SUBMIT TO YOUR INNER DEMONS

THE SUBMISSION WINDOW IS NOW *OPEN* and all releases for the forseeable future will be *DIGITAL-ONLY*

EXTREME MUSIC NEED NOT BE EXTREMELY STUPID.

Thank you for your interest in Inner Demons Records (IDR). Some rules must be followed in order to participate in any IDR projects, releases, or activities. Most of these are common sense, but the world is a steaming pile of poo right now and it has become necessary to make certain we are all on the same page. There is also some general information here that is good for everyone to know. This info changes frequently as new label opportunities develop, and new problems need to be cleared up.

IDR has quickly become a great little label, putting out great material by great people, and it will remain that way. IDR will not associate with any material or artist that is fascist, homophobic, transphobic, racist, xenophobic, nationalistic, sexist, or any other such nonsense. If you have any such material in your past catalog or have collaborated with dodgy artists or labels, you're not a good fit for this label. You're also a dick. If you are a tRUMP sympathizer or a Qanonsense moron, you are not a good fit for IDR. Also, you’re definitely an ass. This label doesn’t do cults. If you’re into any of the conservative extremist bullshit or moronic conspiracy theories, this is no place for you. IDR is a progressive label and will not support conservative ideals. I WON’T SPREAD YOUR HATE. General misanthropy and anger are perfectly acceptable (and probably the norm as of late).

As you most likely know, IDR is a d.i.y. label concentrating on experimental and left-field music such as noise, drone, ambient, experimental, death industrial, dark ambient, rhythmic noise, power electronics, guitar drone, doom drone, HNW, and industrial. If you are an HNW/ANW artist, the label is no longer accepting single wall albums. We’re pulling back from the “standard” wall stuff, as we’re bored with it. If you’re a wall artist, please make your walls engaging, and show some versatility and creativity. We know this may be slightly against the spirit of “wall”, but we’re more interested in what you can do that how well you do what you’re supposed to do. We’re very rarely into grindcore or its offshoots unless it’s something highly unique and interesting. If you’re in doubt about your submission, please feel free to send it over and we’ll check it out. All art and most of the sausageification (our version of mastering) happens in-house. Examples can be seen at IDR Bandcamp. If you’re pretty good at it, then please feel free to do it yourself if you’d like. We really don’t care who does it, but we can’t afford to pay someone to do it. Due to dying format we now do only digital-only releases. All covers will be black and white. Earlier releases had color covers and band logos, but we no longer do that. All art will be created in-house, with a very particular process, but we take suggestions and will keep arting until we get something we both like. You’ll also need to approve the sausageification. Basically, every step of the process has to be something we both like. It’s less difficult than it sounds.

We’re OK with attaching additional tracks or art as a bonus as long as it isn’t something stupid. You should know what we mean. No imagery of any type of abuse, excessive violence, war, death, or porn will be used. If you have a lot of generic gore, death, crass nudity, violence and whatnot as the art for your previous releases this isn’t the right label for you. That activity doesn’t necessarily make you a bad person in our eyes, we just don’t want to go that way with IDR. Some exceptional submissions have been shot down for this reason. We don’t just want a label free of that art, we want a collective of artists that don’t want to be part of that.

Submissions will be usually released quite quickly, usually within a week. This time may vary due to unforeseen circumstances and how long it takes to communicate with the artist.

You’ll get a bunch of download codes - at least a printed page. If you are a touring or gigging noisician/musician/producer/whatever, we’ve seen some acts make simple one-off art cards with download codes on the back. They can be sold for a dollar or two at shows. At this point we are not parting out digital sales, because the sales volume is so low. If you don’t believe this, we will share sales data with you. We pride ourselves on transparency.

Once your album is released, we’ll send you your codes. You can also have codes for other releases in the IDR catalog if you ask.

We follow a ton of artists and labels on Bandcamp, including the pages of all artists that we work with, and we will periodically promote your other releases in a list with others that have worked with us. Your release on IDR may, depending on content, be available for streaming on Grey Clay Radio. The station does not have advertisements, the tracks cannot be downloaded, and there is no money to be made by IDR, you, or the station. It is purely a labor of love by its creator. We also send out download codes to multiple review sites.

We have some severe and randomly debilitating mental health and memory problems. If we don’t get back to you or say we’re going to do something and then we don’t, we forgot and would appreciate a friendly reminder. This won’t be seen as rude or out of line, we sincerely appreciate these reminders.

Make something amazing that we can be proud of together and contact us via the form below. Remain benevolent and have a noisy day!