Sumerian Records have gone on the defensive regarding criticism leveled at them for signing artists like Asking Alexandria and I See Stars. Speaking via the labels Facebook, the label issued the following statement:
“Two things to all you trolls, goblins and tunnel-visioned orcs: Bands like AA and ISS enable us to spend more money on bands like The Faceless and The HAARP Machine. It’s all part of the record label eco-system. We genuinely love AA and ISS just like we do VOM and BTM. The younger, open-minded fans that bands like MMF and AA have end up discovering the more prog/technical metal bands Sumerian has been known for as they get older and everyone wins.
Ask BOO and VOM yourself when they have toured with bands in that scene before. And before you pass judgement on MMF, wait until October 4th when you hear their first song be released that is officially on Sumerian. When AA and ISS were on Jimmy Kimmel, that was good for the entire family. We understand not everyone will like everything on a record label as big as Sumerian because we do not only sign one type of music.
What we can promise though is the bands we sign outside of our “future of metal” roster will go on to be massive. Hate on AA but the band is bigger than every act on Rise Records and is direct support to Avenged Sevenfold, the biggest modern day rock/heavy metal band who came out in the past 10 years.
You guys act like we sign 10 scene bands for every one BOO or ATB. It’s the other way around fellas!! Now quit bitching and go support Enfold Darkness! See them on tour with Obscura this fall! -Love, The Sphinx.”
A later posting made by the label linking to Asking Alexandria‘s video for their track “To The Stage” reads as follows:
“Scene bands don’t make iconic rock & roll videos on the Sunset Strip and perform with rock royalty like Sebastian Bach, Steven Adler and more TBA in the coming weeks. AA FTW!”
If you were up as late as I was last night, you may want to refer to this page as a legend for the abundance of abbreviations above (alliteration alert.)
