Robotic Empire - Online Store updates (many discounts, WHOLESALE, etc.)

OK folks so despite a massive update a couple weeks back (where we announced finally gaining the ability to accept credit cards), for the next couple of months things are going to change a bit for the Robotic Empire - Online Store. This is because half of the Robo camp is moving to Olympia, Washington come April, while half is staying here in Richmond, Virginia.

Because of the upcoming move, we will slow down the acquiring of new distro items for the next couple of months, and start discounting some things we have a lot of. Many items of high quantities have already received price cuts, and can be found now in the "specials" section of our Online Store. This includes many of the Robotic Empire label releases, and a bunch of distro titles as well.

In further attempts to sell a bunch of stuff we have here instead of moving it to the other side of the country, WHOLESALE ORDERING is now available for almost everything listed on our site. While this does not include Robotic Empire label titles (which are exclusively distributed by Revolver), it does include EVERYTHING ELSE in our Online Store at wholesale pricing. This really only applies to folks who have their own store or distro, and more information can be found here.

Those are the main changes we're experiencing right now, which also may explain why our early-2009 label release schedule has been pretty slow. The A STORM OF LIGHT / NADJA - Primitive North 2x12"+CD is in production now, and if all goes smoothly should see a March 3rd release date. Assuming so, that will most likely be the last label release that gets the full mailorder treatment out of the Richmond HQ. A bunch of other killer label releases are in the pipeline, but most likely won't see the light until after the move.

More information on that release will be announced as it gets closer to release, but in the meantime we do have some straggling trades and other new items that have recently come in. Here's the latest updates to the Robotic Empire - Online Store for this week:

NEW ITEMS: (from 01/29/09)
* Asunder - Works Will Come Undone - MAROON TAN COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Atavist / Nadja - 12012291920 / 1414101 - COKE BOTTLE GREEN AND WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Cavity - Miscellaneous Recollections 92-97 CD (Kapow) - $7.99
* Coffins / Otesanek - Split - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Fall of the Bastards - Dusk Of An Ancient Age - BLACK TAN COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Grey - Sisters OF the Wyrd - GREY CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Life & Times, The - The Magician - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Hawthorne Street) - $10.99
* Medusa - En Raga Sul 12" (Hawthorne Street) - $11.99 extremely recommended!
* Medusa - En Raga Sul CD (Hawthorne Street) - $10.99 extremely recommended!
* Nachtmystium - Demise - PURPLE SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99
* Nanda Devi - The Fifth Season CD (Cavity) - $7.99
* Tristan Tzara - Self-Titled - 1-SIDED SCREENED VINYL 12" (TDD) - $17.99
* Valkyrie - Self-Titled - BROWN CREAM COLORED VINYL 12" (Kreation) - $15.99

NEW ITEMS: (from 01/23/09)
* Army Of Flying Robots - Life Is Cheap 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $13.99
* Beware of Safety - Dogs - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 2x12" (The Mylene Sheath) - $19.99
* Capsule - Blue - DAMAGED BLACK VINYL 12"+CD (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Ghastly City Sleep - Self-Titled - DAMAGED SMORE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $5.99
* Heller Mason - The Mess I've Made CD (Gilead Media) - $8.99
* Isis - In The Absense Of Truth - DAMAGED CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Isis - In The Absense Of Truth - DAMAGED GOLD BLACK COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $9.99
* Javelina - Self-Titled - 180 GRAM VINYL 12" (Triumph Of Death) - $19.99
* Lords / In Tongues - Split 7" (Hyperrealist) - $4.99
* Moloch - Self-Titled 10" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $13.99
* One Second Riot - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (E-Vinyl) - $14.99
* Pizza - Tape 2 CASSETTE (Sterling) - $4.99
* Pygmy Lush - Bitter River - DAMAGED PURPLE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $5.99
* Red Sparowes - At The Soundless Dawn - 1ST PRESS RAW VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) - $6.99
* Rue - Self-Titled 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $14.99
* Rue - Self-Titled - DARK RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Feast Of Tentacles) - $14.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Bat Logo - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Ghasts - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - None Paler - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $12.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Thou - Sea Goddess - Size: YOUTH LARGE T-Shirt (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
* Torche - In Return PROMO CD (Robotic Empire) - $1.99
* Torche - Self-Titled - DAMAGED SAKE COLORED VINYL 12" (Robotic Empire) - $8.99
* UFO Gestapo - Vatependr 12" (Streaks) - $19.99
* We Need To Talk - It's Not Us, It's You - GREY COLORED VINYL 7" (One Eye) - $4.99
* Whorehouse Massacre, The - IV 12" (Streaks) - $19.99

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

That's it for now, the following update(s) may be sort of small as well but we'll be continuing to discount stuff as it gets closer to the move. Please check out the Online Store if you have a chance. Thank you!

