Common Man Down vocalist, Jordan Davis hand-picked artists whose styles span across the electronic genre. Everyone chosen to remix, rearrange, destroy, and manipulate were chosen for their distinct vision and ability to take Self Addiction in a unique direction that promises to please multiple crowds. Artists include Tom Napack (Vanity Police/Dangerous Muse) with an old-school/lofi/industrial vibe, there’s a dubstep/dance rendering from Ryle, an energetic approach from Cyanotic, Orvtronixxx with a dark-electro hit, and Erektor with noise-induced crushing mayhem.

Also included on the single is a minimal, stripped down, electro perspective of the song by Common Man Down called “Relapse“.

Self Addiction is set to be released on February 15th, 2011. Pre-order options are available now through Bit Riot Records at BitRiotMerch.com, including a discount on the single for $3.98 and a t-shirt purchase that gets you the single download in its entirety for FREE!

Common Man Down – Self Addiction T-Shirt (PRE ORDER)

Common Man Down – Self Addiction Single (Digital) (PRE ORDER)

The original Self Addiction is also available as part of the Bit Riot Records 2011 Free Digital Sampler. http://www.bitriotmerch.com/page/6/Free-Music-Downloads

Common Man Down:
http://commonmandown.com
http://myspace.com/commonmandown
http://www.facebook.com/commonmandown
http://www.youtube.com/user/CommonManDown

Remix Artists:
http://www.dangerousmuse.com
http://www.myspace.com/wearr
http://www.cyanotic.com
http://www.djryle.com
http://web.me.com/orvillekline

http://www.bitriotmerch.com

THE IRON FIST OF JUST DESTRUCTION.

Featuring guest vocals by Britanny Bindrim of I:Scintilla, this song will be the first look at “The Tyrant Sun EP“, the next release from EGC, and the final step in your grim, grim descent in to madness and despair.

Find your exclusive download code on the COMBI-ICED card in your merch bag, with a new label sampler from our dark overlords, BIT RIOT RECORDS, on the other side. Then go drink until you can’t see your own face after it has been torn from your skull and presented to you on a delightful holiday platter.

COMBICHRIST – MONSTERS ON TOUR

Wed, November 03 – New Orleans, LA @ Howlin Wolf
Thurs, November 04 – Austin, TX @ Elysium
Sat, November 06 – Scottsdale, AZ @ The Venue Of Scottsdale
Sun, November 07 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Music Box
Mon, November 08 – San Francisco, CA @ Slims
Wed, November 10 – Portland, OR @ The Wonder Ballroom
Thurs, November 11 – Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Sat, November 13 – Denver, CO @ The Gothic Theater
Mon, November 15 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Cabooze
Tues, November 16 – Chicago, IL @ The Bottom Lounge
Wed, November 17 – Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre
Thurs, November 18 – Ithaca, NY @ The Haunt
Fri, November 19 – Hartford, CT @ Webster Theater
Sat, November 20 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Mr Smalls Theatre
Sun, November 21 - Philadelphia, PA @ The Starlight Ballroom
Mon, November 22 – Washington DC @ Fur Nightclub
Wed, November 24 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade

For more information:

http://www.bitriotrecords.com
http://www.everythinggoescold.com
http://www.combichrist.com

For those of you not already acquainted with this band, Be My Enemy is the solo project of Phil Barry, the other half of the British techno/metal outfit Cubanate. Since the bands last release in 1998, some fans of Cubanate may have been wondering where Phil Barry has been. We can assure you he has been busy, mostly with releases in the Techno and Breaks scenes (i.e. ‘Freak Frequency‘ by Vigi and Flip / ‘Swarm‘ by String Theory)… until now.

In 2008, Barry started recording tracks for Be My Enemy’s debut album This is the New Wave and picks up where he left off to create exactly what his debut album title promises to be the defining new wave of techno/ rock music.

