News Diverses

merci foule fête a écrit:Le Hellfest ouvre un bar à Paris: https://www.ouest-france.fr/festivals/hellfest/hellfest-un-bar-ouvre-paris-6596174

Pas de concerts au programme, les riverains sont hostiles et si le succès est au rendez-vous, d'autres bars du même type pourraient ouvrir ailleurs.

merci foule fête a écrit:Rien ne va plus en Amérique du Sud: Abbath annule sa tournée après un concert "désastreux" en Argentine: https://www.metalzone.fr/news/115597-le-groupe-de-black-metal-norvegien-abbath-joue-un-concert-desastreux-et-annule-sa-tournee-sud-americaine/

eudus a écrit:A noter, que son mec c'est le claviériste de The Gathering

Apathia Records is no more.
Long live Apathia Records.
We were supposed to celebrate our 10th anniversary today, but a few months back, we've decided to stop Apathia Records for good.
Many reasons for this.
The main one is that, Jeremy and I were 100% volunteers on this, and we don't really have the time anymore to handle the huge amount of work on it.
Also, the rise of that thing called "streaming", combined with the ridiculous rise of shipping costs in France made our direct physical sales decrease a little more each year, and therefore, our money income had also decreased.
The postal fees increases impacted us very much since almsot 80% of our sales were made outside France.
The diminution of our available time probably impacted the sales too, it a mix of all these things.
But in the end, it's is simple as that : less time + less money = less motivation and more importantly, less power to help bands.
Besides, it appears to us that a record label of our size is not really useful anymore for artists.
It would now become interesting in almost every point for new and upcoming artists to hire a GOOD manager + a GOOD PR guy/girl than signing on a small label like us, unless the label is able to invest a least a five-digit amount on a release for cd / lps and huge promotion, and many are not willing to take that risk these days.
Retail distribution is a huge point, but it only become really interesting when you fanbase is big enough.
That being said, we want to thank almost all the bands that trusted us through the years, the thing we're the most proud of is that we achieved to create a small "family", where bands trusted us for multiple releases, not for a single one, and who were willing to come drinks a few beers during our "Apathia Nights" (which were always a blast, even if I personally don't remember the first one entirely...).
It was a huge honor to see some of our bands playing at huge festivals like Hellfest Open Air Festival, MOTOCULTOR FESTIVAL Open Air or Euroblast Festival, or being the direct support for legends like Megadeth and Judas Priest. Thank you for trusting our bands
We also manage, in the last months of our activity, to make quality live footages for The Dali Thundering Concept and Disconnected, and this is something we're really proud of (and we still have some to finish, we will warn you about these).
And yes, "almost all", there are a few exceptions. We even seriously discussed of burning the whole stock of CDs and tshirts in one case, but I guess we're not trve enough to play with fire.
We hope we helped you to discover some good and underrated bands, and we want to thank you for your support, which has allowed us to be there for ten years.
Please continue to support the bands by buying CDs, LPs or Tshirts, that's how they make money, not by having 100k streams on Spotify.
On the bright side, the show is still going on, and tomorrow Heart Attack is releasing a new killer track, we think you'll like it :
Heart Attack - Exclusive - Worldwide Video Premiere!
Thanks again,
Jehan & Jeremy

RELEASE FREE
Hello from The Woods!
Something I´d like to say, for all who it may concern.
Few weeks ago I got news about my health condition, with was not good. It still is not. Infernal head pains, memory lost, going to Other Dimensions, that kind of things had been on for a while.
It seemed out that I have two tumors in my head, more followed elsewhere. Or otherwise. But there They are. Care is going to start within few days, but they said that those Things are not going go away. Those weaken my condition all the time and at The End end me To The Land Of The Dead. When? No one knows, but that will happen. At least most propably scenario is that. So.
GLOOMY GRIM is going to at hibernate state. GG is not dying. GG never will.
As will not Agathon. Agathon is Eternal, He lives in everybody of us. Hidden or Living. The Mist in the morning. Purity, Beauty and Freedom, Pure Animal, thats who He is. Saviour. Eternal, since Always Been. We have always been together, but apart. Now my only aim is to get myself at the state, where We can be together as One.
I have material enough for full GLOOMY GRIM album, but have to see, if there is time/interest to do/release them. I´ll give stuff to my band members and if Time runs out and I do not personally participate, maybe other Agathon can fullfill vocal parts. I don´t know. But plan still is, that new material is going to be made. Plan is also to do one beforehand planned gig. Have to see what happens.
GLOOMY GRIM has been great enjoyment for me, actually It has been all my life for me. Seems that many other people have enjoyed it too. Thats great and I Salute You All.
But still mostly I´d like to thank all band members who have involved during this 24 year trip. They have done lots of work to fullfill my Vision about Perfect Band. Horror Movie Music with Metal. Most Gloomiest band in the world. That was the plan at -95. I don´t know how I can balance their efforts. Thank You! Awesome people!
But all in all. My Obscure Metamorphosis is going to continue to the next Level, No Fear, No Pain, just ancxiusly looking what is waiting at The Other Realms.
I have had great life. Today I go to sauna, take few beers and wait what comes up. Tomorrow might not come. But maybe it will.
Life?
Ykä/Agathon - GLOOMY GRIM
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