We here at Storming the Base have been fans of Napster Canada since
about 2005. Yes, before Spotify became cool (or uncool if you hate it),
before Rdio, before even Lala lived and died was Napster, or Napster
Canada if you live up here. Their software was clunky, but their
selection was awesome. The setup was similar to what is now considered
the standard: pay ten bucks, stream all the music you want all month. We
used it to discover all sorts of great music and can truly say we loved
the service. But it seems we may have been the only ones, since
yesterday we received an email from Napster stating "After seven years
of service, Napster Canada will be shutting down all of its services on
12/16/2011." Oh well, another one bites the dust, as they say. So much
good music, too little interest. Thank you Napster for all the fun
times!
This week's feature is not a new release at all but actually all the new (and old) releases you can handle. From today on, you can buy GIFT CERTIFICATES at Storming the Base. We had several people ask, we always wanted to offer them, and since it's only a month till Xmas, we figured it was about time. They're easy to use, they come in any denomination you want, and they're emailed directly to the person you're gifting. Easy. Easy as streaming music in fact... (maybe that's a bad comparison today). Anyway, GIFT CERTIFICATES are here, hoorah!!
Metropolis Records announced four new releases this week, most notably the new CD and third full-length album from LA-based act Inure. The band has grown a lot since their early days, and the new album The Offering supposedly blows away anything they've done before (actually it doesn't supposedly blow it away, it really does, check out the stream we have online!). We also have Inure's self-released first album on sale for only $9.98, but only until November 30th! Also on Metropolis in February is our friend and general swell-guy Eric Gottesman's band Everything Goes Cold. EGC is releasing an EP on Metro which features remixes by Uberbyte, Alter der Ruine, Be My Enemy, and Aesthetic Perfection. If that's not enough reason to buy it, I would say the cover art alone is worth ten bucks. Seriously.
Metropolis has also picked up two European goth bands for release, first the Italian act The Frozen Autumn which is one of our favourites here at STB, and (less known to us), The Beauty of Gemina. If you know anything about the latter, contact us, we really want to hear about them! Sonic Seducer is releasing a holiday issue complete with a Nightwish cover spot and a DVD that includes appearances from Within Temptation, VNV Nation, Hurts, ASP, Blutengel, Apocalyptica, Tiamat, and more. If your thing is on the noise side of the spectrum, you'll be happy to know that a brand new Esplendor Geometrico is coming soon on both CD and vinyl. Goth on Metropolis, a wicked magazine from Germany, and one of the best noise bands ever with a new album? Yeah, it's a good week.
Now this next band seriously kicks ass: if you're familiar with Jason Novak and his projects Acumen Nation and Dj?Acucrack, you'll be pretty hyped to know that his newest project is a pretty bad-ass metal band called Czar. We've got their new album coming on CD and vinyl, and their first EP, all in a few weeks. Mutant-E is a Spanish label that puts out harsh-EBM and industrial-metal from bands like Inline Sex Terror, Terrorlokaust, Red-Line, and Blood. Many of you have been very interested in this stuff lately, so we've managed to secure some of the limited CDBOX editions from their releases, as well as some back-catalogue titles from Time Of Hate and Blood. Check out the entire selection below.
Trobar de Morte re-release two of their classic albums in double-disc editions. DSBP returns with a new band for the dancefloor called Critical System Error. We have two sales on right now for German editions of popular synthpop bands. Several titles from Colony 5 and Mesh are now available for $13.98. We recently also announced that Chandeen's new album is coming soon: now (and for a limited time only) you can order the album for only $11.98. And we also have Inline Sex Terror's back catalogue up for pre-order, the new album from Orbit Service, the new CD from Suicidal Romance, and a new EP from Roppongi Inc. Project aka R.I.P. Enjoy your weekend!
This week's feature is not a new release at all but actually all the new (and old) releases you can handle. From today on, you can buy GIFT CERTIFICATES at Storming the Base. We had several people ask, we always wanted to offer them, and since it's only a month till Xmas, we figured it was about time. They're easy to use, they come in any denomination you want, and they're emailed directly to the person you're gifting. Easy. Easy as streaming music in fact... (maybe that's a bad comparison today). Anyway, GIFT CERTIFICATES are here, hoorah!!