The title track ‘The New Wave‘ was the 1st song recorded for the album. This song is about project creator, Phil Barry, starting a new phase of music, a change in direction but also a return to the style he made with Cubanate. Influenced by metal, punk, breakbeat, and old school rave music BME is a mix of musical energy dubbed “Ravemetal”, that fans can dance, mosh and stage dive to. Phil says, “This album begins a new phase for me now I am the frontman as well as the guitarist and the producer. I had as much fun making this album as any in my career mashing all the elements of my favorite styles of dance and rock music together. I’m very excited to be a part of the Bit Riot family which is THE record label in the USA for guitar driven electronic music.”

This is the New Wave serves as a triumphant return for Phil Barry and yet another groundbreaking release for Bit Riot Records.

Eric Dusik, owner of Bit Riot Records, comments on the newest addition to their roster. “As a lifelong fan of Cubanate and Phil Barry, it is just amazing to have a chance to work together on releasing Be My Enemy in North America. This Is The New Wave is exactly the kind of genre bending hard driven record that you would expect from a producer like Phil and that is what we dream about here at Bit Riot – a record for fans off Industrial, Rave, Metal and everything in between.”

Download the free Be My Enemy EP ‘Shot By Both Sides‘ from the VampireFreaks digital store. http://music.vampirefreaks.com/download/album.php?id=768

This is the New Wave will be available via Bit Riot Records October 26th, 2010.

Official Site www.bemyenemy.co.uk - under construction
Myspace www.myspace.com/bemyenemymusic
Facebook www.facebook.com/?ref=logo#!/pages/Be-My-Enemy/142120149253
VampireFreaks www.vampirefreaks.com/bemyenemy

Giving a new twist to horror, the Afterparty Massacre, brings metal, blood and gore back to the screen with Cyanotic, Defcon, Everything Goes Cold, Left Spine Down and Torrent Vaccine helping to complete the soundscape for scenes throughout this blood soaked motion picture.

Written by Kristoff Bates (Horrormerch.com/Spookygirls.com) and Kyle Severn (Incantation/Acheron), Afterparty Massacre is one killer party with mind-blowing amounts of music, blood and flesh!

If you haven’t heard of Afterparty Massacre, here is a quick note to sum up some of the chaos that has taken place while filming from co-director Kristoff Bates.

“We had a party – cut off arms with a power saw, slit some throats, bashed a girls head in with a double ended dildo, cut off a leg, sledge hammered a vibrator through a girls head as her head then vibrated on the floor. Then we had another party – killed a stripper, cut off a leg, bashed someones head in with a hammer and drove around a bunch trying to get all of this together… it’s definitely been a long 4 months, even for independent movie shooting… and we still have more to go!”

Kristoff continues with details about the actual release date, “Summer 2010 was a bit too close for us to film, edit and press this movie. But we are currently working on a full spring 2011 tour with Incantation and we still have our distribution into Best Buy. So we are definitely going to take our time to make a movie and packaging that you will be able to pick up come spring! So keep on the look out for tour and release date info!“

Look for the Afterparty Massacre movie in Spring 2011!

Visit the following links for more information on the film and the Bit Riot Records artists involved:

Afterparty Massacre:
http://www.afterpartymassacre.com

Bit Riot Records:
http://www.bitriotrecords.com

Cyanotic:
http://www.myspace.com/cyanoticonline
Defcon:
http://www.myspace.com/defconband
Everything Goes Cold:
http://www.myspace.com/everythinggoescold
Left Spine Down:
http://www.myspace.com/leftspinedown
Torrent Vaccine:
http://www.myspace.com/torrentvaccine

A conceptual effort, The Medication Generation is based on the making of the album itself, exploring the lives of Cyanotic and those around them, as seen through the eyes of frontman Sean Payne over the past three years. Twisting between cycles of self-destruction, over-stimulation and moments of clarity polluted by mass media and present day society The Medication Generation seems to have zero boundaries.

“Watching Sean craft this album over the last three years has been an amazing process,” shared Bit Riot label owner, Eric Dusik. “Every song has been meticulously crafted, revised and then molded into the coolest sample-laden, glitched-out industrial metal I have ever heard. Sean has poured himself into this album like never before and once Jamie came on board everything just came together. I am comfortable in saying that this is one of, if not the best, electronic rock/metal records in the last ten years.”

