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Doctor Death - Boobzilla EP for download
metaldazza / March 26, 2009, 3:13 p.m.
Unsigned London Thrash outfit Doctor Death have released their 2007 EP for download. If you like fast Thrash, boobs, doctors and death then this could be the EP for you!
Previously only available on toxic green cassette you can download the EP HERE on New Metal Army.
Check out more of Doctor Death on their Myspace Page
be seeing you
metaldazza
Previously only available on toxic green cassette you can download the EP HERE on New Metal Army.
Check out more of Doctor Death on their Myspace Page
be seeing you
metaldazza
Testament at Islington Academy
metaldazza / March 26, 2009, 2:07 a.m.
Tonight I witnessed the amazing. Testament played The Legacy and The New Order back to back, every song. It was one of the best gigs I have ever been to. The atmosphere was electric. The fans were in heaven and the band seemed to be enjoying themselves as well. Here are a couple of videos I managed to snaffle in the cramped Islington Academy.
Amazing.... amazing.
Amazing.... amazing.
Nunslaughter/Sathanas/Nebukadnezza/Decrepid
metaldazza / March 24, 2009, 1:43 a.m.
First gig at the Electrowekz in Islignton and it's like stepping back in time to the 80's or on to an Schwarzenegger movie set. It's a nice little venue and were were in for a treat.... UNISEX TOILETS... oh hang on not that, the bands.
There are some pics here and videos (click through to see the hidef versions). Unfortunately I didn't get there in time to see Decrepid. Hopefully next time I will.
There are some pics here and videos (click through to see the hidef versions). Unfortunately I didn't get there in time to see Decrepid. Hopefully next time I will.
Tips for promoting your band/gig online
metaldazza / March 20, 2009, 12:44 p.m.
I've copied this from a post I made to UK Thrash. Hope you like it:
After this thread on UKThrash and my moan about bands not promoting gigs I thought I'd be a little more constructive and offer some tips about promoting bands and gigs online. Add yours tips to the thread. It will sound a lot like marketing speak but that's what promotion is. You can be the best band in the world but if no one knows you... you'll be the best lonely band in the world.
Websites - it's all about brand:
You need a myspace page
It needs a good design, it needs to have recent music. Everyone does that. But you also need to blog frequently and encourage people to follow your blog. You should use your blog to 'help people get to know you' this will increase your brand power. Anything is better then nothing but good topics are:
Custom website
Not a lot of small bands do this as it can cost a little bit of cash. Having your own site and your own domain name (as in http://www.MYBANDNAME.com) allows you to:
Facebook
Total ballache of a site but it's the fastest growing social network in the west. At the moment I would just duplicate your MySpace content as far as possible as people don't use it for 'music' but you need a presence there, list your gigs, pictures etc.
Twitter
Get yourself a twitter account. It's great for micro bloging (all tweets are < 140 characters long) especially on tour or on gig days. You can blog from your mobile to your fans so it's really convenient. Currently seeing huge growth in USA, UK and Germany.
Bebo
Difficult site to use, bands can pay for custom designs, v. big in the UK. IMO it's not necessary to have this at the moment but it's probably not a bad idea if most of you fans are school kids.
Youtube
Just looks at the HOD Channel for how a band can open up and let the fans in :) Brilliant. Also look out for fan videos - comment on them. Embed good movies on ALL your websites. Blog about them. Drive users to content about you. Both me and Radioactive Rik video gigs in London. I do it because it advertises good bands and New Metal Army. Rik does it for a DVD epic he is conjuring. You should take them to advertise you. If you ask nicely I'm sure Rik and I would give you (the band) the raw files to do with as you please.
Metal Archives
Once you have a release (anything tangible) you need to get listed in Metal Archives. It is THE MOST important metal site on the internet. Only blabbermouth gets more traffic. They are very strict about submissions so be careful but getting a listing there is quite frankly cool.
All of your websites should be entertaining, list all your gigs and ultimately aim to drive users to your custom website where you can control more effectively what they see and offer them a more brand centric experience. You are one of a million bands so you need to get people to buy into your brand so that they will spend time and money with you and feel good about it.
