Friday, April 25, 2008

This Week in the E-Team

Teamers have been posting all current Roadrunner news/content/tour updates on all of the best and most frequented social networking websites and message boards as per usual.

Some of the featured tasks included:

The 3 Inches of Blood Fan Club:

Fan club info was posted on all applicable sites. Targeted groups included genres such as heavy metal, nu-metal, thrash, power metal, hardcore, metalcore, black metal and even screamo. Posts on messageboards with topics such as epic fantasy, battle/war, fantasy video games.

Targeted bands included:
* Iron Maiden * Dokken* Black Sabbath * Pantera* Demons & Wizards * Iced Earth* Dragonforce * Thin Lizzy * Dream Evil * Judas Priest* Manowar * Primal Fear* Children of Bodom * King Diamond * Dio* Megadeth * Mercyful Fate * Sonata Arctica

Social Networking groups that were targeted included:
- Myspaces: Headbangers Unite!, METAL ARMY, The POWER METAL KINGDOM, United States of Death Metal, Industrial/ Music
- A Facebook Event was Created
- Certain Imeem groups such as "3 Inches of Blood Fans", "3 Inches of Blood Video Playlist", "Premonition of Pain"
- On the Battle of the Bands site
- On Sodahead.com
- Info was posted on Youtube Videos for bands such as the ones above.

Opeth

- An Opeth Task was sent out to promote the track "The Lotus Eater" as well as the video for "Porcelain Heart"
- They were told to into all of the best groups, onto messageboards, chatrooms, on fansites, post bulletins, blog it up & get it out everywhere.

Targeted bands included:

* Dream Theater( they were told to hit up DT fans because of the upcoming Progressive Nation Tour as well as the series of clips from their chat here in the NYC office)
* Katatonia * Bloodbath * Pain of Salvation* Nevermore * Dark Tranquility* My Dying Bride* In Flames* Soilwork * Porcupine Tree * Symphony X * Tool * Ayreon * Evergrey * Kamelot * The Mars Volta * Voivod * Metallica


Theory of a Deadman

Teamers have been kicking as at spreading the word on the upcoming members of Theory of a Deadman's upcoming AOL Instant Messenger appearances

Target Band Groups/ Fans of Bands Like:

* Nickelback* Shinedown* Crossfade* Saliva* Fuel* Hinder* Breaking Benjamin* Three Days Grace* Staind* Papa Roach* 3 Doors Down* Creed* Puddle of Mud* Seether* Good Charlotte* Stone Sour* Finger Eleven* Chevelle

In Addition:

- Any teamers in or around the NYC area have been spreading the word on The Parlor Mob's residency at The Annex.

- Upcoming Tasks Include: Airbourne Video, The Wombats, Upcoming Dresden Dolls release.

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