KILLING IS MY BUSINESS: A Peek Inside Profound Lore & Housecore Records

From a listener perspective, the most important department at any record label is the A&R department. They’re the folks that sift through demos and pitches from pushy managers and attorneys to decide which acts you can buy at your local Walmart (or wherever you pick up your Krieg records). And while the A&R capacity of…

Chris Bruni (Profound Lore Records) on Discovering New Music

Chris Bruni talks about discovering new music growing up from Scion A/V on Vimeo. To celebrate living to see another weekend, here’s a second preview video from Scion A/V’s Music(less) Conference from this past summer. Scion produced videos from all the panels they did at the conference and are launching them on a dedicated site…

Full of Hell: Extended Interview

If you’re not familiar with the MD/PA soundfuckers Full of Hell, we’re not really sure what you’re waiting for.  They’re restless, they’re fearless and they’re pissed as hell.  Earlier this month, they unleashed their latest mind-mauler, Trumpeting Ecstasy, on Profound Lore Records.  Decibel got vocalist Dylan Walker on the phone a couple months ago.  Find out what he said.

Video Premiere: Psalm Zero – “Not Guilty”

On July 15 New York City band Psalm Zero will release their second full-length Stranger to Violence on Profound Lore Records. If you’re not familiar already, we’re great admirers of singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Charlie Looker’s project, which beautifully blends the martial, industrial tones of Godflesh, the post-punk melancholy of Depeche Mode, and the rainy-day doom ‘n’ gloom of Katatonia.