Pleiadian Keys rules tho but the rest of the songs meh

Disclosure is the one that rules.

Album Rating: 2.0

reading esoteric agenda's lyrics along with the song is so funny



SADDAM HUSSEIN

Album Rating: 3.0

I gotta admit that Pleiadian Keys got me really psyched for the band and the rest of the album was a let down.

Album Rating: 2.5

Pleiadian Keys is pretty rad, but the rest of the album is just so Sumerian (lol).



Funny to see them break up after all that hype.

Album Rating: 3.0

Maybe that's why they didn't get signed by Basick.

Album Rating: 2.0

Hmm yeah Basick signs a lot of "these" bands.

Album Rating: 3.0

Nothing wrong with that. Basick and Sumerian are like Roadrunner and Metal Blade once were. Giving fringe metal bands a chance. And from what I hear they treat their bands pretty well.

I don't like Sumerian very much. But I prefer them over some record companies like rise records or victory records.

Album Rating: 2.0

Sumerian tries to innovate and gets some pretty tech bands.

Album Rating: 3.0

The first thing I saw "Drums and Bass" and I immediately assumed it was a dnb album



but I need to check this out

Actually I enjoyed this album.

Album Rating: 3.0

"And from what I hear they treat their bands pretty well."



they treat their bands very well, from what I could tell by the I See Stars/Radke incident

Album Rating: 3.0

They do treat them well, especially financially.

Yeah if I ever got signed Sumerian would be one of the labels I'd like to get signed to, not because of the music they put out but because of how well they treat the artists. Reckon they and Nuclear Blast are gonna be the two labels that start to fill in the gaps left by Roadrunner's shrink after Warner bought them out.

Album Rating: 3.0

Getting signed to a label is old hat.

Album Rating: 3.0

Sadly, this is also true... *sigh*

I dunno for your first big release it's good to have a label to help build a fanbase, from stuff I've read you're best getting a 1 album deal to get a name for yourself through the label's links (do not under any circumstances give up and merch rights though) and then you can build from there on your own.

Album Rating: 3.0

Yeah that's true I guess, but the internet is the ultimate meritocracy and if you're good enough people are likely to notice. The only people who really need hype machines are made-to-order pop divas looking for a gimmick. I'm sure that having label funding comes in handy when it comes to recording costs, but even that is being mitigated by improving quality of DIY production.

Physical distribution is also a major benefit of labels. Example is Sockweb, they've already recorded their album and are strictly a studio project (no touring) but they signed to Monolith cos they wanted the distribution deal (and the guitarist has had loads of experience with labels before so knew how to deal with the offers they got). The Defiled (who until now were unsigned but have played a bunch of major festivals and tours in the UK) are another example of a band that are gonna benefit from distribution from Nuclear Blast as Grave Times is only available at shows now (1888 I'm not sure). So if you want more of a physical presence then a label's a good way to go