GOOD BAND SIGNS TO SHIT RECORD LABEL
Friday, August 14th, 2009 at 10:30am by Vince Neilstein
A press release that arrived at the MS Mansion yesterday afternoon delivered some upsetting news: Tucson, AZ-based post-rock/metallers The Bled have signed with uber-scene label Rise Records. If you’re not familiar with Rise, all you’re really missing is some pure LOLz: their roster of current and alumni artists includes such fabulous bands as: Attack Attack!, Breathe Carolina, The Devil Wears Prada, Dance Gavin Dance, and a whole slew of other bands who routinely plan breaks into their live sets so they can go backstage and use their hair-flattening irons.
Why such a good band like The Bled (whose most recent album Silent Treatment I wrote about favorably back in ‘07) would sign with a label so utterly full of suck is baffling. The Bled — whose sound I’d describe as 1 part At the Drive In, 1 part early Thrice — have issued an explanation via their MySpace blog, so we’ve assigned a team of MetalSucks Mansion Monkeys eager for their morning banana fix to the task of cutting through the crap and translating the band’s statement into something a bit more… honest. The translation, in bold, after the jump:
Today we signed a new recording contract with Rise Records. Thank fucking God we get to release this album somewhere. We’ve been talking with these dudes for awhile now and their passion for music and laughable haircuts and love for our band is undeniable Rise Records are psyched to actually have a decent band on their roster. Rise is a label that is growing rapidly thanks to a slew of shitty scene bands and is second to none in promotion and by “promotion” we mean crabcore and we feel lucky to jump on board with people who genuinely care about the growth of the bands they sign genuinely care about the growth of their bank accounts via signing whatever band happens to be popular with the kids, regardless of how good said band is. I mean, Attack Attack!?? Are you fucking kidding me?? The last year has been difficult for us to say the least times be rough, yo, with member losses and money issues plaguing the future of our band Rise Records gave us a sweet album advance! With new members, a new record written and a new label backing us, it definitely feels amazing to get a fresh start Hopefully by aligning ourselves with a “scene” label we’ll be able to gain some new, young fans who don’t know any better.
So there you have it. I still look forward to the new Bled album, but the fact that it will say “Rise Records” on the spine makes me somewhat skeptical of a possible change in musical direction. We shall see. Check out The Bled on MySpace for some older tunes, or watch the below ripping performance of “Red Wedding” back in ‘06.
-VN
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I liked their first record…or a few songs off it anyway. They seem to written the same album over and over though. Is this worth a listen?
Thats far from the truth. Their first album was pretty good albeit typical of the time it came out in. The second “Found in the Flood” was much much different, and also where his 1 part At the Drive In description came from. The 3rd was much more raw and heavy, and was quite good. Really looking forward to the new record. They also put on a really good live show.
yeeessshh
I thought this was METAL SUCKS not GAY EMO METAL NONSENSE RULES???
Not “emo metal” at all. Try listening.
“and by promotion we mean crab core”
hahaha
and to this
“I thought this was METAL SUCKS not GAY EMO METAL NONSENSE RULES???”
you should have probably bitched about muse, and the shit ton of other non-metal stuff they have on here.
Not big on The Bled. Picked up the first 2 albums boxset and was a little lost by it. I can see the At The Drive In influence but their songs don’t pack the same punch tracks like One Armed Scissor do. The songs just sort of do their thing regardless of whether it works or not.
Judging by their appearance, especially the lead singer’s, they’d fit right in on Rise Records.
Okay, this is good and Bloody Panda sucks?
I’m baffled.
don’t forget all the shitty christian metalcore that label pushes.
Bands like these is why I support musical Social Darwinism!
I hate youtube videos of live performances. You can’t tell what the hell is going on in the music!
We almostttttt ended up working a slew of Rise artists a few months back. I’m glad it fell through. hahaha.
Rise records is a division of victory…
No, it’s not. It’s distributed by Victory. It’s not a sublabel. BIG difference.
Okay your right my bad. But still it might as well be a divsion. They both have the same fucking bands.
Huh?? No, they don’t.
A better title for this article would read “Shit band signs to shit record label”. In other words, not worth mentioning/not news.
Well i see this as a good move on The Bled’s part,think about it; They go w/ Rise Records,a much more younger crowd (whom are up the ass obsessed w/ attack,attack,Drop Dead,Gorgeous,Before there eyes,Miss May I,Of Machines…ok,EVERY FUCKING BAND ON RISE RECORDS) will get into them-not only will they be showing todays youth what “GOOD” music sounds like,yet they will show rise records what a HORRIBLE job they’ve been doing by randomly signing scene kids whom attempt to play music,rather than signing MEN whom can actually PLAY the fucking instrument,well i can say within 5 years from now half of these band wont even be remembered,but the bled will…and they’ll probably be the only band left on rise records!
the bled suck!
I’m not big on the Bled or Rise, but bitching about labels is retarded. Rise is rolling in cash right now and you may say they sign shitty scene bands, which of course they do, but they jumped on that shit early and have benefited from it quite well. They are a business after all and any label that can make money and put out shit that they want…good for them. Just don’t make me listen to any of their bands.
At the drive in… hmm… i guess its an okay reference. THrice? dont understand that one. This band sounds a shitload like Refused…. anyone heard of refused? You would if you arent 10 years old. Nyuck nyuck!
lol @ the hipsters crying over this band signing to a scene label.
Holy shit The Bled is fucking awful. They’re on that shit label for a reason. A friend gave me ‘Pass the Flask’ and it is a huge steaming pile of dogshit. Fucking awful. Is this a joke? Seriously.
the devil wears prada is pretty good metalcore band. the others are shit though
A Different Breed of Killer makes up for all of the SHIT AWFUL bands on Rise. (I, Collosus) FUCKING RAWEST CONCEPT ALBUM EVER.
Oh wait they signed to Victory, nice…..sort of.
at times i enjoy them. most songs are just a mush of nothingness. still they might be capable of putting out a good song or two. its the kind of band who you’ll download off the internet but not really have the enthusiasm to go out and buy their album.
i like dance gavin dance FUCK YOU
i agree, dance gavin dance is actually an amazing, very talented band. Don’t judge a book by its cover. Just because a band isn’t metal, doesn’t mean it “sucks”. You judgmental assholes. And yes Attack Attack does suck.Like they suck in they make bad music sense of the word suck, not the i don’t like them cause they look different than me sense of the word.