Metropolis Records announced four new releases this week, most notably the new CD and third full-length album from LA-based act Inure. The band has grown a lot since their early days, and the new album The Offering supposedly blows away anything they've done before (actually it doesn't supposedly blow it away, it really does, check out the stream we have online!). We also have Inure's self-released first album on sale for only $9.98, but only until November 30th! Also on Metropolis in February is our friend and general swell-guy Eric Gottesman's band Everything Goes Cold. EGC is releasing an EP on Metro which features remixes by Uberbyte, Alter der Ruine, Be My Enemy, and Aesthetic Perfection. If that's not enough reason to buy it, I would say the cover art alone is worth ten bucks. Seriously.
Metropolis has also picked up two European goth bands for release, first the Italian act The Frozen Autumn which is one of our favourites here at STB, and (less known to us), The Beauty of Gemina. If you know anything about the latter, contact us, we really want to hear about them! Sonic Seducer is releasing a holiday issue complete with a Nightwish cover spot and a DVD that includes appearances from Within Temptation, VNV Nation, Hurts, ASP, Blutengel, Apocalyptica, Tiamat, and more. If your thing is on the noise side of the spectrum, you'll be happy to know that a brand new Esplendor Geometrico is coming soon on both CD and vinyl. Goth on Metropolis, a wicked magazine from Germany, and one of the best noise bands ever with a new album? Yeah, it's a good week.
Now this next band seriously kicks ass: if you're familiar with Jason Novak and his projects Acumen Nation and Dj?Acucrack, you'll be pretty hyped to know that his newest project is a pretty bad-ass metal band called Czar. We've got their new album coming on CD and vinyl, and their first EP, all in a few weeks. Mutant-E is a Spanish label that puts out harsh-EBM and industrial-metal from bands like Inline Sex Terror, Terrorlokaust, Red-Line, and Blood. Many of you have been very interested in this stuff lately, so we've managed to secure some of the limited CDBOX editions from their releases, as well as some back-catalogue titles from Time Of Hate and Blood. Check out the entire selection below.
Trobar de Morte re-release two of their classic albums in double-disc editions. DSBP returns with a new band for the dancefloor called Critical System Error. We have two sales on right now for German editions of popular synthpop bands. Several titles from Colony 5 and Mesh are now available for $13.98. We recently also announced that Chandeen's new album is coming soon: now (and for a limited time only) you can order the album for only $11.98. And we also have Inline Sex Terror's back catalogue up for pre-order, the new album from Orbit Service, the new CD from Suicidal Romance, and a new EP from Roppongi Inc. Project aka R.I.P. Enjoy your weekend!
This week's coupon: 20% off all XP8 CDs!! Enter code XP8 at checkout.
GIFT CERTIFICATES
Now available from Storming the Base! Gift Certificates are virtual
gift cards that you can send to a friend (or enemy) to make sure their
fishnet stockings are stuffed with the best in industrial, goth, and EBM
this holiday season.
Simply follow the link to our brand new Gift Certificates page, fill in
the easy-to-use form, and you're on your way to emailing a virtual gift
card. We really wanted to give you guys branded, super-cool industrial
looking gift cards, but alas where did the time go?? You get ugly,
out-of-the-box, Christmas themes, complete with the most offensive green
and red colour-scheme we could find.
But they work.
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 INURE
THE OFFERING
Over a decade of high-powered performances and devastating recordings
have finally brought Los Angeles industrial dance-rockers Inure to
Metropolis Records. Founded in 1999 by Adam Moore and Robert Vogel,
Inure bring together the classic sounds of industrial music's golden era
with today's precision production techniques, aggressive synth lines,
and focused beats.
Inure’s third full length release, The Offering, wields an even heavier edge than past efforts. With production by Imperative Reaction's Ted Phelps, Moore has given rise to the band's most diverse and compelling work to date. Adam Moore's vocals weave together the haunted, distant shouts of classic European EBM with the raw aggression of American industrial rock while staunch industrial rhythms fuse with the furious riffs of Adam Vex (Imperative Reaction) on guitar. It's this fusion that truly sets The Offering apart. With special guest appearances from Joe Letz (Combichrist) and Eric Powell (16Volt), The Offering grabs hold from the first dissonant note of “This Death” until it releases you to the icy depths of “Cold."
New Metropolis titles on sale for $14.98!
