Bandcamp Friday (October 2021): What's New at MAR

The October edition of Bandcamp Friday is now live, and runs through 11:59 PM Pacific Time.

If you're unfamiliar with the concept, you may ask, what is Bandcamp Friday? It is Bandcamp's initiative to support artists and indie labels during the covid pandemic, which has hit the music industry as hard as any other. In short, Bandcamp waives its usual 10-15% revenue fee from midnight to midnight Pacific Time on these designated Fridays, and sellers get to keep 100% of revenue generated during this 24-hour period. BC has done these on the first Friday of every month since May 2020 (except January, June and July 2021) and as per the latest update, BC Fridays will continue through the rest of 2021.

To mark this edition of BC Friday, Metal Assault Records has launched four brand new pre-order campaigns to add to nine ongoing pre-order campaigns, plus lots of new music, merch and videos across the board. And, a whole bunch of existing music and merch in stock. 

PRE-ORDERS LAUNCHED TODAY:

1. BEATALLICA (heavy metal mashup / "bashup"):

• Band's first new album in 8 years, 'The Devolver Album' available for pre-order on digipack CD and digital download
• Merch bundles include the CD, raglan t-shirts, and various other "fun" items including stickers, coasters, bottle openers and buttons.
• Free digital album pre-order with every CD or bundle pre-order
• Free instant download of lead single "Wherever And Everywhere" with every digital, CD or merch bundle pre-order
• Music video for "Wherever And Everywhere" has premiered today and you can watch it below
• Direct pre-order link: beatallica.bandcamp.com

2. BONE MAGGOT (death / groove / heavy metal):

• New full-length album Internal Hate now available for pre-order on digipack CD and digital download
• Merch bundle includes the CD and the album cover design t-shirt
• Free digital album pre-order with every CD or merch bundle pre-order
• Free instant download of lead single "Pig Farmer" with every digital, CD or merch bundle pre-order
• Music video for "Pig Farmer" has premiered today and you can watch it below
• Direct pre-order link: bonemaggot.bandcamp.com

3. ELECTROMANCY (robot black metal):

• Debut full-length album Technopagan now available for pre-order on digipack CD and digital download
• Merch bundles include the CD, t-shirts of two different designs, and custom-made die-cut pins of two different sizes
• Free digital album pre-order with every CD or merch bundle pre-order
• Free instant download of lead single "Disabled" with every digital, CD or merch bundle pre-order
• Music video for "Disabled" has premiered today and you can watch it here
• Direct pre-order link: electromancy.bandcamp.com

4. OLD BLOOD (psych rock / doom metal, Los Angeles):

• Deluxe edition of 2020 album Acid Doom on CD, with three bonus tracks: Bloody Feathers, Wolves (Live 2021) and Slothgod (Live 2021)
• Direct pre-order link: oldbloodgroup.bandcamp.com

OTHER NEW MUSIC VIDEOS PREMIERED TODAY:

1. ZYCH (epic progressive / power metal): 

2. ABSOLUM (heavy metal, Louisiana): 
 

ONGOING PRE-ORDERS CONTINUING FROM SEPTEMBER (band names linked to artist bandcamp URLs): 

1. OLD BLOOD (psych rock / doom metal, Los Angeles): Acid Doom limited-edition vinyl repress on 180-gram black 12" LP, plus test pressings
2. VANDALIZER (rock 'n roll / heavy metal, New York City): Ride EP cassette tape, merch bundles and digital download
3. ZYCH (epic progressive / power metal): Debut album Dante's Inferno Part I deluxe digipack CD, merch bundles and digital download
4. DAEMONELIX (death / doom / groove metal): Debut EP Devil's Corkscrew digipack CD, merch bundle and digital download
5. ABSOLUM (heavy metal, Louisiana): Debut album Grand Design digipack CD , merch bundles and digital download
6. DAWN FADES (post-metal / prog / blackened doom, Los Angeles): Ode colored vinyl LP and merch bundles

7. MALISON (traditional / speed / thrash metal, San Diego): Death's Embrace colored vinyl LP and merch bundles

8. CIRCLE OF SIGHS (synth doom / avant-garde): Narci grimace purple vinyl LP

9. VARKAN (power metal, Phoenix AZ): Self-titled album reissue deluxe digipack CD

NEW MERCH LAUNCHED TODAY AND IN STOCK:

1. VARKAN (power metal, Phoenix AZ): 

2. DAWN FADES (post-metal / prog / blackened doom, Los Angeles):

2021 RELEASES IN STOCK (band names linked to artist bandcamp URLs):

1. EALDOR BEALU (progressive stoner rock / doom metal, Boise, Idaho): Spirit of the Lonely Places digipack CD reissue

2. THE BLUE PRISON (instrumental prog, Los Angeles): Self-titled album digipack CD, merch bundle and digital download

3. DAWN FADES (post-metal / prog / blackened doom, Los Angeles): Ode digipack CD and digital download
4. MALISON (traditional / speed / thrash metal, San Diego): Death's Embrace digipack CD and digital download
5. SEA SLEEPER (death metal, Portland, Oregon): Nostophobia colored vinyl, digipack CD, shirts and digital download

6. SOLAR HAZE (stoner metal / heavy metal, Los Angeles): The Solar Age digipack CD, shirts and digital download

7. FERMENTOR (instrumental death metal, San Diego): Continuance digipack CD, shirts and digital download

8. THROUGH THE OCULUS (melodic death metal / eclectic heavy metal, Southern California): Self-titled album digipack CD, shirts and digital download

9. HATESONG (black metal / crust punk / thrash, Indiana): Chapel Rats digipack CD, merch bundle and digital download

10. CIRCLE OF SIGHS (synth doom / avant-garde): Narci vinyl test pressings, digipack CD, shirts and digital download

11. BEEKEEPER (thrash metal, San Diego): Slaves to the Nothing CD, red-with-black-splatter vinyl, cassette tapes and digital download
12. DEADWOLFF (rock 'n roll, Canada): Self-titled EP cassette tape and digital download
13. VARKAN (power metal, Phoenix AZ): Butcher cassette and digital download
14. SEA OF SNAKES (stoner rock / heavy metal, Los Angeles): World On Fire digipack CD, shirts, keychains and digital download

PLUS, 2019-20 RELEASES & DISTRO TITLES: Warwind, Living Darkness, Metal Assault Mixtapes, Hvile I Kaos + Emerson Sinclair, RoadRash, Formula 400, Deveria, Enertia, Within The Fire, EchoSoul, Roman Singleton, Wasteland Coven & Canens Carcer

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