We accept unsolicited CD, DVD (Music and Sci-fi, Horror) film submissions and interview requests. Due to the volume received here at Grave Concerns you may be put on a waiting list for an interview. We will try our hardest to accommodate your request. E-mailing one of the staff members directly before sending material may increase your chances of having a review or interview done sooner. During the review process we appreciate everyone's patience. Once your CD or file in received it will be added to our review list. Once other submissions are done we will begin yours. Since we receive many CD review requests, there could be a 30-90 day waiting period or longer. We also accept news submissions that you would like posted on our site: click "Submit Music News" and paste your music news into the form.
To receive a review, submitted CDs obviously must be from one of the genres covered on the site. We do accept electronic submissions, but they must be in downloadable zip-files or in a place we can download the entire album or EP from the internet. If you have a promo-pool log-in please let us know. We regret that we cannot accept unsolicited independent computer game submissions due to bug/virus concerns. We do not review jukebox songs on myspace. Please send us your full album for review. We will listen to your songs on Myspace or other related sites to determine if your music is appropriate for our site and to find a staff member who is interested in your music.
We will accept zips of mp3’s and albums. You can also send us material using “YouSendit”, Soundcloud, Bandcamp, Reverb Nation, and any other related site. If we need a password please send that as well. We do not give out files or publish any of these links. They are for review only unless it is ok by the artist to share. We are interested in providing readers with free downloads, so if you want to have your CD made available on our site for a download let us know.
Note: * We do accept unsigned artists and you can send in a CD-R of your material as long as your material is of professional quality. MySpace, Bandcamp, Reverb Nation artists are welcome! All CD’s are reviewed and we believe giving everyone a fair chance of having their music reviewed on our website but it may take some time. We add you to a list . *We do research your band and or if you are a solo artist. We do read your websites etc. You don't always have to send bio sheets.
We advise you to send (2) copies of your release to Grave Concerns E-zine, but (1) is ok. Send submissions into Julie Johnson who is the Editor and Music Director. Julie Johnson will make sure your music is heard!! Julie will assign the CD’s to staff writers. The reason we suggest that you send 2 copies of your music is that: We will use the second CD for use for giveaways, contests, or for consideration to play to our local DJ's. If you would like to send more then 2 for giveaways or special events you can and we will take care of it for you at the event.
* If you have a download promo link, zipfile for your CD, please send that to us. It will help our review process go faster since it can reach the staff writer instantly.
Grave Concerns Ezine:
Attention: Julie Johnson
P.O. Box 692
Valatie, NY 12184
*We are very interested in listening to your music. We review all CD's that are sent to us as long as it part of the genres we cover. We have very limited active staff writiers reviewing CD's and they are very busy with their current review assignments. They are working as fast as they can on their assignments but it still seems like a long time for the artists waiting. If you send in CD's it may be a while before they are reviewed and posted but they will be reviewed. I can’t give you a date when they will be ready. I hope you don't mind a wait. We are also looking for new staff writers that are fully committed etc.
At this time, we are not accepting: Acoustic, Folk, Country, Rap-Hip-hop, R&B, Hard Core. Please do not CD a CD etc. We will not even listen to it.
We only are accepting: Gothic/ Darkwave, Coldwave, EBM/Electro/ Industrial/ Noise/ Synthpop/ New Wave, Indie, Glam, IDM, Experimental/ Ethereal, Horror Punk, Alternative, Post-Punk, EMO and some Metal.
When e-mailing about CD submissions, please have the subject heading as: (Band Name: CD Submission) or your e-mail may be seen as "spam" and go into the spam file. It is nice to know that your CD is coming and we can add it to our review list. Try our new contact form on our site.
*CD's and zips/mp3's are distributed to staff for reviews. These links are not shared with the public but just to the staff. If you have a certain staff writer you want to review your CD please let us know.
We are serviced by many labels such as: Metropolis, Promfabrik , Allfa-Matrix, COP, Artoffact, Boredom Product, Projekt, CrunchPod WTII, BitRiot, and many more independent labels. Many bands send CD's directly, so send us your CD's!
Please be patient while we are working on reviews. We do receive a lot of submissions and we only have so many people working and time. It could take up to 30 -90 days before you see a review or maybe less maybe more. It depends on how many CD reviews we are working on. Thanks for your patience.
Phone #: please e-mail us with the request for our number, or leave your number and we will get back to you.
When reviewing CD’s, we keep this rating scale in mind:
5= Instant Classic
4= Great addition
3= Solid release
2=Give and Take, some good...
1=Get another CD...
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