TORCHE and BARONESS represses, new material, tour dates, BIG distro update and more!

roboticempire · March 14, 2013

The biggest news for the
Robotic Empire - Online Store
this time around is the fifth(!) pressing of TORCHE's now-classic In
Return 10"+CD. With each pressing having been 2000 copies, this means
10,000(!!) of this burly EP now exist... which is absolutely crazy to think
about.

TORCHE have shown no signs of
slowing down, either in the live-devastation or song-development
departments. In Return has proven to be a pivotal release, both for fans
and the band, and has subsequently become of the biggest overall releases that
Robotic Empire has done. We are both amazed and humbled by the stellar reaction
this EP has had over the past five years, and are excited to present the latest
ridiculous pressing to you today:

2000 MO' COPIES:

* 200 copies of Ballistic (clear w/ red
streaks and a black blob)

* 200 copies of Blue Hydrangea (light blue
with blue swatches inserted)

* 400 copies of Planetoid (beer/pink with
lots of streaks)

* 400 copies of Orange Julius (delicious!)

* 400 copies of Ice Moon (blue in blue)

* 400 copies of Smelted Ore (silver and
gold stripes with gold streaks)

In general, we've toned down on the absurd
color-vinyl "variants" for our vinyl pressings over the past few
years, but with In Return and its vibrant John Dyer Baizley designed
gatefold layout, it feels appropriate to go BIG with the color vinyl options...
and thus, we very much have. With a counterpart CD of the same music embedded
into the gatefold interior, this is one of the more impressive single-recording
packagings we've been a part of to date.

* TORCHE's In Return
10"+CD is available once again in the
Robotic
Empire - Online Store

In addition, the band has self-released a
thunderous two-song 7" called Harmonslaught that sees the
long-awaited return of the infamous "bomb string". We are one of the
few distros to have copies of this, which is also
now
available on color vinyl. With the band constantly on the road, re-upping
this won't happen quickly so hop on it now if you want a copy! We also have
some badass t-shirts along with limited amounts of their latest killer
album, Harmonicraft. BOOM!

Last but obviously not least on the
TORCHE-tip, the band is hitting the road hard again this spring/summer
both in the USA and Europe (plus, FLOOR are touring with THRONES
too, just before!) so scroll to the bottom of this update for all related tour
dates.

Semi-related (via ye olde dawg Baizley),
BARONESS' First + Second 12" has been re-pressed by our
Savannah friends Hyperrealist, and we got copies once again as their main
mailorder-outlet. This time around 1500 copies were made with a cool new
"rusty" lookin' foil-stamp on the gatefold jacket
enlarged photo here. Appropriately complimentary vinyl colors were
picked, so an equal amount of brown and orange vinyl now exist of this
formative-material release.

Obviously a lot has happened with and to
BARONESS collectively, but one thing has remained true: where they've
come from and where they're going. The band has evolved considerably over the
years to become a rock/metal juggernaut, and on First + Second they
impressively displayed their capabilities, albeit with a hefty lean on the
"heavy". A fan-favorite for many reasons, we are glad to see this
made available once again.

* BARONESS' First + Second
12" is available now in the Robotic
Empire - Online Store

Concluding the BARONESS-related
stuff here for now, we will make an announcement in the coming weeks in regard
to one of the band's members... and it is not what you would expect...

Beyond this awesome activity, we've got a
handful of new items and one re-up for the
Robotic Empire - Online Store.
The previous update was substantially larger so we're including that as well
since its nice and fresh as well:

NEWEST STUFF:

* Asva / Philippe Petit - Empires Should
Burn 12" (Small Doses) $9.99

* Baroness – First & Second 12” BROWN
COLORED VINYL (Hyperrealist) $14.99

* Baroness – First & Second 12” ORANGE
COLORED VINYL (Hyperrealist) $14.99

* Sandrider - Self-Titled 12" (Good To
Die) $17.99

* Torche - Harmonslaught - COLORED VINYL
7" (Amnesian) $6.99

* Torche - In Return - BALLISTIC COLORED
VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* Torche - In Return - BLUE HYDRANGEA
COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* Torche - In Return - ICE MOON COLORED
VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* Torche - In Return - ORANGE JULIUS
COLORED VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* Torche - In Return - PLANETOID COLORED
VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* Torche - In Return - SMELTED ORE COLORED
VINYL 10"+CD (Robotic Empire) $14.99

* VYGR / At Our Heels / Griever - 3 Way
Split - BLACK BROWN COLORED VINYL 12" (Creator Destroyer) $14.99

* Whitehorse - Live Ritual July 25th 2011
CD (Small Doses) $9.99

RE-UP:

* Ancient Sky - Castle / Allegory 7''
(Wharf Cat) $9.99

* Torche – Harmonicraft 12” CLEAR
COLORED VINYL (Volcom) $15.99

NEW STUFF: (that's still available)

* 16 - Lost Tracks Of Time - PURPLE BLUE
SWIRL COLORED VINYL 12" (Last Hurrah) $18.99

* Battle Path - Empiric 12" (Alerta
Antifascista) $11.99

* Bone Dance - Self-Titled - CLEAR COLORED
VINYL 12" (Melotov) $14.99

* Cloud Rat - Moksha 12" (Halo Of
Flies) $10.99

* Cop City / Chill Pillars - Hosed 12"
(Floridas Dying) $12.99

* Cop City Chill Pillars - Held Hostage On
Planet Chill 12" (Floridas Dying) $12.99

* Cough - Supplicant - Size: EXTRA LARGE
T-Shirt (Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Supplicant - Size: LARGE T-Shirt
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Supplicant - Size: MEDIUM T-Shirt
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Supplicant - Size: SMALL T-Shirt
(Self Released) $14.99

* Dads - Brown on Brown 12" (Wharf
Cat) $11.99

* Jacuzzi Boys - No Seasons 12"
(Florida's Dying) $12.99

* Jodis - Black Curtain - CLEAR COLORED
VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $19.99

* Johnny Mox - We / Trouble - RED COLORED
VINYL 12" (Sons of Vesta) $14.99

* Jowls - Cursed - COLORED VINYL 10"
(Tiny Engines) $9.99

* Mamiffer / Pyramids - Split 12"
(Hydra Head) $16.99

* Mamiffer / Pyramids - Split - GREY
COLORED VINYL 12" (Hydra Head) $16.99

* Marked Men - Fix My Brain Cassette (Dirt
Cult) $4.99

* Marked Men - Ghosts Cassette (Dirt Cult)
$4.99

* Marked Men - On the Outside Cassette
(Dirt Cult) $4.99

* Marked Men - Self-Titled Cassette (Dirt
Cult) $4.99

* Meek Is Murder - Algorithms - CLEAR
COLORED VINYL 12" (Granite House) $11.99

* Moloch / Wyqm - Split - GLOW IN THE DARK
COLORED VINYL 12" (Death Agonies & Screams) $9.99

* Monuments Collapse - Self-Titled 12"
(50 Year Storm) $10.99

* Passing Phases - Endless Autumn 12"
(Cricket Cemetery) $9.99

* Pigs - You Ruin Everything - BLACK VINYL
12" (Solar Flare) $16.99

* Pigs - You Ruin Everything - BLUE COLORED
VINYL 12" (Solar Flare) $16.99

* Split Cranium - Self-Titled - BLACK VINYL
12" (Hydra Head) $19.99

* Wyqm - Deathspectre CD (Death Agonies
& Screams) $9.99

* Wyqm - Portrait of Spectre - GREY WITH
BLACK SWIRL COLORED VINYL 12" (Death Agonies & Screams) $9.99

* Wyqm - Self-Titled - GREEN WITH BLACK
MIST COLORED VINYL 12" (Death Agonies & Screams) $6.99

