iron Lung / Agents Of Abhorrence - "Split - GREY COLORED VINYL" 7" (Missing Link) - $8.00
* Japanther / The Good Good - "Split" 7" (Altin Village) - $7.00
* Japanther - "Master Of Pigeons" CD (Menlo Park) - $10.00
* Japanther - "Yer Living Grave" CD (Menlo Park) - $10.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Coward - BROWN w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Neurot) - $15.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Trophy" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* MGR (member of ISIS) - "Nova Lux" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Monarcs / Thank God - "Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL [limited to 110]" 10" (Mashnote) - $11.00
* Neurosis - "Enemy Of The Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising - BLACK / WHITE / SILVER COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Neurot) - $25.00
* Neurosis - "Souls At Zero" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Times of Grace" CD (Relapse) - $10.00
* New Idea Society - "The World Is Bright And Lonely" 12"+CD (Altin Village) - $12.00
* Om / Current 93 - "Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 10" (Neurot) - $14.00
* Om / Current 93 - "Split - PURPLE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Neurot) - $14.00
* Om / Current 93 - "Split - RED COLORED VINYL" 10" (Neurot) - $14.00
* Orchid - "Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL" 12" (Ebullition) - $12.00
* Orchid - "Dance Tonight / Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Ebullition) - $11.00
* Pink Razors - "First Degree - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Rorschach) - $5.00
* Plows - "Those People" CD (Self Released) - $7.00
* Portraits of Past - "01010101 - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Ebullition) - $10.00
* Prideswallower - "Lifeswallower" CDep (Auxiliary) - $7.00
* Pusher - "Self-Titled" CD (Auxiliary) - $10.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn - CLOUDY SKY COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn - STORMY SKY COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Red Sparowes - "Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Tarantula Hawk - "Self-Titled" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* They And The Children - "Thoughts on Becoming a Ghost" CD (Tor Johnson) - $8.00
* Yaphet Kotto - "We Bury Our Dead Alive" CD (Ebullition) - $10.00
* Young Widows / Plows - "Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 7"+CD (Auxiliary) - $7.00
* Young Widows - "Settle Down City" 12" (Auxiliary) - $14.00

That's the main news right now. For everyone wondering exactly when the ISIS Shades Of The Swarm box set will be done, well we still don't have an exact date for you. With so many different parts to this massive job, there's no way to say exactly when it will be done just yet. There's no pre-ordering for this happening either, so another post will be made when we're ready to announce it for sale.

And finally, the CAPSULE debut album Blue will be entering production next week as well. The artwork and master are both done and this album is going to be pressed as both formats together (12" + CD). We're REALLY stoked on how this is shaping up, and a recently mastered version of "Symptom Of Spectacle" has been posted online here: http://www.myspace.com/CapsuleFL. We're thinking about doing another pre-order for this one, possibly with some kind of tie-dye'd t-shirt...

More on all that soon, in the meantime the Robotic Empire Online Store will be closing down for the holidays on December 10th so get those orders in early if you want stuff. Thanks!

Robotic Empire Webstore Updates for 11/27/07 (records, shirts, cds)

No new releases or re-presses this time (more on all that soon) but got a bunch of rad shit within the last week or so for the Robotic Empire Online Store, and here's some of it:

* Ampere - "All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Ebullition) - $11.00
* Ampere / Sinaloa - "Split" 12" (Ebullition) - $12.00
* Battle of Mice - "A Day of Nights" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Brainworms - "Which Is Worse - CLEAR w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Rorschach) - $10.00
* Brainworms - "Which Is Worse" CD (Rorschach) - $8.00
* Catalyst, The - "Marianas Trench - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Self Released) - $9.00
* Final - "3" 2xCD (Neurot) - $12.00
* Grails - "The Burden of Hope" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Grails - "Redlight" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* House of Low Culture - "Edwards Lament" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Iron Lung / Agents Of Abhorrence - "Split - GREY COLORED VINYL" 7" (Missing Link) - $8.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Coward - BROWN w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Neurot) - $15.00
* Made Out Of Babies - "Trophy" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* MGR (member of ISIS) - "Nova Lux" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Enemy Of The Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising - BLACK / WHITE / SILVER COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Neurot) - $25.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising - CLEAR w/ SILVER SMOKE COLORED VINYL [European Version]" 2x12" (Neurot) - $30.00
* Neurosis - "Souls At Zero" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Times of Grace" CD (Relapse) - $10.00
* Orchid - "Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL" 12" (Ebullition) - $12.00
* Orchid - "Dance Tonight / Revolution Tomorrow - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Ebullition) - $11.00
* Pink Razors - "First Degree - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Rorschach) - $5.00
* Portraits of Past - "01010101 - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Ebullition) - $10.00
* Red Sparowes - "At The Soundless Dawn" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Red Sparowes - "Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Sleep - "Vol 2 - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Self Released) - $15.00
* Tarantula Hawk - "Self-Titled" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* They And The Children - "Thoughts on Becoming a Ghost" CD (Tor Johnson) - $8.00
* Yaphet Kotto - "We Bury Our Dead Alive" CD (Ebullition) - $10.00

That's it, more news soon... lots of stuff in production. Peace!

Robotic Empire Online Store

TORCHE - In Return 10"+CD returns (sorta) ! +killer Robotic Empire Online Store updates!

Damn this is a pretty killer update. Although not nearly as massive in size as the last update to the Robotic Empire Online Store from last week, we did get some KILLER stuff in house this week. Here it goes...


