Hate Eternal- past artist?

Question: Why is Hate Eternal listed on your past artists list? and are these tour dates the final ones or are there gonna be more? From: Unknown.

Answer: Hate Eternal were not dropped by Earache, which is the most common reason bands become a "past artist", instead, they asked to be let go,while their contract was still in full effect.In their opinion, the sales Earache acheived on the newest album 'I, Monarch' were nowhere near as good as the band were hoping/expecting.We did not disagree with them on that fact, but band and label had very different ideas for the reasons behind it.

Threatening to blast Earache to all media and press, as well as cancel all touring, in protest at such a shocking lack of promotion by us, and a lack of sales numbers on their finest album, we were left in no doubt of Hate Eternal's wish to persue their career on another - better- label, rather than the one they signed to. We maintained that any decent upstanding band should honor and fulfil their signed contract, but the band still wanted off, regardless of any legalities.

A soon-to-be filmed live DVD will form the end of the Earache-Hate Eternal deal, and the band should pop up quickly on another label of their choosing.Earache wishes the band the very best for their future career.

Martin: Ex-Decapitated -in the army?

Question: did martin from decapitated really get drafted into the polish army? as this seems to be the answer that is coming up on alot of forums From: Unknown.

Answer: We think this is true, tho details are scarce since Martin quit the band and the long term manager of Decapitated quit with him at the same time, last December, getting an official word from them nowadays is hard.The band have carried on superbly tho.In Poland, Army training for a year or more is mandatory for all fit men 18+.The members of Decapitated were studying Music to a very high standard at College so were exempt from this, and were also under the draft age- but now they have finished the education, the Army option looms large.Being a reknown musician touring the world in a Death Metal band does not exempt you, it seems.The last we heard was Martin might resume in the band very soon, as its possible he has cleverly figured a way to delay or speed up his army service.

American Standard- New Signing?

Question: Hi, I was a bit curious about a band you recently signed called American Standard. I just want to double check and make sure there was a recent signing with that band. From: xahorsecalledwar@aol.com

Answer: Nah dude, they aren't signed to Earache.Tho American Standard are a decent band and have some fans in our NYC office, including the label manager.They are getting confused between Interest from the label and an actual contract.No contract has been issued, so they cannot be signed huh?
Earache right now, today, is showing heavy interest in about 10 bands, tho i expect we will sign maybe 1 or 2 of them max, for American Standard,i would say our interest is light-medium.In any given day at the Earache HQ in UK we receive approx 50 approaches from bands,both newcomers- the best way is email us your myspace page link- BUT also we have a lot of established bands with some releases out already too approaching us.We do reply and show interest to ones who catch our eyes and ears.If the interest snowballs then we might move to issuing contracts, and even at that stage, many bands do not end up signed.

Blasphemous T-shirts?

Question: I don\'t know if this is the right place for my question...I\'m trying to find a T-shirt I do not remember the band it say \"JESUS FUCKING CHRIST\"... From: ironman7033168@yahoo.com

Answer: Deicide have a shirt available now with "FUCK YOUR GOD" on the back- is that what you mean? or maybe you mean Cradle Of Filth's classic "JESUS IS A CUNT" shirt from 4-5 years ago?

Music on Earache DVd's?

Question: When the earache logo comes up on the napalm death and carcass dvds at the start what is the song thats playing. From: tobystewart83@hotmail.com

Answer: its Cathedral- a riff taken from the middle of their classic 22 minute long track "Voyage Of THe Homeless Sapien" - available on the mini Album "Statik Majik '

GODFLESH~ JESU

Question: after godflesh split did jesu negotiate with earache at all or did the deal with dry run and hydrahead directly From: Unknown.

Answer: Earache signed Godflesh in 1989 and released the complete Godflesh recorded works for a decade.The band became very influential in the Industrial Metal genre,with their early output such as "Streetcleaner" setting the standard for others to later follow, but by the final Earache album 1999's "Us And Them" things were'nt looking so healthy in our view.In hindsight, and it seems to have happened to many many of our longer serving bands- Napalm Death,Godflesh, Carcass, Cathedral, Morbid Angel-the ongoing strain of dealing with a decade of daily dramas to keep the acts career going eventually takes its toll, and then both sides know,for no more reason than sheer indifference, its time for a change.

