Blazon Stone - Down in the Dark (2017)

The fourth album from the pirate-obsessed Running Wild worshippers will be out in September from Stormspell. As usual it features Cederick Forsberg of Rocka Rollas, Cloven Altar, Mortyr, etc., etc. on all instruments.

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Album review on my HubPage blog here:
https://hubpages.com/entertainment/Blazon-Stone-Down-in-the-Dark-2017-Album-Review

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Lyric video for the title track:



P.S. no, I'm not on Stormspell's payroll. He was just nice enough to send me sneaky peeks of his Fall 2017 release slate to review. More coming soon

Interesting. Will check this one out.

nice. i really like their other stuff so this is on the list.

Their cds are extremely expensive on amazon uk.

Gilbert wrote:

Their cds are extremely expensive on amazon uk.

Not very cheap here either, I ended up getting some of their stuff downloaded from Youtube (don't judge me, I just do this for albums that cost an arm and a leg used. May pick this up because I like what I've heard.

Gilbert wrote:

Their cds are extremely expensive on amazon uk.

Amazon is very tough platform to sell on due to their draconian 55% commission cut - yep, they take 55% of the retail price in order to let you use their fulfillment program and qualify for Amazon Prime. Couple that with the fact that it is CDBaby who are putting my stuff on there, and they have to make their own cuts on top on Amazon's, and hence the horrific pricing...

If you see the cd sold on Amazon marketplace for big bucks, it is a dealer/re-seller trying to milk it out. In either case I have no control over it.

You can always go and buy it from CDBaby: the current pricing there is $9.99 + shipping (international with case = $7.54, w/o case = $5.57)



You can see complete CDBaby shipping rates here: https://store.cdbaby.com/shipping

Cdbaby it is then!

I moved my store to CDBaby because at the time they had this amazing "1-cent WORLDWIDE" shipping offer on orders of 3 or more items. After speaking with them and being assured this offer is mega popular and is there to stay, I bit the bullet and shelled $7,500+ to upload my entire catalog with them (the do charge $50 submission fee per title).

Not a 3 months later the 1-cent offer disappeared overnight w/o any notice whatsoever, so I didn't even had a chance for one last big sale... to tell you that I was pissed off would be the understatement of the year...

Now I am stuck with CDBaby. they claim the 1-cent offer may return one day... they would not tell when though, of course, hah... The good thing is, their shipping is still way better than the actual cost US Postal Office charges.

I've been also considering to put my older releases on Amazon Prime at regular prices, although with the 55% commission cut there is no way I can put a brand new release at $12 and make any profit with the $5.40 Amazon will pay me back.

Finally got my copy at GIBERT JOSEPH store in paris a few days ago for less than 18 euros. I am blown away by the album. Much better than the real Running Wild!