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WEEDEATER joins roster, COLISEUM skateboard + 7", MONO new tee, BLACK TUSK new tee + more! • WEEDEATER – Ex-BUZZOVEN Southern Lord doom madmen join Shirt Killer roster! New to the Shirt Killer roster is North Carolina's WEEDEATER! Featuring ex-members of the legendary BUZZOVEN, WEEDEATER's Southern Lord debut God Luck And Good Speed turned the doom / stoner metal world on its ear with its dirging, demented tunes. Now, WEEDEATER has joined the Shirt Killer team with the God Luck album cover t-shirt featuring artwork by Arik Roper and fan-favorite Burn One, featuring spaghetti western imagery on the front and "Burn 1" on the back. View the WEEDEATER store here. • MONO – ‘Golden Branches’ T-shirt available now - design contest runner-up! Shirt Killer and MONO’s “Ashes In The Snow” t-shirt design contest received so many incredible submissions, that we couldn’t pick just one! So, MONO and Shirt Killer have decided to also launch the second place design, titled “Golden Branches” and created by English designer Joseph Cox, for your ordering pleasure. Along with the new shirt, MONO’s official “Ashes In The Snow” contest winner tee is still available as well as the massively popular “Everlasting Light” design! MONO’s early May performance in New York City with the 23-piece Wordless Music Orchestra was a massive success, and the band is now preparing for their Hymn To The Immortal Wind European tour. View the MONO store here. • COLISEUM – New Arachnid shirt featuring artwork by John Baizley, on tour with NAPALM DEATH! COLISEUM has returned from a massive nine week North American tour with goodies in hand and Shirt Killer is bringing them to you! The long awaited COLISEUM “True Quiet / Last Wave” 7” EP on Deathwish Inc is in the store now, featuring all three colors of vinyl and the incredible limited edition covers featuring artwork by JOHN BAIZLEY of BARONESS. Also much anticipated is the COLISEUM skateboard, the first for COLISEUM and also the first deck to feature artwork by Baizley! This 8x31.5” deck from Hooligan Skateboards is available in an edition of only 50 with different combo options including the new 7” and various classic COLISEUM tees. Finally, we have a small number of remaining screen printed posters from COLISEUM’s tour homecoming / 7” release show, designed by Ryan Patterson. Catch COLISEUM on tour with Russian Circles in June before they keep themselves under wraps for the rest of the year to work on their next album! View the COLISEUM store here. • BLACK TUSK – New shirt, trucker hat and coozie from Savannah’s swamp thrashers! BLACK TUSK returned from the Southern Discomfort tour with KYLESA and SKELETONWITCH and their Canadian tour with MAYLENE & THE SONS OF DISASTER just long enough to unleash a new line of awesome gear! Their new four color “Terror” tee features a cornucopia of demented imagery – cow and monkey skulls, gators, wasps, axes, and more. The new Gator coozie is burgundy foam with a yellow print, while their new “Judas” trucker hat has a two color BLACK TUSK logo in classic Judas Priest style and an ominous skull to complete the package! View the BLACK TUSK store here. • BURNING LOVE – CURSED frontman’s new destruction unit joins Shirt Killer roster! CURSED and LEFT FOR DEAD frontman Chris Colohan’s re-emergence has been eagerly anticipated since CURSED’s untimely demise in 2008. Now, Colohan has formed a new unit bent on burly rock/punk destruction, BURNING LOVE. With a new EP coming soon on his own High Anxiety 416 label, BURNING LOVE has joined the Shirt Killer roster just as the band prepares for its first round of North American touring. The BURNING LOVE tee has Colohan’s trademark style and will be sure to please fans of CURSED! Be sure to check out Shirt Killer’s selection of official CURSED and LEFT FOR DEAD tees, beware of bootlegs – these are the real deal! View the BURNING LOVE store here. • EDWARD COLVER’S CALIFORNIA CASUALTY – Exclusive shirt featuring classic HENRY ROLLINS photo from his first LA show with BLACK FLAG in 1981! Shirt Killer is proud to debut EDWARD COLVER’S CALIFORNIA CASUALTY t-shirts featuring classic punk and hardcore photos by Los Angeles photographer Edward Colver. The first shirt, “Rollins Surfing,” features a 1981 photograph of HENRY ROLLINS at his first Los Angeles performance as singer of BLACK FLAG. Colver’s photos have graced countless classic album covers, including BLACK FLAG’s Damaged, CIRCLE JERKS’ Group Sex, TSOL’s first EP, SOCIAL DISTORTION’s Mommy’s Little Monster, and his live photos captured the burgeoning LA hardcore scene during its heyday. In coordination with Shirt Killer, Colver has continued CALIFORNIA CASUALTY, his official t-shirt line, featuring authorized photos from iconic and iconoclastic punk and hardcore bands. View the EDWARD COLVER’S CALIFORNIA CASUALTY store here. • KYLESA – New exclusive Orifice tee + Unknown Awareness 7”! KYLESA’s new exclusive “Orifice” t-shirt