Japanese Tour 2026

 

Coming Up!

 April, 2025:

Communion/Sunday Morning Mail - Finally! I am so impatient, I can't wait to have the LPs in my hands. 100 of these, split with Blackhouse.. Industrial/Ambient/Black Metal -- Day Before Easter Records

Persecuted for Faith - Split with Não Tem Cão Que Aguente and Terror Por Todos Os Lados. This is the first of some really grindy/crusty material. There will be a physical edition of this available from the other bands, but I've chosen not to receive any of them (I don't want to burden people in Brazil with getting mail up to me here in the states, because I can't send them anything back!) They're all super nice, and the first band has released material on Coleiosis records, go check them out. Grind/Crust/Punk - I can't remember the name of the label. I'll get it up here when I find out. 

T. Suffering Split With Hematidrose - I'm releasing this as T. Suffering instead of Rejoice In Our Suffering, it's a harsh noise split. Harsh Noise - Likewise. 

May, 2025 & Later:

Full length Black metal Album - This is a very old school sounding record and more lo-fi than the Self Titled, it will likely have 6 tracks? They're rather lengthy, you can hear two instrumental demos on the Bandcamp here: https://rejoiceinoursuffering.bandcamp.com/album/2025-instrumentals-demo - Black metal - I am actively seeking a label to release this. If not, I will eventually get the LPs made. 

Full Length Blackened Crust Punk...Thing.: Fast loud and more melodic than the black metal stuff, more growly, probably a few silly tracks mixed in. I enjoy working in this genre and punk rock was my first love before I found black metal. Likely some politics mixed in here also. Black Metal? / Punk Rock - I will be seeking a label to release this, but if not, I'll just put it out on cassette. 

After all of this, likely a hiatus. I need to get back to working on myself and writing. Pray harder. 

Looking For A Label...

Okay...

Now I'm genuinely looking for a record label. I'm getting contacted about overseas shipments and I can't do it, I just don't have the resources and I don't sell enough merch to do it in bulk every week, month, whatever. 

The new LP is also shaping up to be very different and, honestly, very solid "old-school" black metal. I haven't personally heard much that's comparable in the Christian scene at all and it may even have some of that...watchacallit, "Crossover Appeal," to the secular scene. Not that I care about that. It's an uncomfortable listen, to put it lightly. 

I have the basic skeletal components of it recorded, I can send those out as demos and I will be doing so soon to shop it around, but if anyone knows of any labels that might be interested in releasing some extremely uncomfortable, bleak, Christian black metal... please let me know. 

If you're curious, this is what I'm really looking for:

Promotion

Physical Media (Specifically analog formats, this isn't necessarily a deal breaker but people want vinyl. They really, really want vinyl. And tapes, but if I get asked if I have LPs one more time my head might explode. They're coming, but they take a looooong time and cost a looooot of money. I'm aware of this, and I know what a label is doing by investing in my project in this way. I may even be willing to share in the cost of this.)

International shipping availability (Hungary, South Africa, Switzerland, Brazil, England...I've been asked about these and I'm sure I'll be asked about others, for some reason this is spiderwebbing out.) 

Anything else a label can offer. 

What I don't need:

Cash in hand. I don't care about cash in hand. I want this message to spread, not to have extra spending money. I don't need money, my needs are met and I'm comfortable. I just want some help with the stuff I'm not good at. 

To know how many records you've sold in the last year. If you're honest and straightforward in your business dealings, that's all I care about. How many records you've sold is irrelevant. If you want to put me in contact with other artists on your label you've worked with, I wouldn't mind talking to them, but I know this isn't a thing that's really done anymore.  

Required touring. This isn't going to happen. I've already tried to put together a live band. Not only can I not find other musicians that are reliable enough to make it to practice, I myself end up freezing up even when recording vocals sometimes. There's no point in exploring this anymore, it is very unlikely to happen. 

A producer/advice on creative direction - Don't need it. When I finish this album it will just be done. I'll be ready for it to release, and I will help promote it in any way I can.

Finally, I feel so strongly about this upcoming record that I'm willing to wait for awhile to have it released. I'm usually rather impatient about this sort of thing, but to me this album puts a line in the sand between what I've released and what direction this will go in. It will likely be the only thing I release for a good while after it comes out for R.I.O.S. because I have been putting every ounce of raw emotion, religion, prayer, and energy into it that I possibly can. 

It's rough, it's not a happy record, it's not an easy listening record, but it is most definitely a CHRISTIAN album.

Wives are the greatest.

 You really should get one. 

Seriously my wife is the greatest. My left shoulder is busted because of...something I did. I don't know. Anyway, she helped me today with a bunch of heavy lifting and yard work. 

Couldn't be happier with this lady. 

Thank you God for sending the perfect fit to me. 

And another thing...

 I'll be starting to post certain things on YouTube as audio commentary. Not necessarily related to anything, but I write a lot...some of those things would work better as an audio post than a blog post. 

Distance...

 Why does everything seem so distant lately? I'm making very meaningful progress on the next black metal album, as weird and experimental as it is, but feeling quite aloof in relation to those around me. My wife and parents, as well as her parents, have said that I've been quiet for several weeks now. 

I've been rather deep in thought. Though I have always found it rather difficult to understand others on a level that's not based on pure empathy, I have a hard time even connecting with that recently. 

These connections with people, which I've talked about a lot, are extremely important to me because I love others very deeply. I worry a lot about them. Lately, this hasn't been as apparent or as accessible to me as it normally is. It's a bizarre feeling. 

My study has also suffered, I'm feeling very disconnected from everything, as if when I'm reading I'm trapped behind a pane of mostly clear substance. For some reason, that pane makes it hard to absorb and cement things in my mind for later recall. Thus, I re-read and agonize. 

Normally, I read something once and remember it forever, or I write a riff (however bad it is) and remember it forever with near-instantaneous recall. But that seems to have up and left me over the past few months. 

Even prayer, which is probably the thing I do most, has been difficult. 

I hope this passes. I fear it may lead to some very monotonous droning or writer's block. 

In all things, still, Praise God!

One week of prayer, seeking guidance, taking a breath... this is what I've come up with...

There will be one more completely dark ambient release for R.I.O.S., then I won't be making anymore strictly dark ambient/dungeon synth releases for the project. The last dark ambient album for the project will be Seasons. The genre will always have a part in the music I make for Rejoice In Our Suffering, but I think it will belong better suited to a side project. 

People have complained. Which is normal. I understand, they're looking for black metal from this project and when they spend 10 minutes listening to something that's adjacent but not within that genre, some get upset. So, I'll capitulate to popular opinion on this matter.