Godflesh signed with Music For Nations for their final album Hymns in 2001.Meanwhile the Earache sales manager at the time, Raffi, who was a Godflesh nut, suggested the idea of an anthology, which he co-ordinated as the 2XCD "In All Languages' release on Earache.

When Justin regrouped as Jesu a year or so later- no contact was made from or to Earache.As it happens Dry Run is the label of our former sales guy- Raffi.

WHY DID DUB WAR SPLIT?

Question: A friend of mine said that dub war \"split\" to get off earache is this true? From: Unknown.

Answer: Yeah theres an element of truth in that.Earache signed the Welsh Ragga-Metal merchants in 1994 or so, to quite a lucrative deal, thinking their unique brand of music would undoubtedly be a worldwide smash.The band's talents were never in question-it was simply a matter of wether the fans would accept such a genre-breaking band in the mid 90's.Dub War's debut album "Pain" did well, hitting Number 1 in the UK Indie charts and spawing a number of successful singles.

Meanwhile bands such as Dog Eat Dog and even Skunk Anansie (remember those two??!)- who both supported Dub War on their early shows- both got huge - due to being much more radio and MTV friendly at the time.Doubts started to creep in when the follow up album "Wrong Side of Beautiful" didnt sell anywhere near as well as the debut, so Earache started to cut back on its support of the band.Honestly speaking, Earache lost a shitload of money on the band, by playing the very expensive UK chart game,and losing, it nearly bankrupted us.

The band could see that our financial support to them was winding down, tho we still beleived in the band as people and shared their musical vision, we were as perplexed as the next man why they werent huge, so they split up.Earache carried on for a few months with Benji's solo hip hop project but severed all ties shortly afterwards- just as the band regrouped and mutated into Skindred.

No-one is more pleased than us to see Benji and Skindred making a successful career now, 10 years after Dub War, with essentially the same sound.I guess the audience is more open minded now,music is mixing and blending more than ever, in the era of mash-ups, dancehall, punks and metallers into reggae & drum n bass etc, so we wish them all the best!!

Who knows? Maybe folks will start to buy Dub War records again too?

DECAPITATED FREE LIVE CD from which stores?

Question: Hey, I\'ve just ordered the Dual Disc version of Decapitated\'s new album from your store...
Will I get the bonus live CD with it from you? Because It says if you buy it from Indie stores? and I havn\'t a clue what one of those is...

Many thanks. From: swinging_the_dead@hotmail.com

Ansmwer: UK Independent stores are ones that Are'nt HMV, VIRGIN, MVC etc see comments below for full list of stores in the uk offering the live cd

NAPALM "SCUM" RE-ISSUE?

Question: next year will mark the 20th anniversary of one of the most legendary albums ever released. Napalm Death\'s \"Scum\". I was wondering if Earache was considering some kind of deluxe re-issue of this landmark album for 2007. sonically, it would greatly benefit to have a digital remastering done to vastly improve the sound quality of a recording that is 20 years old, not to mention the inclusion of bonus tracks, video footage, expanded liner notes & pictures, etc... From: selfinduced@rcn.com

Answer: jeezus is it 20 years? seems like 20 minutes ago we put scum out! We have no plans to do any re-issue work on that classic- even tho I agree, it does sound old and kinda weak production/mastering, it was MADE to sound that way so if it aint broke dont fix it right?

who knows? we might change our mind and do some kinda updating/expanding job on it in the future- we'll have to see what Napalm Death think about it tho..oh, none of them cept Shane played on that album, i forgot. Maybe we'll get Mick Harris to remix it?

Muni Waste at Rock City?

Question: is it true that Municipal waste are playing Nottingham Rock City soon?

Answer: YES its true! just been confirmed that Municipal waste will appear with Mistress on Feb 21. see flyer. Come along bring yer inflatable surfboards for some insane moshpit action.!

SENDING A DEMO TO EARACHE

Question: im sure you guys get thousands, but do you listen to unsolicited demo\'s? and where do your a&r guys hang out for new talent? From: gimpychimp21@msn.com

Answer: we do sign bands from unsolicited demos- we have a pile of them in the UK and USA offices, we listen to them all eventually- the latest band to be signed that way is URKRAFT.Our website explains the procedure to send a demo in the contacts section. We also have a form where you can send a link to an mp3. Our A&R guys are based in Nottingham UK and NYC USA- where our offices are.The rock hang outs of Nottingham are Rock city, Old Angel, Tap N tumbler, Junktion 7- and we are in them all the time, seeing bands. Plus when our bands play we always check out the opening acts.The best way to get signed is just get out there - TOUR!..if you can attract a crowd on the live circuit..we will get to hear about you!

