We are very excited to announce the availability of BARONESS' formative material, First & Second, once again as a deluxe vinyl LP! Released by old pals Hyperrealist Records, we have worked closely with our comrades on this fantastic release, and Robotic Empire is thrilled to announce that we are the first (and currently, sole) mailorder/distro operation that has this glorious record available.

* BARONESS - First & Second 12" is available now exclusive in the Robotic Empire - Online Store


Having personally witnessed this band go from basements to arenas, it has been unsurprising yet invigorating to watch the incredible assent of one of the most ambitious bands in heavy music today. BARONESS started their foundation with a solid mixture of punk, metal and rock n roll. First & Second showcases their impressive initial offerings, combined on to one cohesive long-player.

All 38 minutes of material was re-mixed and re-mastered for this re-release, which has just been re-pressed as 2000 LPs: 1000 on opaque purple vinyl, and 1000 on an opaque yellowly marble color. Each vinyl color is a direct pantone match from within the artwork, and beautifully compliment the entire elaborate package. The LP is housed in a doublesided full color innersleeve, which resides inside a glorious gatefold jacket imprinted with a foil stamp on the exterior... all completely enveloped in BARONESS songwriter/guitarist/vocalist John Dyer Baizley's stunning and elaborate artwork that he has since become world famous for.

Previously referred to as post-metal or prog-metal, BARONESS' strength in their initial sound is that it truly defies classification. Everything from thunderous stoner riffs to D-beat hardcore aggression, psychedelic interludes to classic metal guitar harmonies, all topped off with powerful, guttural vocals, First & Second showcases a young but capable band changing genre and style as seamlessly and effortlessly as they change tempo. This is absolutely classic material, and we are elated to present it to you today!

* BARONESS - First & Second 12" available now exclusive in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

This title is also available for wholesale. If you are interested, please get in touch.


Another unique edition to the Robotic Empire - Online Store for this update is the addition of a variety of recycled-vinyl products from the Canada company Vling. A long time in the making, we've just stocked up on some very cool items made from recycled vinyl, including necklaces, iPhone cases, earrings and bookmarks. We aren't likely to be able to re-stock any of this stuff down the road, so hit it up now!
* Vling's recycled-vinyl items in the Robotic Empire - Online Store

Beyond those two noteworthy aspects of this update, we've also had a handful of new items and restocks come in since the last lengthy update.

For additional new stuff this time around we're talkin turkey about GLASS HITS, OLD GODS, US CHRISTMAS debut overdue on vinyl, plus the recent YEAR OF NO LIGHT / ALTAR OF PLAGUES split.

For restocks we've got bangers from AMEN RA, AUSTRASIAN GOAT, BARGHEST, FELL VOICES, KRALLICE, THOU and YEAR OF NO LIGHT. Here's the full list:

NEW ITEMS:
* Baroness - First & Second 12" - PURPLE COLORED VINYL (Hyperrealist) $14.99
* Baroness - First & Second 12" - YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Hyperrealist) $14.99
* Bookmark - Straight Cassette (Vling) $9.99
* Bookmark - Zig Zag Cassette (Vling) $9.99
* Earrings - 45 Adapter (Vling) $14.99
* Earrings - Cherries (Vling) $14.99
* Earrings - Gramaphone (Vling) $14.99
* Earrings - Lightening Bolts (Vling) $14.99
* Earrings - Swallows (Vling) $14.99
* Earrings - Trees (Vling) $14.99
* Glass Hits - Pioneers Get The Arrows, Settlers Get The Land 12" (Self Released) $9.99
* iPhone Case (Vling) $19.99
* Necklace - 45 Adapter (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Brass Knuckle, BLACK (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Brass Knuckle, GOLD (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Cherries (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Gramaphone (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Lightening Bolt (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Skull, BLACK (Vling) $14.99
* Necklace - Skull, GOLD (Vling) $14.99
* Old Gods - Old Gods 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (Forge Again) $9.99
* US Christmas - Bad Heart Bull 12" - BONE WITH BLUE SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Play The Assassin) $21.99
* US Christmas - Bad Heart Bull 12" - CLEAR WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Play The Assassin) $21.99
* US Christmas - Bad Heart Bull 12" - GREEN & YELLOW COLORED VINYL (Play The Assassin) $21.99
* Year Of No Light / Altar Of Plagues - Split 12" (Music Fear Satan) $14.99