Gig listings
Assuming everyone here is gigging in the UK you need to post flyers to:
http://www.ukthrash.co.uk
http://forum.metalhammer.co.uk/
http://www.terrorizer.com/forum/index.php
http://www.unionblack.co.uk/forum/
http://www.myspace.com/extremelondonmetal (this guy covers all London gigs and big festivals, nice guy)
at least, there are HUNDRED of forums and it only takes a minute to post. Every post should include a well designed flyer, time and date and links to ALL your websites.
I'd suggest listing your gigs on http://www.songkick.com/ and of course http://www.newmetalarmy.com/ as well (see the self promotion I'm doing there). ITS FREE AND ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES!
Any more tips?
After this thread on UKThrash and my moan about bands not promoting gigs I thought I'd be a little more constructive and offer some tips about promoting bands and gigs online. Add yours tips to the thread. It will sound a lot like marketing speak but that's what promotion is. You can be the best band in the world but if no one knows you... you'll be the best lonely band in the world.
Websites - it's all about brand:
You need a myspace page
It needs a good design, it needs to have recent music. Everyone does that. But you also need to blog frequently and encourage people to follow your blog. You should use your blog to 'help people get to know you' this will increase your brand power. Anything is better then nothing but good topics are:
- time in the studio
- time on the road
- thoughts about new material
- upcoming gigs/festivals you are playing at
- upcoming gigs/festivals you are going to. Ask people to meet up (unfortunately this will turn gigs into a job which does suck)
Custom website
Not a lot of small bands do this as it can cost a little bit of cash. Having your own site and your own domain name (as in http://www.MYBANDNAME.com) allows you to:
- strengthen your brand
- express your brands with great site design (myspace is quite restrictive)
- build up a private mailing list of fans (we're all on the evile mailing list aren't we?)
- blog (you can duplicate the myspace blog if you want) more personal things like the readers are your friends, funny videos that kind of thing.
- run competitions (which must be run fairly btw as there are laws about competitions)
Total ballache of a site but it's the fastest growing social network in the west. At the moment I would just duplicate your MySpace content as far as possible as people don't use it for 'music' but you need a presence there, list your gigs, pictures etc.
Get yourself a twitter account. It's great for micro bloging (all tweets are < 140 characters long) especially on tour or on gig days. You can blog from your mobile to your fans so it's really convenient. Currently seeing huge growth in USA, UK and Germany.
Bebo
Difficult site to use, bands can pay for custom designs, v. big in the UK. IMO it's not necessary to have this at the moment but it's probably not a bad idea if most of you fans are school kids.
Youtube
Just looks at the HOD Channel for how a band can open up and let the fans in :) Brilliant. Also look out for fan videos - comment on them. Embed good movies on ALL your websites. Blog about them. Drive users to content about you. Both me and Radioactive Rik video gigs in London. I do it because it advertises good bands and New Metal Army. Rik does it for a DVD epic he is conjuring. You should take them to advertise you. If you ask nicely I'm sure Rik and I would give you (the band) the raw files to do with as you please.
Metal Archives
Once you have a release (anything tangible) you need to get listed in Metal Archives. It is THE MOST important metal site on the internet. Only blabbermouth gets more traffic. They are very strict about submissions so be careful but getting a listing there is quite frankly cool.
All of your websites should be entertaining, list all your gigs and ultimately aim to drive users to your custom website where you can control more effectively what they see and offer them a more brand centric experience. You are one of a million bands so you need to get people to buy into your brand so that they will spend time and money with you and feel good about it.
Gig listings
Assuming everyone here is gigging in the UK you need to post flyers to:
http://www.ukthrash.co.uk
http://forum.metalhammer.co.uk/
http://www.terrorizer.com/forum/index.php
http://www.unionblack.co.uk/forum/
http://www.myspace.com/extremelondonmetal (this guy covers all London gigs and big festivals, nice guy)
at least, there are HUNDRED of forums and it only takes a minute to post. Every post should include a well designed flyer, time and date and links to ALL your websites.
I'd suggest listing your gigs on http://www.songkick.com/ and of course http://www.newmetalarmy.com/ as well (see the self promotion I'm doing there). ITS FREE AND ONLY TAKES A FEW MINUTES!
Any more tips?
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