Local H "Local H's Awesome Quarantine Mixtape"

LP - $15.30
STREET DATE: 3/18/22
CAT #: BPR075
LABEL: Brutal Panda

Rock n' roll stalwarts Local H remain as prolific and hungry as ever three decades into their perennially loud career and even a global pandemic couldn't put a stop to that. During quarantine, LOCAL H frontman Scott Lucas began doing live streams from his living room (or bathroom… or bedroom…) on a near-daily basis. He covered everyone from Prince to Blondie to Fountains Of Wayne to Mark Lanegan. Fast forward a couple of months later and the band decided to pick the best of those “sessions” and record them for the third entry in their series of cover albums, aptly titled LOCAL H’s AWESOME QUARANTINE MIX-TAPE #3.

Recorded at Million Yen Studios in Chicago with their longtime collaborator Andy Gerber, the Awesome Quarantine Mix Tape is a testament to the solace that music can provide during the most difficult of times. Local H is set to embark on months of steady touring in support of the release, celebrating the return of live music and the world getting back into motion.

TRACK LISTING:

1. When Doves Cry (Acoustic) - Prince
2. Strangers - The Kinks
3. Brandy (You're A Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
4. Here Comes The Rain Again - Eurythmics
5. Big Log - Robert Plant
6. Hackensack- Fountains Of Wayne
7. Ugly Sunday - Mark Lanegan
8. Dreaming - Blondie
9. When Doves Cry (Electric) - Prince

MARKETING POINTS:

• Album had features and reviews with Revolver, Metal Injection, Consequence of Sound, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Paste, New Noise, Decibel and Spin
• Band had MTV appearances in 1990s and recent online streams with Metal Injection and Audiotree

FOR FANS OF:
Toadies, Eve 6, Mudhoney, Dinosaur Jr, Melvins

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Ritual Earth "MMXX"

LP - $14.65 / CD - $7.00
LP UPC: 603111749310
CD UPC: 603111749341
STREET DATE: 3/18/22
CAT #: IOD020
LABEL: Iodine Recordings

Philadelphia’s Psych-Metal outfit bestow their epic debut album. “MMXX” delivers monolithic riffs in a vast soundscape with pounding heavy grooves and vocal hooks. Emerging from the darkness of a collapsing nebula, Ritual Earth reverberates the electronic radiation of all things Doom, Space, and Psychedelia. Heavy, Slow, Atmospheric and Dark. Seven charged, dystopian transmissions set to the pulse of the dying universe to come.

Ritual Earth formed in 2018 when Philadelphia cult sludge veterans, Chimpgrinder, found themselves in need of a new vocalist capable of aiding the band with their journey into new musical exploration and refining their sound. The band quickly connected with former hardcore vocalist George Chamberlin (Autumn, Aim of Conrad), who’s vocal range allowed the band slow to a more expansive and layered sound. The pairing resulted in a new band that merged the riff-rock stylings of Heavy Psychedelia, the slow tempos of Doom Metal, and the atmospheric elements of Shoegaze. The band later added keyboardist Mark Boyce (Boss Hogg, Delta 72) who included synthesizers and electronic elements to the music.

Throughout 2019, Ritual Earth began playing shows along the East Coast and released a three-song demo, that received positive reviews and acclaim from listeners and critics due to their unique sound and crossover appeal. The band gained a following in the Philadelphia area while sharing the stage with bands like High Reeper, Age of Truth, Green Meteor, and Thunderbird Divine to name a few.

By September 2020, the band finished writing and recording their debut full length while working with engineer David Downhan and Gradwell. The album quickly grabbed the attention of several labels, and the band began working with Iodine Recordings, who Chamberlin had previously worked with while in Aim of Conrad. Iodine Recordings is excited to present Ritual Earth’s debut album “MMXX”.

Track Listing:

1. Solar Ecstasy
2. Escape Velocity
3. Reprisal / Nebulas Diabolos
4. Free From My Vessel
5. I Am Dreadnaught
6. Ascension Dimension

MARKETING POINTS:

• Debut Release by Ritual Earth
• Promotional free Flexi Vinyl containing bonus track “Distress Signal”
• Shows and Tours planned for 2022 (US / Europe)
• Featuring members of: Aim of Conrad, Autumn, and Chimpgrinder
• Crossover appeal in various genres

FOR FANS OF:
Kyuss, Elder, Nebula, YOB, Monolord, Cave In

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Funeral Pile “Evoked In Flames”

LP - $12.00 / CD - $7.00
STREET DATE: 3/11/22
CAT #: PROTAG067
LABEL: Protagonist

A formidable German quartet comprised of Annike, Martin, Matthias, and Ralf, Funeral Pile was born in January of 2020 from the ashes of previous bands. Their wide variety of musical influences inspired them to create a sound of their own, combining elements of black metal, death metal, and thrash. With atmospheric touches and epic song structures, this debut album is an entire metal experience in itself, providing listeners little mercy on their journey into the flames!

TRACK LISTING:

1. Evoked in Flames
2. Funeral Pile
3. Food for the Flies
4. Dead End Red Sand *
5. King Cockroach vs. The Lizard Queen
6. Nameless City
7. Dead Horse Trail
8. Klondike (The White Silence)
9. Like the Ocean's Tide

*CD / Digital Bonus Track

MARKETING POINTS:

• Vinyl Includes Download Code

FOR FANS OF:
Dark Tranquility, Panopticon, At The Gates, Umbra Vitae, Wayfarer, In Flames

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God's Hate "God's Hate"

LP - $17.50
LP UPC: 195497914425
STREET DATE: 3/11/22
CAT #: CCA081
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

“Life is hard—be harder.”

