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We're proud to welcome Portland instrumental doom metal duo Clan of Dyad to Deporter Records! The band features guitar from Ken Carlson (Sylvia, ex-Ocean) and drums from Eric Rancourt (ex-Eastern Spell, ex-Ghosthunter). The music can only be described as crushingly heavy. The EP will be available on all digital platforms and CD on April 20th. Listen to the opening track and pre-order it on bandcamp: Full Track Listing1. Rings (8:07)2. WWWED/Circe (11:21)3. Blood, I Trap (5:26)4. Breathless (8:07)They will celebrate the release at a show with Come To Grief at Genos in Portland on 4/20, immediately following the Sleep show at the...

It's the first update of the new year and there's lots going on, so let's get to it! Tomorrow night we'll be celebrating the anniversary of Johnny Cremains with a show at Genos Rock Club. It's been 10 years of melancholy for the band, as they continue to darken the Maine music scene with their beautiful sorrow. Check the event on Facebook. Doors @ 8:30, 21+, $8, Glacier & Quad open. Confusatron continue their comeback which started last year with a show on the 23rd with Cadaverette and Greylock at Geno's. Check the event on Facebook. Doors @ 8:30, 21+,...

We're ending the year by expanding the catalog. We're happy to announce that we have 2 of the best metal albums from Maine in 2018 now available, Hessian's Mercenary Retrograde and Drivetrain's Muscles Big For those uninitiated: Hessian are old school occult rock heroes that have been around since 2008 and this is their second album. It was put together by songwriter, guitarist, and singer Angus McFarland saying “The title of the album reflects the history of the band at the time of writing. Mercenary because the band consisted of hired guns, and Retrograde because we are always looking back to...

We now have new copies of the 2010 Covered In Bees album "Portland Steel." You can buy one here or here and the band will have them at shows until we run out. We'll also have a bunch more music available for your Christmas shopping needs very soon. Stay tuned!

We've got some updates from all around the roster.Covered In Bees continue to write, record, and play. The band have an album's worth of new material they've been working on and will be demoing most of it through the fall and winter months. Look for new recordings from them in early 2019. In the meantime, you can see them this Friday at Empire where they'll be celebrating the return of seminal 90's Maine band The Amoebas and New Hampshire's Donaher. Johnny Cremains recently spent some time at Acadia Recording Sudios in Portland. The new music is described as "the heaviest...