You can read up about PAX at www.paxsite.com. There are some surprises coming between now and then, so stay tuned… like you do with… the TV or something. Following on Facebook or Twitter is the best way to stay updated.

Later!

-Grant

The first MM track from Metroid Fusion – SECTOR 1.

Also 4,140,720 pixels of blue, red, and yellow.

Check it out here: Metroid Metal – Sector 1

Also, the amazing homepage banner artwork  is from FoxDragon. Be sure to check out his website for more awesome work. It’s a pretty sweet piece, so I decided to cut it up into a few different sizes for those of you that might want a wallpaper. It’s an amazing design with a lot of detail. Check it:

FULL RESOLUTION – 3834×1080

Single monitor wallpapers
1024×768 – version 1
1024×768 – version 2
1280×800 – version 1
1280×800 – version 2

Dual monitor wallpapers (Instructions on making the full res version dual screen)
1280×800 – LEFT
1280×800 – RIGHT
1280×1024 – LEFT
1280×1024 – RIGHT

It’s from Metroid Fusion. That’s all I’ll say for now. If you are a sponsor, you can click here to nab the track. If you are a “silly commoner”, you will be able to download the track (with some special artwork) this Sunday, 6/6. Put it on the calendar!

It’s off to to sir Chunkstyle for the low end and a few other parts, but yeah – done soon. It’s kinda heavy.

SO WHILE YOU WAIT, check out this sampler from a new project I just finished. I’ve been given the opportunity to compose my first soundtrack for a video game. A bit backwards right?

The game is called Alpha Squad, a shooter/adventure game developed by Dragon Divide coming out on Xbox Live this summer. The soundtrack will be purchasable (cheap) through Bandcamp, and is over 40 minutes in length. THIS is why you haven’t heard the new MM track yet. ;)

Here’s a quick sampler of 3 tunes from the game – City, Sewer, and Winter levels:

To hear more upcoming tracks, info on release and to stay up with news on the game, you can follow the Stemage Facebook page. There’s other new stuff on there too.

And here’s some super cool artwork (click for hi res):

New MM track soon!

Rock n roll,

Grant

Thanks to the fans, the Penny crew, the Enforcers, and all the awesome bands that helped make the PAX East concert experience what it was. The lineup this year was crazy solid. Be sure to check out tunes from The Protomen, Anamanaguchi, MC Frontalot, The Video Game Orchestra, Paul and Storm, & Jonathan Coulton. WHAT A TASTY LIST!

There’s a good bit of footage of the MM set online, including the bouncy ‘troids that were quickly dismantled by the crowd (for good reasons – they be dangerous):

photo by NickelEdge

In addition to the actual MM show, chunkstyle, Cheddar, and myself were lucky enough to provide a rock backbone for the Jonathan Coulton show on Saturday night with Paul and Storm. Oh my it was a blast! You can check out some footage from the show here. (thanks danimal!)

So what now? Where is the new Metroid Metal track? Here’s a quick list of stuff going on:

I’ve been sinking time into a soundtrack for an Xbox Live Indie game coming out this summer. I’ll be posting more details and track samples soon on my Stemage Facebook page, but it will be a full length album for sale on Bandcamp. So stay tuned.

I’ve been working hard on a full length instrumental Stemage record due out later this year. There first track from that can be heard on the Facebook page right now.

I just finished a track on the new IWADON Tribute Album covering Ninja Warriors from the SNES. You can stream that track on www.iwadon.com. It’s the first full game cover I’ve done on my own that isn’t Metroid. Sup with that?

Chunkstyle is putting the finishing touches on the new Yes Mayhem record, a full album of original material written by chunkstyle and performed by a collection of chunk’s musical brethren – including Cheddar on drums, myself, Xoc, Ryan8bit, and others. Think of it as chunk’s own personal supergroup – creating a record with an amazing amount of variety and punch. This album will RULE. He’s posting updates on the project over at www.chunkstyle.net.

Danimal is hard at work with Arm Cannon as always, but he’s also tracking a new demo for his balls-out original project WeaponX and venturing into some super-secret video production antics. This I gotta see.

When Kirby isn’t overly busy being sexy, he’s still doin’ it live with Temp Sound Solutions. If you haven’t gotten your hands on the latest record, NYPWP9, it’s their best one yet. Go do that.

So yeah, we’re all busy. Between 2 albums of new material, I haven’t been able to finish the new Metroid Metal track yet, but it’s being worked on hhhhhard. It should be a hitter – perfect for the live group. It’s been requested a lot.

MM live? Nothing is on the public schedule yet for the next MM Live show (as you can see), but we are not done popping inflated ‘troids. That’s all I’ll say for now.

…

Ever since last weekend, I haven’t been able to stop thinking back to 2003 when I did that first MM tune on my 8-track. I never thought it would go beyond that – much less spawn a band with the coolest guys ever. Thank you super-cool bandmates, and thank you everyone for listening. This project wouldn’t have lasted 7 full years if it wasn’t for the people giving the tunes attention. Thank you all a million times over.

- Stem

The DVD set contains ALL the full concerts from PAX and a bunch more stuff:
http://www.pennyarcademerch.com/pad09002100.html

The DVD set was produced by the Godly 2 Player Productions:
http://www.2playerproductions.com

Thanks for watching. :)

That’s full of fantastic. Thank you guys for the honor. That makes us feel quite good. To quote the best part:

“…making tender love to a mature woman.”

I’m sorry what? You’ll have to click over to read the rest.  Also check out the full list of top albums including honorable mentions from last year.  It was a good year, and it’s a bit humbling to sit next to many of those releases.  Thanks guys.

www.originalsoundversion.com

UPDATE: PAX East is sold out.

If you missed PAX 2009 and MAGfest 8, get to PAX East. This is the last scheduled performance of Metroid Metal Live.  There will likely be more shows, but nothing is on the calendar yet, and nothing is as sick as PAX.

SO, if you want to nab your ticket, do it now.

See you in Boston!

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UPDATE: PAX East is sold out.

If you missed PAX 2009 and MAGfest 8, get to PAX East. This is the last scheduled performance of Metroid Metal Live.  There will likely be more shows, but nothing is on the calendar yet, and nothing is as sick as PAX.

SO, if you want to nab your ticket, do it now.

See you in Boston!

]]> 0 http://www.metroidmetal.com/updates/new-stemage-track-on-the-upcoming-songs-for-the-cure-210/ http://www.metroidmetal.com/updates/new-stemage-track-on-the-upcoming-songs-for-the-cure-210/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 03:01:04 +0000 Stemage http://www.metroidmetal.com/?p=692 An exclusive new Stemage tune will be on the upcoming cancer prevention compilation.

The Indie Music Cancer Society will release its 2010 compilation, Songs for the Cure ‘10, on March 1, 2010 and forward 100% of all donations and profits to the American Cancer Society.

The album will feature music from over 30 artists, and included in that pile of music is a new Stemage song called The Challenger. The track will not be appearing on the new Stemage album slated for release later this year.

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION HERE :)

All donors of $25 or more before March 1, 2010 will receive a free physical copy of the album. Supporters with $10 or more will receive a free digital copy.

The crew raised over $6,000 for the event last year and is still forwarding profits from last year’s album, available on iTunes, Amazon, and others.  The fundraiser aims to raise $10,000 by April 23, 2010.

That’s not a lot of money for a WHOLE lot of music and a great cause. Help us out guys! DONATE. :)

Oh my dear this is cute.  You can pick one up here.