Get Inure's first album Seemless for only $9.98!! (Sale price valid until until November 30th)
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 SONIC SEDUCER
DECEMBER/JANUARY ISSUE
Double-Issue + exclusive M’ERA LUNA DVD + XL Posters by VNV NATION and
NIGHTWISH. The Sonic Seducer double issue of December/January delivers
two very special extras: The exclusive M’Era Luna DVD contains
atmospheric impressions, many interesting live-clips and interviews with
Within Temptation, VNV Nation, Hurts, ASP, Blutengel, Apocalyptica,
Tiamat and many others. The cover story got interesting information
about the symphonic metal band Nightwish and their latest release
“Imaginaerum”. Beyond that, many more fascinating stories can be found
in the magazine. Rammstein, Haujobb, Hocico, Amduscia, [:SITD:],
Deathstars, Tarja Turunen & Harus are just a few among many others
who are completing this comprehensive double issue!
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EVERYTHING GOES COLD
THE TYRANT SUN
Creeping at an unsettlingly slow pace out of that weird eggplant-shaped
lamp you got for your mother last St. Patrick's Day comes Everything
Goes Cold: Corporate America's answer to the Yugoslavian "Cocoon"
slashfic.
Industrial music's most dangerously chewy proliferator, Eric Gottesman, fronts the group. A founding member of Psyclon Nine, Gottesman is also an occasional instrumentalist for every backwoods jug band from Ayria to XP8 to Caustic. Joined by washtub bassist James Webb, spoon-virtuoso Kenny Pardo, and future galactic president Mike Blodgett on the mouth harp, Everything Goes Cold will tear you a new one for letting the dog into the neighbor's yard last night. Why did you do that? He pulled up the entire flower bed, and now we're going to have to offer to pay for it or it'll be all awkward at the block party next week. Six thousand years after the 2009 full-length vs. General Failure (Bit Riot Records), Everything Goes Cold returns in 2012 with an explosive new EP The Tyrant Sun. Featuring the powerful new single "The Iron Fist of Just Destruction," celebrity guest appearances, and remixes by Aesthetic Perfection, DJ? Acucrack, and more, The Tyrant Sun barrels further down the terrifying rabbit hole of supervillainy than a 14-year-old bald kid with dead parents, mind-control powers, and a destructo-beam powered by the tears of misbegotten children. Lock down your appliances, put on your safety helmets, and get ready to taste a refreshing peppermint breeze as you await brutal decapitation at the hands of your new robotic refrigerator overlord. Or, you know, whatever's convenient for you. |
 THE FROZEN AUTUMN
CHIRALITY
The Frozen Autumn is an Italian darkwave band, formed in May 1993,
characterized by a blend of melancholic vocals, atmospheric gothic-wave,
and 80s-style electropop. Having established a name for itself with the
classic albums such as Fragments of Memories (1997) and Emotional
Screening Device (2002), The Frozen Autumn now presents its latest
masterpiece, Chirality. An artistic collage of seamlessly blended styles
and genres, Chirality is a beautiful addition to The Frozen Autumn’s
legacy. On Metropolis.
Also coming soon from Metropolis:
New Metropolis titles on sale for $14.98!
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ESPLENDOR GEOMETRICO
DESARROLLOS GEOMETRICOS (CD/LP)
Desarrollos Geométricos (Geometric Developments) is the all new
studio-album by legendary Spanish industrial pioneers Esplendor
Geométrico. Recorded during 2010 and 2011, a few of its tracks have
already been premiered in Esplendor’s latest performances in Europe.
Over the years, E.G. has developped a unique and personal style that has
influenced many groups and is increasingly moving away from the clichés
of Industrial Music. Arturo Lanz, who heads the group, thinks that
they can no longer be labeled as “industrial”. “Our music is deep,
powerful, primitive and hypnotic, using electronic instruments and new
technologies”, says Lanz. “Desarrollos Geométricos” follows in the steps
of their previous and impressive album “Pulsión” (2009), which was
recently remixed (Re-Pulsión. 10”
– deleted!) by renowned musicians such as Frank Bretschneider or Atom
TM. Repetitive and mechanic electronic rhythms are intermingled with
recordings of voices, shouts, samples from traditional oriental music,
percussions... Some tracks induce a kind of trance and you won’t be able
to stop listening them over and over again. The CD version includes
nine tracks and the limited vinyl edition six (three of them exclusive
for this format).
