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Friends and Colleagues,

Yes, on this date in the Year 2008, we now can lay claim to total World Conquest....

BLC is pleased to announce our collaboration with Gravitator Records of Moscow, Russian Federation. Gravitator, www.gravitator.ru / www.myspace.com/gravitatorrecords,

has recently released BLC's Argentinian powerhouse, ALIEN PRODUKT, with an exclusive Russian version of their album, "Ignorance" which found wide acclaim in its release through BLC's hard-elektro USA label and now can boast a truly global fanship. Gravitator has further licensed Brazilian bad boyz, HOMICIDE DIVISION, www.myspace.com/homicidedivision as well as the irreverent crew of ALIEN VAMPIRES, BLC's Italian / UK collaboration. The BLC releases from the bands will soon scorch the frozen tundra -- as well as the minds and souls -- of our Russian comrades. Indeed, ALIEN VAMPIRES, www.alienvampires.eu / www.myspace.com/alienvampires666 continues to rip it up, with a new website now up and running, an upcoming concert appearance in Leeds, England in connection with the sold-out debut album "NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE", and an appearance on a new German compilation, Extreme Lustlieder 1, from SMMG, featuring superstars COMBICHRIST, LAEATHER STRIP, GRENDEL, REAPER, X-RX, WUMPSCUT and NOISUF-X. Release date for Extreme Lustlieder is reported as mid-March 2008. BLC also welcomes to our world of mutilated machines a brilliant EBM / industrial project known as CYGNOSIC, of Athens, Greece, www.myspace.com/cygnosicmusic

(Word out to our man GEORG of CygnosiC in Old Athens, Greece!)

and hardcore hard-hitter PLASMODIVM of Spain, www.myspace.com/plasmodivmproject

(And salutations to our powermaker in Spain -- our friend SANDRO of Plasmodivm!)

Both projects have albums in progress for scheduled late-Spring / early-Summer release. Finally, BLC is re-scoring the anticipated double-disc for their 10th Edition of the well-known INTERBREEDING series after an unfortunate hard-drive crash that resulted in the loss of most of the submissions from the first effort to get the set put together, and invite submissions from bands the world over. Submissions in CD-R form can be sent to BLC Productions, Attn: IB X, P.O. Box 45668, Little Rock, Arkansas 72214 USA, or contact Brandon @ BLC4law@aol.com, Legion @ legion@thisiscorrosion.com, or Marc @ marc.tater@ewetel.net for information on uploading tracks for consideration. Materials available for public consumption on My Space or elsewhere will NOT be considered. Exclusives, especially those dealing with sci-fi mayhem, receive first attention. Interbreeding X will likely be a Fall 2008 release, featuring exclusives from Assemblage 23, as well as BLC newcomers Alien Vampires, Cygnosic and Plasmodivm.

Please also check out our teaser vid from the new material being generated by David and Tara Giuffre of BRAINCLAW, www.brainclaw.com / www.myspace.com/brainclaw, a couple that we consider to be at the vanguard of pre-nuclear electronica and leading the way as visionaries of our musical genre:

While at Last FM, take a listen to other BLC artists' videos and music selections. 

We also take this opportunity to recommend an exceptional hard elektro artist, STEREOMOTION of Germany, www.stereomotion.de / www.myspace.com/stereomotion who has just released a phenomenal new album entitled APOCALYPSE : FOREVER   Time spent becoming acquainted with Stereomotion is time well spent.  The album transitions perfectly, fluidly, from deathscapes powered by the thrum and thrash of electronics to moody and sinister pieces that capture the atmosphere of a darkly-lamented world demise.  Highly recommended! 

02/24/2008

12/11/2007

Friends and Colleagues --

We're pleased to announce that ALIEN VAMPIRES: NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE has completed its run at the printer and the finished product is on the way to us now at BLC PRODUCTIONS, courtesies of Federal Express. We expect to have the discs by tomorrow morning, though our official release date is not until Tuesday (12/4/07). BUT .............. for all who have pre-ordered the album, don't worry! Our crew will be here tomorrow morning (USA time) and will begin to sort the many, many pre-orders that we've received and get them out ASAP. A lot will go out in the post tomorrow. Please be patient and we will get yours to you as quickly as we can. As mentioned, there's also a poster with the album, so we will be sure to include those as well.

