Deadboy Records expands into Australia and welcomes new artists Bloodsport
We are excited to announce some big news that has been a long time coming.
After many negotations, talks and meetings… Deadboy Records will be expanding it’s territory into Australia.
It was always a logical step for us to expand our business and to eventually begin to develop the label across the ditch.
It will be a long, slow and careful process that we are extremely realistic, but optimistic about.
We have partnered up with likeminded independent label and distributor
New Justice Records, based out of Sydney, NSW.
New Justice Records will license, market and distribute our Australian releases as of June 2012 and we are very happy to be working closely with label president Sam Rilatt as we begin to expand into further territories across Australasia.
As a hardworking independent label which has focussed strongly on heavy and alternative music, we have seen a huge amount of growth for our label and brand over the past years and the support of our artists and fans means the world to us.
With the current climate of the music business putting many conventional record labels on shaky ground, Deadboy Records will continue to focus on developing and assisting our artists in every aspect of their musical career and continue to push the envelope, moving forward in the physical, digital and live formats of the music industry across New Zealand and Australia.
Our first Australasian release comes in the form of our latest signing from Adelaide’s heavy hitters
Bloodsport.
Bloodsport are one of Australia’s most punishing hardcore acts playing a raw, aggressive sound in the vein of Shattered Realm and Hatebreed.
The band has toured and shared the stage with the likes of Madball, Bishop and Death Before Dishonor.
Bloodsport’s debut full length album ‘Imprisonment’ was released on Skull & Bones Records in 2008 and saw the band play many tours across Australia and New Zealand in it’s support.
Almost four years later, we are extremely excited to be releasing their highly anticipated sophomore studio record ‘Blackest Darkness’ which is a huge step forward for the band.
Clocking in at just under 18 minutes, this 11 track slab of relentless, in-your-face hardcore holds no punches and is set to be one of the most heavy Australian releases of the year.
As always, our releases will be available in stores throughout New Zealand via Universal Music and online globally on iTunes, Amazon and Spotify.
We look forward to future growth and seeing what the coming years will bring for Deadboy Records and our growing stable of breakthrough Artists.
Thank you all for your continued support.
Vasely and Angelo
Deadboy Records proudly welcomes Perditionist
We are proud to announce the addition of Perditionist to the Deadboy Records roster.
Taking influence from many elements of the extreme metal genre, Perditionist create a truly unique and relentless mixture of heavy and punishing music.
Since their inception the band has played alongside US metal legends such as Nile and Hate Eternal as well as the cream of the crop of kiwi metal such as Dawn of Azazel, Subtract, Just one Fix and In Dread Response to name a few.
Perditionist’s first single ‘Existence Devoured’ enjoyed heavy airplay across New Zealand radio and helped to spread word of the band and their sound to a wider national audience.
Having signed with Deadboy Records, the band’s debut ‘Forever in Darkness’ recorded by Johnny Keirle (Molest The Episcopate, In Dread Response) will be available in stores and online on Friday June 29th.
The band will be celebrating with a CD release show at Auckland’s Kings Arms on the release day so be sure to head along to check that out and keep your eyes peeled on more news from the band in the weeks to come.
Depths - “Illumination” Brand New Single Available Now
Depths have released their highly anticipated brand new single ‘Illumination’.
You can check out the teaser video for the song here and pick it up worldwide on iTunes, Amazon or listen on Spotify.
The band will be heading out with our very own In Dread Response across the country this month on the Monster Energy ‘See You In The Pit’ 2012 Tour (for dates visit our shows page).
Expect more tour dates and a brand new full length from the band in 2012.
Saving Grace - “The King is Coming” In Stores Today
The blistering third studio album from east coast hardcore pioneers Saving Grace is in stores today!
Be sure to pick up a copy at a JB HIFI near you or buy it digitally on iTunes.
Saving Grace have posted brand new tour dates for Australia and New Zealand for April alongside the likes of America’s P.O.D, A Plea For Purging and August Burns Red.
You can check out the band’s recent music video for their first single ‘Shekinah’ filmed and directed by Hollywood’s Scott Hansen here.
Outsiders - “Shallow Graves” In Stores Today
The brand new EP from Wellington’s punk / rock outfit Outsiders is available today in stores and online.
Be sure to pick up a copy at a JB HIFI near you or buy it digitally on iTunes.
You can also see the band’s brand new video for the track ‘My Answer’ here.
Outsiders are heading out on a supporting nationwide tour this March so check out the shows page for details to make sure you catch their energetic live show at a venue near you.
Will Saunders & The Lowest Fidelity - “Curious Maladies” In Stores Today
We are happy to announce that the brand new full length album from Alternative artist Will Saunders & The Lowest Fidelity entitled “Curious Maladies” is in stores today nationwide.
Pick up a copy from JB HIFI or you can purchase it digitally on iTunes.
Depths “Of Nothing” Music Video
Our newest brutal family addition Depths have released an official music video for their crushing track ‘Of Nothing’.
Check out the new video here and be sure to spread the word.
Keep an eye out for new tour dates from Depths over the coming weeks.
Will Saunders - ‘Curious Maladies’ available January 23
Never wanting to limit ourselves to a fixed demographic or single genre niche, Deadboy Records is branching out once again.
We are also happy to announce that we will be releasing the new full length album from Alternative artist Will Saunders & The Lowest Fidelity in stores on January 23rd entitled “Curious Maladies”.
Formerly of London 3-piece Siren and Auckland psych-rockers The Quick and the Dead, Will is now performing solo as Will Saunders & The Lowest Fidelity.
After returning from 8 years in London where he recorded and performed with Siren, Will formed The Quick an the Dead and began to take a more freeform approach to recording, with a view to creating more spontaneous and improvised music.
Wil’s Influences include: Robert Johnson, Nirvana, The Pixies, Van Gough, Hendrix, Bowie, The Beatles, The Kinks, The Small Faces, Nick Cave, The Flaming Lips, Queens of the Stoneage, TV on the Radio, Arctic Monkeys, The Sex Pistols, The Creation, Hank Williams, and any music with Energy and Melody.
His sound has been compared to Skip Spence, Elliott Smith, Kurt Vile and Jeff Buckley among others.
Deabdoy Records proudly welcomes Depths
We are excited to announce about working with our newest and heaviest signing yet, Palmerston North’s up and coming brutal metal juggernaut Depths.
Depths are a super hard working, great bunch of guys who have proven themselves well over the last year with relentless touring in support of their self-released EP Resurgence which has won over an impressive amount of fans.
After seeing the band’s relentless live show at the end of 2011 we knew that it was right to begin a relationship with these guys and help them take their music and career to the next level.
DEPTHS play a ball-crushingly brutal blend of modern Deathcore and traditional Death Metal for fans of Oceano, Whitechapel and Impending Doom.
DEPTHS are set to continue touring heavily across New Zealand throughout the year and will be releasing a brand new full length studio album through Deadboy Records / Universal Music in the coming months.
Saving Grace release new music video for “Shekinah”
Saving Grace have released the first single from their new album ‘The King is Coming’.
The music video for ‘Shekinah’ was filmed and directed by renouned Hollywood director Scott Hansen (Bury Your Dead, A Day To Remember, Whitechapel The Ghost Inside).
Check out the brand new video here and be sure to pick up a copy of the band’s crushing third album when it hits New Zealand stores this coming January.
Saving Grace will be co-headlining the hardcore showcase at Parachute 2012 alongside The Chariot and Showbread and will be announcing additional festival and tour dates for Australasia this summer.
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