U&P 022 Band Of Mercy - Veganocracy 7" pre-orders are online

Hello folks, it's time to announce the next U&P release.

Dead Truth Recordings (USA) and Ugly & Proud Records (Bulgaria) are extremely humbled and proud to announce the release of Band Of Mercy’s 3^rd 7”, the final chapter of the Veganocracy trilogy. Veganocracy picks up where the first 2 7’s left off: more aggro militant vegan fist pumping, foot stomping hardcore, calling out fence-walkers, and excuse-makers that is destined to piss off a lot of people from the jump. BOM shares members with Texas political rockers, Die Young and Florida’s metal-core resurgents, Axis, in their ranks. Veganocracy even features a guest guitar solo appearance by Scott Crouse of Earth Crisis. DTR and U&P will have exclusive limited colors to their respective webstores (as well as a pre-order only shirt) and DTR will be releasing the Veganocracy trilogy (discography) with bonus tracks on CD. The Veganocracy 7” and CD will also be the first releases in conjunction with the vegan collective DTR imprint, Green Panther Press. Pre-orders are up now in both web stores. Check out the lyric video for the opening track, Personal Problem. VEGAN POWER.

Pressing info:

150x green wax (US press)

150x orange wax (Rest of the world press)

100x black wax

And there is an exclusive shirt design available only through pre-order!

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr1ZJSqdsh4

Pre-order: http://uglyandproudrecords.bigcartel.com/product/band-of-mercy-veganocracy-7-pre-order

Distro update DRA

Just a quick distro update with a few records that arrived two weeks ago. I promise the next post will be a new release announcement!

No Second Thought - Better Days Ahead 7"
5.50 eur 

Sense of Coherence - the demo 7"
5.50 eur 

Crowned Kings - Forked Road LP
12 eur 

On Bodies 12"
12 eur 

Adult Crash vol. 2 book + 7"

20 eur

U&P 020 - Youth Crew 2016 comp 7" pre-orders are up!

The test pressings have been approved and the pre-orders for the new Youth Crew 2016 comp 7" are now online! Get yours while you can!

In 2008, Positive And Focused Records released the first edition of the Youth Crew compilation. The idea behind the compilation was to present and support some of the best new youth crew bands from all over the world. It turned into a bi-annual tradition, and after Youth Crew 2010, Youth Crew 2012 and Youth Crew 2014, we have now arrived at the fifth editon of the Youth Crew compilations, Youth Crew 2016. For this edition, Positive And Focused Records is joined by five other labels – SP Discos from Peru (although based in Germany these days), Ugly And Proud from Bulgaria, Speedowax from the UK, State Of Mind from the US and Commitment from The Netherlands. The 2016 edition features eight straight edge bands from three different continents: Modern Problems, Spirits and Face It from the USA, Toma El Riesgo from El Salvador, Tomar Control from Peru, Stand Clear from Indonesia, Awake from Portugal and Zero Eight One from Italy. Some songs are very fast, some are very melodic, some are even a bit raw, but it's all, without any exception, music that will make you jump around, fingerpoint and sing-a-long in your room with a big smile on your face in no time – as that is what youthcrew does! The 7” comes limited to 520 copies (120 on old school black, 200 yellow and 200 green) and the artwork was again done by Javi – just like all previous editions.

Stream: https://uglyandproudrecords.bandcamp.com/album/youth-crew-2016

Order: www.uglyandproudrecords.bigcartel.com

Distro update - BBMA

I did a sweet trade with Tim from Bound By Modern Age records/blog and here's what I got for the distro:

No Restraint - The Branches of Suffering 7"

6 eur

To Ashes - Liberation Through Destruction 7"

5 eur

xLAIRx - Wrath of the Immaculate 7"

6 eur

Realm Of Torment - Testaments of Hope & Despair LP

12 eur

Distro update - Refuse Records

Hey folks, here's to the first distro update of the year! I got a nice package from Robert (Refuse Records) last Friday and here are a few records for the distro:

True Identity 7" - 6 eur

True Identity 7" - 6 eur

Apatia - 100% vegetarian band LP - 11 eur

Apatia - Demo 1990 LP - 11 eur

Hacesja - ultrafastnoisecore 7" - 6 eur

Coke Bust - Confined LP - 10 eur

Distro update

Hey folks,
I hope you are doing well. Here's another distro update to which I'll just have to add the Leeway represses in two weeks and that will be it for this year. There is still a sale going on too on some records from the distro. And on top of that - if you buy more than 2 records that are not on sale you can get a record from the sale for free. I need some space and money for my new releases that are just around the corner. Keep an eye for that as well...

Distro update!

Hey lovely people,
here's one of the last distro updates for 2015 (maybe even the last one)...

Here's what's new, if you have any questions - feel free to ask me!

Thanks for your attention and dedication!