If you want to purchase ALIEN VAMPIRES at a great price, with no shipping and handling charges, please act quickly. We expect the album to be a "sold out" edition very quickly ... Order info is on the left side of the BLC News page, www.blcmusic.com/news.asp

In the meantime, we've posted new Alien Vampires trax from their upcoming album on the BLC My Space, www.myspace.com/blc and will be updating the music selections over the weekend for you :-))

Have a great Friday all -- and thanks from BLC and the members of Alien Vampires -- you rock!

all the best
Brandon

BLC Productions
www.blcmusic.com
www.blcmusic.eu
www.myspace.com/blc
"Power Has a Name"

11/30/2007

Ladies and Gents:

Alien Vampires continues in production and is expected to arrive in to the BLC offices within about 10 days or so. Thus, please PLACE YOUR ORDER as soon as possible. We are very grateful for the volume of orders that have come in for the new album "No One Here Gets Out Alive" and will be shipping these pre-release orders (along with 11 x 17 posters) first out!! ONLY HERE at BLC can you purchase the album WITH NO SHIPPING AND HANDLING CHARGE AT ALL, free to anywhere in the known universe ;-)

But, if your shopping leads you elsewhere ... Alien Vampires is now available at our fine North American distributor, METROPOLIS RECORDS -- http://www.metropolis-mailorder.com/product.php?prodnum=ALIEN+VAMPIRES with our sincere thanx to Jim at Metropolis for his hard work in getting this up for Metro's customers, who will LOVE HIM FOR IT!!

AND in the UK, you can find Alien Vampires at Music Nonstop, http://www.musicnonstop.co.uk/product-view.php?productid=20431 and props out to our top mate, Phil, for his good help in getting this ready for our excellent fans in the United Kingdom. Cheers!

Please also stop by our spot on My Space -- www.myspace.com/blc for some excellent new track postings including:

ALIEN VAMPIRES: WATERSHED (everyone fucks everyone) (from upcoming album, BLC 2007)

Visit the band: www.myspace.com/alienvampires666 / www.alienvampires.eu

STIGMATA NL: MIDNIGHT CRUCIFIXION

Album: The Rituale Romanum / Midnight Crucifixion (BLC 2008)

Visit the band: www.myspace.com/stigmatanl

HOMICIDE DIVISION: PREMONITION and NO TEARS TO WAR (terror mix)

album: NTTW (2007 BLC)

Visit the band: www.myspace.com/homicidedivision

THE PAIN MACHINERY: TIME HEALS NOTHING (Live Edit)

album: Chaos Transmissions (double-disc) (BLC 2007)

Visit the band: www.thepainmachinery.com / www.myspace.com/thepainmachinery

BRAINCLAW: ULTRASTRUKTURE

(album: Dead Monsters, BLC 2007)

Visit the band: www.brainclaw.com / www.myspace.com/brainclaw

11/16/2007

Friends and Colleagues,

Be prepared..............

GET READY FOR YOUR ANTI-CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS!!!

Alien Vampires is a collaboration of members from UK and Italy in a born-again hard project that literally takes listeners into the pit of hell and never lets them out again. Some tracks tout haunting female backgrounds, others the urgent throbbing of seduction by evil on the more archingly anti-religious tracks, all insane, all hardcore. Clearly, the band intends to evoke thoughts of torture, satanism and deviance run amok. Alien Vampires prove to be masters of the craft in creating the soundtrack to infernal darkness by combining sexuality and sadism. "No One Here Gets Out Alive" is a flaming cocktail meant for killers who seek to mate with those willing to lend their soft throats to tight hands.  These marauders of the electro night have already established themselves as a genuine “cult” band with a, dare we say, religiously devoted following, and are inch-by-bloody-inch clawing their way to the top of the heap. Carnage is no obstacle for this band. AV recently knocked out a live concert with well-known former BLC band (now on Out of Line) AGONOIZE, www.agonoize.de, and led away loads of new followers ... in chains and spikes. With tracks like “We are Dead Fuck You” and “Rave to the Grave”, listeners are given a small clue of the uncensored, trance-laden, crucifix-wielding murderous fury through which AV rumbles and slides on 14 tracks in a conceptually unblinking, totally uncensored layout.  Alien Vampires burns together black metal, trance and hardcore industrial in what may be simply the biggest, freshest album of 2007 for the “black” crowd. Epic, intense, shiveringly evil – spot on, all the way through.   VISIT: www.myspace.com/alienvampires666 / www.alienvampires.eu (in development)

NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE: TRACKLISTING

1. WATERSHED (EVERYONE FUCKS EVERYONE)

2. WE'RE GOING TO HELL

3. WE ARE DEAD FUCK YOU

4. RAVE TO THE GRAVE

5. FUCK MACHINE

6. HELL S.D.

7. HUMANS = CUNTS

8. EGO SUM QUI INTUS HABITAT

9. INDUSTRIAL WARRIORS

10. YOU'LL ALL DIE

11. FUCKING NEGATIVE

12. WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU WANT FROM ME

13. NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE

14. SHOW ME THE WAY

We are pleased to announce that Alien Vampires will be the subject of a DJ-promotional effort in Germany through the offices of HARDBEAT PROPAGANDA, danke vielmals zu meiner Freund Eric ... www.hardbeat.de, and we fully expect that the band will be crashing the DAC (German Alternative Charts).

Check www.myspace.com/blc in the near future for preview trax from the album. Order quick -- these will be in (along with 11 x 17 posters, yeah baby) by DECEMBER 4 and shipping will begin IMMEDIATELY to pre-orders first, followed by our distributors around the world.

BE PREPARED!

ALIEN VAMPIRES : NO ONE HERE GETS OUT ALIVE : Alien Vampires ist ein aus Mitgliedern aus England und Italien bestehendes Hardcore-Electro-Projekt, das den Hörer wortwörtlich in den Schlund der Hölle entführt und ihn nicht wieder hergibt. Die Band offeriert zudem pr㢨tige weibliche Gesangspassagen, die den eher anti-religiösen Tracks einen eindringlichen Hintergrund bescheren. Insgesamt beabsichtigt die Band, Gedanken und Visionen von Folter, Satanismus und mordlüsterne Amokl㴦e zu suggerieren. Alien Vampires beweisen ihre meisterlichen F㧩gkeiten, einen Soundtrack der infernalen Dunkelheit zu kreieren. Es ist ein Soundcocktail, der Sexismus und Sadismus für Killer und all denen bereith㫴, die Hand an unschuldige Kehlen anlegen. Diese Gladiatoren des Electro/EBM-Genres haben sich bereits ihren berüchtigten Namen gemacht und gelten als “Kult”-Band, die Zentimeter-für-blutigen-Zentimeter weiter an die Spitze der Szene kriechen wird. Erst kürzlich haben AV ein Live-Konzert mit der ehemaligen und sehr bekannten BLC-Band AGONOIZE (jetzt auf Out Of Line) bestritten, bei dem sie viele neue Fans gewinnen konnten. Mit Titeln wie “We are Dead Fuck You” und “Rave to the Grave” bekommt der Hörer eine Vorahnung der unzensierten, Trance-infiltrierten, Kruzifix-schwingenden, mörderischen Wut, die diese Band durch ihre 14 Tracks mit konzeptionellem Artwork zum Besten gibt. Alien Vampires vereinen Black-Metal, Trance und Hardcore-Industrial zu einer explosiven Mischung, die einfach als das Beste und erfrischendste Album des Jahres 2007 für die “schwarze” Anh㭧erschaft eingeht. Episch, intensiv, und durchwegs schauderhaft böse. “No One Here Gets Out Alive” wird durch Hardbeat Propaganda in Deutschland promotet und wir erwarten Interviews in den einschl㦩gen Szenemagazinen wie Sonic Seducer und Zillo.

