VEKTOR, Black Future CD and Vinyl

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Sci fi Thrashers Vektor (who I completely recommend you check out) released Outer Isolation on Vinyl and CD jewel case last year. Earlier this year Earache Records released their debut album “Black Future” Check out the Earache webstores Earache Europe and Earache US Spec: 2X 140g 12″ vinyl 3X limited colour vinyl (white, Clear and Blue and Standard Vinyl Black). Two colour [...]

MAY CREATIVE DEAL

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The creative deal this month is for photography! More specifically band photography. Band photos are an important part of the bands website and online persona. It is one of the most visited pages on band websites and something that can help fans feel closer and more connected to a band. It can also mean having [...]

RECORD STORE DAY 2013 – PT 4 Rival Sons 10INCH picture disc

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To follow on from my other  RSD13 posts the Worlds Shortest Album, “Drowned” 7″ picture disc  and Napalm Death/Insect Warfare 7″ picture disc this is the forth offering from Earache Records for 2013s record store day.   Rival Sons – Manifest Destiny 10″ picture Disc.  

RECORD STORE DAY 2013 – PT 3 Napalm Death – Insect Warfare SPLIT 7INCH

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To follow on from my other  RSD13 post the Worlds Shortest Album and “Drowned” 7″ picture disc  this is the third offering from Earache Records for 2013s record store day. Side A: Napalm Death – Scum (rough mix) and Insect Warfare –  Necessary Death Side B: Insect Warfare – Manipulator and Napalm Death – Control (rough mix) [...]

Record Store Day 2013 – pt 2 Entombed – Evile split 7inch

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To follow on from my first RSD13 post the Worlds Shortest Album this is the second offering from Earache Records for 2013s record store day. Drowned, by Entombed on side A and Drowned by Evile on the other. the disc features photos from the Entombed Album “Left Hand Path” and for Evile, a shot from the [...]

Earache – The Worlds Shortest Album

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13 Songs in 82.9 seconds! = The Worlds Shortest Album! One of the Record store day 2013 offering from Earache Records. Featuring Napalm Death, Insect Warfare, Morbid Angel, Wormrot, and more on a 5″ Vinyl record housed in a 12″ gatefold sleeve. This is definitely one of my favorite jobs I have done at Earache so far. [...]

Napalm Death: Harmony Corruption Vinyl and digipack

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Another great classic album I got the pleasure of working on last year was Napalm Death: Harmony Corruption… Harmony Corruption is the third album by Napalm Death. It was released in 1990 on Earache Records. The style of the album was more death metalthan grindcore, featuring extremely heavy riffs and deep low vocals. The tracks from the Mentally Murdered EP are included at the end [...]

Rival Sons record store day 2012 vinyl 7″

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For Record Store day 2012 Earache Records issued a limited pressing of Rival Sons “Company Man” & “life for This Road” on 7″ 100 clear and 1000 black vinyl. The artwork for the cover is a rough sketch of their “Pressure and Time” album cover by renowned music artist Storm Thorgerson (Pink floyed, Muse, Bruce Dickinson, [...]

Vektor: Outer Isolation

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Sci fi Thrashers Vektor (who I completely recommend you check out) released Outer Isolation on Vinyl and CD jewel case last year. Cover artwork by Zbyszek Bielak (Azarath, Vader, Watain) Layouts and production management by myself Out Now on Earache Records!

Basic Dos and Don’ts of Album Artwork

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Remember first impressions count. Getting spotted in the CD racks, among 1000s of various other album covers on iTunes, at gigs, on facebook, twitter, band camp or wherever, your album cover needs to jump out and grab the attention of new fans. Here are a few dos and don’ts for album artwork. DO do, get your ideas [...]