Great news for Los Angeles: our friends at VACATION VINYL are stepping up to the plate and helping celebrate the release of the IDES OF GEMINI | VERMAPYRE split 12″ by staging a record release show in the store!

The event will be completely FREE to the public and we hope you can attend. Details are as follows:

February 20, 2012 : 8PM
IDES OF GEMINI @ Vacation Vinyl
3815 W Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90026
FREE to the public / All Ages

To RSVP on Facebook, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/events/102131979913219/
To be connected to IDES OF GEMINI on Facebook, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/IdesofgeminI
To be connected to VACATION VINYL on Facebook, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/pages/VACATION-VINYL/118093206733

Now available in the webstore: VERMAPYRE & IDES OF GEMINI Split LP.

Serving as a shining beacon to how broad the spectrum of “blackened” aural delights truly extends, the juxtaposition of pairing the mysterious and elusive VERMAPYRE with Los Angeles, CA’s IDES OF GEMINI indeed serves one of the sharper contrasts one could expect from a split record.

VERMAPYRE kick things off with a live documentation of a May 21, 2011 performance in Oslo, Norway. It’s raw, it’s unrelenting, it’s absolutely vicious. Rehydration feels necessary upon the conclusion of what’s clearly an exercise and  simultaneous reward system of the id.

Right on cue, IDES OF GEMINI come in like the high tide, enveloping the listener with a wide open flood of dreamy, cerebral doom. Sera Timms’ ethereal vocals hit like a siren’s song atop nasty, glacial riffs and expansive percussive emanations. When played back to back, it’s almost as if IDES OF GEMINI are the skillful hand administering sutures incurred during VERMAPYRE‘s unapologetic nail bomb of sound.

Housed in a special jacket featuring artwork from both bands and UV spot gloss atop a matte flood, each copy also contains a complimentary download code of the entire program, additional art, and color vinyl. Initial pressing: 500 pieces.

To order this LP, head on over to the webstore.

Our friends at A389 Records are going to be celebrating their 8th year of existence next weekend and we wanted to have something special on hand for all those attending.

If you plan to join us on January 21 at Sonar in Baltimore, please be sure to stop by the INTEGRITY merch table, as we’ll have copies of the brand new VERMAPYRE & IDES OF GEMINI LP on show-exclusive PURPLE vinyl. Very few copies exist and this show will be your first (and perhaps only) chance to get this particular color.

Information on the event can be found at the following Facebook link: http://www.facebook.com/events/170644619679546/

Brown and green versions of this LP are available now in the webstore.

Now in the webstore: BOY SETS FIREThis Crying, This Screaming, My Voice is Being Born LP.

To kick off its 15th year as a label, Magic Bullet Records is going all the way back to release #1 and giving This Crying, This Screaming, My Voice is Being Born, by BOY SETS FIRE, its just dues on vinyl format. In attempts to provide an unfettered look back into an era long gone and reconnect a bit with the roots of both the band and the label, the presentation and execution behind this one comes straight from the humble DIY work ethic of both. Instead of digitally constructing the layout and zipping it up for a professional printer to mass-produce, assemble, and ship direct to distributors/stores, all inserts and assembly was executed as it was back then… essentially, huddling around a photocopier for a couple hours, followed by several more hours of folding, stuffing and bagging everything on a living room floor.

Now in the webstore: DIRT FREEX, the fourth skateboard DVD from Magic Bullet Records.

Filmed over the course of 2009 through late 2011, this installment once again chronicles the dynamic characters that comprise a small town’s skateboarding presence as they individually and collectively traverse the globe in search of the next spot.

The DVD is region-free and will play on any DVD player, drive, or computer in the world.

The trailer can be viewed in the BandPage tab at: http://www.facebook.com/magicbulletrecords

To order this DVD, head on over to the webstore.

Now in the webstore: special black vinyl versions of CHARLES MANSON‘s Trees album, his second full length for Magic Bullet Records.

This edition was created for the purists who prefer their records on traditional black vinyl.

Every copy comes with a full-album Mp3 digital download coupon and is housed in a matte-coated jacket featuring an exclusive photo of Manson at 75. The insert features additional art and an exclusive message from Manson to you.

To order this LP, please visit the webstore.