11/09/2007

2007-11-13 Equinoxe Records Newsletter #22 (english text below) Vorab ein Veranstaltungshinweis: Samstag, 17.11., Bahnhof Werl, Einlass 19 Uhr, Beginn 19.45 Uhr, 7 Euro AK, 5 Euro VVK (am Bahnhofschalter): Art Obscure Dunkle Kl㭧e, Worte, Bilder und Mode Mit Other Day (Live-Band, Darkwave), Schuldig.groben.Unfugs und Alice Skelton (Modenschau), MatthiK (Lesung), E. A. Poe - The Black Cat (animierter Kurzfilm) und Silent Shots (Fotoausstellung von Yvonne Notzon) Am Samstag, den 17.11., l㣴 der Bahnhof Werl zu einem ganz besonderen Event ein. Zum ersten Mal wird dort die Art Obscure, ein Abend der dunklen Kunst, veranstaltet. Das Programm reicht von Live-Musik über eine Modenschau und eine Fotoausstellung bis hin zu einer Lesung und einer Filmvorführung. Beginn ist um 19.45 Uhr. Zum Auftakt wird der animierte Kurzfilm von Nina Dexheimer und Verena Pater gezeigt, der von einer Geschichte des legend㱥n Edgar Allen Poe handelt: "The Black Cat". Weiter geht es mit einer Modenschau der beiden Berliner Designerinnen Schuldig.groben.Unfugs und Alice Skelton. "Silent Shots", die Fotografien der aus Werl stammenden Künstlerin Yvonne Notzon, werden in einer Ausstellung zu sehen sein. Der Autor MatthiK aus Osnabrück wird das Publikum mit düsteren Kurzgeschichten in den Bann ziehen - den "Poems From The Undersphere". Als Höhepunkt des Abends wird die bekannte Darkwave Band Other Day aus Naumburg auftreten! Abgerundet wird der Abend durch Walking Acts und ein passendes, spezielles Getr㭫eangebot. Dieser Abend ist ein Muss für alle Gothic-Fans! N㢨ste Equinoxe-Party im Sonic: 24.11.07 (mit The House of Usher und Violet). Out Now: The House Of Usher - "When Our Idols Fall" CD (Equinoxe, 23.11.07) Violet - "The Book Of Eden" CD (Equinoxe, 23.11.07) davaNtage - "Over The Pass" 2-CD (e-noxe, 23.11.07) Acylum - "Mental Disorder" CD (e-noxe, 30.11.07) Coming soon: Stereomotion - "Apocalypse:Forever" CD (e-noxe, Januar 2008) Crowdkontrol - "The War On Error V.1" (e-noxe, Januar 2008) Alien Vampires - "No One Here Gets Out Alive" (e-noxe, January 2008) The House Of Usher - "When Our Idols Fall": "Eine dicht gewobene Atmosph㱥, schlüssig komponiert, professionell eingespielt und noch überzeugender als die vorherigen Alben, das sind die Stichworte, an denen man nicht vorbei kommt. Altmeister Poe w㱥 sicher nicht böse, daݠdiese jungen Herren sich einst ihren Bandnamen bei ihm entliehen haben, kreieren sie doch mit ihrer Musik eine einzigartige Welt, die mal melancholisch-düster, mal druckvoll-treibend daherkommt und ein stetiges Qualit㳳level aufrechterh㫴, wie man es heutzutage leider nur noch von wenigen Bands geboten bekommt." (das Black-Magazin über THE HOUSE OF USHER: "Radio Cornwall" (2005)) Bereits 1990 gegründet z㧬en THE HOUSE OF USHER zur zweiten Generation deutscher Gothicbands. Nach sechs Alben (sowie diversen Singles und zwei in England und Ruެand veröffentlichten Alben) und Auftritten in Italien, Frankreich, Belgien, England, dem Libanon sowie auf wichtigen deutschen Gothic-Festivals wie dem WGT, M'Era Luna, den Herbstn㢨ten und dem ZILLO-Festival, gilt die Band heute als einer der letzten unverf㫳chten Gothic-Rockacts. Die vorliegende CD wurde für ihr russisches Label SHADOWPLAY RELEASE in Kooperation mit EQUINOXE RECORDS zusammengestellt und enth㫴 einen repr㲥ntativen Querschnitt durch das Gesamtwerk der Band. Dabei handelt es sich nicht um eine gewöhnliche Best-Of-Compilation, sondern um den Versuch, neben ihren zum Teil nur auf Vinyl erschienenen Singles vor allem rare und unveröffentlichte Songs und Versionen in bestmöglicher Qualit㲠zug㭧lich zu machen. Mit "Stealing Tears From Lover's Eyes" und ihrer PINK FLOYD-Coverversion "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" geben THE HOUSE OF USHER zwei bislang unveröffentlichte Stücke frei, die das Erscheinungsbild der Band um eine weitere Facette erg㭺en. Violet - "The Book Of Eden": "The Book Of Eden" - der Soundtrack zum Bestseller "Das Buch von Eden". Violet vertonen Kai Meyers historisch-phantastische Reise durch das mittelalterliche Europa. Die CD erscheint in einem aufw㭤ig gestalteten Digipak. Zwanzig rhythmisch-atmosph㱩sche Titel illustrieren akustisch die Geschichte um Favola, Aelvin, Albertus Magnus und Libuse: die Musiker von Violet führen mit Hackbrett-, Sackpfeifen-, Violinengetös sowie einer gesunden Portion Elektronik durch abenteuerliche und abgründige Szenen. Höllische Schalmeien, silbrige Cembalotöne und mystische Frauenstimmen machen die Vision komplett. Gastmusiker: Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen (The House Of Usher). Live werden Violet vom Kixtheater und von einer Sazgruppe unterstützt. Seit 1999 sind Violet in der Gothic-, Mittelalter- und Kulturszene aktiv und konnten sich mit zwei Alben und dem Mittelalter-Akustik-Projekt Violetta einen Namen machen. Unter Zuhilfenahme alter Instrumente sowie neuer Ideen und Technik weben Violet eine akustische Textur, die Atmosph㱥n schafft und sich an das intuitiv Erlebbare richtet. Melancholische, spannungsreiche, sensible Strukturen verstricken den Hörer in das vielschichtige und schillernde Netz der Musik. Zusammenarbeiten mit Bands wie The House Of Usher (z.B. auf "Radio Cornwall") erweiterten zus㳺lich ihr musikalisches Spektrum und konsolidierten einen charakteristischen Sound. Live spielten Violet bereits im In- und Ausland gemeinsam mit namhaften Acts wie L'Ame Immortelle, Corvus Corax, Faun, Saltatio Mortis u.v.a.