Actually myspace.com is the most brilliant tool for presenting your band now..with one click we can hear your music.

DECAPITATED LIMITED EDITION FREE live CD?

Question: is there any limited edtion cds of the new decapitated cd? From: jpit088@sbcglobal.net


Answer: yes- but only in the UK/european versions.A limited edition Dual Disc is available- featuring CD+ DVD, the DVD side is a live show from November 2005 with new singer Covan on vocals. Also available is a FREE decapitated live CD from december 2004 ( Earache's xmas party actually) available while stocks last, with any purchase of Organic Hallucinosis, from Independent high street stores in the uk or selected internet retailers in Europe (cdon.com in sweden for instance, or play.com in UK). So get out there on Feb 13th into your local independent retailer in the UK and buy the CD or Dual disc to get the FREE live CD too.

OLD LADY DRIVERS CD?

Question: Earcahe did a crucial service to the underground music scene in the late80\'s/early90\'s, releasing several landmark LP\'s, and putting grind on the map. Most of the stuff has been kept in print with one exeption-Old Lady Drivers! Plotkin and Dubin made some of the most diverse, eclectic and influential music of the last decade, but finding it is difficult. Lo Flux Tube, Sleastak, Formula, Hold on to Your Face-are all out of print, not to mention the fact that the first LP never got a CD release! While I realize that re-issues of OLD material won\'t exactly be a cash cow for Earache, it would be worth it to preserve musical histoty! Re-issue CD\'s with extra trax-like the 3 songs from their split 7\" with Assuck-would be awsome, and essential listening for kids who have never heard them! Perhaps I\'m flogging a dead horse here, but it\'s worth a try, after all it you guys put out AC\'s \"It Just Get Worse\" Cd, so I figure that $$$ can\'t be the ONLY consideration. Thanks for reading! From: stephenfeltner@bellsouth.net


Answer: thanks Stephen for bringing up the ASK EARACHE readers' favourite topic once again it seems- OLD LADY DRIVERS!!we recently offered to manufacture 1000 Cds of the debut from 1988 - first time on CD- but no distros have so far been interested to take them.So i guess its back to Ebay if you want to hear the classic Plotkin/Dubin songwriting combo- not forgettting the long forgotten speedy drummer Ralph Pimintel's contribution!!
OLD suffered because in 1988 Cd was not the standard format for earache , it was still Vinyl LP only days..so here we are al these years later and still no CD.

What was MOSH 1?

Question: What artist and what album was Mosh 1 on earache records. Ive noticed that you number each album that you record, and it was bothering me. Thanks From: irishleprechaun@wowway.com

Amswer: Its Seattle metal/hardcore band The Accused- Return Of Martha Splatterhead, which carries the honoured MOSH 1 tag.released on vinyl LP only in about 1986.Earache never worked with the band for long tho..they did deals with other labels like Combat for future albums and split up in the mid-90's.

what HOFFMAN BROTHERS doing now?

Question: what are the hoffman brothers doing these days?
From: Unknown.

Answer: Deicide did some amazing work on the 2004 Album "Scars of the Crucifix" which reaffirmed the bands place as Death Metal leaders,with the proud boast of having kept the same original line up since the beginning-all was going GREAT- then quite unexpectedly, Glen and the Hoffman brothers developed a deep rift, based on the % split of songwriting shares on publishing income from the album. The Hoffman brothers quit the band whilst on tour, it seems in protest at Glen claim over the lions share of Publishing money.Both sides got legal advice and exchanged legal letters for a while, arguing their cases over who wrote what songs etc- meanwhile Glen recruited Jack Owen and eventually Ralph Santolla aswell to keep Deicide on the road and in fact played more shows further afield, South America, korea etc with the new line up. The Hoffman brothers discontinued their case when it was proved their share was fair- they did not write as much of the album as they claimed.By then the damage was done and it seems there was no way back into deicide for them..Earache took no sides in the arguement, encouraging the parties to settle their differences, as both sides remained signed to the label.