Robotic Empire - Online Store

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

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

* THOU items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

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

At a faster end of the metal spectrum...

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

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

* CANNABIS CORPSE items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

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

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

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

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

Robotic Empire - Online Store

MASSIVE Robotic Empire - Online Store updates... plus we now accept CREDIT CARDS!

Well folks, we've got one of the biggest updates yet for the Robotic Empire - Online Store for ya here. Not that we're dropping any hot new releases this time, but the sheer massive amount of new items and restocks we've acquired for this update is downright concerning. We've literally run out of space here (whoops!) as we've been gathering many of these items for months now.

More than a handful of the items listed below are unavailable elsewhere and/or otherwise sold out, so be sure to comb through the lists. Including a boatload of imports and colored vinyl, this is easily one of the most solid updates we've had in a long time.

Also, you may or may not have noticed that the Online Store currently looks kinda... bad? We're in the middle of re-vamping the whole thing, so it's "under construction" at the moment. This doesn't affect the ability to order, it just looks a little wonky and a few features (related items, "members of", etc) aren't visible at the moment. Please bare with us.

The flipside to that coin is that WE CAN NOW ACCEPT CREDIT CARDS! This is a major milestone for us, as we've been trying to get this going for years now... and are very excited to announce that we will be opening up the entire distro portion of our Online Store to wholesale ordering soon. That means if you have a store or distro, please get in touch for more info and we'll keep you posted as this progresses.

To celebrate (and also to make some more room), we've decided to heavily discount all of the Robotic Empire CDep and split CD releases. For the rest of the month these titles are just $2.99 apiece, marking some of them more than 50% off. This is not a wholesale thing, this is available to everyone... just check out the "specials" section at the Online Store.

There's nearly 100 new items (!) and an additional 100 restocks (!!), so it'd be hard to touch upon all the awesome stuff we've got for ya this time. Just check out these lengthy lists below and hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store for descriptions, images, audio samples and all that good stuff!