Cyanotic frontman Sean Payne along with producer and close friend Jamie Duffy (of Acumen Nation / DJ? Acucrack) challenge audio limitations — implementing elements of grindcore, electronica, metal, drum & bass and ambient industrial with vocals ranging from a fierce growl to a hushed whisper. The heavy, syncopated riffs of “Sentient” and “Dose Responsive”, the dancefloor-ready beats of the anti-scene anthem “f@5h10n v1k+um5” and the pervasive audio samples that create Cyanotic’s sonic ADD make The Medication Generation a defining record for heavy electronic music.

Fans can get a taste of The Medication Generation by visiting http://www.bitriotmerch.com.

The full track listing for The Medication Generation is as follows:

1. med:gen
2. dose responsive
3. alt machine.edit
4. dissonant dissident
5. the static screens [in syndication]
6. efficacy
7. f@5h10n v1k+um5
8. the same
9. programmed
10. monochrome skies
11. brutal deluxe
12. drek kick [featuring rabbit junk]
13. comadose
14. sentient

Pre-order the album at http://www.bitriotmerch.com.

You can do so in one of three ways: The Medication Generation CD, The Medication Generation CD and T-shirt Combo, or The Medication Generation Ultra Combo (which includes CD copies of The Medication Generation, Prehab 25mg and Gears Gone Wild and a Cyanotic logo t-shirt.)

All pre-orders include a copy of the digital album Gears Gone Wild: Spring Break Edition which will be available for download on July 6th. This is the sequel to the original Gears Gone Wild and will include more incredible exclusives, remixes and unreleased songs from artists in the Cyanotic/Bit Riot Records crew.

In support of The Medication Generation, Cyanotic will be joining forces with Unter Null (and Rabbit Junk/The Named on select dates) on the 2010 Detox Tour from July 6th to August 14th. For full tour dates and details please visit http://www.cyanotic.com or http://www.myspace.com/unternull.

For more information about Cyanotic or The Medication Generation visit:
http://www.cyanotic.com
http://www.facebook.com/cyanotic
http://www.myspace.com/cyanoticonline
http://www.medicationgeneration.com
http://www.bitriotrecords.com

Vocalist Jordan Davis had this to say about the signing: “We’re excited to be on a label that is as passionate about their artists as we are about our music. We’re looking forward to the future and working with Bit Riot Records on our first release. We feel right at home in the Bit Riot family.”

Formed by front man Jordan Davis in 2007, CMD employs dystopic atmospheres, mechanical beats and traditional organic musicianship to create uniquely pop sensible songs. Marked by a passion for arrangement and sound design, Common Man Down are part of a rich musical tradition in modern industrial music. No where are CMD’s talents as succinctly exemplified as on their first single and standout track ‘Self Addiction’ which can be heard at http://www.myspace.com/commonmandown.

Unwilling to be defined as a studio project alone, CMD delivers an intense level of energy on stage. Aided by the introduction of new unrestrained band members Ian Willemin, Mike Wiley, and Andrew Roberts, this powerful and memorable lineup has allowed the band to share the stage with notable acts such as Slick Idiot, Black Veil Brides, & Komor Kommando in the last few months.

The debut album titled, Self Bondage, is an emotional ride for the listener as they dwell into several subjects ranging from masochism to politics. Self Bondage is scheduled to drop via Bit Riot Records Summer 2010.

Common Man Down promises to pack an unforgettable punch.

COMMON MAN DOWN:
http://commonmandown.com
http://myspace.com/commonmandown
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Common-Man-Down/138227231664
http://www.youtube.com/user/CommonManDown

ALL THIS WE SEE. We watch, and we crack our knuckles and stroke our great beards and share a haughty, disdainful laugh. For we are ready.

DECEMBER 15, 2009.

THE ICE BRIGADE ATTACKS.

THE FRIDGE BECOMES SELF-AWARE.

DEEP WITHIN WINTER’S ICY SHADOW, LURKS A TERROR NEVER KNOWN BY MAN OR APPLIANCE.

EVERYTHING GOES COLD VS. GENERAL FAILURE.

GET READY TO TASTE THE FRIDGE, JERKS.