The Hoffman brothers have now regrouped and are talking about forming AMON- trying to recruit a Floridian drummer and bassist/vocalist is proving difficult tho.When they do complete the line up, an AMON album should surface on earache at some stage.

SHIP TO INDONESIA?

Question: 1. Are you receive orders from Indonesia?
2. Why you didn\'t ship any order from the country like Indonesia, Malaysia anymore?
3. Where Can I get the product from Earache Records beside from your Earache Webstore? From: Ilimneo2yahoo.co.id


Answer: 1. No we don't accept orders from the following countries: Morocco, Indonesia, Malaysia
2. The reason we dont ship is because of widespread use of stolen/fake credit cards- for many years we have lost a LOT of money cos many fans in those countries use fake credit cards to order online.The true fans who do not rip off are very very few unfortunately...but if you can prove to not be a rip off we will ship to you.
3. try amazon.com? play.com? i think they ship all over the globe.

Morbid Angel DVD?

Question: Hi Earcahe, congrats on the new year. I got a question. With the release of the Alters Of Madness DualDisc coming up, will there ever be any official Morbid Angel DVD out in the future ? Maybe something like the Entombed, Carcass or Napalm Deah DVD with all the band\'s videos and old concerts and things like that ? Thanks. From: chuloloc@yahoo.com

Answer: Actually we have no plans for a stand alone DVD by Morbid Angel- the dualdisc edition of Altars Of Madness is the official debut of MA on DVD, featuring an entire live show of the original line up from 1989, with killer sound mixed by Heretic's sound engineer 'Punchy' and edited from 3 decent camera angles.

CARCASS T-SHIRTS?

Question: The store here has been trying to order me a Carcass shirt (dunno from where) for a long time, and hasn\'t been able to get any. Are they still available at all? I don\'t have a credit card, so would make ordering one myself harder if you had them through yourselves. Please let me know, as I have been trying to get my hands on one for more than 10 years now...
Liz From: eajanzen@ucalgary.ca


Answer: You will be waiting till doomsday for a Carcass shirt!Legal Carcass shirts don't exist anywhere cos the band never granted anyone the license to manufacture their shirts.Earache used to do shirts in the early days, and the band themselves were quite self sufficient whilst touring in 92-95 or so,they made and sold countless shirts of their own design.But since then- nada. Actually the best bet for a proper carcass shirt from the era is on ebay- the seller 'lee marvin' in Nottingham is the actual old manager of the band, he sells original carcass shirts that happen to be 'lying around' - he has a seemingly endless supply. Good luck.

MORTIIS DVD in USA?

Question: hey i\'m in the US and i been trying for months to get the Mortiis dvd every site i go to says its backorder but all the UK sites say they have can you explain this to me From: pantera1283@hotmail.com

Answer: yeah- its out instore for months in UK/Europe on DVD encoded (by mistake) in the european PAL system, and that is the problem- USA TV system is different- its NTSC- so this version will not play on US tv's (actually modern TV sets made in recent years can handle both PAL and NTSC it seems, as can dvd players on computers, luckily)..BUT very soon the USA edition of the DVD will be on sale!! Rest assured!

y'know, this DVD is a complete mess from beginning to end..the standing joke at earache is ~ Mortiis must be cursed or something!!To start with,the original film of the show that makes up the main feature of the DVd was almost lost for ever, as by the time Mortiis got round to finishing the audio mix, the girl who filmed it, and had the master tapes in her possession, had left the film business, disappeared, and was uncontactable, so we had to literally call at her old house countless times to collect the tapes.Its a miracle its even out at all...so, please Enjoy it !

DECAPITATED- BROKE UP? Errr -NOPE!!

Question: i have 2 questions. first is why have i stopped recieving things from you guys. i was on the street team and i dont recieve stuff anymore. I passed it all out everytime i got it. I currently moved my new adress is 6318 w. 60th street chicago illinois and my name is ted gruenwald. my second question is.... is decapitated gunna still play that show the 28th with nile and hypocrisy in sauget, illinois??? i heard that they broke up and pulled off the tour From: metalted@comcast.net


Answer: I guess you are a Blabbermouth.net reader huh? they wrongly proclaimed that the band had split, but they were wrong.No,Decapitated did not break up, they are playing with Nile on that tour RIGHT NOW!As for the street team we have been a bit slack lately with geting promo and stuff to you guys..but we might be sending packages out again soon.