Countdown to Bandcamp Friday (May): What's New at MAR
The countdown to yet another Bandcamp Friday is ON, with the May edition starting Friday, May 7 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 the latest update, the May 2021 edition is supposed to be the final BC Friday.
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 the infomercial out of the way, onto the fun stuff. This coming BC Friday marks another big and important day for MAR, with three new releases, three pre-order campaigns launching, three pre-order campaigns continuing from last month, and lots of new music, videos and merch being revealed throughout the roster. Plus, a whole bunch of exisiting music and merch in stock.
RELEASING THIS BC FRIDAY:
1. BEEKEEPER (thrash metal, San Diego):
- Debut album Slaves To The Nothing reissue (originally self-released digitally and on CD in 2017) available on CD, limited-edition red-with-black-splatter vinyl, limited-edition cassette tape, and as digital download
- Free instant download of entire album with CD, vinyl or cassette purchase
- Music video for "Vargas" and play-through videos for "Vegeta" and "Satan" available for viewing on the band's YouTube channel here
2. VARKAN (power metal, Arizona):
- New cassette single Butcher, featuring the title track as Side A and an additional new track "Fire & Blood" as Side B, available on limited-edition cassette tape and as digital download
- Free instant download of both tracks with every cassette purchase
- Play-through video of title track available for viewing on the MAR YouTube channel here
3. DEADWOLFF (rock 'n roll / heavy metal, Canada):
- Self-titled debut EP (originally self-released digitally in December 2020) available on limited-edition cassette tape and as digital download
- Free instant download of entire EP with every cassette purchase
- Music video for "Double Up" available for viewing on the MAR YouTube channel here
PRE-ORDERS LAUNCHING THIS BC FRIDAY:
1. THROUGH THE OCULUS (melodic death metal, Southern California):
- Self-titled debut album (originally self-released digitally in February 2021 and releasing via MAR on June 4 2021) will be available for pre-order on digipack CD
- Pre-order-exclusive merch bundle will include the CD, t-shirt (two different shirt designs to choose from), a patch and a pinback button
- Free instant download of entire album with every CD or bundle purchase
- Music video for "Order Of The Eye" premieres exclusively on Decibel Magazine at 9 AM Pacific
2. SEA SLEEPER (death metal, Portland, Oregon):
- Debut album Nostophobia (released by MAR on February 5 2021) will be available for pre-order on limited-edition opaque silver vinyl
- Pre-order-exclusive merch bundle will include the vinyl and the band's "Mountain Carver" shirt
- Free instant download of entire album with every vinyl or bundle purchase
- Play-through video for "Far More Than Sustenance Now" premieres at midnight, to coincide with the vinyl pre-order launch
- Music / lyric / playthrough videos for four other tracks from the album available for viewing on the band's YouTube channel here
3. CIRCLE OF SIGHS (multi-national synth doom collective):
- Narci (releasing via MAR on June 4 2021) digipack CD with extended runtime (featuring the expanded version of the track "A Crystal Crown of Cosmic Pain" and additional track "Segue 05") will be available for pre-order
- Music video for the song "We Need Legends" premieres tonight at midnight to coincide with the CD pre-order launch
- Pre-order-exclusive merch bundle will include the CD and "Space Owl" shirt
- Free digital album pre-order and instant download of three tracks from the album with every CD or bundle pre-order
PRE-ORDERS CONTINUING FROM APRIL:
- HATESONG (black metal / crust punk / thrash, Indiana): Chapel Rats digipack CD, merch bundle and digital download (new music video for the song "Chaos Crusades" premieres at midnight)
- KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD (rock / metal, Australia): Live In London '19 officially licensed limited-edition cassette tape + digital download
- CIRCLE OF SIGHS: Narci limited-edition grimace purple vinyl, vinyl + merch bundles, and digital download
- HAUNTED GARAGE (shock rock / horror punk / heavy metal, Los Angeles): "Green Slime" t-shirt and Slenderman vinyl + t-shirt bundle
PLUS, CURRENT RELEASES & DISTRO TITLES: Sea Of Snakes, Warwind, Living Darkness, Old Blood, Metal Assault Mixtape Vol. 3, RoadRash, Solar Haze, Dawn Fades, Beatallica, Formula 400, Deveria, Enertia, Within The Fire, EchoSoul and Roman Singleton
Get Stoked!!
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