NEW ITEMS:
* 31Knots - It Was High Time to Escape - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Forge Again) - $10.99
* A Flower Collapsed - Brown Recluse 10" (Sons of Vesta) - $10.99
* A Flower Collapsed - Brown Recluse - SPLATTER MARBLE COLORED VINYL 10" (Sons of Vesta) - $10.99
* Agents Of Abhorence - Character Dissection 12" (Crucificados) - $11.99
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction / The Glue That Binds Us - CLEAR GREEN COLORED VINYL 12"+7" (RSR) - $16.99
* Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Honky Reduction / The Glue That Binds Us 12"+7" (RSR) - $14.99
* Aidan Baker - I Fall Into You CD (Basses Frequences) - $17.99
* Aidan Baker - Letters 12" (Basses Frequences) - $17.99
* Ancient Sky - Temporary CD (Self Released) - $4.99
* ANS - The Pool 12" (Cowabunga) - $9.99
* ANS - The Pool - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Cowabunga) - $9.99
* Aseethe / Mauul - Navitas Est Deus 12" (Scenester Credentials) - $9.99
* Attestupa - Tjalen 12" (Release The Bats) - $12.99
* Black Elk - Always A Six, Never A Nine CD (Crucial Blast) - $9.99
* Blinding Light, The - Glass Bullet 7" (Init) - $4.99
* Bureaucratic Dysentery - Open Wide CASSETTE (Sacrosanct Opuscule) - $4.99
* Burmese / POTOP - Split 12" (Crucificados) - $11.99
* Career Suicide - Sars 7" (Deranged) - $5.99
* Catalyst, The - Freak Out The Squares - UNASSEMBLED CASSETTE (Robotic Empire) - $1.49
* Cease Upon The Capitol - 1st CD (Impure) - $7.99
* Cease Upon The Capitol - 2nd CD (Impure) - $7.99
* Celeste - Nihiliste(s) - BLACK VINYL 12" (Denovali) - $14.99
* Child Abuse - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (Rock is Hell) - $8.99
* Chinese Stars - TV Grows Arms / The Drowning - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Kitty Play) - $7.99
* Church Of Misery - The Second Coming CD (Basses Frequences) - $17.99
* City Of Ships - Live Free Or Don't Tour - BLUE PINK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Forcefield) - $9.99
* City Of Ships - Live Free Or Don't Tour - BLACK YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Forcefield) - $9.99
* Coctopus - 12 Inches Of - 1-SIDED VINYL 12" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $10.99
* Conquest For Death - Beyond Armageddon CD (El Paso) - $9.99
* Crowpath / Swarrrm - Split 7" (Crucificados) - $8.99
* Dead Letters Spell Out Dead Words - Lost In Reflections 12"+7" (Release The Bats) - $13.99
* Die Young - Graven Images - WHITE BLUE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $10.99
* Drugs Of Faith - Self-Titled 12" (Fast And Furious) - $12.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $11.99
* Electric Wizard - Dopethrone - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (Eat Death) - $11.99
* Engineer - The Dregs - ORANGE BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $10.99
* FireTeamCharlie - Self-Titled 10" (Adagio830) - $13.99
* FireTeamCharlie - Self-Titled - SILVER COLORED VINYL 10" (Adagio830) - $13.99
* FPO - 2003-2008 Recordings CD (El Paso) - $9.99
* Fu#k On The Beach - I Have Never Seen Myself - PICTURE DISC 10" (RSR) - $13.99
* Geisha - Die Verbrechen Der Liebe CD (Crucial Blast) - $9.99
* Get Rad / Call Me Lightning - Split - COLORED VINYL 7" (Scenester Credentials) - $4.99
* Get Rad / Smashin' Off - Split 7" (El Paso) - $7.99
* Gods & Queens - Untitled - ORANGE COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) - $14.99
* Growing - Live 2x12" (Conspiracy) - $15.99
* Hats And Glasses - Untitled - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 10" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $10.99
* Horde, The - From Empire To Ashes CD (Scenester Credentials) - $9.99
* I Object / FxPxO - Split - RED WITIH BLACK COLORED VINYL 7" (Dead Tank) - $4.99
* La Quiete - Self-Titled 7" (Sons of Vesta) - $4.99
* La Quiete - Self-Titled - WHITE COLORED VINYL 7" (Sons of Vesta) - $4.99
* La Quiete - La Fine Non Ë La Fine CD (Sons of Vesta) - $9.99
* Left For Dead - Live 12" (Deranged) - $13.99
* Lungs - Self Titled CD (Escucha) - $9.99
* Madams - Self-Titled - CLEAR COLORED LATHE 10" (Sterling) - $19.99
* Malachi - Wither To Cover The Tread 12" (Halo Of Flies) - $9.99
* Nadja - The Bungled & The Botched CD (Consouling Sounds) - $9.99
* Narcosis - Romance 12" (Crucificados) - $11.99
* Neurosis - The Word As Law CD (Lookout) - $19.99
* No Idols - Low (Swing The Pyramid Hands) 12" (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $9.99
* North - Ruins - YELLOW WITH BLACK PLANETS COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Cavity) - $13.99
* Orthrelm / Trencher - Split 5" (Crucificados) - $8.99
* Outclassed - This Might Be Coincidence - WHITE BLACK COLORED VINYL 12" (Forcefield) - $9.99
* Perth Express - Discography CD (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $9.99
* Planes Mistaken For Stars - Up In Them Guts - BLUE TRANSLUCENT COLORED VINYL 12" (No Idea) - $9.99
* Pulling Teeth - Martyr Immortal - FOIL EMBOSSED 1ST PRESS 12" (A389) - $15.99
* Racco-oo-oon - Self-Titled CD (Release The Bats) - $10.99
* Ramming Speed - Brainwreck CD (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $9.99
* Raw Radar War - Double Equals 12" (Land O Smiles) - $14.99
* Restrained - Self-Titled - COLORED VINYL 7" (Glory Kid) - $4.99
* Restrained / The Separation - Split 12" (Glory Kid) - $10.99
* Restrained / The Separation - Split - COLORED VINYL 12" (Glory Kid) - $10.99
* Scott Hull - Audiofilm 3" MiniCD (Crucial Blast) - $5.99
* Seein Red - We Need To Do More Than Just Music 12" (Ebullition) - $7.99
* Shameless Kiss Of Vanity, The - Vol. 3 CASSETTE (Release The Bats) - $12.99
* Shikari / Louise Cyphre - Split 9" (Crucificados) - $8.99
* Shores of the Tundra - Heart Of The Beckoning - 1-SIDED CLEAR COLORED VINYL 12" (Scenester Credentials) - $9.99
* Sleep - Volume 2 Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) - $15.99
* Snack Truck - Spacial Findings - COKEBOTTLE CLEAR COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) - $4.99
* Snack Truck - Spacial Findings - PINK COLORED VINYL 7" (Rorschach) - $4.99
* Suis la Lune - Heir 10"+CD (Escucha) - $11.99
* Tanks, The - Keep Breaking Down 12"+CD (Scenester Credentials) - $10.99
* Tideland - Self-Titled CD-R (Self Released) - $4.99
* Tombs - Self-Titled 12" (Black Box) - $10.99
* Tombs / Planks - Split - RED COLORED VINYL 12" (Black Box) - $10.99
* Torche - Meanderthal - JAPANESE IMPORT CD (Daymare) - $19.99
* Total Abuse - Self-Titled 12" (Deranged) - $14.99
* Tragedy - Self-Titled 12" (Tragedy) - $14.99
* Trencher / Cutting Pink With Knives - The Process Of Villages Burning Down 5" (Crucificados) - $8.99
* Trencher / Esquilax - Split - BLACK WITH WHITE HALO COLORED VINYL 10" (Crucificados) - $9.99
* Vanessa Van Basten - Psygnosis CD (Consouling Sounds) - $9.99
* Weekend Nachos - Punish and Destroy 12" (Cowabunga) - $9.99
* Zann / Trainwreck / Perth Express / Ghostlimb - Split 12" (Adagio830) - $14.99

