Dumb and Dumbest Episode #481: Weslie of Moths on Band Promotion, DIY Networking


Matt and Curtis chat with Weslie Pagan of progressive stoner doom band Moths PR about their new split release, Bandcamp, Weslie’s podcast and radio show, and the metal scene in Puerto Rico! method for your social media ads works the best. Dumb and Dumbest #481 is live and it’s all about Weslie of Moths on Band Promotion, DIY Networking, and More! The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), and Social Media expert and Ghost Cult Owner, Keith Chachkes (BDWE Media).

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Dumb and Dumbest Episode #480: Keep Your Ads Simple


Matt and Curtis discuss why the K.I.S.S. method for your social media ads works the best. Dumb and Dumbest #480 is live and it’s all about Keep Your Ads Simple! The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), and Social Media expert and Ghost Cult Owner, Keith Chachkes (BDWE Media).

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Dumb and Dumbest Episode #479: The Streaming Challenge!


Matt and Curtis discuss the Streaming Challenge, kicking off today. Learn to master streaming platforms, break through the fog, and earn some money. Dumb and Dumbest #479 is live and it’s all about The Streaming Challenge! The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), and Social Media expert and Ghost Cult Owner, Keith Chachkes (BDWE Media).
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Dumb and Dumbest Episode #478: Eric Alper on PR and Twitter Mastery


Curtis and Keefy interview industry veteran Eric Alper about his career, how to break an artist, and how to rule at Twitter, just like Eric does. Dumb and Dumbest #478 is live and it’s all about Interviewing Jon Asher on PR. The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), and Social Media expert and Ghost Cult Owner, Keith Chachkes (BDWE Media).
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Dumb and Dumbest Episode #477: Interviewing Jon Asher on PR


Curtis and Keefy host a special interview with veteran music publicist Jon Asher of Asher Media Relations to discuss his career, what PR campaigns for metal bands look like during the pandemic, his campaign for Juno Award winners Striker, and much more! Dumb and Dumbest #477 is live and it’s all about Interviewing Jon Asher on PR. The podcast is hosted by Matt Bacon (Dropout Media, Ripple Music, Prophecy Productions), Music Publicist Curtis Dewar (Dewar PR), and Social Media expert and Ghost Cult Owner, Keith Chachkes (BDWE Media).
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Free Download: Happy Metal Annihilation Vol 5


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Asher Media Relations has a new holiday sampler Happy Metal Annihilation Vol. 5 available as a free download below.

The track listing is as follows:
01: Accursed Spawn – Clotheshanger Abortion
02: Adrenechrome – The Lead Elephant
03: Aggression – Cut Your Sins Off (Galy Records)
04: Arrival Of Autumn – Like Fire
05: BLEED – Hate March Kill
06: BornBroken – A Nation of Ignorance
07: Cryptic Hymn – Revel In Disgust
08: Defect Designer – Crusaders (Sleaszy Rider Records)
09: Display of Decay – Created To Kill
10: Elderoth – Black And Blue
11: Éohum – Equatorial Rains
12: [Evertrapped] – Palace of Injustice (Hellstorm Recordz)
13: Evilheart – Decimated Opposition (Test Your Metal Records)
14: Exes For Eyes – Done For Good feat Speed Strid of Soilwork
15: Fall City Fall – Love And Art
16: Fallen Angels – Nightmare (Cyberdyne Records)
17: False Flag – Nest Of Vipers
18: FUCK THE FACTS – Solitude (Noise Salvation)
19: Gomorrah – A Disaster’s Nightmare (Test Your Metal Records)
20: Haiduk – Syth
21: Helleborus – Coils
22: Hibria – Pain (Test Your Metal Records)
23: id. – Sagittarius A
24: Infalling– Distorted Visions
25: Inverted Serenity – Everscending
26: Keychain – Shock Rock City
27: Leave The Living – Word of a Whore
28: Meridius – Walk the Plank
29: MUTANK – Corporate Child
30: New Jacobin Club – Parade of Innocents (Manticore Music Group)
31: Odium – Return to Form
32: Psychostick – Obey The Beard
33: Puttin’ On The Foil – Giver To The Liver
34: Pyramids On Mars – Heaven’s Gate
35: Saints of Death – Blood Vendetta
36: Scissortooth – 10 30 (Galy Records)
37: Seven Year Storm – Dyatlov
38: Silent Line – Black and White
39: Striker – Too Late
40: The Apex – Glass Walls
41: The Order of Chaos – Apocalypse Moon
42: Them County Bastardz – No Easy Way
43: Titans Eve – War Path
44: Train Bigger Monkeys – Lack of Morality
45: Tylor Dory Trio – Time The Beholder
46: Van Halst – Save Me
47: Vantablack Warship – The Pit
48: Vesperia – The Western Tempests
49: WILT – Illusion of Hope (Bindrune Recordings)
50: Windy City Slaughter – A Grave For Two
51. XUL – Orbit of Nemesis


