Flood Of Red

Flood Of Red are set to release their debut album Leaving Everything Behind on their own label Dark City on October 19th. Produced by Brian McTernan (Cave In, Thrice, Converge), Leaving Everything Behind sees the band making a large leap into new territories. Toned-down and refined, Flood of Red now paint from a broader musical palette, incorporating the ambient and soundscape elements that earlier recordings hinted at, but without ever compromising the heavy blow they've been praised for.

In 2007, the band began to takeoff- drawing hundreds to shows based on reputation alone, then the music industry started to pay attention. Record deals were forthcoming but Flood Of Red took the unprecedented – some would say smart - step of ignoring them all. “We realized we could live the dream by signing to a label,” says drummer Graham Griffith, “but we also knew we wanted to last. We wanted to do this for as long as possible. And to do that we had to take control of this band.”

Inspired by the emerging practices of the likes of Radiohead and Nice Inch Nails, Flood Of Red decided to release their debut album via a variety of neat, independently-funded marketing techniques. The marketing of the album is forward-thinking, by-passing the standard practices of old, cut out the middle men and sell straight to fans who can choose from a variety of album bundles - from basic digital downloads through to value-for-money packages featuring CDs, merchandise, exclusive tracks and more. In addition, the album will be available for download for only $1 until it's release on October 19th.