We are now taking pre-orders for ISIS' first album, Celestial, which
Robotic Empire has just reissued on 2xLP with nice packaging. The
manufacturing is all done, and with a July 9th release date we hope to
have it in your hands just around that time. You can pick it up now in
the Robotic Empire - Online Store (
http://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=Isis
).

For those unfamiliar with the release, the now-classic debut
full-length Celestial highlights ISIS' roots in metal and hardcore
while displaying the experimentation with post-rock and ambience that
they would become best known for. Accurately described by Decibel
Magazine as "a transitional record between the band's early work and
the post-metal benchmarks such as Oceanic ... the elements of the
greatness are present, but rawer, more direct." Initially surfacing
in 2000 following the larvael stages of formative EPs, Celestial was
ISIS' first release with the (then newly-solidified) lineup that would
last them through a decade until disbanding in 2010.

With chugging sludge, expansive doom, droning metal and a nuanced yet
vital use of keys, samples and noise, Celestial at times borders on
completely devastation, but gracefully shifts into passages of sheer
beauty. ISIS came into their own with Celestial, mastering the flow of
sonic dynamics between "loud" and "quiet", smoothly bringing sparse
elements into an otherwise oppressively heavy sound.
This unique and varied album of nearly an hour's length was their
first captured by engineer Matt Bayles, who subsequently recorded
ISIS' following three long-players. Aaron Turner's artwork has been
fully reimagined from the original elements, and the double LPs are
housed in a jacket with printed innersleeves containing flood-black
interior printing. Out of print for years, Celestial is finally
available again with newly remastered audio, carefully crafted
specifically for vinyl by longtime cohort James Plotkin.
We've pressed 2000 copies of this and they turned out great: 1100
black vinyl, and 300 each of three variations of yellow.

* Listen to track 3, "Glisten", at SoundCloud (
http://soundcloud.com/roboticempire/isis-glisten )* Order vinyl at the
Robotic Empire - Online Store (
http://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=Isis
)

Beyond that obviously massive release, we've stocked a variety of rad
stuff for the Robotic Empire - Online Store (
http://www.roboticempire.com/store ) recently, pretty much all on
large-format vinyl. A great stack of no-brainers so its almost a bit
weird highlighting ANNIHILATION TIME, BARONESS, BLACK TUSK, BOTCH (!),
CENTURIES, CHELSEA WOLFE, CONSTANTS, COUGH, HULL, INTER ARMA (!), PIG
DESTROYER, TIDELAND (!), VITAMIN X, YEAR OF NO LIGHT, etc... but, we
just did. Here's the full list:

NEW ITEMS:
* American Heritage - Sedentary 12" (Solar Flare) $14.99
* Annihilation Time - II 12" (Tank Crimes) $9.99
* Baroness - Yellow & Green 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
* Black Tusk - Set The Dial 12" (Relapse) $14.99
* Botch - American Nervoso 2x12" (Hydra Head) $19.99
* Centuries - Broken Hymns 12" (Halo Of Flies) $11.99
* Chelsea Wolfe - Apokalypsis 12" (Pendu) $18.99
* Constants - If Tomorrow The War 12" (Science of Science) $16.99
* Cough / Windhand - Reflection of the Negative - BLACK GREY SWIRL
COLORED VINYL 12" (Relapse) $12.99
* Hull - Viking Funeral - Ox Blood w/ BLACK HAZE COLORED VINYL 12"
(Science of Science) $29.99
* Inter Arma - Sky Burial 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
* Isis - Celestial - BLACK VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $22.99
* Isis - Celestial – SUN YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire) $22.99
* Isis - Celestial – SWARM YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic Empire)
$22.99
* Isis - Celestial – MARBLED YELLOW COLORED VINYL 2x12" (Robotic
Empire) $22.99
* Kicker - Not You 12" (Tank Crimes) $10.99
* Momentum - Herbivore 12" (Halo Of Flies) $11.99
* Monolith / Voyager - Split 12" (Science of Science) $8.99
* Pig Destroyer - Book Burner - 180 GRAM VINYL 12" (Relapse) $12.99
* Sofy Major - Idolize 12" (Solar Flare) $14.99
* Tideland - Lull 12" (Sterling) $9.99
* Tideland - Lull - SILVER COLORED VINYL 12" (Sterling) $9.99
* Vitamin X - About to Crack 12" (Tank Crimes) $10.99
* Watertank - Sleepwalk 12" (Solar Flare) $14.99
* Year Of No Light - Vampry 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99

On the restock-tip we're in the same boat: all no-brainer bangers
from BARONESS, COUGH, DAITRO, DOOMRIDERS, GHOUL, GLACIERS, JKFLESH,
JODIS, KAYO DOT, KICKING SPIT, KONGH, PYGMY LUSH, TORCHE and YEAR OF
NO LIGHT.

RESTOCKS:
* Baroness - Blue 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
* Baroness - Red 2x12" (Relapse) $19.99
* Cough - Ritual Abuse 2x12" - BLUE COLORED VINYL (Relapse) $19.99
* Daitro - Cendresdes Cendres, Je Me Consume 10" - BLACK VINYL (Music
Fear Satan) $10.99
* Doomriders - Black Thunder 12" - COLORED VINYL (Magic Bullet) $14.99

* Ghoul - Transmission Zero 12" - COLORED VINYL (Tank Crimes) $9.99
* Glaciers - And The Sea Won The Battle 12" - CLEAR BLUE SWIRL COLORED
VINYL (Self Released) $14.99
* JK Flesh / Pruient - Worship Is the Cleansing of the Imagination 12"
(Hydra Head) $15.99
* Jodis - Secret House 2x12" - GREEN PEACH COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head)
$24.99
* Kayo Dot - Blue Lambency Downward 12" - MAROON COLORED VINYL (Hydra
Head) $14.99
* Kicking Spit - Psychrockbullshit 12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Tank
Crimes) $9.99
* Kongh - Shadows Of The Shapeless 2x12" (Music Fear Satan) $19.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" - 180 GRAM VINYL (Lovitt) $14.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Lovitt) $14.99
* Pygmy Lush - Mount Hope 12" - RED COLORED VINYL (Lovitt) $14.99
* Torche - Harmonicraft 12" - CLEAR COLORED VINYL (Volcom) $14.99
* Year Of No Light - Ausserwelt 2x12" - BLACK VINYL (Music Fear Satan)
$19.99

Another noteworthy highlight is that a recent release from last
month, SOME STRANGER's debut 12" EP, has received some nice praise
from the glossy UK mag Rock Sound. Both a feature and review were in
their last issue, and a larger graphic can be viewed here (
http://i407.photobucket.com/albums/pp152/roboticempire/some_stranger_rock_sound1500.jpg
)

That one has been a fun release for us, a little outside our comfort
zone yet a very powerful debut from some longtime friends of the
label.

* Listen to the full EP at Bandcamp ( http://somestranger.bandcamp.com
)
* Order vinyl at the Robotic Empire - Online Store (
http://www.roboticempire.com/store/index.php?main_page=advanced_search_result&keyword=Some+Stranger
)

OK that wraps up the latest update from Robotic Empire. Please order
something from our Online Store ( http://www.roboticempire.com/store )
if ya can, so we can make room for this guy!

Peace!

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