No clue why it took so long, but Magic Bullet Records finally has a Facebook “Like” page specifically for the record label. You can add it here:

http://www.facebook.com/magicbulletrecords

We were previously using the account intended for the physical store (located here in downtown Fredericksburg) to disseminate all information for the label, the skateboards, and the store in one fell swoop, but a good percentage of the posts there aren’t relevant to people who live outside the area. So if you want pure record label and band information and updates, definitely go add the new profile above. Of course if you want all updates on the store, the boards, and the label together, this account will still be active:

http://www.facebook.com/magicbulletskate

Thanks a bunch. We’ve got some awesome news and new things to throw at you in about a day or so…

As mentioned in a previous post, one of the many new titles that we’ll be releasing in 2012 is the stellar debut LP from Austin, TX’s ANCIENT VVISDOM. The album is titled A Godlike Inferno and is comprised of 8 uniquely dark, yet wonderfully melodic songs that one might not expect from former members of INTEGRITY and IRON AGE.

While the official store date has not been set for this one with our distributor just yet, we wanted to celebrate its existence in grand fashion by making the LP first available IN PERSON at the start of ANCIENT VVISDOM‘S 2012 winter tour. Before they hit all of the US and Canada with GHOST and BLOOD CEREMONY, they will be playing a very special one-night-only show at Strange Matter in Richmond, VA supporting Sweden’s GRAVEYARD. It is at this show where A Godlike Inferno will first be offered to the public. To make it extra special, all 30 copies being sold will be test press editions and hand numbered sequentially.

In short, if you want one of the special editions, you’ll need to go to the show. Any leftover copies will be sold at subsequent live shows with GHOST and BLOOD CEREMONY. We will not be offering test presses via the webstore.

Once the final copies arrive at MB, we’ll be shipping some to the band for whatever shows remain. The rest will be sold via our webstore and your local record store. There should be a variety of colors available.

We’re extremely excited about this band and record and we hope you enjoy them both live and recorded!

* Special thanks to Mark Osborne for his help with the Graveyard/release show!

Fredericksburg, VA’s The Free Lance-Star recently featured Magic Bullet and Brent Eyestone as the cover story in their “Weekender” section. The story appeared as the center spread of this past Thursday’s issue. It covers the label’s roots, the advent of the retail store, information on Moneyball and the label’s licensing side, and various tidbits from the last 15 years of the label’s existence.

We’d like to thank all at The Free Lance-Star (especially Ryan Marr) for all of their attention to detail and care in putting the piece together. We felt that it managed to effectively communicate what we’re about and the sense of humor we have about everything we do.

Here’s a link to the article for online friends:

http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/122011/12222011/672149

Enjoy!

Dirt Freex is the fourth collaborative DVD centered around skateboarding in the Fredericksburg area. After two years of filming, the entire video has been wrapped and will be shown for the first time ever on December 28, 2012 at Central Rappahannock Regional Library, located in downtown Fredericksburg, Virginia.

The December 28 showing will also be the first place that copies of the DVD will be sold in person. After the premiere, copies will be sold starting December 29 at the Magic Bullet Records & Skateboards retail store in Fredericksburg (604 Caroline St.). For stores worldwide, Cobraside Distribution will be your source for wholesale copies.

Special edition t-shirts commemorating the release of the DVD (and our town’s #1 export…) will be made available at the Magic Bullet Records & Skateboards retail store starting this week. Webstore versions will roll out following the premiere.

The Dirt Freex trailer has been posted here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8qUO3bDB_w

Enjoy.

Our friend Rich Hall recently posted the entire set from JESUIT‘s reunion at Santos Party House in SoHo this past April. This was the first time the band played with 3 guitarists and it sounded entirely massive.

In case you missed it, the internet’s got you covered:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5MehkxQIfg

We still have copies of their entire discography on deluxe LP+7″  and CD formats. Head on over to the webstore. Thanks!

Austin, TX’s ANCIENT VVISDOM have joined forces with Magic Bullet to release their epic debut A Godlike Inferno on LP format. Featuring the brothers Jochum, whom we first met during their stint in INTEGRITY, AVV is rounded out by friends from IRON AGE and other Austin-area bands. The album contains 8 songs of pure melodic darkness, right up our alley.

We’re in the process of settling in with our new distributor (Cobraside), so a formal store date has yet to be determined. However, we will be unveiling the LP’s at a special release show in Richmond, VA with ANCIENT VVISDOM opening for Sweden’s GRAVEYARD one night before AVV embark on a North American tour with GHOST and BLOOD CEREMONY. That show will take place on January 17 at Strange Matter. Be there if you want to be among the first to get your copy in person.

The band recently premiered a music video for the song “The Opposition,” the second song on the album. You can view it and read more here (thanks to all at Decibel for the piece):
http://www.decibelmagazine.com/uncategorized/ancient-vvisdom-the-opposition-video-premiere/