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:
- Shogun Assassin
- Zombie Hunter
- The Drone Machine (Arrival / Awakening)
- Carrier
- What Lies Above And Below
- Out On Wings of Gold
- Storm Bringer
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:
- Also Gitmo
- Catalyst
- The Cult of The Bifrost
- Intermission Transmission… OK Robot
- Genetisis
Total playtime: 22 mins. 47 secs.
And lastly lastly, here is the tracklisting for Peace, or God as Machine.
God as Machine Tracklist:
- Giantoss
- Stone Ocean
- Razael, 40 Ton War-Machine
- The Aerial Orbix
- Darkburst
- Orion
- Witness The Dawning of Cyber-Hulk
- Thus Spoke Zo’ar
- Comes The Beast
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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