Monday, December 21, 2009

SIX YEARS.

Its Seventh Rule's 6 Year Anniversary!

You know how its always exciting to get a receipt from your meal at the Cracker Barrel and the total is $6.66? Well we would like to recreate that experience for you and show our love and appreciation by bringing forth the Seventh Rule $6.66 sale!

That's right, ALL SEVENTH RULE CDs IN THE ONLINE STORE are only $6.66 POSTAGE PAID until December 31st!!!

So do it now at www.seventhrule.com/store . ($6.66 PPD is for US shipping, add a couple dollars for shipments outside the states.)

Doing this label for six years now we feel is an amazing feat and we took the time to look back at the year we started by going through our old website edits and emails sent and received.These were the statements made by a young independent record label in 2003 / 2004. Perhaps we shouldn't be making these public knowledge but we like to think we have a sense of humor and hindsight is always an excellent source of comedy.

Here are the best of em:

"We should easily be able to sell 6,000 copies of that CD."

"I just can't wait to be able to make a living touring 6 months out of the year."

"We just want to break even."

"I need to work on making the website load fast on a dial-up connection"

"Ya know man, I just feel $12 is too much for an LP."

"We should be able to quit our day jobs and just do the label by 2008, don't you think?"

"Hey Wilson, Can you check on my order for the Buried At Sea LP I ordered through your site one week ago? I am really bummed I haven't received it yet, and think you need to do a quicker job at shipping."
(OK, I hope everyone knows by now that Wilson is our dog and in the beginning we made all orders go to him because we thought it would be funny, and It was funny! yes handofdoomcamero666@hotmail.com, you were sending an email to a DOG.)

and our favorite:

"Yeah, I don't really see a point in selling our music through iTunes. It like charging someone for files that are just sitting on your hard drive."

Hopefully you find some humor in reading the above, and thank you for the years of support. We aren't going anywhere.

Cheers and Happy New Year!

Sunday, November 29, 2009

RIP MATTHEW ALLEN ARLUCK. YOU WILL BE MISSED.


Our hearts are broken. We have lost a member of the Seventh Rule family.

RIP Mat Arluck.

You will be missed more than you'll ever know.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

SEVENTH RULE SIGNS KONGH

Seventh Rule proudly welcomes Scandinavian doom lords Kongh to its eccentric family.

Hailing from Sweden, Kongh brings doom metal with a progressive melting pot of ideas whose origins stem from the spirit of their godfathers -- Melvins, Yob, and Candlemass.

The follow-up to their critically acclaimed “Counting Heartbeats” debut, “Shadows of the Shapeless” will be released by Seventh Rule to the North American region in early 2010.

“Shadows of the Shapeless” was recorded and mixed in Sweden by Peter Lundin and mastered by Peter In de Betou (Entombed, Meshuggah).

Kongh will be touring throughout 2010, including dates in Europe and the United States.

Hear tracks from “Shadows of the Shapeless” here:

www.myspace.com/kongh


Wednesday, November 04, 2009

WETNURSE FALL TOUR IN EFFECT !!!












Wetnurse embarks this week on a short US tour!

Nov 6 - Pittsburgh, PA @ 31st St Pub (w/ Complete Failure, Hero Destroyed)
Nov 7 - Indianapolis, IN @ The Dojo (w/ The Dream Is Dead, Struck By Lightning)
Nov 8 - Chicago, IL @ Subterranean (w/ Harpoon, Lord Mantis, The Swan King)
Nov 10 - Richmond, VA @ The Triple (w/ The Atlas Moth, War Graves)
Nov 11 - Philadelphia, PA @ Starlight Ballroom (w/ The Atlas Moth, Javelina, Woe)
Nov 12 - Baltimore, MD @ Sidebar (w/ The Atlas Moth, 4th Horseman)
Nov 13 - New Brunswick, NJ @ Court Tavern (w/ The Atlas Moth, Torchbearer)
Nov 14 - Providence, RI @ The Sweatshop (w/ The Atlas Moth, the_Network)
Nov 15 - Allston, MA @ Unit 11 (w/ The Atlas Moth, Ramming Speed)
Nov 17 - Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool (w/ The Atlas Moth, Dark Castle)

Thursday, October 08, 2009

MILLIONS ON TOUR IN EUROPE AND THE BLOG BEHIND IT ALL

Greetings from Scotland!