Asher Media Releasing Free Digital Valentines Day Compilation


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Asher Media Relations has released a free compilation titled Cupid Metal! Love Hurts! Love Scars! Vol 2. featuring 12 tracks to love and hate that special someone. I \m/\m/ you!, to download here.

1. All Else Fails – La Demencia Violenta (4:58)
2. Blind Race – It’s Not Me (4:02)
3. BornBroken – Watch The World Unwind (3:47)
4. Death Toll Rising – Crack Open A Cold One (5:15)
5. Expain – Eating a Beating Heart (4:57)
6. Fayne – Bitch (4:30)
7. Laugh At The Fakes – Little Angel (2:48)
8. Norilsk – Planète Heurt (7:39)
9. Protokult – Desert Scourge (4:31)
10. Psychostick – Blue Screen (4:37)
11. Psychostick – My Clingy Girlfriend (5:02)
12. Them County Bastardz – Buzz Kill (4:03)
13. Throne of Vengeance – Live Evil (4:58)


Asher Media Relations Offers Free Downloadable Holiday Compilation


Asher Media Relations has made their ‘Happy Metal Annihilation Vol. 4’ compilation available as a free download. Go get it here.

1. All Else Fails – Anti Martyr 05:49
2. Arbitrator – For That Which May Appease Lions 06:56
3. Blind Race – Come And Get It 03:32
4. BornBroken – Watch The World Unwind 03:47
5. Conquer – A Worm’s Demise 05:23
6. Dark Century – Kill The Crowd 03:55
7. Death Toll Rising – Crack Open A Cold One 05:15
8. Disparager – R.I.P. Bill Hicks 05:46
9. Display of Decay – Outbreak of Infection 03:50
10. Double Experience – Congratulations on Second Place 03:28
11. Endless Chaos – Rejected Atrocity 03:52
12. Every Hour Kills – Chosen 03:53
13. Exes For Eyes – Tongues Like Figure Eights 04:40
14. Expain – Aggressions Progression 03:40
15. Fayne – Believers 04:05
16. Hollow – Landscape 04:48
17. Idol of Fear – All Sights Affixed, Ablaze 06:20
18. Ironstorm – The Watcher 05:40
19. Karkaos – Leap of Faith – re-recorded w/ New Vocalist Viky Boyer 04:26
20. Kill Matilda – I Want Revenge 02:44
21. Kolony – Echoes 04:06
22. Kryosphere – Thrown From The Sky 02:43
23. Laika – Escalation of Terror 04:26
24. Laugh At The Fakes – Killing Time 06:13
25. MIRE – Limitless Pt. 2 03:22
26. Mutank – Heavy Hand of The Doomsday Clock 03:38
27. New Jacobin Club – Champagne Ivy 04:00
28. Ninjaspy – Skaingkh (The Skank) 03:55
29. Norilsk – Japetus 08:15
30. Odium – Failure II 04:16
31. Protokult – Get Me A Beer! 03:04
32. Psychotic Gardening – Open Casket ft. Tim Roth (Into Eternity) and Chuck Wepfer (Broken Hope) 07:22
33. Psychostick – Obey The Beard 03:53
34. Puttin On The Foil – Drunk And Stupid 03:58
35. Quartered – Violent Love 03:02
36. The Body Politic – Armature 04:12
37. The Rough Boys – Blood, Booze And Gasoline 03:57
38. Throne of Vengeance – Live Evil 04:58
39. Trainwreck Architect – As Killers Breathe ft. guitar solo by Jeff Waters (Annihilator) 04:31
40. Tribune – Insectoid 04:50
41. Unbeing – Rapture 03:05
42. Until Dawn – Horizon 05:28
43. Viathyn – Ageless Stranger 07:13
44. Where Giants Once Stood – Living In Security 04:27