RESTOCKS:
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* FT (The Shadow Government) - The Black And White Album - BLACK WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Scenester Credentials) - $9.99
* Fu#ked Up - Epics in Minutes CD (Deranged) - $11.99
* Fu#ked Up - Hidden World 2x12" (Deranged) - $21.99
* Ghostlimb - Bearings and Distance - GREEN COLORED VINYL 12" (Adagio830) - $14.99
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* Hennes Siste Host - Host CD (Init) - $7.99
* Indian Summer - Hidden Arithmetic 12" (Adagio830) - $14.99
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* Jumbo's Killcrane - The Slow Decay CD (Crucial Blast) - $7.99
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* Killie / Off Minor - Split 2xCD (Oto) - $13.99
* Magrudergrind / Sh!tstorm - Split - EUROPEAN IMPORT CD (Fu#k Yoga) - $7.99
* Mammoth Grinder - Rage and Ruin - BLUE BLACK GREY COLORED VINYL 12" (Depleted Resourse) - $10.99
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* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (DIY) - $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM (DIY) - $14.99
* My Bloody Valentine - Feed Me With Your Kiss T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (DIY) - $14.99
* One Starving Day - Broken Wings Lead Arms To The Sun - BLACK AND WHITE COLORED VINYL 12"+7" (KNVBI) - $17.99
* Orphaned Land - Mabood - CLEAR COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Profound Lore) - $25.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow T-Shirt - Size: DOUBLE EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) - $15.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA LARGE (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Pageninetynine - Cow T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
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* Pageninetynine - Family T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
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* Pentagram - Logo T-Shirt - Size: SMALL (Eat Death) - $9.99
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* Robotic Empire - "Weed Snakes" T-Shirt - Size: LARGE (Robotic Empire) - $11.99
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* Shepherds - Loco Hills CD (Release The Bats) - $12.99
* Sleep - Vol 2 - Size: EXTRA LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) - $14.99
* Sleep - Vol 2 - Size: LARGE T-Shirt (DIY) - $14.99
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* Sleep - Vol 2 - Size: SMALL T-Shirt (DIY) - $14.99
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* Suffocate for Fu#k Sake - Self-Titled CD (Escucha) - $9.99
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* Taint - Secrets And Lies 2x12" (Super Fi) - $17.99
* The Spectacle - I, Fail 2x12" (Scenester Credentials) - $13.99
* Thou - Peasant CD (Gilead Media) - $10.99
* Thou - Tyrant CD (Gilead Media) - $10.99
* Thou / Black September - Split 7" (KNVBI) - $4.99
* Three Steps To The Ocean - Self-Titled - BLACK WITH WHITE HAZE COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $11.99
* Tides - From Silence CDep (Teenage Disco Bloodbath) - $7.99
* Tomydeepestego - Odyssea 2x12" - PICTURE DISC VINYL (KNVBI) - $22.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Double Extra Large (Robotic Empire) - $15.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Extra Large (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Large (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Medium (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Small (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Torche - "Bear" T-Shirt - Size: Youth Large (Robotic Empire) - $14.99
* Tunes For Bears To Dance To / El Minotaur - Split 7" (Medical Abuse) - $4.99
* Vanessa Van Basten - Self-Titled - SPLATTER COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $12.99
* Vanessa Van Basten - Self-Titled - YELLOW BROWN COLORED VINYL 12" (KNVBI) - $12.99
* Various Artists - Not Without A Fight 2xCD (Crucial Blast) - $9.99
* Various Artists - Shadows Infinitum CD-R (Crucial Blast) - $7.99
* Wildildlife - Six CD (Crucial Blast) - $7.99
* Year Of No Light - Nord CD (Crucial Blast) - $7.99
* Zombi - Surface To Air 12" (Hypertension) - $13.99

What can be said that hasn't been said before? We've got lots of good music and want to get it into your hands and into your ears... now a little easier than before if you've got a credit card! Please hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store for all of this and way more. THANK YOU & PEACE!