The absolutely mammoth TORCHE 10"+CD release In Return... returns (sorta) ! The second pressing of this dual-format release has been in the works for a while now since the first press sold out quickly, but due to its fairly elaborate packaging there were some manufacturing hangups that resulted in the entire pressing of gatefold jacket printwork needing to be REDONE. Bogus to the max, but still worth the wait as the preliminary sample copies we got look and sound stellar! We did the crazy "planets" thing again, and a few other color vinyl variations we've never done before as well. Here's the info for the second pressing of this In Return 10"+CD:

* 400 on "ASTEROID"
* 400 on MAROON SWIRL
* 400 on OPAQUE DARK PINK
* 400 on TRANSLUCENT GREEN SWIRL
* 200 on TRANSLUCENT RED w/ BLUE "PLANETS"
* 200 on CLEAR w/ BLACK "PLANETS"

It sure doesn't feel like it, but it's been three years since TORCHE's eponymous debut, and now they return with a blistering new release fittingly titled, well, In Return. This monstrous, seven-song, 20-minute EP pushes TORCHE's musical extremes even further as the "poppy" songs are far more catchy, and the "heavy" songs are infinitely more crushing. The band continues to explore every side of their multi-faceted personas, presenting their darkest, heaviest and most infectious work to date!

In Return is also Robotic Empire's most obsessively ridiculous packaging yet; a beautiful full-color John Baizley design as a gatefold 10" jacket with a printed innersleeve and a die-cut that holds the companion CD in place, all housed in a thick mylar bag with a two-color sticker. Yep, this deluxe colored vinyl comes with a musically-identical CD counterpart so you don't have to deal with any digital download hassles if you simply want this thing on your computer. However, you'll definitely appreciate the physical nature of this true beast once you see and hear TORCHE's absolutely massive new release, as this truly is the most over the top packaging we've done to date!

Sorry for the $1.00 price increase though, we underestimated how much bubble wrap we needed last time and these are costlier to mail than we initially realized. And just to reiterate: WE DO NOT HAVE THESE YET, so if you order this, your order will not ship out until the end of November. Please feel free to order other stuff along with this, but we will wait and ship out the full order once the TORCHE re-press finally arrives!


Along with this killer re-press, the Robotic Empire Online Store has a nice batch of new vinyl (color and otherwise) that we've added to the site this week. We also managed to convince the way-ahead-of-their-time band LOFTUS to send us some copies of their crucial CD and 7" release. The MELT BANANA 6" repress (on color) just came in... and the debut THOU LP is also absolutely mind-blowing. Here's all the new additions and restocks for this past week:

* Behold The Arctopus - "Skullgrind - WHITE w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12"+CD (Blackmarket Activities) - $16.00
* Behold The Arctopus - "Skullgrind - RED w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12"+CD (Blackmarket Activities) - $16.00
* Beware Of Safety - "It Is Curtains - CLEAR w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $15.00
* Beware Of Safety - "It Is Curtains - HALF RED / HALF BLACK COLORED VINYL" 12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $15.00
* Beware Of Safety - "It Is Curtains - RED w/ BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL" 12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $15.00
* Coffin Dancer / Kidcrash - "30505 [split]" 10" (Denovali) - $12.00
* Dead Seraphim - "Discography" CD (Electric Human Proj.) - $9.00
* Devices / Critic, The - "Split - LIME GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Attack Now) - $6.00
* Forensics / Textbook Traitors - "Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Electric Human Proj.) - $12.00
* Heartwarmer - "Honeymoon - PURPLE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Gasping For Breath) - $12.00
* If These Trees Could Talk - "Self-Titled" 12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $14.00
* Kidcrash - "Jokes - RED COLORED VINYL" 12" (Denovali) - $14.00
* La Quiete / Louise Cyphere - "Split - RED COLORED VINYL" 10" (Electric Human Proj.) - $10.00
* La Quiete / Louise Cyphere - "Split - YELLOW COLORED VINYL" 10" (Electric Human Proj.) - $10.00
* Loftus - "Hugs And Drugs" CD (Monarchy) - $10.00
* Loftus - "Self-Titled [w/ cover] - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 7" (Self Released) - $6.00
* Loftus - "Self-Titled [w/out cover] - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 7" (Self Released) - $6.00
* Loftus - "Self-Titled [w/out cover] - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 7" (Self Released) - $6.00
* Logs - "Demo" 7" (Denovali) - $7.00
* Melt Banana - "666 - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 6" (Level Plane) - $6.66
* Thou - "Tyrant" 12" (One Eye) - $14.00
* Torche - "In Return - ASTEROID COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $15.00
* Torche - "In Return - MAROON SWIRL COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $15.00
* Torche - "In Return - OPAQUE DARK PINK COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $15.00
* Torche - "In Return - TRANSLUCENT GREEN SWIRL COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $15.00
* Torche - "In Return - TRANSLUCENT RED w/ BLUE PLANETS COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $17.00
* Torche - "In Return - CLEAR w/ BLACK PLANETS COLORED VINYL" 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $17.00
* Ultra Dolphins - "Why Are You Laugh - HIGHLIGHTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Robotic Empire) - $10.00
* Unearthly Trance - "In the Red / Live in Belgium" Cassette (Heart Break Beat) - $10.00

Thanks for keeping us busy, and international folks... we'll do our best to answer your quote-request emails soon (sorry for delays). Thanks again, peace!

Robotic Empire - Online Store

MASSIVE Robotic Empire Online Store Updates, plus ISIS "Panopticon" 2xLP re-press!