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 CZAR
VERTICAL MASS GRAVE
Chicago trio Czar presents its extraordinary debut album, Vertical Mass
Grave. A fusion of brain and brawn, power and finesse, brutality and
hooks, Vertical Mass Grave is a progressive, aggressive slab of what
Outburn Magazine has coined “thinking man’s metal” and the Chicago
Reader has described as “a rich diversity of guitar sounds and textures,
riveted in place by inventive percussion”. Czar features members of
Acumen Nation and DJ? Acucrack, stalwarts of Chicago’s fabled industrial
and electronic scenes. Indeed, Czar’s precise rhythms and dark ambience
point to these roots, but on Vertical Mass Grave the band detonates the
limitations of any genre, opting instead for an anthemic, emotive sound
that transcends time and place. Czar pilots freely across the musical
map - parallels can be drawn to the machine-like punishment of Helmet or
Gojira,
the skyward majesty of Jesu or Mastodon, and even the damaged melodies
of Failure - but the result is not chaos, it is one cathartic album’s
worth of seamlessly crafted songs, an absolute feast for the ears. The
follow-up to Czar’s 2009 self-titled EP, Vertical Mass Grave was
recorded by Matt Talbott, guitarist/vocalist of Hum, at Great Western
Record Recorders (Emery, Open Hand, Adai), then mixed and mastered by
the band. The sound is warm and heavy, and begs to be cranked. Vertical
Mass Grave is set for a December 6 release on Cracknation, the label
founded in 2002 by Czar’s Jason Novak. In addition to releasing music by
Czar, Acumen Nation, and DJ? Acucrack, Cracknation has functioned as a
production house, creating instrumental tracks for TV shows (True Blood,
MTV Music Awards), original scores for videogames (Vogster
Entertainment’s Unbound Saga [PSP]), and
remixes for the likes of KMFDM, Frontline Assembly, and Prong.
Also available: Czar. Czar. CD.
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MUTANT-E
SPAIN'S HARSH EBM LABEL
Coming soon from Mutant-E, limited edition versions of harsh-EBM and
industrial-metal releases previously available only as standard 1CD.
These limiteds come in a deluxe CDBOX stuffed with goodies such as
postcards, stickers, calendars, lanyards, and more!! Bands include
Inline Sex Terror, Red-Line, Terrolokaust, DJ 3rr0r, and Nekrotech!
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TROBAR DE MORTE
FAIRYDUST 2CD
 After
the phenomenal success of the recent ‘acoustic’ album ‘Beyond the
Woods’. Spanish TROBAR DE MORTE are currently touring Europe with FAUN
and IN GOWAN RING and for this occasion present this much requested and
long overdue re-release of their amazing debut-album from 2005.
‘Fairydust’ included two tracks from the project’s debut EP ‘Nocturnal
Dance of the Dragonfly’ (2004) and was an instant success in the
Neo-classical scene. Until today, it remains a stand-out album of the
genre! The music of Trobar De Morte is set in Medieval folk with roots
of ethnic European songs, classical orchestrations and a strong
epic and poetic feeling. Crowned by Lady Morte's voice, the music of
Trobar de Morte is unique! This re-release comes completely re-mastered,
with new artwork and a full-length Live bonus CD with tracks from WAVE
GOTIK TREFFEN 2011+ and ENTREMURALHAS FESTIVAL.
Also coming soon:
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CRITICAL SYSTEM ERROR
DEICIDE
Critical System Error formed in late 2007. In their short time
together, Xero and Residue, have proven to be a vital force in the
Chicago industrial scene. Angry distorted beats matched with soul
reaping vocals always get their crowd ready for a post nuclear sonic
assault. Their debut album, "Ctrl/Alt/Deceive" was digitally released in
december 2008 and has been released in print february 2009. CSE has
finished their sophomore album "Deicide" which will prove to be
Chicago's most blasphemous industrial album to date. DSBP Records has
released this album on cd and digital, on NOVEMBER 25TH and it features a
great variety of dark, harsh, industrial,noize, ebm, and without
resorting to the same old tricks and sound the current crop of harsh
clones are overdoing in the scene. This album has a more original
approach to the harsh sound with a bit more of a harcore/ metal
influence in there (without guitars) and the power noise tracks are
totally annihilating as well. THESE SONGS ARE MEANT TO STOMP THE DANCE
FLOORS! CSE show they can take on more than one sub-genre and kill with
it! NEW CD IS IN LIMITED QUANTITIES SO ORDER IT NOW AND EXPERIENCE THE
WAR ON GOD!
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COLONY 5 - ON SALE
German versions of Colony 5's earlier albums now on sale for $13.98!!
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MESH - ON SALE
German versions of Mesh's earlier albums now on sale for $13.98!!
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CHANDEEN
BLOOD RED SKIES
NEW LOW PRICE ($11.98!!). We scored a better price on the Chandeen
album so are passing on the goodness to y'all. Chandeen makes glorious
heavenly voices / ethereal music so definitely do not pass up this
opportunity!
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