I'm excited to announce that I've joined the Century Media family. I'll be overseeing marketing for InsideOut Music (Devin Townsend, King's X) and Superball Music (Oceansize, Trail Of Dead), as well as working with CM on new business ventures.
I'll still be doing all things Branch Marketing including Dillinger Escape Plan, Katatonia, Full Metal Texas and all the other sponsorship and partnership marketing to promote the rock.
Here is the full press release announcing a couple of other big industry folks joining the fold.
Century Media Positions Itself For The Future; Aggressive Growth Over The Next Decade
Century Media has been a brand name that has been synonymous with heavy metal for the past 20 years. The company is announcing new appointments that will position itself for aggressive growth in the next decade by bringing on Don Robertson as President Mike Gitter as VP of A+R and Marc Schapiro as marketing/product manager for the company’s InsideOut Music and Superball imprints.
Oliver Withoft (CEO) states, “The world as we know it will change dramatically within the next two years. We, at Century Media, are looking forward to change. It will set a couple of things right that went way out of line in our industry over the past decade. Embracing these changes with an outstanding team will be even more fun and rewarding. These new appointments also kick off a business development initiative intended to extend the Century Media brand.”
Don Robertson will oversee all aspects of the company’s USA operation as President, bringing twenty years of industry expertise spanning management, label and publishing. He states, “I’m proud and excited to join the extremely talented staff at Century Media in this role. For 20 years they have been at the forefront of the metal community and continue to break new barriers. The record business is in exciting times where you must be innovative, smart and hungry to survive. Century Media is all that and more. This is the company to watch!”
Mike Gitter brings a track record of vision and accomplishment as part of Atlantic and Roadrunner Records, having garnered gold level successes with projects including Bad Religion, Killswitch Engage and MTV Headbanger's Ball compilation. He also signed such genre titans as Megadeth, Dragonforce, Opeth, Glassjaw and Nightwish.
Gitter further describes his enthusiasm, “Not only am I becoming part of Century Media's legacy, but I'm also becoming part of what is guaranteed to be its most exciting chapter yet. It's a rare moment in a label's history where vision and know-how come together -- that's the Century Media of now. This is the company that's going to surprise not merely the metal industry but the music industry at large in the next couple years.”
Marc Schapiro has joined on as marketing/product manager for InsideOut Music and Superball imprints while also working with Century Media as a whole for new business development and marketing. Marc brings the resources of his company, Branch Marketing Collective, which focuses on sponsorship and event marketing.
Schapiro comments: "I couldn't be more excited to be part of the InsideOut Music, Superball Music and the whole Century Media family. They are some of the most forward-thinking labels in this new era of the music business, and have an amazing team in place that I'm psyched to be a part of. Most importantly, I am looking forward to bringing bigger and more innovative opportunities to some of my favorite artists of all time like Devin Townsend, King's X and Oceansize."
Throughout the past 20 years, Century Media has been working with some of the scene's greatest musicians turning many into household names. CM has stood resolutely through the ups and downs of continually changing economic and political markets and shifting tides in consumer tastes. It is proud of its leadership in the hard music scene; a banner for the valuable art form and means of expression. Despite all of the years and breakthroughs the company maintains their organic, family feel and business is still being conducted by fans of the music for fans of the music.
DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN STUDIO UPDATE & EUROPEAN TOUR DATES
The band is continuing to slave away in California with producer Steve Evetts putting together their next masterpiece, Option Paralysis. The guys just issued a Hetfield-inspired studio update which you can check out at the newly launched www.optionparalysis.net. In addition, there are US & Canadian tour dates to end 2009, then the guys will be doing a special run of small club shows in Europe in Feb 2010. Here's the rundown...
2009
12/4 Farmingdale NY @ The Crazy Donkey
12/5 Syracuse NY @ Lost Horizon
12/6 Montreal QC @ Foufounes Electriques
12/7 Toronto ON @ The Mod Club
12/9 Poplar Grove IL @ Chubby Rain House of Tunes
12/10 Grand Rapids MI @ The Intersection
12/11 Covington KY @ The Mad Hatter
12/12 Sauget IL @ Pop's
12/14 Millvale PA @ Mr. Small's Theatre
12/15 Baltimore MD @ Otto Bar
12/16 Richmond VA @ Canal Club Downstairs Lounge
12/17 Allentown PA @ Crocodile Rock
12/18 Clifton Park NY @ Northern Lights
12/19 Cambridge MA @ The Middle East Downstairs
2010
2/1 Vienna, AUT - Chelsea
2/3 Milan, ITA - Circolo Magnolia
2/4 Munchen, GER - 59:1
2/5 Cologne, GER - MTC
2/6 Brussels, BEL - Ancienne Belgique
2/8 Berlin, GER - Magnet Club
2/9 Amsterdam, NET - Paradiso
2/10 Paris, FRA - La Maroquinerie
2/12 London, UK - Barfly
http://www.myspace.com/dillingerescapeplan
KATATONIA - NIGHT IS THE NEW DAY
The three-week countdown has begun for the November 10th (US) release of the new KATATONIA record, Night Is The New Day
NightIsTheNewDay.com contains an exclusive album teaser, interviews with the band, artwork, studio updates, and more. Fans that sign up for the Katatonia mailing list at NightIsTheNewDay.com will also receive a free download of a brand new track off the upcoming release, "Forsaker".
Even Mikael Åkerfeldt of Swedish progressive metallers OPETH has praised the upcoming release: "KATATONIA's [forthcoming album] 'Night Is The New Day' is possibly the greatest 'heavy' record I've heard in the last 10 years."
The band will be filming a video for "Day & Then The Shade" as well as releasing a single for it in late October.
The track list for Night is the New Day is...
01. Forsaker
02. The Longest Year
03. Idle Blood
04. Onward Into Battle
05. Liberation
06. The Promise Of Deceit
07. Nephilim
08. New Night
09. Inheritance
10. Day & Then The Shade
11. Ashen (*Swedish edition CD and vinyl edition bonus track)
12. Departer
Night is the New Day is Katatonia's eighth studio album, and the follow up to their 2006 release, The Great Cold Distance. The artwork for Night is the New Day was done by Travis Smith, whom also produced the art for The Great Cold Distance, as well as numerous other Katatonia albums. Following the completion of the album, Katatonia will head out on a European tour with the likes of Porcupine Tree and Paradise Lost.
http://www.nightisthenewday.com
SAW VI & METALINSIDER.NET PROMOTION
Some of the best partnerships in entertainment come together with music and movies. Branch Marketing Collective helped put together a SAW VI partnership with METALINSIDER.NET for their CMJ Metal Listening Party on October 23rd (the same day as the movie hits theaters).
The latest film in the SAW horror movie series together with a party previewing the best new metal (including the new Slayer record) couldn't be a better fit. Check out more info about the movie, contest and party by clicking HERE.
SCIENCE OF SILENCE RECORDS
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Another reason to look forward to 2010 will be the launch of Science Of Silence Records. A new label releasing limited edition vinyl for the best in post-rock, instrumental and avant-garde metal.
News and webstore coming soon, so be sure to bookmark http://www.scienceofsilence.net
AND IF THAT WASN'T ENOUGH...
Make sure to hit me up about any of these other projects, as well as any sponsorship and partnership marketing opportunities.
BLUE HAZE IPHONE APPS
ROYAL FAMILY CLOTHING
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