Good god, this update took us TWO FULL DAYS to assemble & upload, and a solid month worth of amassing stuff to bring you what is probably the Robotic Empire Online Store's biggest update... to date! Over 140 new items have been added to the webstore this weekend and a whole lot of exclusive colored vinyl and other stuff unique to our site (ie, no other distros carry many of these new items). We dug deep for this one folks, so please take a minute to go over the massive list of new CDs, LPs, 7"s, t-shirts and other stuff we've brought into our possession over the past month, which can be found below.


First off though, we re-pressed the ISIS Panopticon 2xLP again. Yeah we know, it's not the box set and how many different pressings of this stuff are there now? Well, this is the fourth press of the US version of Panopticon and we did it a little differently this time around, making the colored vinyl the less-limited of the pressing. We also hearkened back to the very first pressing (nearly three years ago) of opaque orange and opaque blue for inspiration, using the same color schemes but with different results. So we present to you a "deep sea" blue and "exploding" orange vinyl as well.

If you've been living under a rock and haven't heard ISIS yet, they're a heavy band that uses a lot of space in their songs to create powerful dynamics. They've gotten pretty popular over the years, and will marking their 10th anniversary with a string of shows starting immediately:

11/01 - New York, NY @ The Fillmore New York at Irving Plaza - w/ Oxbow, 27
11/02 - Philadelphia, PA @ the Trocadero Theater - w/ Oxbow, 27
11/03 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs) - w/ Oxbow, 27
11/04 - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East (Downstairs) - w/ Clouds, 27
11/14 - Seattle, WA @ Neumo's - w/ These Arms Are Snakes, 27
11/15 - Vancouver, BC @ Richards on Richards - w/ These Arms Are Snakes, 27
11/16 - Portland, OR @ The Hawthorne Theater - w/ Wolves In The Throne Room, 27
11/18 - San Francisco, CA @ Slim's - w/ Big Business, 27
11/19 - San Luis Obispo, CA @ Downtown Brew - w/ Big Business, 27
11/20 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Troubadour - w/ Big Business, 27

They have four songs posted on their myspace page, one of which is from Panopticon

NOTE: ** PLEASE DO NOT INQUIRE ABOUT THE BOX SET JUST YET! WE WILL POST ANOTHER UPDATE WITH INFORMATION AS SOON AS WE HAVE IT AVAILABLE **

In other Robotic Empire Online Store news, Level Plane conveniently stopped being mad at us after 29north shut down and we were finally able to stock up on the bulk of their awesome titles... including a veritable shit-ton of colored vinyl for all the collector fiends amongst us. Also with the closing of 29north brought us a lot of stock from the labels they once distributed, including most of the catalog releases from Hyperrealist (BARONESS, GET RAD, LORDS, etc) and Shock Value (colored vinyl abound, yes)!

TORCHE's In Return 10"+CD release sold out insanely fast but there were some manufacturing problems with the re-press, so we're still a solid 2 weeks away from having more copies of it. In the meantime, we recommend you get your weedy-music fill with the debut CANNABIS CORPSE album Blunted At Birth, just released on vinyl! Local legends in the making Forcefield Records made 400 of these on "stoned eyeball" colored vinyl. This release is so good, and definitely comes highly recommended!

We've also decided (after several extensive OCD-like complaints) to ship all of our large-format vinyl OUTSIDE of the jackets from now on. If you don't want your order(s) shipped this way... too bad: we've already removed about 90% of our stock from the jackets! In all seriousness though, this should prevent damage during shipment better than ever. We want this mailorder operation to work as smoothly as possible for both parties involved (us and you), so we will continue to improve our shipping methods in attempts to get your package(s) to your doorstep as quickly and safely as possible. That being said, this is still a super small business run out of a house so please be patient if your order takes more than a week to arrive, as we get backed up kinda easily (and slow at replying to email as a result).

A slick new webstore is about 90% finished too, and shouldn't be too much farther off! In the meantime, the current Robotic Empire Online Store still works fine so please help keep us busy:

* Against Me - "Cavalier Eternal - OPAQUE RED COLORED VINYL" 7" (No Idea) - $5.00
* Against Me - "Sink, Florida, Sink - GRAY COLORED VINYL" 7" (No Idea) - $5.00
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed / Total Fucking Destruction - "Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Bones Brigade) - $8.00
* Akimbo - "Forging Steel And Laying Stone" 12" (Alternative Tentacles) - $10.00
* American Heritage - "Millenarian" CD (Translation Loss) - $8.00
* Ampere / Daitro - "Split - PICTURE DISC" 7" (Pure Pain Sugar) - $8.00
* Ampere / Welcome The Plague Year - "Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 5" (Turnstile) - $8.00
* An Albatross - "Freedom Summer - GREY COLORED VINYL" 12" (Kitty Play) - $15.00
* Aussitot Mort - "6 Songs" CD (Level Plane) - $8.00
* Bail Out - "Another One Bites The Dust" CD (Misfire) - $8.00
* Balboa / Rosetta - "Project Mercury - METALLIC GOLD COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Level Plane) - $18.00
* Balboa / Rosetta - "Project Mercury - METALLIC SILVER COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Level Plane) - $18.00
* Balboa / Rosetta - "Project Mercury" CD (Level Plane) - $9.00
* Baroness - "First" CDep (Hyperrealist) - $8.00
* Baroness - "Second - BLACK VINYL" 12" (Hyperrealist) - $12.00
* Big Business - "Here Comes The Waterworks - BLACK VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Big Business - "Here Comes The Waterworks - BLACK w/ GOLD COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Big Business - "Here Comes The Waterworks - METALLIC GOLD COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Big Business - "Here Comes The Waterworks - WHITE w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Big Business - "Here Comes The Waterworks - PICTURE DISC" 12" (Hydra Head) - $20.00
* Black Castle - "Male Pattern Bondage" CD-R (Camp Anorexia) - $7.00
* Bloodhorse - "EP" CD (Translation Loss) - $8.00
* Bloody Panda - "Pheremone" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Book Of Dead Names, The - "The Story Unfolds - RED COLORED VINYL" 12" (Blood Of The Young) - $12.00
* Bored To Death - "Self-Titled" 7" (Sorry State) - $6.00
* Boris - "Frankenstein - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Frankenstein - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Frankenstein - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Frankenstein - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Brainworms / Catalyst, The - "Split - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Rorschach) - $5.00
* Bright Calm Blue - "Its So Cliche To Belive - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 7" (Independence Day) - $6.00
* Burst - "In Coveting Ways" 10" (Throne) - $14.00
* Cannabis Corpse (mbr. of Municipal Waste) - "Blunted At Birth - STONED EYEBALL COLORED VINYL" 12" (Forcefield) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Doll [White Ink on Black] - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Doll [White Ink on Black] - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Doll [White Ink on Maroon] - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [Black on Grey] - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [Black on Grey] - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [Black on Grey] - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [White on Black] - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [White on Black] - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Girl w/ Claws [White on Black] - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.00
* Capsule - "Self-Titled [aka "Tour"]" CD-R (Dippy) - $9.00
* Capsule - "Voluminant" 7" (Makeshift Origami) - $5.00
* Carrion - "Beggar - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 7" (McCarthyism) - $5.00
* Carrion - "Self-Titled - RED COLORED VINYL" 7" (Lysergic Drain Soul) - $5.00
* Carrion - "The Crime Of Idle Hands" CD (McCarthyism) - $7.00
* Catalyst, The - "Marianas Trench - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Self Released) - $9.00
* Cephalic Carnage - "Conforming To Abnormality" CD (Subordinate) - $10.00
* Chronicle A/D - "Enough Rats In The Walls" 7" (Hyperrealist) - $5.00
* Clancy Six, The / Vincent Prices Organ Powered Death Machine - "Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 7"
* Code 13 - "Discography 1994-2000" CD (Havoc) - $8.00
* Coffins / The Arm And Sword Of A Bastard God - "Split" CD (20 Buck Spin) - $12.00
* Comadre - "Burn Your Bones" 12" (Adagio830) - $12.00
* Comadre - "Songs About The Man" CDep (Blood Town) - $6.00
* Comadre / Trainwreck - "Split" 2xCD (Blood Town) - $11.00
* Conversions - "Prisoner Inventions - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Corrupted - "Photos - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Corrupted - "Photos - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Corrupted - "Photos - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Corrupted - "Photos - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Craw - "Bodies For Strontium 90 - 180 GRAM PURPLE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $14.00
* Cross Laws - "Ancient Rites" 7" (Sorry State) - $6.00
* Crossed Eyes - "Rattled" 7" (Sorry State) - $6.00
* Crotch On Fire - "Self-Titled" Cassette (Ramen Factory) - $6.00
* D'Amore / Dawn Treader - "Split" 12" (Metaphysics) - $8.00
* Defeatist - "Thanatonic State - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Defeatist - "Thanatonic State - WATERMELLON COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Early Humans / Kill Yourself - "Split - PINK / BROWN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Super Fi) - $6.00
* Earth - "Hex / Printing In The Infernal Method" CD (Southern Lord) - $12.00
* Earth - "Hibernaculum - 180 GRAM" 12" (Southern Lord) - $12.00
* End of a Year - "Sincerely - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Slave Union) - $10.00
* Engineer - "Reproach" CD (Hex) - $9.00 - Price Change!
* Engineer - "Suffocation of the Artisan" CDep (Four Leaf) - $7.00 - Price Change!
* Envy - "Angels Curse Whispered..." CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Envy - "From Here To Eternity" CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Envy - "The Eyes of Single Eared..." CD (HG Fact) - $12.00
* Ergs, The / Grabass Charlestons - "Split - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 7" (No Idea) - $5.00
* Ex-Members Of The Holy Trinity - "Demo" Cassette (Sacrosanct Opuscule) - $5.00
* Ex-Members Of The Holy Trinity - "Demo" CD-R (Sacrosanct Opuscule) - $6.00
* Exosus / Clancy Six, The - "Split - GREY COLORED VINYL" 7" (McCarthyism) - $5.00
* Exploder, The - "The West End Kids Crusade - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 10" (Independence Day) - $10.00
* Fiction, The / Birthday Boyz - "Split" 7" (McCarthyism) - $5.00
* Floor - "Dove - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL" 12" (No Idea) - $10.00
* Floor - "Dove - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (No Idea) - $10.00
* Flowers In The Attic - "Self-Titled - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (McCarthyism) - $5.00
* Funeral Diner - "Doors Open - ETCHED" 12" (Adagio830) - $14.00
* Furnace - "Self-Titled - CLEAR w/ SMOKE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Shock Value) - $5.00
* Get Rad - "Bastards United - BLUE MARBLE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Get Rad - "Bastards United - MINT GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Get Rad - "Say Fuck No To Rules, Man - BLUE/PINK COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hyperrealist) - $10.00
* Ghostlimb - "Self-Titled" 12" (Adagio830) - $12.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Tomorrow - RED COLORED VINYL" 10" (Adagio830) - $10.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Tomorrow - SKIN BUTTER COLORED VINYL" 10" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Tomorrow - VEIN BLUE COLORED VINYL" 10" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Yesterday - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Yesterday - TAN MARBLE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Graf Orlock - "Destination Time Yesterday" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Great Redneck Hope, The - "Splosion! - PICTURE DISC" 10" (Too Bad You...) - $12.00
