Brutal Bands

Interview : Scott - Brutal Bands

(Devourment,Guttural Secrete, Insidious Decrepancy, Human Mincer & ...)

Hey, how are you ?Thank you so much for this interview.

Hello – I’m doing great.

Tell us about the beginning of Brutal Bands.How many people are involved at the moment ?

BB was started up in September of 2002, with the first signing being Incinerate. Over the years we’ve added 9more bands to our roster and have put out 22 releases.BB has always been owned and operated solely by myself.

What do you think about BB's creation and BB now ?

Well back when BB was started, I didn’t really know a lot about running a label. I knew some of the basics and just learned the in and outs as I went along.I’m fairly proud of what it’s become so far, but really,I still look at this as just the beginning.I’m constantly working to expand this label, and there is still plenty of room for growth.

You have a great collection of achieved projects.Can you tell us about some of them ?

Well, I don’t really have a preference.I am proud of every release in their own way.I try to make sure all of our releases get equal attention and opportunity.In some cases we’ve done special packaging such as slip cases and digipacks.

What are your next plans ?Would you like to work with some specific bands ?

Some upcoming plans are to hopefully sign some new distribution contracts with some bigger distributors.We’ve got the new Devourment – “Unleash The Carnivore”Digipack CD in stores June 26th, and the new Insidious Decrepancy – “Extirpating Omniscient Certitude” DigipackCD in stores July 31st. Also in the works are new albums from Anomalous and Element. And of course we’re in talks to sign more bands, but you’ll have to wait for official announcements on those later on

What would a band need to be accepted by BB ?

Well first and fore most quality material.Demos with great production really get our attention as well as it shows the band is able to attain quality production. Other things would be interesting artwork and logo.Basically we’re interested in working with bands that have a professional attitude to create a great album/product. Over the past few years, we been focusing more on established bands, but we listen to all demos regardless of who the band is.If I like what hear, I’ll contact the band.

I guess it takes you alot of time and it's a big job. When do you involve time for your label ? Is it just a hobby ?

Yes, I put in countless hours of time into this label.It is a lot of work, but when you enjoy doing it, it doesn’t seem like work at all. I don’t live off this label, but I’d say it’s more than just a hobby.Probably more like a second in come, since I also have a full time day job as well.

What is the hardest part of your work ?

I would say the hardest part is just keeping up with everything. There is always so much work to do, with many items having deadlines that need to be met. So it has been challenging to work on multiple tasks at the same time – shipping out orders to customers, creating advertisements,designing shirts and posters, shipping out CDs to distributors, updating our web site, designing CD layouts, and the list just goes on and on, every day.

Since the label's creation, What's your best memory ?

Oh there are so many great memories, but one of my favorite fun ones is when BB was first started I wondered if we were ever going to sell a single item.We had our web site and online store up for 3 months.Then finally one day, someone finally bought a shirt.That was our first sale. I was so happy – haha.

You've made some girlies shirts.It's a good thing because there aren't much merch for girls.What do you think about girls in Metal? (Attention, we are girls haha)

Girls in metal are hot and always welcome! There should be more of them.Yes, in our efforts this year to expand our merch selection, we started doing girlies with each new release. We don’t actually sell very many of them,but we want to make sure we offer as many merch options as possible.

In your sales, which are the most successful bands ? Do you know which country is your best customer ?

Well all of our bands are successful in what they do. But if looking at the numbers, bands like Devourment,Abysmal Torment,and Human Mincer have some of the higher sales numbers. I’m not sure which country has the best customers.But if I had to guess,I’d say Germany and the United Kingdom.We get so many orders from those two countries and all of Europe in general.I know most of our sales come from Europe and on the average,the orders from Europe are usually larger orders as well.

Yeah, thanks Good luck for the next and Stay brutal

OK, thanks for the interview and support.Anyone reading this, please check out our web site at www.brutalbands.com and checkout our online store, to

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