MILLIONS is currently on tour in Europe and its been pretty amazing.

Full tour dates and exploits can be found at:

Thursday, September 10, 2009

SWEET COBRA TO INVADE THE WEST COAST


Just announced!

Sweet Cobra will be making their first trip out to the west coast joining Minsk, Pelican, and Black Cobra on the dates.

Full details posted in the tours section!

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

RAISE THE RED LANTERN TO RELEASE NEW FULL LENGTH

After a two year international hiatus, RAISE THE RED LANTERN return with a sophmore and self titled full-length release. Recorded by Sanford Parker at Volume Recording, this recording is also the first featuring new drummer Jim Staffel. (Also of the prog-saxy YAKUZA!)

This album will be released on At A Loss Recordings and we at Seventh Rule are pretty stoked to see the band hitting the road again.

Complete tour dates listed here!!!

Wednesday, September 02, 2009

MILLIONS / FIGHT AMP BBQ WEEKEND

MILLIONS will be spending the tail end of the this week with FIGHT AMP, hitting the road amongst the MIDWEST.

Dates are as follows:
SEPTEMBER 4 - Nashville, TN W/ FIGHT AMP + LASER FLAMES on the GREAT BIG NEWS @ Springwater

SEPTEMBER 5 - Louisville, KY W/ FIGHT AMP + DARK OVERLORDS OF THE UNIVERSE @ Skull Alley

SEPTEMBER 6 - Indianapolis, IN W/ FIGHT AMP + DEADMEN @ Casa Del Kotex

SEPTEMBER 7 - Chicago, IL W/ FIGHT AMP + BLACK TEETH + NEURONS @ Summer Camp

The band will have the vinyl version of their debut album "Gather Scatter"available, including the limited "Crystal Vinyl" pressing limited to 110.

See you there!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

LORD MANTIS / LAMBGOAT REVIEW

The fine folks at LAMBGOAT recently reviewed the Lord Mantis release "Spawning The Nephilim"

Check it out here!

Thursday, August 20, 2009

SWEET COBRA "BOTTOM FEEDER" 12" NOW AVAILABLE


The Sweet Cobra "Bottom Feeder" 12" is now available for mailorder from
Blue Collar Distro.

The “Bottom Feeder” is a limited 3 Song 12", with an etched side featuring artwork by the bands’ vocalist and bass player, Botchy Vasquez.

This EP was recorded at Electrical Audio by Greg Norman (Russian Circles) and mixed by Sanford Parker (Minsk, Nachtmystium).

Lacquer creation was handled by Pete Lyman (The Locust, Queens Of The Stone Age) at Infrasonic Sound.

Track listing is as follows...

1. Bottom Feeder
2. Toe Cutter
3. Holster Bone

ORDER NOW.

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

MILLIONS TO EMBARK ON EUROPEAN TOUR... THOSE BELLS HAVENT RUNG IN YEARS!

Abusing eardrums across the USA this spring / summer with Young Widows, Tombs, Gods & Queens, and more, Millions are finalizing the dates for a European tour in support of their Gather Scatter release.

This extensive month-long tour sees Millions bring its sonic antagonism to 10 different European countries.

Dates are posted below!

Monday, July 20, 2009

SEVENTH RULE T-SHIRTS AVAILABLE



Show your support for a heavy Chicago label and sport a Seventh Rule T!

Thursday, July 02, 2009

SEVENTH RULE PARTNERS WITH BLUE COLLAR DISTRO

At this hot moment, we would like to announce our partnership with Blue Collar Distro, handling all of our mailorder business.

BCD is a homegrown and strongly independent company running out of Lawrence, Kansas and also handles the merchandise duties of Hydra Head, At A Loss, Hawthorne Street... Check em out here.

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

EMPEROR CABS FEATURED ON GEAR WIRE

Emperor Cabs: A Metalhead Mystery Tour

Watch it here.