* Hangmans Chair - "A Lament For The Addicts" CD (Bones Brigade) - $9.00
* Hidden Hand, The - "De-Sensitized" 7" (McCarthyism) - $6.00
* Hidden Hand, The / Wooly Mammoth - "Night Letters (split)" CD (Meteor City) - $8.00
* Indian Summer - "Black Ink on Yellow - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Future Recordings) - $12.00
* Indian Summer - "White Ink on Black - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Future Recordings) - $12.00
* Indricothere - "Self-Titled" CD-R (Sacrosanct Opuscule) - $6.00
* Irepress - "Samus Octology" CD (Translation Loss) - $9.00
* Isis - "Panopticon - "DEEP SEA" BLUE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Isis - "Panopticon - "EXPLODING" ORANGE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Isis - "Panopticon - BLACK VINYL" 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $20.00
* Killie - "Afterall, The Opinion Of One In A Hundred Million Will Not Reach Anyone" 12" (Salvation) - $14.00
* Kodan Armada / Montcalm - "Split - SEA GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Brightskull) - $6.00
* Kurst / Defeatist - "Split - CLEAR w/ SMOKE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Kylesa - "Time Will Fuse Its Worth" CD (Prosthetic) - $12.00
* L'Antietam - "Self-Titled" 12" (Adagio830) - $10.00
* Landmine Marathon - "Wounded" 12" (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Landmine Marathon - "Wounded" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Life At These Speeds - "Self-Titled" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Life At These Speeds - "To Your Health" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Lords / In Tongues - "Split - BLACK VINYL" 7" (Hyperrealist) - $5.00
* Lords / In Tongues - "Split - ORANGE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Hyperrealist) - $5.00
* Lords / In Tongues - "Split - YELLOW COLORED VINYL" 7" (Hyperrealist) - $5.00
* Loser Life - "I Have Ghosts - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Magic Bullet) - $10.00
* Magrudergrind - "Rehashed" 12" (Six Weeks) - $9.00
* Magrudergrind - "Religious Baffle" CD (Self Released) - $8.00
* Magrudergrind / A Warm Gun - "Split [1st press] - GREY COLORED VINYL" 7" (McCarthyism) - $5.00
* Magrudergrind / A Warm Gun - "Split [2nd press] - PINK COLORED VINYL" 7" (Misfire) - $5.00
* Memory As Perfection / Scent Of Human History - "Split - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (McCarthyism) - $9.00
* Mouth Of The Architect - "The Ties That Blind" CD (Translation Loss) - $10.00
* Mouth Of The Architect - "Time and Withering" CD (Translation Loss) - $10.00
* Municipal Waste - "Hazardous Mutation" 12" (Earache) - $10.00
* Nakatomi Plaza - "Unsettled - ROOT BEER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Brightskull) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising" CD (Neurot) - $10.00
* Neurosis - "Given To The Rising" 2x12" (Neurot) - $20.00
* Newgenics - "Self-Titled" 7" (Hyperrealist) - $5.00
* Oakhelm - "Betwixt And Between" CD (Forest Moon) - $9.00
* Obtruders, The - "Demo" Cassette (Sorry State) - $5.00
* Ocean, The - "Fluxion / Aeolian - COLORED VINYL" 3x12" (Throne) - $35.00
* Olde Ghost - "Totally - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 7" (Handstand) - $5.00
* Old Man Gloom - "Seminar II - BLUE COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Magic Bullet) - $20.00
* Omega Massif - "Giesterstadt" 12" (E-Vinyl) - $12.00
* One Starving Day - "Broken Wings Lead Arms To The Sun - BLACK / WHITE COLORED VINYL" 12"+7" (KNVBI) - $18.00
* Pelican - "City Of Echoes - BLACK VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Pelican - "City Of Echoes - METALLIC SILVER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Hydra Head) - $15.00
* Phoenix Bodies - "Raise The Bullshit Flag" CD (Happy Couples) - $8.00 - Price Change!
* Planes Mistaken For Stars - "Mercy - DARK GREY COLORED VINYL" 12" (No Idea) - $10.00
* Planes Mistaken For Stars - "Up In Them Guts - BLUE COLORED VINYL" CD (No Idea) - $10.00
* Portraits Of Past - "Logo - Size: Youth Large" T-Shirt (DIY) - $12.00
* Portraits Of Past - "Logo - Size: Small" T-Shirt (DIY) - $12.00
* Portraits Of Past - "Logo - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (DIY) - $12.00
* Portraits Of Past - "Logo - Size: Large" T-Shirt (DIY) - $12.00
* Portraits Of Past - "Logo - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (DIY) - $12.00
* Prideswallower - "Lifeswallower" 7" (Brightskull) - $5.00
* Probot - "Self-Titled" CD (Southern Lord) - $10.00
* Rambo - "Bring It" 12"/DVD (Havoc) - $10.00
* Reversal Of Man - "Revolution Summer" 10" (Independence Day) - $10.00
* Saviours - "Crucifire - RED COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $12.00
* Saviours - "Crucifire - TRANSLUCENT GOLD COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $12.00
* Saviours - "Crucifire" CD (Level Plane) - $10.00
* Searching For Chin - "Context" CD (McCarthyism) - $8.00
* Seven Days Of Samsara - "Never Stop Attacking" CD (Flowerviolence) - $10.00
* Shepherds (members of Meneguar) - "Loco Hills" CD (Release The Bats) - $10.00
* Skitsystem - "Enkel Resa Till Rannstenen" CD (Havoc) - $9.00
* Skitsystem - "Gra Varld, Svarta Tanakar" CD (Havoc) - $9.00
* Sleep - "Holy Mountain" 2x12" (Kreation) - $16.00
* Song Of Zarathrusta - "Birth Of Tragedy - GREY COLORED VINYL" 12" (Blood Of The Young) - $12.00
* Song Of Zarathrusta - "Discography - PICTURE DISC" 10" (Blood Of The Young) - $12.00
* Song Of Zarathrusta - "Discography" CD (Blood Of The Young) - $10.00
* Souvenirs Young America - "An Ocean Without Water - CLEAR w/ BLACK SMOKE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Crucial Blast) - $12.00
* Sparrows Swarm And Sing - "O Shenandoah, Mighty Death Will Find Me" CD (Magic Bullet) - $10.00
* Spirit Caravan - "Elusive Truth - GREEN COLORED VINYL" 12" (Tolotta) - $14.00
* Suis La Lune - "Quiet, Pull The Strings - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 12" (Release The Bats) - $10.00
* Switchblade - "2006" CD (Cyclop Media) - $9.00
* Tar... Feathers - "Rumours Travel Fast / Mother Of Three [black sleeve]" 7" (Release The Bats) - $6.00
* Tar... Feathers - "Rumours Travel Fast / Mother Of Three [white sleeve]" 7" (Release The Bats) - $6.00
* This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - "Dance Party With - TRANSLUCENT GOLD COLORED VINYL" 10" (No Idea) - $9.00
* This Ship Will Sink / Is This Real - "Split" 7" (Cremo) - $6.00
* This Will Destroy You - "Young Mountain" CD (Magic Bullet) - $10.00
* Through The Eyes Of The Dead - "Malice" CD (Prosthetic) - $12.00
* Tides / Giant - "Split - RED / CREAM COLORED VINYL" 12" (Level Plane) - $14.00
* Tornavalanche - "No Money, No Problems" CDep (Level Plane) - $7.00
* Total Fucking Destruction - "Zen And The Art Of..." CD (Translation Loss) - $9.00
* Towers - "Self-Titled" CD (Turnstile) - $12.00
* Towers / They And The Children - "Split - CLEAR / BEER COLORED VINYL" 7" (Shock Value) - * $5.00
* Tragedy - "Nerve Damage" 12" (Self Released) - $10.00
* Tristeza - "Espuma" CDep (Gravity) - $6.00 - Price Change!
* Ultra Dolphins / Order - "Split - RED COLORED VINYL" 7" (Blood of the Drash) - $5.00
* Various Artists (Municipal Waste, Pink Razors, Snack Truck, etc.) - "Best Friends Day 6 Comp" 12" (Rorschach) - $10.00
* Vidablue, The - "Our Miracle Point Of Contact" 12" (Blood Of The Young) - $12.00
* Vidablue, The - "Our Miracle Point Of Contact" CD (Blood Of The Young) - $10.00
* Warwolf - "Self-Titled - SKY BLUE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Warwolf - "Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 7" (Level Plane) - $5.00
* Welcome The Plague Year - "Self-Titled" CD (Turnstile) - $11.00
* Welcome The Plague Year - "Three Color" Patch (Turnstile) - $1.00
* What Price Wonderland - "Thirty With A Wink" 12" (Pure Pain Sugar) - $10.00
* Yacopsae / Deep - "Split" 5" (Mentale Hygiene) - $8.00
* Yacopsae / Your Kingdome Is Doomed - "Split" 7" (Mentale Hygiene) - $6.00
* Yakuza - "Transmutations" CD (Prosthetic) - $12.00

