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.