THE CHARIOT CD FACTORY
Friday, May 8th, 2009 at 1:56pm by Vince NeilsteinTo celebrate the release of their new record Wars and Rumors of Wars this past Tuesday, The Chariot have pulled a Trent Reznor and gone above and beyond; of the initial run of 25,000 CD copies, the band have hand-stamped, hand-signed and hand-numbered each and every one. A little extra something to get the fans excited, to know that the CD you’re holding was personally assembled by the band is pretty fucking cool, especially when it’s 25-fucking-THOUSAND copies we’re talking about, not just a limited run of 500 or something. Watch the video of the band putting them all together, above!
Axl and I saw the Chariot open for Gojira this past Wednesday, and — life-changing experience that was Gojira’s performance aside — The Chariot fucking killed it. Going in with a completely open slate and not knowing what to expect, I was mightily impressed by the fury, fervor and reckless abandon with which the band approaches their live shows. Think about what you’re getting into when you go see Dillinger Escape Plan, and you’ll have a rough idea of what it’s like to see The Chariot. That’s a compliment.
-VN
[Thanks: Fueled by Adam]
This cd rips, I’m gonna have to pickup a copy now knowing they went through all that trouble for their fans. I saw them for the first time on Wednesday as well and I was really impressed at how dynamic they were while being completely unhinged and purposefully sloppy. I would compare the bands live set to a Jackson Pollock painting, messy but for all the right reasons. I loved how the drummer kept playing while the band tore down the set piece by piece…impressive. One of the better tours I’ve seen recently, I mean GOJIRA? So unreal it was disgusting; I’m pretty sure I may have hemmoraged my brain from headbanging so hard.
I hear not only are the cds autographed, they also have embedded LEDs that make it flash really bright
Wait. Good press from MS about a Christian band?
Religion doesn’t matter. The music is kickass.
Christ that’s a lot of work…. Show real signs of the kind of band they are…
I saw a copy in a Best Buy the other day… and I would’ve had no idea that they were all individually stamped without seeing this…
I love the autographed CD bit. Its about time that bands realize they are going to have to get interactive with the fans in order to get them to start buying again. The temptation of free is far to great for most people. Although I love to have something in my hands to represent the music that doesn’t seem to be the case with a lot of people.
Your right dude, the artist-fan relationship is more important than ever and yet people feel so far disconnected. What happened to the days of the really popular fan club? Artists need to bring that back to secure their career, and the Chariot is on the right track with that.
This cd is actually really good. I saw them when they started at Cornerstone 04 and it was a total trainwreck, but i really like this new record. It reminds me of old Training for Utopia and Coalesce records. MID 90’s Hardcore!!!
Another cool thing: since each band member signed 5000 copies, the first 5 people to collect copies of all 5 autographs get a song named after them on the next The Chariot record.
haha, awesome. to bad I can’t get a copy in a store in germany.
Ebay Razze Ebay…..or even find a american on myspace that’ll buy it and send it to you in germany.
This band is a metal fail.