The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - The Steampunk Album! That Cannot Be Named For Legal Reasons.

Prominent steampunks The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing have found themselves up against record label Goliaths EMI in a trademark battle over the title of their 2010 debut ‘Now That’s What I Call Steam Punk! Volume 1′. As owners of the compilation franchise ‘Now That’s What I Call Music’ EMI are pressuring the act to rebrand their early release. Given just three working days to alter the name or face legal proceedings vocalist and “occult comedian” Andrew O’Neill (seen on the stages of Download, Sonisphere, Golden Gods and more) set about canvassing their fans for alternative titles resulting in a wealth of suggestions spanning from the sublime to the ridiculous. As a result of the allegations, which fly in the face of the bands Neo-Victorian time travel indentity, the champions of (18)77 punk have ceded to the wishes of both fans and EMI to rename the album formerly known as ‘Now That’s What I Call Steam Punk! Volume 1′ as ‘The Steampunk Album That Cannot Be Named For Legal Reasons’.
The slow reaction of EMI could arguably have not come at a better time as the band gear up for the release of their second album. Though the legal pressure has meant an unexpected effort to alter the second pressing of the release, the album is due to return to iTunes and other digital retailers this week under the revised title with a run of hard copies to follow. Less than 20 copies of the original pressing are left, it’s the last chance for fans to get their hands on the offending article. Remaining copies are available through the bands official webstore while stocks last.
The second album from The Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing, ‘This May Be The Reason Why The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing Cannot Be Killed By Conventional Weapons’ is due to be released on March 12th via Leather Apron records, and it’s a fair bet that no one other than The Men’ could come up with such a title.

Six Feet Below The Snow.

Whether these dark days of winter see you celebrate the Solstice, Yule, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or Christmas there is no doubting we are on the very precipice of the festive season. Here at Necromag we want you to have one hell of a holiday so consider this bundle of links our gift to you.
Firstly we have a free sample offering from the disco rockers Electric Six who are giving away their version of the classic ‘You’re A Mean One Mr Grinch’ at their official web site. The song was recorded in association with renowned parody and satire portal The Onion and their AV Club. In addition to the download a streaming video of their performance is available to view here as part of The Onion’s AV Undercover 2011 series.
In a slightly more pagan take on the season The Razor Skyline have made their ode to the Winter Solstice ‘The Longest Night’ available to download via their Reverbnation page. After last years popular give-away, the Californian gothic bellydance inspired troupe have once again offered up this special single to celebrate the true start of winter.
Last, but certainly not least, the kindly folks at the Silber Media label have a brand new Christmas compilation entitled ‘Six Feet Below the Snow’ on offer this merry season. All over the map genre wise and deftly swerving from serious to dumb fun the album is available to stream and download for free at the Silber Media homepage. The artist roster is Charles DeMar, Jon DeRosa, Thorn1, Landerim, Miss Massive Snowflake, Goddakk, Origami Boe, Moodring, Remora, Pacific 231, Sibyll Kalff, Yellow6, Lullabier, Feel No Other, Tony Whitlock, Les Marquises, Løzninger, Electric Bird Noise, Parties, & Drekka with Michael Demery Toran. This release makes up the latest volume in Silber Media’s extensive library of Christmas compilations which now totals over 8 hours of music.
What ever you pick we here at Necromag only ask that you party hard and rock out responsibly.

Alfa Matrix Re:Covered Vol.2 - A Tribute To Depeche Mode.

International icons of eighties electro-pop and British boys done good Depeche Mode are set to have tribute paid to them yet again with the second volume of Belgian label Alfa Matrix’s popular re:covered album. Alfa Matrix re:covered vol2 – A Tribute To Depeche Mode is set to feature over 31 different artists.
A trailer for the release is now available for streaming via soundcloud, with snippets from all participating artists.

Available to download now via itunes at a suprising price of €9.99, hard copies purchased from the Alfa Matrix webstore will include an exclusive ep featuring material from Jean Luc Demeyer of Front 242 for €20 including shipping.
The 2 CD physical release will be available for purchase world wide from June 10th.

Depeche Mode Tribute Vol. 2 Trailer by alfa-matrix