We are pleased to announce that DD Rand, original lead guitarist from the 80s Hard Rock/Metal band Ravage out of Chicago has inked a deal with Dark Star Records. DD Rand’s guitar style mixes bone crunching guitar rifts with screaming leads. His songs are loaded with catchy choruses influenced by classic 80’s rock but with a modern high caliber production level. DD Rand currently has deals with Shrapnel and Retrospect Records. And now with his latest digital release “venom in Denim” out on Dark Star Records, DD Rand will once again take the world by storm.
Musicians on the album include: DD Rand – lead guitar/lead vocals, Paul Pike – Bass, Matt Udall – Bass, Tim Strunk- Bass, Larry Cornwall – lead vocals/drums, Dave Helzer – Drums, Henry Hartman – Drums, Doug Herschbach – Drums.
The New Album “Venom in Denim” is now available on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/venom-in-denim/id418030795
We are pleased to announce that the Chicago based Progressive Power Metal Band “Sacred Dawn” have inked a deal with Dark Star Records. With an innovative mix of heavy metal and hard rock plus a unique blend of vocal harmonies, Sacred Dawn has been said to deliver one of the most original progressive metal musical experiences heard since the dawn of true prog metal. Sacred Dawn pulls their influence from bands such as Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, Nevermore, Queensryche, Savatage, Fates Warning and many others. From their numerous live appearances across the Midwest to playing alongside international acts such as Symphony X, Cage, Firewind, Kamelot, and Epica, Sacred Dawn has garnered critical acclaim as well as fans around the world. Dark Star Records will be releasing the long awaited sophomore album entitled “a Madness Within” in the spring of 2011. This new 10 song concept album was produced by Sacred Dawn and Chuck Macak of Electrowerks Music and includes a full color 16 page booklet. Look for a special pre order sale at 
The band is currently working on their next full length album entitled “Against All Odds”. The band is working once again with engineer Adam Long, and the album will be produced by Derrick Brumley. Their latest release “Against All Odds” will feature new bass player Joey Saturn and will be available worldwide in the Spring/Summer 2011 via Dark Star Records. Until then make sure and download the classic album re-release “Rage”.
“Your Love Is Hurting” could very well be another platinum song for Herman Rarebell but for us it was just the perfect song for a particular scene in the movie Jezebeth, and for that we are very elated. The movie will be available worldwide in 2011 and stars Bree Michaels as Jezebeth.
Dark Star Records is blazing right past many of the major labels with the future of e-commerce. It’s time to move beyond a single stand alone online store and bring your online store to where your fans are hanging out; Facebook, MySpace, Blogs, Websites. Don’t just post your new CD on your Facebook Wall and link your fans back to a typical online store. Post your new CD on your Facebook Wall, MySpace Page, Blog or official website and let your fans buy it right there without even leaving. Let your fans share your new CD as a Wall post with all their friends, while including the ability to buy your CD in every single one of those Wall posts. It is time to bring your commerce to the world of social. CommerceSocial is a new tool that is extremely easy to setup and lets your CD spread virally through the social networks. Here is how it works: Imagine that the next time you post a product on your Facebook Wall that instead of it just being a image that links off to your website where you need to get your fan through the entire conversion process to complete a purchase that now when they click on the product image a small window actually expands right inside Facebook with a mini shopping cart embedded,. This mini shopping cart allows the fan to instantly make a purchase right in the Facebook Wall… while they are still the most excited and interested in the product. Now what if your fans could become your sales force, they are your biggest supporters. There is a Share button right in the cart that allows the fan to further Share the product on their Facebook Wall. All of a sudden your Wall post is being spread across Facebook by all your fans, and every one of those Wall posts is an online store. A major shift is happening in online commerce and advertising, consumers in ALL social networks and communities are relying heavily on peer word-of-mouth recommendations for their purchases as they chat about brands and products – it’s happening every minute of every day. 90% of consumers online trust recommendations from people they know; 70% trust opinions of unknown users. 67% of shoppers spend more online after recommendations from their online community of friends. A product posted on a Facebook Wall or shared in a user’s blog is a recommendation of trust. CommerceSocial even has a full affiliate program built right into your store. If someone posts a product on their Wall and makes a sale you can choose to pay them a small finders fee. Even more incentive for your fans to start posting your products… they can make some money selling your products! I have been talking all about Facebook, but all of the same functionality works on MySpace, Blogs and Websites. You can post a complete working store wherever your fans are. Dark Star Records is very exited to be working directly with the CEO of CommerceSocial “Ariel Wada” and Michael Brandvold who came to us with this new technology. Michael Brandvold has worked with KISS, Britney Spears, Madonna, U2, Motley Crue, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac, Universal Music Group, BMG/Sanctuary Records, Rhino Records and many more.
SGL Entertainment is pleased to announce that we have signed a deal with the Emmy Award Winning Gregg Potter. Best known for his flamboyant drum Playing, Gregg Potter has rocked the world with bands such as Siren, Teenage Radiation, Black Box, Off Broadway and Supermercado. Gregg Potter also has a role in the up and coming horror film “Jezebeth” Directed by Damien Dante. The Emmy Award Winning Gregg Potter has also just been nominated for yet a second Emmy. Here is the press release issued by the band Black Box: 2009 Emmy Award Winning Rock Band Blackbox Have Been Nominated For Another Emmy. Blackbox which is Damon Ranger-vocals/guitars and Gregg Potter-drums, have been nominated for a Midwest Regional Emmy Award from The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The nomination is for ” Warped Tour with Blackbox ” which is a show and tell of the 2009 Warped Tour, with Warped Tour artists Blackbox, also nominated is Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman and Sarah Baer. In 2009 Blackbox won an Emmy for their performance on CBS with “Grammy Career Day” in which Rick Nielsen joined Blackbox on guitar and they performed the Cheap Trick classics ” Surrender ” and ” He’s A Whore.” This marks another amazing step in the road for Blackbox. Their video for the new single “Only One” is currently featured on the Emmis Broadcasting TV channel and features cameos with Grammy Award Winner Malik Yusef, and Saliva. Q101 Radio, Chicago’s premier new alt/rock radio station has named Blackbox “the next band to break.”With an impressive tour resume and great work ethic, Blackbox is determined to bring it’s style of rock n’ roll to the masses. Blackbox is honored to be nominated by their peers for a second Emmy Award, it’s just an amazing feeling, especially to share this with Kevin and Sarah. The Awards ceremony takes place Nov 6th, 2010 at the Park West in Chicago, IL. 
Independent Filmmaker Ricardo Islas and his production team are taking advantage of the current social networking generation by funding their remake of the classic horror film Frankenstein. The team has already raised several thousand dollars by utilizing the indie fundraising website IndieGoGo. It’s called crowd funding, and it allows the audience to fund films with small donations. For a donation of only $10 you can get a DVD copy of the movie with a special introduction: a video taped message by one of our stars thanking contributors. It would be a unique edition that nobody else would have. And for a donation of $500 or more you would have the opportunity to be killed on camera by the Lovely Elizabeth. The scene would be edited and then added to the DVD as a special bonus feature. So, for a very small amount of money you can be a part of filmmaking history. To make a donation go to:
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