She has arrived; the Black Dragon will take our lives. We give ourselves to her. She is full of beauty and power, but she will use us and our souls devour. Let the demons rain from the sky, let the angels hark and die. Let the bloody scaffold rein, it’s Apocalypse Now, enter her fire and pain.
The Black Dragon is here for you…
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BradVision X brings news of a new album called “Black Dragon,” but you’ll have to watch it all to hear more…
A date is set for the unstoppable force that is Artists of War to finally take the stage. Myself, Skullcrucher and Dynamo are very proud to announce that we will be performing on Friday April 13th with Caltrop, Utah and MAKE to help support the American Cancer Society’s UGA Relay For Life.
The event will mark our first public performance of Artists of War songs in nearly a year. It will also mark the debut of our latest opus: Visitor. Half of our merch sales will go to the society in hopes of finding a cure for the terrible disease which takes the lives of nearly 8 million people a year.
Everybody come out and let’s raise some money for the cure (and maybe raise some hell while we’re at it!)
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So I’ve been working real hard lately on new music and on remixing the older tunes that I mentioned I would release as independent mini-albums.
So the tracklist for Visitor has changed with the addition of another song. It now looks like this:
Visitor
1. Shogun Assasin
2. Zombie Hunter
3. The Drone Machine
4. Carrier
5. House of Clouds
6. What Lies Above (And Below)
7. Out on Wings of Gold
8. Stormbringer
I built a new computer last week and have been using it to remix and record new songs. They are not all done yet, but will be soon.
The release date for Visitor will be Tuesday March 13, 2012.
Lastly, I’m working on new material for yet another full-length release. As of right now I have about 37 mins of music. As with all my albums / songs, the creative process will be very evolutionary, so nothing is set in stone. I can say that this will not be another concept album. I just want o have fun writing this record without the stress of sticking to a concept. Admittedly, my last record was not a very strict-concept record in that the lyrics didn’t necessarily stick to the story. However, I have a title and title track for the new record, but I won’t announce it in this update.
I’m still very discouraged that no labels or other musicians have taken an interest in this music as It’s my passion and I’ve put everything I have monetarily and time-wise into making the best art I possibly can. It’s discouraging and frustrating that I can’t tour to support my last album. But I don’t want to present the music as anything less than what it is. It deserves live instruments and I don’t want to play shows without those. Moreover, I probably couldn’t even book a successful tour without backing musicians.
So I’ll keep doing the only thing I can: evolving and becoming a better musician in the hopes that someday I will be recognized for my talent and efforts.
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Heavy Giant is an art/literature/psycho active bomb shell magazine which features my creative writing, journalism, and artwork for Peace. It contains the vast story and universe I created along with the album.
Peace has arrived my friends. And oh is it good. Listen for free in the player to your left.
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Download up for grabs on January 1, 2012. Gotta wait til the year of the apocalypse y’all.
On Jan. 1 the first s/t album will be made available for free download. You can still buy the physical CD in the store or donate if you like, but I’ve only garnered a whopping $20 in download sales off that album… I’d rather just - to quote the Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Give it away, give it away, give it away now” … for free.
Also, not sure if I mentioned this, but I’m going to release Heavy Giant Vol. 1 a little before the album comes out on the 1st. It might even be before the stream debuts on Dec. 25. The physical copies won’t be available until after Christmas, but a pdf flipbook I made for my New Media course will be online. I have to go tomorrow and scan in my artwork again. Prob gonna cost me a cool $20, but worth it since I feel like they are a lot better than the originals were. The magazine will tell the story of Peace as well as contain artwork and poems / articles.
So lots of stuff going on right now. Wish I could just throw it all out there, but I’ve got to get everything assembled and, unfortunately, it’s still going to cost me around $100-150 to release this. I’ve got some sweet polybags coming int eh mail and the jackets have an inner sleve so they’re going to be like little mini-records.
Oh yah, and there is another album titled Visitor: Improvisations From The Book of Sabbath that I am working on. It’s actually a compilation of stuff that didn’t make it on to the s/t. Most of the material was written in 2009-2010, but I think one song, “The Drone Machine (Arrival/Awakening),” may actually have been written in 2008. A date for release isn’t set, but the tracks are ready to go. I’d imagine this will see daylight sometime in late January / early Feb.
Visitor Tracklist:
Total playtime: 39 mins. 52 secs.
Lastly, a compilation EP of B-sides titled Droid Works will debut a little after the album is released. These tracks are all from the Peace session, accept for the last, which was written based on the original premise for the album, titled “Droid Works.” Obviously, the concept for Droid Works didn’t last, but it evolved into Peace and spawned many more songs.
Droid Works Tracklist:
Total playtime: 22 mins. 47 secs.
And lastly lastly, here is the tracklisting for Peace, or God as Machine.
God as Machine Tracklist:
Total playtime: 44 mins. 20 secs.
Whew. Well, that’s all folks. Been sitting on that for a while. Feels good to get it out there.
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Hello purveyors of this awesome metal shrine. If you have been following my progress with releasing my second album, thanks. It means a lot to have your ears and maybe a bit of your hearts too ([tearing up… sniffle… sniffle…]). Over the past couple of months I have exhausted myself trying to promote my music and work to the public of Athens and the internet. But the cards are stacked against me: I’ve made enemies, my music is so narrowly focused that it almost mandatorally requires explanation, and most importantly, I have no money. Due to these factors I am forced to take a step backwards “career”-wise and release my music for FREE.
I never wanted to charge money for my work, but I felt that it was necessary because people (my Cubase coach, MBUS professor, etc.) led me to believe that I could make money off it (I also brainwashed myself with the whole “rockstar-fantasy,” which is a load of bull since “rockstar” is a state of mind, not a statement of material success.) However, I cannot, and it is making me miserable trying to. It’s not fair, but it is the real world. And in the real world, succesful metal bands (see Mastodon, High On Fire, Black Sabbath) don’t have to tear their eyes out just trying to get a gig in their hometown. If I’m really that unwanted then i’ll just have to go back to doing this the way I had originally intended: for myself, by myself. Peace is the greatest musical composition that has ever been recorded, in my mind - and that’s really all that matters. I don’t want any money off it. I’ve gotten enough satisfaction just from having done it, and now I’m ready to move on. Rather than dragging this out with another Kickstarter campaign or some grand scheme to come up with the $10 - 20,000 that it would take to release this as I had originally intended, I’m going to go the cheap, but satisfying route:
Expect some artwork and snippets to start showing up here in the next few weeks.
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