A BAND OF ORCS

Heavy Metal-World Signs A BAND OF ORCS To IME Records






When Los Angeles media agency Heavy Metal-World (HMW) opened submissions for new artists during the 2010 holiday season, the indie outfit had some very specific goals in mind. Focused on assembling a unique approach by re-engineering the relationship between artist and record label, the company was hell-bent on crafting a common vision for success and set out to find musicians that would understand and share a passion for creativity.

Scouring the earth to find a combination of that kind of character, skill and work ethic sometimes requires looking beyond the norm. It’s exactly that type of magnetic synergy which introduced unearthly beings A BAND OF ORCS to HMW’s newly formed division, IME Records.

According to a press release, the Orcs musical preference is very heavy metal. But one might inquire as to how they acquired this taste. Hence, the official story as told by their manager, Gruesom Grimp:

“In December of 2006, a group of young nerds playing Dungeons & Dragons inadvertently summoned the monstrous oRcs into your realm by rolling dice on a Random Encounter Table. Unfortunately for them, they encountered A Band of Orcs, who reacted with all of the inappropriate violence that you might expect from such savage warriors. The oRcs' world changed forever, though, when they heard the demonic sounds of Slayer coming from downstairs. Enchanted with this new form of noise they forced the amateur guitarist they unearthed there to teach them how they could generate such sounds. They spared his life, and he gave them the materials they needed to make metal into magic.”

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