English text: The House Of Usher - "When Our Idols Fall": "Just as the ethereal and neo-classical artists offer a side of Goth which is the sort of music you know you will be listening to for the rest of your life in one form or another, so some kinds of Gothic rock make sense the older the artists involved get, because maturer sounds should mix with a sanguine perspective that lets the words flow through the music, and that’s when the songwritng either shines or lays rotting in dull exhaustion. The House Of Usher come back here with their first album in four years and it's an absolute marvel. (...) Unadul-terated Goth glory, from start to finish, "Radio Cornwall" has so many special songs you’ll love it. You will absolutely love it." (Mick Mercer about THE HOUSE OF USHER: "Radio Cornwall" (2005)) Founded in 1990 THE HOUSE OF USHER are numbered amongst the second generation of German gothic bands. After the release of six albums (plus several singles and two albums licensed to U.K. and Russia), concerts in Italy, France, Belgium, England, the Lebanon and the most important German gothic-festivals such as WGT, M'Era Luna, Herbstn㢨te and the ZILLO-festival, the band is regarded as one of the last unadulterated gothic rock acts today. "When Our Idols Fall" was compiled for their Russian Label SHADOWPLAY RELEASE in co-operation with EQUINOXE RECORDS. It contains a representative cross-section through their complete work. On the other hand it's not an usual best-of-compilation but the attempt to open rare and unreleased songs for their audience in best possible quality. "Stealing Tears From Lover's Eyes" and their PINK FLOYD cover version "Set The Controls For The Heart Of The Sun" are two previously unreleased tracks which complete the image of the band with another facet. Violet - "The Book Of Eden": "The Book Of Eden" - the soundtrack for the bestselling novel "The Book Of Eden". Violet interpret Kay Meyer's historical and fantastical journey through medieval Europe. The CD is released in a lavishly designed digipak. Twenty rhythmical and atmospheric tracks acoustically illustrate the story of Favola, Aelvin, Albertus Magnus and Libuse: the musicians of Violet lead the listener through adventurous and abysmal scenes to the sounds of the dulcimer, the bagpipe and the violin - all with a healthy dose of electronical sounds. Hellish shawms, silvery harpsichords and mystical female vocals complete this vision. Guest musician: Jörg Bartscher-Kleudgen ("The House Of Usher"). Live support for Violet by "Kixtheater" and Saz musicians. Violet have been part of the gothic, medieval and cultural scene since 1999 and have made their mark with two albums as well as with the medieval acoustic project "Violetta". With the help of old instruments and new ideas and technologies, Violet manage to weave an acoustic texture which creates atmospheres and aims at that which can be experienced intuitively. Melancholic, intense, sensitive structures entrap the listener into this complex and dazzling web of music. Co-operations with bands such as "The House Of Usher" (for "Radio Cornwall") have expanded Violet's musical spectrum and have helped consolidate their characteristic sound. Violet have played live in Germany and abroad together with well-known acts such as L'Ame Immortelle, Covus Corax, Faun, Saltatio Mortis etc.

11/04/2007