Pre-Order Now!

ENDON - MAMA vinyl LP, T-Shirt
BOTCH - 061502 vinyl 2xLP, T-Shirt, Windbreaker
CIRCLE - Miljard vinyl 3xLP, T-Shirt

US: https://hydrahead.merchtable.com/pre-orders
EU: https://eu.kingsroadmerch.com/hydra-head-records (Yes, Europeans! This marks the launch of our European webstore! Hopefully this cuts down on your shipping cost!)

We would just like to say that if you missed out on one of our RSD releases DO NOT PAY EXTRA FOR IT ON EBAY.
Just wait until June (that's all we can say right now).
Please spread the word.

Thanks!

It's official. Hydra Head's Record Store Day 2014 releases are coming to blow the dust out of your speakers that have been feebly emitting the subtle sounds of your significant other's soft rock samplers. Here comes hardcore heaviness.

BOTCH - Unifying Themes Redux 2xLP
CAVE IN - Jupiter LP+12"
KHLYST - Chaos Is My Name LP

We're rampin' up for our 2014 vinyl reissues/repressings and we need to drum up some fun(ds). So, we've cracked open the ABT™/HHR™ vaults and dug out some more treasure for you to buy. Specifically, about 50 different Hydra Head Test Pressings© from the very early days up through the present moment. Included are titles from all your favorites and the favorite obscurities: Cave In, Khlyst, Botch, Buzzov*en, Converge, Khanate, Melvins, House of Low Culture, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Keelhaul, Xasthur, Neurosis, Big Business, Harvey Milk, etc, etc. Also included in the sale is the HHR TP Mega Pak with 87 different 7", 10", and 12" and 2x12" test pressings including such rarities as: Dillinger Escape Plan "Calulating Infinity", Goatsnake/Burning Witch split, Botch "We Are the Romans",  Cave In "Beyond Hypothermia", Hollomen s/t, Circle "Manner", Converge/Agoraphobic Nosebleed "The Poacher Diaries", etc. Just so you know what stuff we'll be spending your hard earned monies on if you buy treasure from this sale, here is a partial list of what we've got coming up in 2014: Khlyst "Chaos is My Name" LP, Cave In "Jupiter" re-mastered + bonus 12", Khanate "Things Viral" 3xLP, Jesu "Conqueror" 2xLP, Old Man Gloom - Seminars I-III, Botch "Unifying Themes Redux" 2xLP, Botch - vinyl box set,  Boris & Merzbow "Sun Baked Snow Cave" 2xLP, and whole bunch of other excellent music. So, head on over www.realtomatoketchup.com and click them buy buttons! Thank you.

The time has come for Hydra Head to shut down our LA HQ. It's been a long time coming, but that doesn't make the process any less of a heart breaker. In order to ease our pain a bit, we're opening our doors to the public for the first and last time on Saturday May 25th so we celebrate our disintegration with a Hydra Head Super-Power-Yard-Sale™. James O'Mara and Aaron Turner will be on hand to help serve you, and if you're nice, give you treats (sadly Sugar Bear aka Andrew Cox will be spending his last official paycheck in Mexico and won't be able to join us). We'll have tables set up with goodies in the office for your perusal, and snacks and refreshments available at random intervals. There will be some give away surprises to random customers and a free test pressing for the first five arrivals.

Some of what we'll have on had that day will include (but is not limited to) the following: $1 CDs, $5 t-shirts, office furniture (anyone need a desk? - we'll be giving away some of our office stuff as well), discounted copies of recent vinyl titles, Hydra Head Super-Rarities™ (original pressings of Cave In "Beyond Hypothermia" LP, Converge/Agoraphobic Nosebleed LP, Discordance Axis "Inalienable Dreamless" LP, Cave In "Jupiter" LP, Botch "We Are the Romans" 2xLP, Neurosis "Sovereign" LP, Pelican "The Fire in Our Throats..." 2xLP, etc), AND some other related treasures (ISIS test pressings and box sets, screen printed tour posters, random black metal t-shirts, and whatever other gems we can dig up). Our aim is to get rid of as much as is possible in our office, so if you see something you like hanging on a wall or sitting on a desk make us an offer and see what happens!

Here are the specifics:

Hydra Head Power-Blow-Out-Yard-Sale-Extravaganza™
Saturday, May 25th
Noon - 7 pm
4222 Santa Monica Blvd #104
Los Angeles
90029

Thanks to everyone who made our Los Angeles dreams come true. We'll miss you! Come on by to say bye, and take some treasures home - from our horde to yours!

xoxo,
Team Hydra
(Aaron, James, Andrew)

BOTCH - 061502 CD/DVD

Hey gang,
So maybe the person in front of you in line this morning snagged the last Botch - An Anthology of Dead Ends 12" at your local record store, or maybe you live too far away from any of the swell shops that were selling the Circle - Manner LP, or you only got two out of the three colors of the Pelican - Australasia 2xLP. Well, fret not because now you have the opportunity to order them from the comfort of the slow computer you share with everyone in your house. We have limited quantities of all three Record Store Day releases in every vinyl color available, so click them links before it's too late.

BOTCH - An Anthology of Dead Ends 12"  on Clear, Red, Gold, or Black vinyl

CIRCLE - Manner LP  on Eyeball, Black, or Red Eye vinyl

PELICAN - Australasia 2xLP  on Black, Gold, or Yellow/Orange/Black Haze vinyl

And don't forget to grab this Circle t-shirt. IT IS A GLOW-IN-THE-DARK SKULL.

CIRCLE - Skull t-shirt

Holy Moly! Botch - 'We Are the Romans' 2xLP sold out in the Hydra Head Shop in less than 20 minutes.

To those who were unable to secure a copy this morning, there will be limited numbers going to local record stores, so get in touch and be extra nice. VACATION VINYL will definitely have some copies.

The pressing was limited by the number of jackets we had (We don't currently have art files to print them, as they are 11 years old at this point and probably were in Quark on a PC that has been non-operational since Aaron smashed it. We are working on it though). 


The overwhelming demand confirms that BOTCH represses are a priority for 2012.

HYH-041-1
BOTCH - We Are the Romans
2xLP+2xCD
Release Date: October 25th, 2011
Pre-Order starting September 28th

We found about 450 empty jackets and inserts from the original pressing in our storage unit. We used the original plates to press vinyl for them. Available on Orange A/B + Blue C/D vinyl, and White/orange/blue haze A/B + Black/orange/blue C/D vinyl.