2009
The Cult of Luna DVD "Fire Was Born" has been released.
The Eden
Maine video has been finished and has been well received by the band. Nick Brown from the band made the following statement
"It really is beautifully shot, I love what i've seen so far and that ending is totally perfect as well.
Thankyou
so much. I'm not sure exactly what will happen with it yet,whether it will be an official release or not. We'll
have to make a decision together but it will definitely see the light of day in some for so I will keep you posted."
Please see below for an update on the Cult of Luna DVD.
2008
The Airbourne shoot at the Astoria went very well. The
two day shoot was fault free and the band have been presented with the footage. We await their decision on how the material
will be used.
See below for a photo of the Muckspreader crew with Airbourne after the second concert at the Astoria.
Paulie Cocadiz has been working furiously to finish the edit of the Isis concert from the Koko Club in 2006.
The band asked for it to be completed ~mid August. They were sent a finished version for their comments, we wait with anticipation.
Dave Prosser and Paulie completed the DVD shoot for Evile in Leeds at the end of July. This is now being
edited. A clip should be available soon as will news of the DVD release from Earache.
The Cult of Luna shoot was a great success, a five Sony EX1 shoot with no complications! The concert just fit onto our
limited number of memory cards with minutes to spare.
Each camera clocked up ~25Gb of material which was downloaded
in situ onto a hard drive for storage. We are now part of the tapeless revolution, no looking back.
The
word is that the Cult of Luna show will be the main feature in a Blu-ray DVD release probably in the new year.
The Isis DVD (the recording of their 'Oceanic' concert from 2006) has been given a provisional release date of Jan
2009 on Ipecac records. We have been given the deadline of Mid-August to finish the edit.
In other news, Dave
Prosser will be directing an 'as live' promo shoot with Earache band Evile, in a recording studio in Leeds later
in July. This has been slated for the bonus DVD to accompany the re-release of their first album.
Following
a productive meeting with Johannes from Cult of Luna, the Scala shoot has been increased to 5 cameras.
The
Cult of Luna live video has been confirmed. It will be shot at the Scala in Kings Cross on July 1st - The same venue as the
Pelican DVD 'After the Ceiling Cracked'.
It will be a four camera full HD shoot using the Sony PMW EX-1
cameras, Dan 'Feel' Roberts will be handling the sound recording.
The Deicide Ad has become
an underground hit (see the reviews section). One particular Italian viewer commented:
"è bellissimo
ahahahhaha cmq stanno troppo avanti in inghilterra ed è pure un bel modo per pubblicizzare in maniera ironica
il metal" which loosly translates as:
"it is beautiful ahahahhaha you english are
so advanced and it is totally original to use irony to publicise metal".
We have been
asked to work with Cult of Luna on their next UK tour. More info as we are told...
There is a plan for an HMV version
to air on mainstream TV and a version with new titles and an American voice-over has also been comissioned for US TV.
The advert is nearly finished. It got rejected by the sensors; not for any of the gratuatous images therein, but for not
holding a section of text for long enough. Once we get the approved version back, it will be dubbed for TV. There is talk
of HMV using the ad in one of their campaigns, such was the impact of the 30 second gem. Click here for the Zavvi version and here for the HMV version.
The advert is taking shape. This is a bit of a departure for us in terms of content and style. It is rare for
us to generate fictional material and to have to convey such a lot of information in such a short space of time. Watch
this space for previews.
Muckspreader has been asked to produce an advert for the release for the new Deicide
album.
Some more reviews of the Pelican DVD have been unearthed. Thanks to Paulie for the latest
one. MTV have featured Pelican and the DVD on their website. Laurent from the band has also written a blog about
his early metal influences
here.
The Pelican DVD has been released, it is like a rash over the internet, you can buy it everywhere! Please
submit any reviews you find. There is one from Amazon in the Reviews section already.
Eden Maine have
stirred up an interest in finishing the edit of their last performance at the Luminaire. Hopefully this will surface soon.
The two interviews shot at the Earache Christmas party back in December featuring
Gama Bomb and
Biomechanical have been added to the Earache Youtube page.
Two preview trailers for the Pelican DVD 'After the Ceiling
Cracked' have been launched on YouTube. You can view them here and here.
2007
The interviews shot at the Earache Christmas
party are being edited by Dan Younger and should be available for viewing via the Earache website soon. It is also looking
likely that either or both of the live sets by Evile and Blood Red Throne will be edited into packages for HD DVD / enhanced
CD release: watch this space.
The Pelican DVD has been added to the IMDB.
The Earache Christmas Party shoot was a success. Evile stole the show with Blood Red Throne coming a close second
with their last minute appearance. Two interviews were also shot with Biomechanical and Gama Bomb.
The Pelican
DVD is entitled "After the Ceiling Cracked". Please see below for an example of the
kind of listing that is
popping up all over the web. Reserve your copy today!
The Pelican 'Live in London' DVD has been given a release date of January 20th 2008. More news
on where it will be available as we get it. In the meantime please check out the DVD artwork below.
Our participation with the Earache Christmas Party has been confirmed, it will be HD end to end and thus future
safe. Blood Red Throne have been confirmed as the headliners - great!
The remaining songs from the first set of
the final Beecher show have been uploaded onto YouTube. Check them out
here, your comments are read with interest. Watch this space for the second set.
Please read below for news on
the Isis DVD of the Oceanic performance:
It is looking like we will be shooting the Earache Christmas Party in Camden this December. Further info as we get
it.
There is the first of many clips from the final Beecher show at the Star and Garter in Manchester on YouTube.
This is one of the most electrifying live performances we have had the oportunity to be involved with. I think we have captured
the atmosphere very well, but
you can be the judge... Several new uploads on YouTube.
Exerpts from the
My Ruin London show from January 2006 and the
Orange Goblin Forum show from back in 2003.
The Capricorns "Comrades in Tears" video is on there for all you super 8 fans.
Finally a real blast from the past, "Maximum
Swordfish" by
Red Planet, the first video Mike ever made back in 1998 (and it shows!)
The audio recorded by Dan Roberts at the Koko
nightclub during the 'Oceanic' performance by Isis has been mastered by Justin Broadrick of Godflesh fame and aproved
by the band. This means the edit can now begin.
The
SSS promo for "The Beast" featuring the notorious pig's head is finished and is on YouTube for general
consumption. Your comments are welcome.
Please also check out the SSS and Evile interviews conducted prior
to their apearances at the Liverpool Barfly which have surfaced on the Earache Records' YouTube site. These can be
found
here, here and
here.
The audio from the Isis concert recorded at the Koko nightclub in Camden is undergoing final scrutiny by
the band before being released to us to begin the edit. More news on this when we get it.
Got news that the
Pelican DVD we recorded at the Scala in Kings Cross back in December 2005 is going to be released by Hydrahead in November
2007. We will make a sneak preview trailer available on YouTube in the weeks preceeding the release.
Mike Ward, Dan Younger, Tim Darach, Dan Roberts and Will Sansom recorded a concert for Earache records at the Barfly in
Liverpool. This featured Municipal Waste, SSS and Evile. Interviews were also conducted with the bands.
Will Sansom
is editing promos for SSS and Evile using footage form their sets. Expect these on YouTube soon.
The edit of
the Eden Maine concert from their final show which was recorded at the Luminaire club in London back in 2005
has been finished.
The band have some final issues with the audio which need resolving before we can sign this
one off. Expect a clip soon.
Here is some news on the Pelican DVD from April 2007:
