Crestfallen Records (2025)

17/01/2025

The first ever physicals of The Wind Covenant are live!

Huge thanks to the band and Seek and Strike for making this happen

13/01/2025

It’s no secret I love anything djent related. Crestfallen’s original goal was to just be a bedroom djent label that evolved into doing mid/late 2010s to modern core. So whenever I get the chance to press anything djent, especially djent with some bite and aggression, I get overly excited. My first taste of djent was Monuments, so whenever I come across a band that scratches the same itch that they did, I have to take note since they’re few and far between.

Seek and Strike has been absolutely on top of the modern core world. They really have their ear to the ground and are picking up the smaller bands that are going to start to make waves in the coming years. I mean just look at how much traction the Ruins of Perception and Assemble the Chariots releases had last year! So it’s no surprise that The Wind Covenant is already signed to them even though they’ve only been around for a couple years at this point with an album and one EP.

In simplest terms, feels like if you took the musical qualities of Shokran and applied them to the aggressiveness of Monuments - and honestly, what more do you really need in a djent album?

I really want to gush over their newest EP Hiraeth (seriously, it's perfect!), but I’m going to have to hold back and just zero in on Conjuration. Because what’s great about it is that it’s heavy without feeling like that’s all it's relying on to be good.

There’s vocal variety - plentiful highs (proper ones, not just tunnel throats or highs for just one word here and there), mid/lows that don’t break into the toilet territory just to sound brutal, and cleans that aren’t cookie-cutter. The guitar work is on point without being so noodly that the entire album becomes one long guitar solo. Oh! And there’s bass! Like a proper bass that you can hear and it’s doing its own runs instead of just following the guitar!

When I say that Conjuration is one of the strongest debut albums from any djent-adjacent band, I mean it. This album is going to be a pivotal milestone in the djent revival movement in 50 years! I’m calling it now!

I’m beyond happy to be able to be able to work with Seek & Strike and give this album a proper vinyl treatment.

200 copies across five variants all go live this Friday at 12pm ET

10/01/2025

The Arbitrary, In Dying Arms CDs, and Sunscourge/Oracle Spectre CDs were just dropped off at the post office as well as any orders placed during the holiday break.

Any CDs ordered with a vinyl will ship when the vinyl come in.

I also hope you like djenty aggressive metalcore since January is going to be packed with it 💨

28/12/2024

Deprivation is down to about 35 copies left before it's sold out!

A few more sold while making the post so act fast!

27/12/2024

Deprivation is live!

Happy to be working with In Dying Arms for round two. Who says we need a round three? 👀

23/12/2024

Happy Holidays everyone! It’s that time of year where I do the yearly final Friday release of the year. I know that it’s super close to Christmas, but that’s just how the days fell – but I promise this one is going to be worth it!

I know you’ve all been wanting some more In Dying Arms, so here you go – a full-blown release of the band’s debut full length, Deprivation! And it’s officially the oldest release in the catalog so far.

If you’re a fan of MySpace deathcore (metalcore? Whatever you want to classify Deprivation as), then this is the release for you. Gang chants, obnoxious breakdowns, melodic lead guitars, chugging two-stepping breakdowns, gutturals, it’s all here. Anything you could want in a MySpace release is contained within this album.

There will be a new CD pressing for the first time in eight years in jewel cases. Then for the first time ever, vinyl and cassettes. All of these will feature a brand-new reimagining of the album’s artwork created by Charlie Smith. He really crushed this project and I can’t thank him enough for the work he put into it!

Preorders go live this Friday the 27th at 12pm ET! See you there!

20/12/2024

Thank you all for another amazing year. This year was a bit of a shift to the space where I want Crestfallen to operate in with doing more new releases and less throwback titles.

2025 is looking to have a good selection of albums (new and old) and I'm excited for everyone to hear them!

We'll be rounding out this year with one last drop as usual on the final Friday of the year so keep a look out for the announcement for that one coming soon - it's a big one!

Thanks to Dunkpressing for always putting out some of the best quality vinyl and really making this whole thing possible.

Thanks to all of the bands this year who allowed me to press their music. It's an honor as always and I can't wait to work with all of you again in the future The Wise Man's Fear Tyrant_US deadvectors THE ARCHAIC EPIDEMIC The Senate The Arbitrary By the Thousands Bone Crown In Dying Arms Snake Father Underneath Lost Conduit Oracle Spectre, and Sunscourge

Thanks to all the people in Crestfallen Cuties and all of the other people and label personnel that I bounce ideas off of

And finally, a huge thank you to all of you who constantly come out to support the bands and pressings! I hope you all have a great holiday season and a good New Year!

16/12/2024

A while back I asked what older CFR releases should get the Dunk treatment. There's been a lot of sUggestions and I can happily say that a couple have been confirmed.

Are there any releases from CFR001-015 that you WoulD like to see get the Dunk treatment?

10/12/2024

The Arbitrary is in! Dunkpressing crushed these yet again, and I can't thank them enough for the work they put into these pressings.

This was such a fun color pallet to work with. I mean just look at that triple vortex!

Because it's peak season at USPS, and FedEx delivered these later than expected, I'll be shipping these out early January to avoid any damages/lost packages. Thanks for your understanding and patience!

04/12/2024

Probably the last update of the year so I'll try and make this brief!

All Lost Treasures have been shipped outside of any that were in orders with preorders. All emails have been sent out for early access and discounts so please check your spam folders if you didn't receive one. If they're not there, reach out and we'll get it sorted!

The Arbitrary are currently stuck in Belgium for some unknown reason. Because of this, they're probably not going to be delivered until the middle of this month which worries me since shipping around this time is a nightmare.

With that being said, would you all be willing to hold off on me shipping The Arbitrary until the new year to avoid loss and damages?

That's it from me! I'll be taking off from now until the end of December and will be back for the annual last Friday of December drop!

30/11/2024

You all crushed The Wise Man's Fear yesterday! Thank you to everyone who came out to grab a copy!

We're 70% sold out with only 45 left of the Maelstrom and Fade left before they're gone, so act fast!

29/11/2024

The Wise Man's Fear Valley of Kings is available on vinyl now for the first time!

We're already down to under 200 copies so act fast!

27/11/2024

I really didn’t think this was going to be a release I would ever get to do through Crestfallen. I mean it was released through Sharptone – one of the premiere labels out there pushing modern metalcore. If anyone is going to press it, I assumed it would be them. When The Wise Mans Fear approached me asking if I’d be interested in handling vinyl for the album’s first pressing, I thought it was a joke at first. But here we are!

Valley of Kings is the pinnacle The Wise Man’s Fear release. It’s the perfect combination of their mid-2010s metalcore sound mixed with a more modern heaviness that has been incorporated into metalcore more and more in recent years. It’s the album that I feel that they really went in with the intention to write a release that encapsulates them as a whole completely. You don’t need to listen to their past albums to understand what their sound is (although the flute is a Valley of Kings exclusive) or what they’re trying to accomplish – it’s all right here, contained in one package.

There are no “Hollywood” additions here. It’s not an album written with the mindset of “we have a proper label backing us. We have the money to go all out and add elements that don’t enhance the songs.” And that’s what I find to be the impressive aspect of this album. I feel that sometimes when a band signs to their first actual label, they can sometimes stray too far from what the core sound identity is. But with Valley of Kings, it feels like the natural progression of their sound.

Production is tightened and polished ever so slightly from The Lost City (not that it needed much change, but it feels clearer overall.) The songwriting instrumentally is expanded upon and pushes the conceptual aspects of the album and helps convey the tones and emotion presented in the lyrics even more so than past releases. And this isn’t me coming at their past work, because they’re genuinely good, but Valley of Kings feels like the ideal realization of what kind of album they wanted to make.

I’m not going to get too deep into the lore behind Valley of Kings just because it’s a bit lengthy and Paul has done a full deep dive into the story, themes, and motifs on the band’s YouTube.

We’re doing 300 copies since this has been one of the most requested releases to do ever since What Slept Beneath Tarvos was announced. Two /25s, two /50s, two /75s all with an 8 physical page (16 pages if you count by sides) lyric/art booklet and numbered OBIs.

Oh, and did I mention that this will be the first time we’re doing some new Dunk! variants. That’s right, the Maelstrom is no longer limited to just mystery variants (The Senate, By The Thousands, and Sold Soul) – it’s its own thing now! There’s also a brand-new Cross Pulsar that I’m excited to say is going to start popping up a bit more regularly in releases.

Preorders go live this Friday at 12pm ET!

25/11/2024

Today is the final day for Lost Treasure! They'll be coming down around midnight or so.

Grab 4 - 10% a future order

Grab 8 - EA for one future release

24/11/2024

I didn't realize the Lost Treasure sold out earlier yesterday. So if you were trying to grab some and couldn't find it on the store, it's back up! I'll keep restocking it as it gets low through the end of tomorrow.

As for the regular rebalance, all that's left is a test for Infinite Exile and a handful of By The Thousands vortexes

Thank you to everyone who's picked something up so far!

22/11/2024

The Not Black Friday Black Friday sale is live!

Extremely limited copies of select variants from In Dying Arms, Lost Conduit, and other titles are available. Most only have 1-3 in stock!

And don't forget that today is the last day for Oracle Spectre and Sunscourge merch. They'll be taken off of the store tonight at 12pm ET.

Grab some Lost Treasure for 10% off (x4 Lost Treasure) or early access (x8 LT) for any one future release!

19/11/2024

It's the annual Crestfallen Black Friday sale! Only thing is it's not on Black Friday this year!

But before we get into that, I want to note that Crepuscular Rituals merch comes down this Friday. Make sure to grab something before they're down! I'm only printing what's ordered so there won't be a rebalance for those.

It's a little different this year, though - it's not a discount across the entire store. Instead, it's a rebalance for In Dying Arms, Lost Conduit, and a couple of other long lost items.

In addition to the rebalance, there will also be a limited offer for Lost Treasure. This can be any item still in stock or sold out on the store. And it's only $15 each! You could end up with a test press, 2LP, or maybe even an /2 copy of a release! The possibilities are endless* (not totally endless, endless, since its end would be any listing on the store past or present).

If you grab 4 Lost Treasures, you'll receive a discount code for 10% off of any future order. Grab 8, and you'll receive a one-time redemption for early access on any future release!

Everything goes up Friday at 12pm ET and Lost Treasure will be taken down at the end of 11/25

08/11/2024

Crepuscular Rituals is available now!

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