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new CANNABIS CORPSE t-shirt now available!! +Robotic Empire Online Store updates

So it's been a while since Robotic Empire made a new t-shirt and what other way to show our undying love for drugs and metal than to combine forces with Richmond's own CANNABIS CORPSE!?! Yep, our incredible death metal brethren have allowed us to print up this brutal new four-color t-shirt with spot-on artwork by another local Richmond artist, Jim Callahan. This new shirt truly celebrates the dangerous nature of CANNABIS CORPSE's bud-monster fan base, as two are featured together on this shirt, rolling up captured human beings into delicious joints! Of course, we mean "tobacco cigarettes" for the narcs out there.

Seriously though, this shirt turned out fucking incredible and we're really stoked to have this thing for sale. Click here for a more detailed view of the artwork, or click here for a photo of the actual printed t-shirt! We're charging $15 for this (postage paid in the USA) and the band now has these shirts as well if you'd rather support them directly. We got an insane amount of sizes printed (Youth Large through Double Extra Large) and this is available NOW in the Robotic Empire Online Store!

For the unfortunate metalheads out there who haven't CANNABIS CORPSE yet (and if you somehow can't guess what they sound like), this Richmond-based combo of BATTLEMASTER and MUNICIPAL WASTE members pay homage to the mighty CANNIBAL CORPSE and marijuana simultaneously... through blistering weed-inspired death metal! It's not a parody though, as their songs actually RIP! Seriously, check out four dank samples via overlord myspace.

If you like what you hear/see, please pick up the new shirt, their debut Blunted At Birth album, and/or the new BATTLEMASTER album (both released by Forcefield Records) which absolutely destroys as well! Forcefield is a pretty badass local Richmond label releasing some awesome (and varied) stuff, check them out too!