RESTOCKS:
* Amen Ra - Mass III 2x12" - GREEN COLORED VINYL (Music Fear Satan) $24.99
* Austrasian Goat, The / Neige Morte - Split 10" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Music Fear Satan) $14.99
* Barghest - Untitled 12" - 180gram VINYL (Gilead Media) $10.99
* Fell Voices - Untitled 12" - VINYL (Gilead Media) $16.99
* Krallice - Diotima 2x12" - VINYL (Gilead Media) $19.99
* Thou - Summit CD (Gilead Media) $14.99
* Thou - Tyrant CD (Gilead Media) $14.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12" - BLACK VINYL (Music Fear Satan) $26.99

Last and possibly least, we're running a t-shirt giveaway through the end of the month, where if you buy two shirts you can get one of the following for free:

* Floor - Dove
* Floor - Heather
* Floor - Leaves
* Magrudergrind - Facemelter
* Nadja - Bone Blight
* Thou - Owl

These are rad shirts no doubt, but we just have too many of them taking up much-needed shelf space. Get yourself some phat new summer threads, or if you're the planning-ahead-type... an alternative is "buy 4 shirts get 1 free hoodie":

* Torche - Ciou Elephant

You can cozy up this fall/winter in that jammer. Again, a super nice garment but just taking up too much space at the moment!

TO REDEEM: Just enter in the shirt you want in the "comments" note part at checkout, and be sure to include your shirt size and maybe an alternative design or size just in case we run out. Word?

That party is happening now in the Robotic Empire - Online Store, and will cease to exist at the end of June.

That's it, thank you & peace!

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not a bad deal. might pick one up.

let me know if you ever want to do giveaways/promotions

I'm ordering this now.

Edit: ordered

Thanks for all the Baroness orders. Now here's some info on the Kickstarter we're currently running.



Now we gone n dun it: another Robotic Empire Kickstarter has been launched! Why? Because we're seriously out of room at RoboHQ and need to clear some much-needed space for upcoming releases aplenty.

We've dug through the archives and found some oddball items to offer up, plus we're doing pick-and-choose CD lots for well below cost.

For real, $10 gets you 10 CDs, $20 gets you 25 CDs, $50 gets you 30 titles (including the 8xCD FLOOR set, new 2xCD AIDAN BAKER release and some other jammers). We've got test presses from ISIS, GHASTLY CITY SLEEP and TILTS, discounted damaged goods, an overstock-vinyl-lot, and will probably add some other jibba jab as it surfaces.

Total goal amount: $420

This is more of a space-making endeavor than a money making one, so please check it out as the deals are pretty retardo.


To please kickstarter's guideline-enforcers, we are calling these "Custom Robotic Empire Care Packs" and will draw whatever madness you want on the box, sales receipt and/or anywhere else. This was surprisingly popular during our previous/first Kickstarter for the TILTS LP release (which is nearly sold out now too, we've got about 25 copies left) so we're upping the ante this time and making it standard practice for all orders made via this campaign.

So get weird with it: Wanna see the Terminator hitting a gravitybong: DONE. How about a unicorn battling a dinosaur? DEAL. Or maybe a mystic wizard cooking pancakes? Strange, but OKAY. Basically whatever dumb stuff you can conjure up: we'll scrawl it onto or within your package wherever we can.

Yes, this is kinda goofy... but we're trying to keep this space-making operation interesting, for both you and for us. So please hit up our Kickstarter page and help us make this happen! Gotta say too, the success of the TILTS campaign was heavily indebted to people posting on their various social media outlets and forums... so if you're willing to share this stupidity, we'll gladly throw in some BONUS SCHWAG at the end of the campaign. Just let us know when we send out the "kickstarter survey" thing at the end and we'll juice ya up!

THANKS!

* Robotic Empire - Custom Care Packs @ Kickstarter

I wish I had a record player. To hear those two EPs on vinyl would be heaven.