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Post by Unspeakable Axe » Fri April 4th, 2014, 1:13 pm

Hi guys - just wanted to introduce myself briefly. I'm Eric, I run a new-ish label called Unspeakable Axe Records. We're a sub-label of Dark Descent Records (Colorado death metal label, pretty well known I would say) focused more on thrash and related sounds - crossover, death/thrash, early and primitive death metal, even a little crust. I'm trying to carve out a niche but not an overly small one.

Anyway, I was originally based out of Indianapolis, but when my wife took a job at UGA we ended up in Athens just a few months after the label was founded. So I'm right down the road from you now. I hope to make it to Atlanta at least a few times a year to see the sights, eat some good food, and maybe take in a show. It seems like metal is a lot stronger in Atlanta than here in the hometown of R.E.M. (not that that's too shocking really).

Oh, and also - you can find our releases at Criminal Records. That's definitely a place I'm going to be hitting up anytime I'm in Atlanta. Nice to see a quality brick-and-mortar shop still going.
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Post by Ryan » Fri April 4th, 2014, 1:27 pm

Welcome dude! That Besieged reissue has been ruling my dome pretty effectively since it dropped. Also stoked for that Angelcrust record! Grim Winds put out one of our cassettes a few years ago, great dudes!

You def need to make it over this way for a show sometime!

edit* Just checked that preview track from Sabbatory, count me excited for that one too! Keep up the good work dude!
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Post by Unspeakable Axe » Fri April 4th, 2014, 3:06 pm

Thanks man! I'm not too sure what the situation is with Angelcrust - that EP was supposed to be ready to go like last summer, and here we are and it seems no closer. But Francis from Grim Winds is good people, and I like the music, so I can wait! Originally that was going to be UAR003... now we're up to UAR007 and counting, ha ha. We'll see what happens this year.

Sabbatory is definitely good. I just got the CDs in stock for that one. Something about those Winnipeg bands - there's a lot of really solid ones.

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Post by Knucklehead » Fri April 4th, 2014, 6:31 pm

Welcome aboard, chief. Hopefully, you'll be able to make it out to some shows.

I understand your label focusses primarily on "noise/post-fluxus/krautbop w/hammered dulcimer, recorder, tanbur, violin, electric and acoustic guitars". You should look into suing DDR for moving in on your turf. (Or settle it the old-fashioned Black Metal way: with a knife fight.)

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Post by Unspeakable Axe » Fri April 4th, 2014, 7:42 pm

Knucklehead wrote:Welcome aboard, chief. Hopefully, you'll be able to make it out to some shows.

I understand your label focusses primarily on "noise/post-fluxus/krautbop w/hammered dulcimer, recorder, tanbur, violin, electric and acoustic guitars". You should look into suing DDR for moving in on your turf. (Or settle it the old-fashioned Black Metal way: with a knife fight.)
Metal on the internet really is a small world, isn't it? :lol:

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Post by Knucklehead » Sat April 5th, 2014, 8:52 am

Unspeakable Axe wrote:
Knucklehead wrote:Welcome aboard, chief. Hopefully, you'll be able to make it out to some shows.

I understand your label focusses primarily on "noise/post-fluxus/krautbop w/hammered dulcimer, recorder, tanbur, violin, electric and acoustic guitars". You should look into suing DDR for moving in on your turf. (Or settle it the old-fashioned Black Metal way: with a knife fight.)
Metal on the internet really is a small world, isn't it? :lol:
Ha! Yes, it is.

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Post by Unspeakable Axe » Wed July 15th, 2015, 3:44 pm

Hey! Haven't been on this board lately, but I thought I would post briefly about what's happening with the label, particularly with regard to Atlanta acts, 'cause we seem to be accumulating a few:

#1 - Sadistic Ritual's "Edge of the Knife" CD is shipping now, and it came out beautifully. Both the bloody cover art and the death/thrash sounds. You can get a copy from the band or from my site: http://www.unspeakableaxerecords.com/pu ... cts_id=295 Creative Loafing likes it: http://clatl.com/atlanta/still-thrashin ... d=14735646

#2 - In other Atlanta metal news, we will release a CD pressing of Manic Scum's new EP late this year. Great death metal for fans of old Suffocation, old Cannibal Corpse, and things that are old and deathly.

#3 - Cemetery Filth isn't really an Atlanta band, but one of their members lives there, so there ya go. Anyway they've contributed three tracks to a split full length of death metal, "4 Doors To Death," which will be released later this year. The other bands on it are TrenchRot, Ectovoid, and Sabbatory. Gonna be great.

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Post by Thrashmania » Wed July 15th, 2015, 4:11 pm

I cannot wait for that split.

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