Faustian Bargan Perhaps?

Recently I made contact with a few of the smaller labels and distributors in the extreme metal world to see if there would be any interest in having Cemetery Lament do promotional features for upcoming artists and albums. I received a pretty good response from a few of them and I'm happy to announce that moving forward I will feature news and release information from several labels in the emerging underground scene. 

Now before anyone worries that I'm already selling my soul in some kind of Faustian bargan to the man or going "mainstream"... pfft... trust me when I say this won't change anything about Cemetery Lament or my focus on unsigned underground artists. Underground metal will always be the focus of my blog and no amount of money, power or sexual favors is going to change that... okay maybe the last one. My reason for striking such a devious deal was to provide you [the reader] with even more content from as many different sources as possible in the world of extreme metal. Lets face it... even if most of these bands are "signed" to a label they still aren't going to be getting much radio time or winning any Grammys any time soon so I feel pretty comfortable including them on the blog even if it's not 100% pure underground in the truest sense of the word. 

In any event... moving forward I will be able to give you guys a heads up regarding new music from some really awesome distributors from around the world like... 

Hells Headbangers, one of my favorite distributors of heavy fucking metal. Aside from soul destroying music these guys have a great selection of shirts, patches and just about anything else you can imagine. Hells Headbangers

From Germany or (Deutschland if your not a dick) I present World Terror Committee. I have to admit that prior to my snooping around I had never heard of them but from the looks of things on their web site I think they will be right at home here on Cemetery Lament. Visit their site at... w-t-c.web-republic.de

Last but not least from Spain I present... xtreem music. Offering some truly dark and twisted shit from the Mediterranean region and beyond. The little bit I've checked out from their page is pretty solid death/doom/sludge metal and the fact that they have a few free digital compilation albums you can download directly from the site is pretty fucking awesome. You can get your fix here... xtreemmusic.com