OK now that we've hyped the fuck out of our favorite crop of Richmond metalheads, maybe you're more interested in colored vinyl and stuff so here's a few restocks to the Robotic Empire Online Store over the past week or whatever:

* Back When - "We Sang As Ghosts - COLORED VINYL" 2x12" (Shock Value) - $15.50
* Back When - "We Sang As Ghosts" CD (Shock Value) - $10.00
* Boris - "Akuma No Uta - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Akuma No Uta - Size: Medium" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Akuma No Uta - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Boris - "Akuma No Uta - Size: Extra Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $14.00
* Brainworms - "Which Is Worse" CD (Rorschach) - $8.00
* Bright Calm Blue - "Asymmetry Set" 12" (Independence Day) - $9.00
* Catalyst, The - "A Hospital Visit" CDep (McCarthyism) - $7.00
* Charles Bronson - "Mugshot - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $12.00
* Charles Bronson - "Mugshot - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $12.00
* Ed Gein - "Its A Shame - RED COLORED VINYL" 12" (Shock Value) - $10.50
* Flowers In The Attic - "Human - LIME GREEN SPLATTER COLORED VINYL" 10" (McCarthyism) - $8.00
* Flowers In The Attic - "Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL" 12" (McCarthyism) - $9.00
* Hidden Hand, The / Wooly Mammoth - "Night Letters (split)" 12" (McCarthyism) - $9.00
* Indian Summer - "Discography" 12" (Adagio 830) - $12.00
* Joshua Fit For Battle - "To Bring Our Own End - METALLIC GOLD COLORED VINYL" 12" (Shock Value) - $10.50
* Joshua Fit For Battle - "To Bring Our Own End - CLEAR COLORED VINYL" 12" (Shock Value) - $10.50
* Now, The - "Self-Titled" 12" (Ohnono) - $10.00
* South, The / Hypatia - "Split" 12" (Dead Tank) - $8.00
* They And The Children - "Thoughts On Becoming A Ghost - PURPLE/SILVER COLORED VINYL" 12" (Shock Value) - $10.00
* Xasthur - "Logo - Size: Small" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $12.00
* Xasthur - "Logo - Size: Large" T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $12.00

Thanks / Peace! - Robotic Empire Mailorder Crew

ISIS - Panopticon 2xLP re-press now available! +Robotic Empire Online Store updates galore

Wow, did we ever get swamped with tons of orders for the new TORCHE EP, the In Return 10"+CD (together)! Major thanks to everyone who's kept us busy over the last few weeks... but because we need constant chaos, here's another Robotic Empire Online Store update for ya!


First and foremost, the long-awaited repress of ISIS' landmark Panopticon album on 2xLP has finally commenced! This incredible full-length has been out of print for a couple of years now, and to celebrate the occasion we have re-released this beast on several colors of vinyl (of course). 2000 more copies have been made, 1100 of which are on black. The other 900 copies are divided evenly over three colors of vinyl (300 copies each) of a Cokebottle Blue & Clear mix w/ Silver Smoke, a Half Clear / Half Cokebottle Green w/ Splatter, and a Grey / Silver mix that looks like an awesome marble gray! The color combinations compliment the gatefold album art nicely, and we're pretty stoked to finally have this thing back in print!

For those who didn't get a chance to check out Panopticon the first time around, it really has been a defining release for ISIS as it is their third full-length, and was recorded directly after the band transplanted from Boston to Los Angeles. The melodic and mellow moments of past are seen explored much further, and the heavier elements are absolutely crushing as well. In hindsight, it's the perfect transition between the pummeling nature of its monstrous predecessor Oceanic, and the more atmospheric elements of their latest album In The Absence Of Truth. Again, we're really pleased to have this back in print as it's one of our favorite ISIS releases to date and we're proud to make it available again!

The opening track from Panopticon , "So Did We" can be heard online here.

Beyond this 2xLP repress and the recent represses of ISIS' In The Absence Of Truth 2xLP and the members-of represses for RED SPAROWES At The Soundless Dawn 2xLP and Every Red Heart Shines Toward The Red Sun 2xLP, we've been busy packing up all of the TORCHE and PYGMY LUSH pre-orders that include t-shirts. If you're still waiting on this/these from us, your package is literally in the mail or on its way to the post office as you read this!

Along with Robotic Empire release mayhem, we've also had a fairly sizeable amount of new additions and restocks join our ever-growing Robotic Empire Online Store! Please help free up some room in our way overcrowded house here in Richmond, VA and check out some of this new stuff:

* Acts of Sedation - Crown Victoria 7" (Blood Town) $5.50
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - A Clockwork Sodom / Tentacles Of Destruction 7" (Garden of Exile) $8.00
* Anaal Nathrakh - Eschaton - RED VINYL 12" (Garden of Exile) $12.00
* Apeshit - Demo CD-R (Self Released) $5.00
* Atomic Bitchwax, The - 3 CD (Meteor City) $8.00
* Behold The Arctopus / Orthrelm - Split - GREEN COLORED VINYL 7" (Eyes of Sound) $6.00
* Behold The Arctopus / Orthrelm - Split - RED COLORED VINYL 7" (Eyes of Sound) $6.00
* Black Shape of Nexus - Self-Titled 12" (Vendetta) $12.00
* Botch - Unifying Themes Redux - 180 GRAM 2x12" (Garden of Exile) $20.00
* Brain Banger - Yellow Belly 12" (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Brain Banger - Yellow Belly CD (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Brainworms - Which Is Worse CLEAR w/ SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $10.00
* Burst - Prey On Life / Origo - 180 GRAM 2x12" (Garden Of Exile) $20.00
* Capsule - Voluminant - CONCRETE COLORED VINYL 7" (Makeshift Origami) $5.00
* Catalyst, The - Marianas Trench - CLEAR VINYL 12" (Rorschach) $10.00
* Cave In - Perfect Pitch Black - 180 GRAM 12" (Garden of Exile) $14.00
* Cease Upon the Capitol - Self-Titled [girl with yarn] 12" (React With Protest) $10.00
* Charles Bronson - Tough Guy T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Warlord) $14.00
* Charles Bronson - Tough Guy T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Warlord) $12.00
* Charles Bronson - Tough Guy T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Warlord) $12.00
* Comadre - Burn Your Bone / Songs About The Youth Cassette (Pure Minds) $6.00
* Combatwoundedveteran - This Is Not An Erect, All-Red Neon Body CD (No Idea) $9.00
* Consular - Don't Cross the Swine - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Makeshift Origami) $10.00
* Consular - Don't Cross the Swine - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Makeshift Origami) $10.00
* Cursed - One - BLACK GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Trash Art) $15.00
* Death of Anna Karina, The - Self-Titled 12" (Slave Union) $9.00
* Descolada - Self-Titled CD (Gasping For Breath) $8.00
* Devil Sold His Soul - A Fragile Hope CD (Eyes of Sound) $11.00
* Disappearer - Self-Titled CD (Trash Art) $8.00
* DS-13 - Hardcore T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Warlord) $13.00
* DS-13 - Hardcore T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Warlord) $13.00
* DS-13 - Hardcore T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Warlord) $13.00
* DS-13 - Hardcore T-Shirt - Size: YOUTH LARGE (Warlord) $13.00
* Dysrhythmia / Rothko - Fractures CD (Acerbic Noise Development) $10.00
* Entropy - Self-Titled CD-R (Makeshift Origami) $8.00
* Eyehategod - Classic Skull T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Warlord) $13.00
* Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Warlord) $14.00
* Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Warlord) $13.00
* Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (Warlord) $13.00
* Eyehategod - Take As Needed For Pain T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Warlord) $13.00
* Floor - Dove [red] CD (No Idea) $9.00
* Floor - Self-Titled [blue] 12" (No Idea) $9.00
* Forensics - Things To Do When You Should Be Dead Anyway - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Trash Art) $10.00
* Forstella Ford - Dismal State Of The Art 12" (Flowerviolence) $10.00
* Fucking Wrath, The - Season of Evil - BLACK/GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Challenge The Throne) $11.00
* Heartwarmer - Honeymoon - PURPLE VINYL 12" (Gasping For Breath) $10.00
* Howl On Despicable Wolves - Self-Titled CD-R (Makeshift Origami) $8.00
* If These Trees Could Talk - Self-Titled - CLEAR ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (The Mylene Sheath) $14.00
* Indian - The Unquiet Sky 2x12" (Seventh Rule) $18.00
* Indian Summer - Discography 12" (Adagio830) $12.00
* Kidcrash - Jokes - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Denovali) $10.00
* Knives / Villabrut - Split 7" (Gasping For Breath) $6.00
* L'Antietam - Arthur Carr CD (Slave Union) $8.00
* Logs - Demo 7" (Denovali) $5.00
* Magrudergrind - Rehashed 12" (Six Weeks) $10.00
* Makai, The - Self-Titled CD (Seventh Rule) $11.00
* Morser - Two Hours To Doom Cassette (Pure Minds) $6.00
* Nebula - Dos Eps CD (Meteor City) $8.00
* Obsessed, The - Lunar Womb - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Meteor City) $12.00
* Ocean Fracture, The - The Sunmachine and The Ocean CD (Eyes of Sound) $10.00
* Ox Vs Thunderbird - Worshiper - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Makeshift Origami) $10.00
* Ox Vs Thunderbird - Worshiper 12" (Makeshift Origami) $10.00
* Pelican / Playing Enemy - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 7" (Hawthorne Street) $6.00
* Phoenix Bodies - Raise The Bullshit Flag - CLEAR / RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Slave Union) $9.00
* Phoenix Bodies - Raise The Bullshit Flag - PINK / BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Slave Union) $9.00
* Plague Bringer - As The Ghosts Collect CD (Lo Fi) $11.00
* Scatterbox / American Zero - Lipstick Stains and Shotgun Shells CD (Blackhouse) $8.00
* Sean - Bike Messengers Aren't As Cool As They Think They Are CD (Blackhouse) $10.00
* Souvenirs Young America - An Ocean Without Water CD (Crucial Blast) $8.00
* Sweet Cobra - Forever 12" (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Sweet Cobra - Forever CD (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Taint - Ruin Of Nova Roma 2x12" (Super Fi) $18.00
* Thank God / Tigershark - Split 10" (Molsook) $9.00
* That Yellow Bastard - Self-Titled CDep (Self Released) $7.00
* This Bike Is A Pipe Bomb - Front Seat Solidarity - GRAY COLORED VINYL 12" (No Idea) $9.00
* Towers - Self-Titled - LIME GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (React With Protest) $10.00
* Trap Them - Cunt Heir To The Throne - GRAY / BLACK COLORED VINYL 7" (Trash Art) $5.00
* Trap Them - Sleepwell Deconstructor CD (Trash Art) $12.00
* Usurp Synapse - Disinformation Fix 2xCD (Alone) $12.00
* We Are Carnivores - Well-Wisher CD (Eyes of Sound) $10.00
* Weedeater - Sixteen Tons CD (Crucial Blast) $8.00
* Wether / Teeth Collection - Split 7" (No Horse Shit) $5.00
* Your Black Star - Beasts 12" (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Your Black Star - Beasts CD (Hawthorne Street) $11.00
* Zann - Three Years In The Desert Cassette (Pure Minds) $6.00
* Zann / Anger Is Beautiful - Split Cassette (Pure Minds) $6.00
* Zeroin - The Death Of A Man Called Icarus CD (Subsound) $13.00

Thanks / peace!

Robotic Empire - Online Store