Shield Recordings update June 2008
06/27/2008
In our last update we promised an update with new bands, new releases and more. So here we go:
- Atlas Losing Grip, the Hunger and Smash the Statues join Shield Recordings.
- Shield Recordings to re-release Antillectual’s debut album on LP and CD.
- New records in the Shield Recordings webstore.
Atlas Losing Grip, the Hunger and Smash the Statues join Shield Recordings.
As said above we are very, very proud to announce 3 new bands on our label, in order of release date they are:
Atlas Losing Grip – Shut the world out CD.
The first new band on Shield Recordings is Atlas Losing Grip from Sweden. Atlas Losing Grip started out in 2005 playing melodic punkrock in the vein of Adhesive, Venerea, Satanic Surfers and Good Riddance to name a few. After a few line-up changes they found a stable line up and recorded their first full length record called “Shut the world out”. The album is produced by Mattias Persson – sound engineer of Satanic Surfers and Venerea – and contains guest appearance of Rodrigo Alfaro – vocalist of the Satanic Surfers – on 3 songs. The release date of the new 13 song debut full length is set on august 29th. For more info about Atlas Losing Grip and their upcoming full length “Shut the world out” check: www.myspace.com/atlaslosinggrip (it’s got 6 new songs on it !)
The Hunger CD/vinyl.
The Hunger is a relatively new hardcore band from the north of the Netherlands. Their sound can be best described as extremely heavy hardcore with a rocking twist. Influenced by bands as integrity, Ringworm, Cursed, Converge, Entombed and much, much more, you surely can get an idea.
The Hunger recorded six songs with Nico van Montfort (www.myspace.com/xpzsound) a few weeks ago. Currently the songs are in the process of mixing and mastering.
Shield Recordings will release the new recordings as well on CD as on vinyl (it will be a 10” or 12”). More info about the release and release date will follow as soon as possible.
For now you can check out one of the new recordings on myspace and start to get as stoked as we are: http://www.myspace.com/thehungernl
Smash the Statues – second full length coming up.
That’s right our third new signing is Smash the Statues. For those of you who don’t know:
Smash the Statues are a melodic hardcore punk band which plays music in the vein of Strike Anywhere, Rise Against, Dag Nasty and the alike.
After the release of their debut album “Against the stream” Smash the Statues played shows all over Europe, received great reviews and made lots of new friends.
Smash the Statues will enter the studio for a week in August to record their second full length.
The release of this record (on both CD as LP) is set for the fall of 2008. More info and the exact release date will be announced as soon as possible.
For more info about Smash the Statues check: http://www.smashthestatues.net/ or http://www.myspace.com/smashthestatueshc.
Shield Recordings to re-release Antillectual’s debut album on LP and CD.
The latest announcement of this press release is the re-release of an album of which we’ve been fans of since it was released in 2005, Antillectual’s debut full length “Silencing Civilization”. “Silencing Civilization” original was released by Angry Youth Records and we are very pleased that Peter gave us a go to put out this re-release.
“Silencing Civilization” will be released by Shield Recordings, for the first time ever, on good old vinyl and on CD.
The release date is set on early September. For more info, live shows and some music of Antillectual check www.antillectual.com of www.myspace.com/antillectual.
New records in the Shield Recordings webstore + summer discount! !.
As in every month we got some great new records in our webstore. And to make it even better we’re having a big discount. For the months July & August we got a big summer discount. Order under € 50,- will get a 10% discount, above € 50,- the discount is even 15 %. The discount counts for everything ordered thru our webstore(except shipping costs). So if you want to get some quality records for a good price check out www.theshieldhardcore.com/distro.
That’s all for now, thank you for reading and we’ll hope to see you all at a show somewhere.
Fieke & Gert-Jan
Info[@]theshieldhardcore.com
Websites:
http://www.myspace.com/thehungernl
http://www.myspace.com/atlaslosinggrip
http://www.smashthestatues.net
http://www.myspace.com/smashthestatueshc
http://www.antillectual.com
http://www.myspace.com/antillectual
Coming up:
SLD 015 – Atlas Losing Grip – Shut the world out CD
SLD 016 – Antillectual – Silencing Civilization CD/LP
SLD 017 – The Hunger – TBA CD/10” or 12”
SLD 018 – Smash the Statues – TBA CD/LP
Latest release:
SLD 014 – Said and Done – Endless Roads MCD/7”
SLD 013 – On Fire – Masquerades CD
SLD 012 – Antillectual – Testimony CD/LP
SLD 011 – The Real Danger – The Real Danger CD/LP
SLD 010 – Milkman – Nostalgiator CD
Shield Recordings update May 2008
05/18/2008
Said And Done – Endless Roads pre-orders now online.
Shield Recordings distro goes on-line!
Shield Recordings releases available in the USA at Interpunk.
Said And Done – Endless Roads pre-orders now online
We are taking pre-orders for the “Endless Roads” 7”/MCD right now. “Endless roads” is the follow up to Said And Done’s debut full length “Everyday” CD/LP which we released in the spring of 2007.
“Endless Roads” was recorded at De Studio in Asse (Belgium) by Dirk Miers and mastered by Nico van Montfort at XPZ sound in Nijmegen. 4 songs of that session will end up on a 7" (no room left for a single second of music without decreasing sound quality) and all 6 of them will make it to the MCD. You can listen to a brand new mp3 of the song “Into the Distance” at www.shieldrecordings.com/media.
Pre-order your copy of Endless Road now at our new online store: www.shieldrecordings.com/distro. The 7 inch pre-orders will come with a limited pre-order sleeve. So be quick, when they are gone you know you’re paying big bucks on Ebay for it. Oh and for all of you who love to collect vinyl AND have a giant collection of MP3’s, there’s good news for you as well: You’ll also receive a free download code so you can download the songs (all six, including the songs not on the 7”!) from our website.
“Endless Roads” will be released at the Innocent, Hengelo (NL) on Saturday the 7th of June. Other bands confirmed for the release party are Tenement Kids (NL), Mans Ruin (BE), Straight A’s (NL) and Maaswater Veenlijk, check out the flyer here:
Everything is at the pressing plant right now and should be ready before the end of May. Fingers crossed.
Shield Recordings distro goes on-line
That’s right, after doing our distro at shows and festivals for almost 4 years, we now catched up with time and opened our very own on-line store. If you are looking for quality music for a great price, check it out. We’ll be adding add more and more items in the near future. Go check it out at www.theshieldhardcore.com/distro.
Shield Recordings releases available in the USA at Interpunk.
Shield Recordings releases are finally available directly in the USA. Go to www.interpunk.com and search for Shield Recordings (or one of our bands) and you’ll find them.
So if those high shipping costs for records from Europe to the USA kept you from ordering our records in the past, this is your chance!
Look out for our next update which will follow within the next few weeks and which probably contain news about, new bands and releases on Shield Recordings.
That’s all for now, thank you for reading and we’ll hope to see you all at a show somewhere.
Fieke & Gert-Jan
Info[@]theshieldhardcore.com
Websites:
www.saidanddone.org
www.shieldrecordings.com
Coming up:
SLD 014 – Said and Done – Endless Roads MCD/7”
Latest release:
SLD 013 – On Fire – Masquerades CD
SLD 012 – Antillectual – Testimony CD/LP
SLD 011 – The Real Danger – The Real Danger CD/LP
SLD 010 – Milkman – Nostalgiator CD
