Hey fiends,
Such safety finds us trembling lambs environed by wolves, the time has arrived and DEAD BEAT finally rises. My debut album from my solo project Rufus Rex is finally complete and ready to be unleashed onto an unsuspecting world. The album is a concept about one man’s quest for immorality and the strange world he discovers after awakening a terrible evil older the time itself. It was a story I was trying to turn into a horror screenplay some years back, but it just wasn’t working, so I decided to try it in album form. In the meantime, I also adapted it into comic book form, so if all goes well, you’ll be seeing the DEAD COMIC book sometime early next year.
The official release date of DEAD BEAT is October 11th, but you can pre-order it today using the Paypal links below or through snail mail. All pre-orders will ship out the first week of October, so you can get it into your Halloween playlists well ahead of schedule. I’ve spent the last two years stealing fragments of time to make this album and I’ll be releasing it entirely independent through my newly formed Villains And Vaudevillians record label. This means the I will not be releasing it in stores, you’ll only be able to purchase the physical copies from me directly and then It will be on all the online digital services (Itunes, Amazon, Etc) by the release date of October 11th.
If you like what you hear so far from this project, please help support my music and purchase the album directly from me. I have put all of my stone-encased heart, blackened soul, and money into this album and you guys hold its fate in your hands. All proceeds from this album go towards the recording of the next Rufus Rex album and coffee to keep me awake through the whole process.
And now, on with the pre-order details:
I am releasing two different versions of this album. The first is a standard jewel case with a full color six page booklet (Artwork by Thomas Boatwright) for $13 plus S&H ($2.99 within the US, $4.99 International). Click the Paypal links below to order yours today, if you would like to order by cash through the mail, then please send an e-mail to rufusrexmusic.com
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The second version I’m releasing is a deluxe version that comes with the the above jewel case and a full color six page booklet (Artwork by Thomas Boatwright), but also includes a limited edition slip cover with alternate artwork. These editions will be signed and hand numbered by me and limited to only 1000. These hand numbered editions are $23 plus S&H ($2.99 within the US, $4.99 International). Click the Paypal links below to order yours today, if you would like to order by cash through the mail, then please send an e-mail to rufusrexmusic.com
Click Here To Order The Deluxe Edition Outside The US
If you are one of those people who doesn’t buy music or if you would like to help out and see more music from Rufus Rex and my various other strange projects, I have a donation button set up below. I work far removed from the system so any size donation helps immensely.
And last, but not least, here is a brand new single to tide you over until October 11th. It’s entitled From The Dust Returned A Titan and it describes the impending sense of doom as the world shudders in the arrival of the beast that no longer sleeps. Enjoy another twisted taste of DEAD BEAT. While you’re at it, please revisit my first two singles.
Please help spread the word by sending those two Youtube lyric videos to your friends or pointing them towards the official Rufus Rex Bandcamp page where they can download them for free and send them to their friends, and so on, and so on.
I wanted to thank everybody for all their ongoing support and with your help there will be a ton of new stuff coming your way in the months to come. Next up is the new CREATURE FEATURE album, I’ll be releasing the album name, cover artwork, and new single in the next few weeks.
Stay tuned and stay weird,
~Curtis Rx