RESTOCKS:

* Ancient Sky - Self-Titled 12" -
BLACK VINYL (The Perpetual Motion Machine) $10.99

* Ancient Sky - Self-Titled 12" -
CLEAR WITH PINK HAZE COLORED VINYL (The Perpetual Motion Machine) $10.99

* Ancient Sky - Self-Titled 12" - WHITE
COLORED VINYL (The Perpetual Motion Machine) $10.99

* Cough - Baphomet T-Shirt - Size: EXTRA
LARGE (Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Baphomet T-Shirt - Size: LARGE
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Baphomet T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Baphomet T-Shirt - Size: SMALL
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Plague T-Shirt - Size: LARGE
(Self Released) $14.99

* Cough - Plague T-Shirt - Size: MEDIUM
(Self Released) $14.99

* Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned
2x12" - GREY COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $24.99

* Jesu - Heart Ache & Dethroned
2x12" - WHITE COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $24.99

* Jesu - Self-Titled 2x12" - BLACK
VINYL (Hydra Head) $24.99

* Lightbearer - Llapsus 2x12" - VINYL
(Halo of Flies) $21.99

* Pelican / These Arms Are Snakes - Split
10" - CLEAR WITH PINK COLORED VINYL (Hydra Head) $9.99

* Raein - Ogni Nuovo Inizio 12" -
1-SIDED BLACK ETCHED VINYL (Sons Of Vesta) $18.99

* Torche - Songs For Singles 12" -
BLACK VINYL (Hydra Head) $16.99

* Wyqm - Portrait of Spectre 12" - RED
WITH BLACK SPLATTER COLORED VINYL (Death Agonies & Screams) $9.99

YEAH! Love an update chock full of good
stuff. If somethang floats yer boat, please hit up the
Robotic Empire - Online Store as
we have a BUSY schedule ahead of us and gotta pay for all the pending chaos
somehow!

Thank you,

-Team Robo

*
Robotic Empire - Online Store

FLOOR TOUR DATES:

* Wednesday, March 27 @ Tremont Music Hall
- Charlotte, North Carolina

* Thursday, March 28 @ Rock And Roll Hotel
- Washington, District of Columbia

DATES w/ THRONES:

* Friday, March 29 @ Saint Vitus Bar -
Brooklyn, New York

* Saturday, March 30 @ As220 - Providence,
Rhode Island

* Sunday, March 31 @ Great Scott - Allston,
Massachusetts

* Monday, April 1 @ The Barbary -
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

* Wednesday, April 3 @ Taft Theatre -
Cincinnati, Ohio

* Thursday, April 4 @ Ace of Cups -
Columbus, Ohio

* Friday, April 5 @ Grog Shop - Cleveland
Heights, Ohio

* Saturday, April 6 @ The Pyramid Scheme -
Grand Rapids, Michigan

* Sunday, April 7 @ Magic Stick - Detroit,
Michigan

* Monday, April 8 @ Subterranean - Chicago,
Illinois

* Wednesday, April 10 @ Bottletree Cafe -
Birmingham, Alabama

* Friday, April 12 @ Churchill's Pub -
Miami, Florida

* Saturday, April 13 @ Crowbar - Ybor City,
Florida

* Sunday, April 14 @ The Atlantic -
Gainesville, Florida

TORCHE TOUR DATES:

USA:

* Friday, May 10th @ 529 - Atlanta, Georgia

* Saturday, May 11^th @
Bottletree Café - Birmingham, Alabama

* Sunday, May 12^th @ Fitzgerald's
Downstairs – Houston, Texas

* Monday, May 13^th @ Red 7 –
Austin, Texas

* Tuesday, May 14th @ Club Dada - Dallas,
Texas

* Saturday, May 18th @ Troubadour - West
Hollywood, California

* Monday, May 20th @ SF Eagle - San
Francisco, California

* Tuesday, May 21st @ Oakland Metro
Operahouse - Oakland, California

* Wednesday, May 22nd @ Ace of Spades -
Sacramento, California

* Thursday, May 23rd @ The Observatory -
Santa Ana, California

* Friday, May 24th @ House of Blues - San
Diego, California

* Sunday, May 26^th @ The Gorge
Amphitheatre – George, Washington

* Tuesday, May 28^th @ Burt’s
Tiki Lounge – Salt Lake City, Utah

* Wednesday, May 29th @ Bluebird Theater -
Denver, California

* Thursday, May 30^th @ Czar Bar
– Kansas City, Missouri

* Friday, May 31^st @ Do Division
– Chicago, Illinois

* Friday, May 31^st @ Empty
Bottle – Chicago, Illinois

* Saturday, June 1^st @ The
Cactus Club – Milwaukee, Wisconsin

* Sunday, June 2^nd @ Firebird –
St. Louis, Missouri

* Monday, June 3^rd @ The Ballrom
– Ciincinnati, Ohio

* Tuesday, June 4^th @ Ace of
Cups – Columbus, Ohio

* Wednesday, June 5^th @ The Grog
Shop – Cleveland Heights, Ohio

* Thursday, June 6^th @ Majestic
Theatre – Detroit, Michigan

* Friday, June 7^th @ The Pyramid
Scheme – Grand Rapids, Michigan

* Saturday, June 8^th @ Lee’s
Palace – Toronto, Ontario Canada

* Sunday, June 9^th @ Lost
Horizon – Syracuse, New York

* Monday, June 10^th @ The
Sinclair – Cambridge, Massachusetts

* Thursday, June 13^th @ The Note
– West Chester, Pennsylvania

* Thursday, June 20^th @ Dickens
– Calgary, Alberta Canada

** much more to be announced, keep an eye
on http://www.torchemusic.com for more
soon

EUROLAND:

* Friday, July 5th @ Hove Festival -
Arendal - Norway

* Saturday, July 6th @ Kuudes Asti Festival
- Helsinki - Finland

* Tuesday, July 9th @ Café Central -
Weinheim - Germany

* Thursday, July 11th @ Azkena - Bilbao -
Spain

* Friday, July 12th @ El Sol - Madrid -
Spain

* Saturday, July 13th @ Salamandra 1 - Barcelona
- Spain

* Sunday, July 14th @ Creature Fest - Lodi
- Italy

* Monday, July 15th @ Freak Out Club -
Bologna - Italy

* Tuesday, July 16th @ Arena 3 (Raum Bar) -
Vienna - Austria

* Wednesday, July 17th @ Exhaus - Trier -
Germany

* Thursday, July 18th @ O13 - Tilburg -
Netherlands

* Friday, July 19th @ Dour Festival - Dour
- Belgium

* Saturday, July 20th @ Underground - Koln
- Germany

* Sunday, July 21st @ Bastard Club -
Osnabruck - Germany

* Tuesday, July 23rd @ Metal Days - Tolmin
- Slovenia

* Thursday, July 25th @ 1210 - Stuttgart -
Germany

* Friday, July 26th @ Zeche Carl - Essen -
Germany

* Saturday, July 27th @ Omas Teich Festival
- Grossefehn - Germany

* Sunday, July 28th @ Greenville Festival -
Paaren im Glien - Germany

* Saturday, August 17th @ The Garage -
London - United Kingdom

* Sunday, August 18th @ Brudenell Social
Club - Leeds - United Kingdom

* Monday, August 19th @ Broadcast - Glasgow
- United Kingdom

* Wednesday, August 21st @ Grand Social -
Dublin - Ireland

* Thursday, August 22nd @ Auntie Annies -
Belfast - United Kingdom

p.s. Truly the last thing now, we've pseudo
re-launched the "Robotic Obscurities" rarities thing, but much less
longwinded now. Just the tracks, ma'am:

Hit up the Robotic
Empire - Online Store for all this and way more! Thanx + Peace!

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