New Logo

Here is a revised version of the Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings logo. The old one was actually just a tiny sketch from a pocket notebook, and was only really used until I could find the time to do a proper logo. 

This version was drawn on A4 card using black ink via a wooden kebab skewer, my favourite medium. Initially it looked quite neat, but I added messy bits afterwards.

I will almost certainly be getting some shirts made featuring this design.

Crabsu

Crabsu was a tour van train of thought idea that reached its logical limit. A tribute to Texan black metal band Absu with crustacean worship thrown in for good measure. This stems from the word replacement game, in this case adding the word "crab" to existing band names.

They formed to play a one-off gig at The Borough in Sunderland on Friday the 5th of August 2011 alongside Burial and Gary Marchant. They had two practice sessions beforehand, and several of the members had never heard the source material before then.

The members are all active musicians in the north-east of England, playing in a wide variety of bands including Wodensthrone, Dawn of Chaos, The Axis of Perdition, That Hideous Strength, Risen Prophecy and Hesper Payne.

For this performance they came up with pseudonyms, which are listed here:

Crabathoth on vocals

Crabbadon hitting things

Crabbath on guitar

The Nameless Crustacean on bass

The Nipper on another guitar

The logo was influenced by the works of Away from Voivod, combined with the shape of a crab and the "C" and "U" looking quite pincer shaped. I sketched it out in pencil, then finished it with black ink via a wooden kebab skewer. It was screen printed onto T-shirts and patches for the gig.

The DVD of their performance was completed in December 2011 and is limited to 50 copies. The sleeves are printed and then cut, folded and glued by hand. The discs are surfaced with red sticky-back plastic and numbered underneath, near the centre hole. Here it is, alongside a patch:

DVDs, patches and shirts are currently available in the Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings shop.

Gary Marchant

Gary Marchant were a grind band named after a science teacher. Although they were only around for a relatively short space of time, they played regularly in the Sunderland area and occasionally in Newcastle. At one point they supported Napalm Death. They have also played about 4 farewell gigs (so far), several months apart. Their most recent farewell gig was in August 2011 with Burial and Crabsu.

Initially I was asked to do a logo for them, but I eventually invited them to play the aforementioned gig and also decided to re-release their only recording, Pilldust Paradox EP along with T-shirts and patches.

The original logo was drawn with black ink and a wooden kebab skewer. It was an absolute nightmare to turn it into a stencil...

However, it was totally worth it for the spray-painted final product. These are black 3" CD-Rs which have a white printable surface, perfect for black spray paint. The covers are black card sprayed white giving a negative version of the usual logo.

Handwriting all the tracklistings was another pain in the arse. I'm glad it was limited to 30 copies. There are currently only about 4 copies left, but plenty of shirts and patches. Order here.

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Hello

Inverted Grim-Mill Recordings is a bedroom micro-label set up for the purpose of releasing extreme music invented in tour vans, pubs, venues and whenever brain stimulants are abound.

Any and all releases from this label will be hand-made and limited in numbers. There will also be stuff like shirts and patches available.

There will be live events organised under this banner, both for bands on the label and for friends in "serious" bands.

More information can be found on the Facebook page.