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GODS & QUEENS booking US tour, need assistance

Brooklyn/Philadelphia trio GOD & QUEENS are gearing up for an early summer US tour, but quote guitarist/vocalist Jamie Getz who is booking the tour:

"Everyone I used to deal with in my peer group has moved up/on/out, and either is done with it altogether, or they are now working at Live Nation, totally out of touch with anything DIY, or they are the "talent buyers" at medium sized clubs."

This translates to the band needing help booking shows in your town. They will play your house/garage/basement/club/bar/restaurant/gallery/whatever. Here is their proposed itinerary:

05/28 - Lehigh Valley, PA
05/29 - Boston/Providence/Philly/Brooklyn
05/30 - Boston/Providence/Philly/Brooklyn
05/31 - Philly/Brooklyn
06/01 - DC/Baltimore
06/02 - DC/Richmond/SW VA
06/03 - Durham/Carboro NC
06/04 - Columbia SC/Atlanta GA
06/05 - Atlanta GA/Gainesville FL
06/06 - Miami/Delray FL
06/07 - Pensacola FL (somewhere FL)
06/08 - Birmingham/Mobile AL
06/09 - Mobile AL/ Arkansas? NOLA
06/10 - NOLA / Baton Rouge LA
06/11 - Baton Rouge LA/Houston TX/Day off to drive to AUSTIN
06/12 - Austin TX
06/13 - Austin TX
06/14 - San Antonio TX /Oklahoma City OK
06/15 - Omaha/Lincoln NB
06/16 - Des Moines / Iowa City IA
06/17 - Madison / La Crosse WI / Chicago IL
06/18 - Indianapolis IN / Louisville KY
06/19 - Louisville KY / Columbus OH
06/20 - Cleveland OH
06/21 - Pittsburgh/Erie PA

There you have it, not a bad tour. If you can help book them please email jamiegetz@gmail.com If you have not heard GODS & QUEENS there are a few songs posted on their myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/godsandqueens

In mildly related news, completely unprompted and without explanation, Getz also sent us the lyrics for GODS & QUEENS' "untitled" debut 12"+CD that was released on Robotic Empire earlier this year. No clue why these hardheads wouldn't just include them with the album, but you can now find those here:

http://roboticobscurities.blogspot.com

ROBOTIC OBSCURITIES launched - rare/unreleased/demo/live MP3s, videos, etc!

After being a record label for nearly 10 years, Robotic Empire has accumulated a lot of obscure, rare, demo, live and/or otherwise unreleased or hard-to-find audio. This mostly pertains to the bands and artists we've worked with over the years, and now we've set up a site to share some of these rarities with everyone, free of charge.

ROBOTIC OBSCURITIES is what we're calling it; a blog with detailed postings surrounding some of the projects we've been a part of over the years. You can check it out here:

http://roboticobscurities.blogspot.com

To kick this off right, a decent amount of stuff has been posted to start, and this is what's up so far:

* PIG DESTROYER - full live set video from 1999, and other old clips (including one of TREBLINKA, the pre-PxDx band who only played one show)
* VERSOMA - Life During Wartime demos
* GODS & QUEENS - two non-album tracks
* GARUDA - Cold Wired Sentiment (OOP CDep from the band who opened up our "Mutation" CD comp)
* HISSING CHOIR - first show audio (3 live songs) +bonus stuff

Although this will probably be updated slowly, there's lots of additional material on the horizon. I've also tried to give as much background info behind the material posted as I can recall, to keep the archiving of this stuff as informative as possible.