and longsleeve, designed by Ryan Patterson of COLISEUM, is now available online only from Shirt Killer! Their limited edition Unknown Awareness 7” from Hyperrealist is back in stock and we have also marked down their classic “Mind Feeder” and “Gunsho” tees to closeout prices, so get them while supplies last. Also new from Shirt Killer is KYLESA’s updated Hellhound 2009 design printed on American Apparel tri-blend track shirts. KYLESA recently completed their North American tour with MASTODON and are about to conquer Europe with TORCHE! View the KYLESA store here. • YOUNG WIDOWS – Old Wounds third pressing, exclusive Shirt Killer colored vinyl! We have 100 exclusive copies of the third pressing of YOUNG WIDOWS Old Wounds LP on “Strawberry Dipped Sky” colored vinyl available now! Also be sure to check out YOUNG WIDOWS fan favorite American Apparel Tri-Blend Track Shirts featuring each of the three skulls from the various Old Wounds covers. View the YOUNG WIDOWS store here. • BRAIN BANGER – New “Static” t-shirt available now! Louisville’s BRAIN BANGER, featuring 2/3 of YOUNG WIDOWS, have released their newest t-shirt, Static, available now from Shirt Killer. Also available from BRAIN BANGER is their debut LP/CD, Yellow Belly, and their previously available shirts, Creeper and Claims This City. Check out BRAIN BANGER to get more of your Louisville rock fix! View the BRAIN BANGER store here. • SHIRT KILLER RECORD STORE – New stock: COLISEUM 7”, BLACK TUSK / HOLY MOUNTAIN 7”, TOMBS LP/CD, LEFT FOR DEAD CD, BARONESS CDs, KYLESA 7”s, plus more! Shirt Killer’s Record Store is packed full of great releases from our roster of bands as well as the best from Deathwish, Relapse, Auxiliary, Hyperrealist, and more! New this month: COLISEUM True Quiet / Last Wave 7” on Deathwish. Still in stock: BLACK TUSK / HOLY MOUNTAIN split 7” on No Idea, TOMBS Winter Hours LP/CD on Relapse, LEFT FOR DEAD Splitting Heads CD on No Idea, plus BLACK TUSK Passage LPs back in stock, BARONESS First & Second CD, KYLESA Unknown Awareness 7”, TRAP THEM’s Seizures In Barren Praise and Séance Prime on vinyl and CD, VICTIMS’ Killer CD, BURIED INSIDE’s Spoils Of Failure CD/2xLP and Chronoclast CD, ZOMBI’s new Spirit Animal CD, BLACK CROSS’ Severance Pays LP back in stock, COLISEUM’s No Salvation LP repress, and BARONESS’ Red Album 2xLP. Also check out titles from TORCHE, YOUNG WIDOWS, SKELETONWITCH, MAGRUDERGRIND, BLACK TUSK, and many more! View the SHIRT KILLER Record Store here. • SALE RACK – COLISEUM, KYLESA and YOUNG WIDOWS designs on sale for a limited time! The Shirt Killer SALE RACK is our newest addition to the store, featuring all of our currently discounted shirts, with closeout prices on select designs and low prices on overstocked sizes. We have added numerous new items to the SALE RACK this month, including multiple YOUNG WIDOWS designs – their Art Skull, Huge Print, and Zipper Hood designs are all at closeout prices. Also on sale are COLISEUM’s Maximum and Blind Dead designs, KYLESA Gunsho and Mind Feeder shirts, KYLESA Bug long sleeves, designs from LORDS, SHITLUCK, and more. Keep your eye on the Shirt Killer SALE RACK as special limited-time deals will appear soon! View the SALE RACK here. • SHIRT KILLER Bands On Tour! COLISEUM will tour the midwest in June with RUSSIAN CIRCLES, KYLESA and TORCHE head to Europe for a co-headlining tour that features festival appearances and dates with COALESCE. WEEDEATER joins MELVINS and DOWN for an incredible package tour in July. TRAP THEM and VICTIMS are crossing the US together currently, LORDS are preparing for an extensive tour of Eastern Canada. JUCIFIER’s never-ending tour takes them to the East Coast in June, while MONOTONIX are bouncing around the globe with dates in Europe, the US and their native Israel this summer. TORCHE will tour across the US with HARVEY MILK after returning from their European dates. MAGRUDERGRIND is grinding across the States in support of their new album, BARONESS is completing their new album then joining CLUTCH for a summer tour. SKELETONWITCH are joining up with SAVIOURS and TRAP THEM for a destructive US tour in July. View tour dates from our entire roster by visiting our MySpace page at www.MySpace.com/ShirtKiller • WE OFFER HARD TO FIND SIZES - From YM to 3XL Shirt Killer offers many sizes that are often hard to find from bands on the road or from other online stores. Almost all of our shirts are available in sizes Youth Medium, Youth Large, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large, Double Extra Large and Triple Extra Large. The majority of our sweatshirts are available in sizes Youth Large, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large and Double Extra Large. This is an extra step we take to do our best to accommodate everyone that we can. If you are in need of a size not offered, get in touch and we’ll take care of you! Thanks for your support! Shirt Killer http://www.shirtkiller.com 1 Jun 2009 All news messages...