Countdown to Bandcamp Friday (April): What's New at MAR

April 1, 2021

The countdown to yet another Bandcamp Friday is ON, with this edition starting Friday, April 2 at 00:00 Pacific Time, and running through for a full 24 hours from its start.

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 2021) and as per their latest update, will continue doing so at least through May 2021.

If you'd rather not worry about converting from PDT to your timezone, BC has an easy timer set up for your convenience, on isitbandcampfriday.com.

Now with that introductory information out of the way, let's get to the nitty gritty. So, this coming BC Friday is another HUGE one for MAR, with one new release, four new pre-order campaigns launching, four pre-order campaigns continuing from last month, and lots of new music, videos and merch being revealed across the board. Plus, plenty of goods from existing releases.

RELEASING THIS BC FRIDAY:

SEA OF SNAKES (new LA heavy rock / metal band feat. members of The Shrine, Motorsickle, etc):

Debut EP World On Fire on digipack CD
Lead single "Let The Fire Burn" featured on four editorial Apple Music playlists, 'Breaking Hard Rock', 'Breaking Metal', 'Fresh Blood' and 'Stoner, Doom & Sludge', as well as on Rob Blasko's 'Volume Forever' Spotify playlist
Full EP premiered exclusively on Metal Injection this week
CDs, shirts and keychains available
Free digital download with CD purchase

PRE-ORDERS LAUNCHING THIS BC FRIDAY:

1. KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (rock / metal, Australia):

Live album Live In London '19 on cassette tape (limited to 100 copies)
Officially licensed to MAR by the band
Full live album featuring 17 tracks spanning 90 minutes
Free instant digital download of full album w/ every cassette purchase

2. HATESONG (black metal / crust punk / thrash, Indiana):

Debut full-length Chapel Rats on digipack CD
"The Ill Forgotten" track + video premiere to coincide with pre-order launch
Pre-order-exclusive merch bundle: 1 CD, 1 t-shirt of your chosen size, 1 pinback button
Digital pre-order free w/ every CD or bundle purchase, including instant download of "The Ill Forgotten"

3. BEEKEEPER (thrash metal, San Diego):

Debut album Slaves to the Nothing for the first time on cassette tape (limited to 100 copies)
Joint cassette release by MAR and Molten Magma
Free instant download of full album w/ every cassette purchase

4. HAUNTED GARAGE (shock rock / horror punk / heavy metal, Los Angeles):

LA cult legends featuring Dukey Flyswatter as frontman
Hailed as "local legends" by LA Weekly; described as "Dickies doing Alice Cooper" by LA Times
Slenderman ... and other Strange Tales deluxe edition w/ brand new studio tracks and special bonus live tracks released by MAR in October 2020, marking the band's first full-length AND first vinyl release in over 30 years
New "Green Slime" t-shirt launching for pre-order
Merch bundles w/ new t-shirts and Slenderman vinyl also launching
Free instant download of full album w/ every t-shirt, vinyl or bundle purchase
Limited number of autographed vinyl copies hand-signed by Dukey (and Satan) also available

PRE-ORDERS CONTINUING FROM MARCH:

1. CIRCLE OF SIGHS (multi-national synth doom collective):

Narci full-length album on Grimace Purple vinyl (limited to 100 copies)
Vinyl package includes full-color two-sided insert w/ additional art, lyrics, photos and liner notes
Special test pressings w/ alternate "Space Owl" cover art (limited to 13 copies) also available
Pre-order-exclusive merch bundles: Purple vinyl or test press vinyl w/ "Space Owl" t-shirt
Title track + video premiered exclusively by Sleeping Village Reviews this week
Digital pre-order free with vinyl or bundle purchase, including instant download of "Heaven in Flames" and "Narci" title track

2. VARKAN (power metal, Arizona):

New release Butcher on black-shell cassette tape (limited to 100 copies)
Playthrough video premiere for title track to coincide w/ April BC Friday
Merch bundle: 1 cassette tape, 1 t-shirt of your chosen size, 1 patch, 1 pinback button, 1 guitar pick and 2 stickers
Digital pre-order free with cassette or bundle purchase, including instant download of title track

3. DEADWOLFF (New Wave of Heavy Rock 'N Roll, Canada):

Self-Titled EP on black-shell cassette tape (limited to 100 copies)
"Double Up" video out now
Merch bundle: 1 cassette tape and 1 t-shirt of your chosen size
Instant digital download of entire 5-song EP free with cassette or bundle purchase
CANADIAN FANS, PLEASE NOTE: All orders coming in from Canada-based customers will be fulfilled from Canada itself, so you will NOT be required to pay US-to-Canada shipping rates for your purchase

4. BEEKEEPER:

Debut album Slaves to the Nothing for the first time on vinyl
Red vinyl with black splatter (limited to 100 copies)
Vinyl package includes full-color two-sided insert w/ additional art, lyrics, photos and liner notes
Test pressings w/ alternate "Bee Babe" cover art (limited to 13 copies)
Merch bundles: 1 vinyl LP and 1 "Bee Babe" t-shirt in your chosen size
Instant digital download of entire album free w/ vinyl or bundle purchase

BC FRIDAY SPECIAL DEALS:

SEA SLEEPER (death metal / progressive metal, Portland, Oregon): FREE "Death Mountain" shirt w/ every purchase of Nostophobia CD, until shirts run out

PLUS, CURRENT RELEASES & DISTRO TITLES: Warwind, Living Darkness, Old Blood, Metal Assault Mixtape Vol. 3, Hvile I Kaos / Emerson Sinclair split, RoadRash, Solar Haze, Dawn Fades, Beatallica, Formula 400, Deveria, Enertia, Within The Fire, EchoSoul and Roman Singleton

Get Stoked!!
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