Enjoy!

http://roboticobscurities.blogspot.com

A STORM OF LIGHT posts new track, announces NADJA collaboration

Brooklyn's A STORM OF LIGHT have posted the new song "Sister" off their forthcoming 2xLP+CD collaboration with Toronto's NADJA. This track can now be found exclusively at A STORM OF LIGHT's myspace page:

http://www.myspace.com/AStormOfLight

The release, titled Primitive North, features two new songs from A STORM OF LIGHT and one lengthy new opus from NADJA. The double vinyl LPs and CD will be packaged together, and also features each band remixing the other's material. Primitive North will see a March 3rd, 2009 street date through Robotic Empire.

http://www.astormoflight.com
http://www.nadjaluv.ca
http://www.roboticempire.com

GODS & QUEENS press roundup

The initial wave of feedback for the GODS & QUEENS untitled debut 12"+CD has come in, and overall people seem to dig the band! This is good news to us because we don't like releasing duds... so to stroke our & the band's collective ego, please check out some of the kind words received thus far:

Decibel January 2009 - Top 40 Extreme Albums of 2008 (G&Q got #19)


Decibel Feature - December 2008


Rock Sound Feature - late 2008


Brooklyn Vegan - Feature (links externally)


SOME REVIEWS (link externally)
* Aversionline
* Boomkat
* Hanging Like A Hex (scroll down)
* Scene Point Blank

The band has been pretty consistent with posting translated reviews and other crap in their own blog, and have a boatload of live shows coming up, including their first European tour in April:

12/13/08 - Boston, MA @ Great Scott - w/ Angels Of Meth, Zozobra, Disappearer
01/18/09 - Syracuse, NY @ Westcott Community Center - w/ Sinaloa, Mistletoe, Might, Patrons Of Sweet
01/21/09 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Kyhber - w/ Blow Up Nihilist, Abominable Iron Sloth
04/01/09 - Giessen, Germany @ AK44 - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/02/09 - Leipzig, Germany @ Zoro - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors & Zann
04/03/09 - Prague, Czech Republic @ V Jelen - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/04/09 - Brno, Czech Republic @ Yacht Club - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/05/09 - Cracow, Poland @ TBA - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/06/09 - Warsaw, Poland @ TBA - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/09/09 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ TBA
04/10/09 - Hamburg, Germany @ TBA
04/12/09 - Brighton, UK @ TBA
04/13/09 - Exceter, UK @ TBA
04/15/09 - Leeds, UK @ TBA
04/16/09 - Ostende, Belgium @ TBA
04/17/09 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ ACU
04/22/09 - Ljubljana, Slovenia @ TBA
04/24/09 - Vienna, Austria @ TBA
04/25/09 - Munich, Germany @ Kafe Kult - w/ Drowning With Our Anchors
04/27/09 - Aachen, Germany @ AZ

GODS & QUEENS untitled 12"+CD (both formats together) is available in the USA from Robotic Empire, in Europe from Adagio830 and online via iTunes.

Sample tracks and more information can be found on the band's myspace page.

Robotic Empire - holiday updates, DISCOUNT COUPONS, etc!

Well folks the absurd holiday insanity is already rearing its ugly head here in the USA, and in order to avoid a post-office kamikaze we're "shutting down" the Robotic Empire - Online Store early this year. Come December 10th we can no longer guarantee orders will arrive in time for Christmas. That's right, if you want a present for you or someone else to show up before Xmas, get that order in NOW. We will continue to pack and ship orders as normal after the 10th, but make zero promises about them actually arriving before the end of the year if you order after December 10th.

That being said, we're also stoked to announce that we're running a holiday promotion where all orders over $100 are entitled to 10% off AND a free t-shirt. We're trying to de-scrooge a bit and are offering up a free "Destroyer Zombies" Robotic Empire t-shirt to anyone who orders over $100... just let us know you're preferred size and color (comes on a black or white t-shirt) and we'll hook it up as long as the supplies last.

HOLIDAZE is the coupon code to get 10% off all $100+ orders, and here's how you redeem it: Add stuff to your cart and check out as usual. After you sign in with PayPal, you get taken back to the Robo Store and THERE is where you enter in the HOLIDAZE redemption code, and right below in the "notes" box is where you should put in your preferred size and color t-shirt for the free "Destroyer Zombies" t-shirt.

Just a little early holiday cheer from the Robo camp. Hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store for all kinds of good tunes, clothes and other crap. Not a whole lot of distro updates this month, been busy juggling lots of other life-changing/affirming stuff. Regardless, here's the latest:

NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS (for late November):
* Deadsea - Desiderata 12" (Chrome Leaf) - $12.99
* Deadsea - Self-Titled CD (Chrome Leaf) - $11.99
* Glissade - Further - BLUE COLORED VINYL 2x12"+CD (Deep Space) - $16.99
* In First Person / Storm The Bastille - Split 12" PINK COLORED VINYL (Protagonist) - $10.99
* Liquid Limbs - Orquid - MAROON w/ CREAM HAZE COLORED VINYL 12"+CD (Sound Study) - $14.99
* Melt Banana - Three Studies for a Crucifixion 8" - $12.99
* North - Ruins 12"+CD CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Cavity) - $13.99
* Robots And Empire - Omnivore CD (Trip Machine) - $7.99
* Teenage Cool Kids - Queer Salutations CD (Protagonist) - $10.00
* Tournament - Swordswallower CD (Trip Machine) - $7.99
* Tweak Bird - Whorses 7" (Challenge Throne) - $6.99
* Valkyrie - Man Of Two Visions CD (Noble Origin) - $10.99

NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS (from early November):
* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Breather Resist - Patent Cruciform - CASKET SHAPED PICTURE DISC 10" (King Of The Monsters) $9.99
* Catalyst, The / Mass Movement Of The Moth - Two Thousand And Six Six Six CD (Electric Human Project) $8.99
* Cattle Decapitation - Human Jerky - PICTURE DISC 12" (Accident Prone) $11.99
* Envy / Jesu - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Conspiracy) $17.99
* His Hero Is Gone - Fifteen Counts Of Arson 12" (Prank) $9.99
* His Hero Is Gone - Monuments To Thieves 12" (Prank) $9.99
* Holy Sons (member of Grails, OM) - Decline of the West 12" (ABC Group) $10.99
* Ingrid - Tryangle Cassette (Cosmic Debris) $4.99
* Nadja / 5/5/2000 - Tumpisa - 180 GRAM - 12"+CD (Accident Prone) $17.99
* Off Minor - Innominate 12" (Golden Brown) $9.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $11.99
* Otesanek - Self-Titled CD (Electric Human Project) $8.99
* Panicsville / Wether - Split Cassette (No Horse Sh!t) $4.99
* Reversal of Man - This Is Medicine CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Various Artists - Deadly Sins - 4x7" Box Set (Hater of God) $10.99
* Yaphet Kotto - Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love CD (Ebullition) $9.99


Last but certainly not least, we are honored to announce that TORCHE took the #1 position in Decibel Magazine's "Top 40 Albums of 2008" issue! We are so proud of our dudes that we dedicated an entire blog entry to this momentous occasion. It probably needs little reminder, but Meanderthal is available in an over-the-top vinyl package from Robotic Empire (found here in our Online Store), and on the CD format from Hydra Head Records. We're knocking off three bucks from the asking price for the LP until the end of the year as a little encouragement to the folks who haven't picked up the deluxe vinyl edition yet.

That's it for now, get those holiday orders in before December 10th!

* Robotic Empire - Online Store
* Robotic Empire - News / Archive / Blog

TORCHE's Meanderthal = #1 Abum of the Year in Decibel Magazine!

There's been a lot of praise for TORCHE in the press this year, and we've been quietly enjoying the articles, features and reviews surrounding their latest Meanderthal album. But we can't hold our tongue on just how stoked we are to be a part of TORCHE's legacy as we announce their securing the #1 Album of the Year position in Decibel Magazine's year-end issue! This is almost overwhelming to us, as we've been working with TORCHE since day one (and co-released Meanderthal with Hydra Head) and are totally proud and happy for one of the hardest-working bands we've ever been fortunate enough to work with.

That many writers are feeling the same way about the band we saw so much potential in early on, has gratifyingly culminated in the #1 Album of the Year position in easily our favorite music magazine going today. It can be hard for an independent magazine to uphold integrity when fear of upsetting advertisers is always looming, but Decibel has always managed to give honest, well-written reviews and simultaneously feature cutting edge bands that many other mags would deem "too underground" to make them worth covering. We have been honored to work with this band, and are pumped that Hydra Head has done such a killer job promoting and taking the reins with the beast known only as TORCHE!

(click the images below to see larger versions)


It is also no small footnote that TORCHE has secured the #2 position on Pitchfork's "Show No Mercy" column's year-end picks as well:
Steve Brooks' approach to stoner rock's always included hooks, only nothing as pronounced, polished, or immediately addictive as the 13 tracks comprising Torche's second full-length: If radio wasn't a wasteland Meanderthal would cross over -- it's precision pop. People have described the Miami band as the Melvins chewing bubblegum, but on "Healer" or "Grenades" they sound more like a sludgy, doom-y Superchunk (or, at times, a non-suck Foo Fighters). The album's still plenty knotty and heavy (see opener "Triumph Of Venus" if you want technical guitar riffs), but it also features some of the best hooks of the year in any genre. Last time I spoke with Brooks he worked in a pizza shop. If there's any justice in this world, that's changed.