That’s the driving ethos behind God’s Hate, one of the hardest hardcore bands in the land. Co-founded by Colin Young of Twitching Tongues and vocalist/AEW professional wrestler Brody King, God’s Hate set out to re-establish the mantle of hardness created by East Coast HC titans Merauder, Hatebreed and the seminal Troy-core scene of the late 80s and early 90s.

Tracked at The Pit Recording Studio in Van Nuys, CA, by Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Zous) between August 2019 and the summer of 2020, the record marks a significant lineup shift for God’s Hate. This time, Colin, King and guitarist Anthonie Gonzalez are joined by Twitching Tongues bassist Alec Faber, Taylor Young on lead guitar and third guitarist Martin Stewart. Features original artwork by Marc Nava and Tim Lehi.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Number One
2. Be Harder
3. Finish The Job
4. Six Feet Deep
5. God’s Hate
6. Eternity of Hate
7. Violence Unlimited
8. The Valley Beyond (818)
9. War Man
10. Social Class Warfare

MARKETING POINTS:

• Features Colin Young of Twitching Tongue and AEW professional wrestler Brody King

FOR FANS OF:
Hatebreed, Merauder, Dying Fetus

Vein.fm "This World Is Going To Ruin You"

LP - $17.50 / CD - $8.00
LP UPC: 196006448233
CD UPC: 196006447694
STREET DATE: 3/4/22
CAT #: CCA090
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

This World Is Going To Ruin You. Engineered and produced with Grammy winning producer Will Putney of Graphic Nature Audio in April 2020, just weeks into a global shutdown, to create the bands latest twelve track full length album. Featuring guest appearances from artists Geoff Rickly, Jeff Smith and Bones, as well as the original artwork and typography of Autumn Morgan. Packaged in a gatefold LP jacket, accompanied with a full color 12”x12” full color 24 page booklet and 24”x36” poster, digital download code and deluxe colored vinyl.

While the bands 2018 full length debut Errorzone received praise from Pitchfork stating “sets the tone for one of the year’s most exhilarating heavy records.,” This World Is Going To Ruin You will be hailed as its own formidable beast. “Every release is like its own universe,” the band explains. “On Errorzone, we made a departure into another universe, sonically and visually. It was very futuristic and hi-energy and there were lots of elements we tapped into in order to fulfill our vision of that universe.”

In that sense, This World Is Going To Ruin You is not a return to the band’s roots so much as a more fully realized version of them.“But it’s not a contrived nostalgia trip. We’re just naturally taking that part of the band to a fuller potential.” vocalist Anthony DiDio explains. “Errorzone was entering another world, while this record is Vein.fm coming home”

TRACK LISTING:

1. Welcome Home
2. The Killing Womb
3. Versus Wyoming
4. Fear In Non Fiction
5. Lights Out
6. Wherever You Are
7. Magazine Beach
8. Inside Design
9. Hellnight
10. Orgy In The Morgue
11. Wavery
12. Funeral Sound

MARKETING POINTS:

• Engineered and Produced by Grammy winning producer Will Putney
• Vinyl includes a gatefold jacket, 24 page booklet & 24" x 36" Poster

FOR FANS OF:
Converge, Harm's Way, Botch, The Dillinger Escape Plan

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Tuskar "Matriarch"

LP - $16.60 / CD - $8.00
STREET DATE: 2/25/22
CAT #: CRR115
LABEL: Church Road

Soundscapes shaped by moments of dark brooding doom and relentlessly riff-heavy and psychedelically charged movements. For Hodges and Dimmock the chemistry they share is unshakeable both live and in the studio. Their unmistakeable energy and ferocity has marked them out as UK sludge metal's most exciting prospects.

TRACK LISTING:

1. Matriarch
2. To the Sky
3. The Trees, The Trees, The Trees
4. Halcyon Gilt
5. Into the Sea
6. Shame
7. Grave

FOR FANS OF:
Mastodon, Sleep, Yautja, Baroness, Conan, YOB

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The Acacia Strain "It Comes In Waves"

LP - $18.15
LP UPC: 194491812102
STREET DATE: 1/14/22
CAT #: CCA073
LABEL: Closed Casket Activities

When a discography spans over 18 years and 8 full length albums, it becomes apparent what can be expected. With the release of ‘It Comes In Waves’, The Acacia Strain went outside the box and created something new, something that pushed their boundaries. Recorded by themselves while on tour in the Spring of 2019 and mixed by Steve Seid of Graphic Nature Audio, this seven song, 31+ minute long album dives deeper into influences, adding elements of Metal sub genres such as Doom, Atmospheric and Sludge, and creativity that have pushed the band to continue releasing new music and touring to date.

TRACK LISTING:

1. OUR
2. ONLY
3. SIN
4. WAS
5. GIVING
6. THEM
7. NAMES

MARKETING POINTS:

• Pressed in a tip on style gatefold lp jacket with uv spot varnish

FOR FANS OF:
Harm's Way, Hatebreed, Crowbar