THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 07.21.10

As summer drones on and i try to make myself get used to to the heat and a general sense of malaise, i strive to keep moving ahead with label-related activities. not so easy, but i have managed to get a lot out of the way during the past month. the THEOLOGIAN+INSWARM preorder will begin to ship very soon. i finally finished the layout today and sent it to the printers, and the audio master has been made, so i can start dubbing copies. i plan to begin preparing packages tomorrow. i'm hoping to get them all out by july 30, and after that i will work on assembling the CODE LEECH preorder package. i plan to wrap that process up and begin shipping them by the 11th of august. i have to finish one last track, but today i sent the BLACK SUN shirt artwork to the printers. i'm switching to a different, somewhat cheaper printer than i have been using. the shirts will be delayed a bit, because they are moving to a new location in the next weeks. the good news is that starting with this one, i can now get runs of 50 shirts for less than what i've been paying for runs of 36 shirts. that means i can send more artist copies out and to a few distros as well. hooray.

The 11th of august is my birthday and the 13th anniversary of ANNIHILVS, at which point i will announce a pretty massive celebratory preorder package that will include a couple of new shirts, some posters, miniposters, pins and a whole bunch of new stickers (also featuring a very nice, unexpected collaboration release); hopefully coinciding with the advent of an all-new ANNIHILVS website/webstore. i'm lagging very far behind my self-imposed schedule (what else is new), so it remains to be seen if i'll have the new site working by then, but the anniversary preorder will be announced regardless.

A slew of new collaborative audio is currently in progress, and i'm going to try to get these out is as quick succession as i can during the next several months. below is a list of preorder packages that have tracks in various stages of production, which doesn't necessarily reflect the order in which they will be released (though this is possible):

THEOLOGIAN+ADERLATING. A CHORUS OF BEAUTIES SINGS TO ME THROUGH SLIT THROATS
THEOLOGIAN+FOUR PI MOVEMENT. THE DESTROYER
THEOLOGIAN+AUN. L'ÉPREUVE DE PORETE
THEOLOGIAN+SKINCAGE. THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
THEOLOGIAN+STROM.EC. HUBRIZINE



In other THEOLOGIAN news, Adam at CRUCIAL BLAST is working on getting the shirts, posters and other periphery for the special edition of THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE, while it's being mastered by Jérôme at HERMETIQUE. More on that to come.

I've gotten the licensing contract for the photo by the very talented Michele Crowe which will be used as cover art for WITHOUT ME by love is nothing.
the audio is still in progress, and i'm still waiting on a new logo design from Hiero, so it's gonna be a while, but i think it will be worth the wait.

In the world of SUFFERING BODIES, i had a recent email exchange with the amazing Mark Powell about using some of his work for the layout, so that is coming together. the audio is kinda stalled at the moment, but we're in contact about moving forward. there are four existing tracks, which were submitted to the awesome VENDLUS RECORDS, and there was a positive response. no real plan exists for when this beast will materialise, but it shall, and it will be on an amazing label!

I think that's pretty much i can muster at this point.

Many thanks for your continued support.
HAIL SATAN

THE GOSPELS OF THE GASH - 07.01.10

I'd hoped to get several orders shipped on wednesday, but between unbelievably intense hot weather in the early part of the week and the effort i've put into finishing up the audio and layout for the new THEOLOGIAN album by the end of june, i had to let a lot of shit slip by me this week. i will absolutely get back on it next week. i picked up the INSWARM shirts today, and the audio has been completed for a little under a week now, so those will most likely start shipping next week, along with the last remaining few WILT preorders. in spite of this week's hiccup, things are still moving ahead.
i received a few emails about missing orders and a couple of incorrect items that got shipped. this is most likely due to the transitional into working with an assistant who's unfamiliar with my (lack of a) system. the kinks will be ironed out...

Now, for the real news:



THEOLOGIAN. THE FURTHER I GET FROM YOUR STAR, THE LESS LIGHT I FEEL ON MY FACE CD (CRUCIAL BLAST)
The audio and layout are completed and have been turned in to Adam at CRUCIAL BLAST. the tracks are being mastered by the amazing Jérôme Nougaillon of HERMETIQUE and PROPERGOL, and i anticipate that he will make them sound incredible.
there will be a special edition of the album, including a shirt, poster and pins. CRUCIAL BLAST will also release the debut ep, CHARTING THE SCHISM as a digital download in conjunction with this album.
i sent the unmastered mp3s to a few people to preview, among them was Mories of GNAW THEIR TONGUES and ADERLATING, and this is what he had to say:
"Absolute dark tunnel music, like being slowly sucked into a black hole leading to hell...brooding dark stuff man."
i can't ask for a better description than that, especially from someone so well-versed in making music that sounds like it was recorded in the pit of tartarus. by the way, congratulations are in order for GNAW THEIR TONGUES, whose next album will be released by CANDLELIGHT RECORDS!

Earlier this week, Mories sent me the artwork for the ADERLATING shirt to be included in the previously announced THEOLOGIAN+ADERLATING preorder package, forthcoming in the near future.


YOU REALLY SHOULD BUY THIS:
THEOLOGIAN+BLACK SUN+INSWARM+REQUIEM. CODE LEECH-PREORDER PACKAGE
Black-on-black tshirt featuring the SWANS-inspired logo of cunted Glaswegian doom butchers BLACK SUN. Includes a 60 minute cassette containing multiple versions of the track CRAWLING LIKE A LEECH, from their CODE BLACK ep (appearing on the split 7inch with THEY ARE COWARDS), raped and reinterpreted by THEOLOGIAN, brooklyn-based industrial doomers INSWARM and pennsylvanian black ambient mystic REQUIEM. Also features a cover/remix version of the BLACK SUN track HAMMER by THEOLOGIAN.

More news to come...

Thanks for looking and listening!