It probably needs little reminder, but Meanderthal is available in an over-the-top vinyl package from Robotic Empire (found here in our Online Store), and on the CD format from Hydra Head Records. We're knocking off three bucks from the asking price for the LP until the end of the year as a little encouragement to the folks who haven't picked up the deluxe vinyl edition yet.

JESU / ENVY split 12" available now in the Robotic Empire Online Store!

A small but strong update for this week, as we may be the first folks in the US to be selling the incredible new JESU / ENVY split 12"! Our brethren at Conspiracy Records over in Europe released this beast, and we're stoked to have been able to import some copies! Here's a photo, followed by part of the release description:


ENVY have never left their emotionally unstable path of heavy postrock oaths, but again they've cracked open it's core and stripped the sound down to it's epic essence. Always passionate and persistent, most motivational products create unrealistic expectations but stay blind in the mist. Resembling a dose of insomnia, ENVY blaze like a grey wind through the cream of the Japanese screamo-postrock crop. Shuffling forward with solitude and starring at a dying light, an unknown glow. Splendid emotionally layered riffs and carved drums guide, and give understanding of despair. Deeply wandering through thick clouds of post-hardcore guitar dust, musically channeling the remorseless pieces that lead to the dark side. They continue to swing like an eternal pendulum.

Ever since it's formation in 2003, guru Justin K. Broadrick has let no one come even close to the throne. On this new JESU slab he incorporates melodic twisted pop elements with downtempo heavyness, creating a stark textured vessel intoxicated by the minimalism of cold techno drama. JESU holds on to the feeling of eternity, still being a modern day flymachine, yet never losing a transient sight. In a world where lies and reality constantly transform, we need new frames of thought. New bricks in the wall, and new days off to rethink how we'll spend our days off.

Yeah, doesn't fully make sense but what this boils down to is that this is a badass split, of two badass international bands. The packaging for this release is top notch too, with a study outer jacket housing the printed innersleeve, all with appropriately stark artwork by Hydra Head/ISIS' Aaron Turner. The vinyl itself is heavy, although probably not quite 180 gram. The pressing of this stunning split LP was 2000 total, all on colored vinyl: 500 on transparent blue, 500 on metallic gold, 700 on solid white and 300 on silver. We got everything but the silver vinyl (the bands themselves are the only way to get it), and unfortunately the mystic unicorn & dolphin puzzles are not included. Limit of 1 per color per customer please.

These, and thousands of other items, can be found over at the Robotic Empire - Online Store.

A handful of other things have come in since the last update, so here are this week's NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS:

* Catalyst, The / Mass Movement Of The Moth - Two Thousand And Six Six Six CD (Electric Human Project) $8.99
* Cattle Decapitation - Human Jerky - PICTURE DISC 12" (Accident Prone) $11.99
* Envy / Jesu - Split - BLUE COLORED VINYL 12" (Conspiracy) $17.99
* Envy / Jesu - Split - GOLD COLORED VINYL 12" (Conspiracy) $17.99
* Envy / Jesu - Split - WHITE COLORED VINYL 12" (Conspiracy) $17.99
* Holy Sons (member of Grails, OM) - Decline of the West 12" (ABC Group) $10.99
* Nadja / 5/5/2000 - Tumpisa - 180 GRAM - 12"+CD (Accident Prone) $17.99
* Otesanek - Self-Titled CD (Electric Human Project) $8.99
* Panicsville / Wether - Split Cassette (No Horse Shit) $4.99

Not our biggest update ever, but we do encourage you to check out the last few updates in our insanely archived new blog. That link there will take you to all the "online store" tagged blog entries of late.

That's it for now, hit up the Robotic Empire - Online Store!

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11/06/08 update: forgot to mention a few other NEW ITEMS & RESTOCKS for this same update:

* Ampere - All Our Tomorrows End Today - BLUE COLORED VINYL 10" (Ebullition) $10.99
* Breather Resist - Patent Cruciform - CASKET SHAPED PICTURE DISC 10" (King Of The Monsters) $9.99
* His Hero Is Gone - Fifteen Counts Of Arson 12" (Prank) $9.99
* His Hero Is Gone - Monuments To Thieves 12" (Prank) $9.99
* Ingrid - Tryangle Cassette (Cosmic Debris) $4.99
* Off Minor - Innominate 12" (Golden Brown) $9.99
* Orchid - Chaos Is Me - YELLOW COLORED VINYL 12" (Ebullition) $11.99
* Reversal of Man - This Is Medicine CD (Ebullition) $9.99
* Various Artists - Deadly Sins - 4x7" Box Set (Hater of God) $10.99
* Yaphet Kotto - Syncopated Synthetic Laments For Love CD (Ebullition) $9.99

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