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News : EVP Recordings signs Pagan + introduces Lochlan Watt as Label Manager / A&R

By on June 28, 2017

Melbourne label services and distribution company Rocket has announced longterm host of triple j’s The Racket Lochlan Watt as Label Manager/A&R for their metal imprint EVP Recordings – current home in Australia to the likes of Behemoth, King Parrot and Psycroptic.

Watt’s first signing to the label is Melbourne blackened rock & roll outfit PAGAN, winners of this year’s triple j Unearthed UNIFY competition, with their Mike Deslandes (High Tension, The Nation Blue) produced debut album scheduled for early 2018. Sliding between scathing blast beats and raucous punk swing, the band’s darkened concoction melds the sounds of Norway and Collingwood into a style poised to simultaneously herald a new era whilst maintaining the extremity for which EVP is known.

Watt will also work with recent local Rocket label acquisition Human Warfare and their debut release of the forthcoming Thy Art Is Murder album – a band he is no stranger to, having toured the world with them on vocal duties in 2016. Other key Rocket metal label partners in Australia include Metal Blade, Relapse, Season Of Mist, Napalm and Peaceville/Kscope.

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Jonathon is an aspiring fantasy/sci-fi novelist and music journalist. Thanks to the influence of the music he grew up with, he has always possessed a keen interest in metal and rock. He is also a huge fan of mythology, legend, and folklore from all across the world. You should follow him on Twitter.