What would you consider a "proper" rollout from pre-release to post-release for a single, and what do you think is generally a reasonable budget for paid promotion to really make a ripple?
This would be more in the rock/metal world, specifically.
Texas industrial ft Nero Bellum of Psyclon Nine ⛓️
Where do you normally go to find new deathcore bands to listen to on a smaller scale via YouTube?
Genuinely asking because I really only know of two mildly successful YouTube channels that host this kind of music and get decent amounts of views/engagement for smaller bands, which are Slam Worldwide and BVTV.
However, I've noticed that the view counts for SWW have dwindled over time and BVTV seems like the view counts may be bot-related to some extent (can't prove this but I saw a band get 1.5k views in the first 5 mins of uploading and stay at that same count for almost a whole day) but overall seems to yield the best results regarding reach for smaller bands. For both those channels, it becomes "is it worth it to spend between $100-350 for this kind of exposure" as someone who is trying to promote their own stuff
So what other channels are trustworthy and worth reaching out to for decent exposure? Or even just letting me know where you find new music in general helps
FFO: (old) Whitechapel, King Conquer, We Are The End
I feel like downtempo deathcore is super underrated and while I feel like I've gone down the rabbit hole of bands from the early 2010-2017 era, there are probably more out there. Trust me, I've already gone through Chugcore's old bandcamp page and scoured YouTube for hours finding tons of unknown bands lol
I'm looking for a specific type of downtempo though- I'm looking for the SUPER dark eerie atmospheric shit. Like creepy reverbed out leads behind the slow downtuned chugging.
Stuff similar to early Filth (Tales from the Gutter, The Burden of Isolation), early Distant, Bound in Fear, Røt, Divisive, Castiel, False Images, Violent, Disclaimer, Destitute, God of Nothing, Beyond Deviation, etc
Idk but those bands capture such a unique feeling of dread and I'm addicted to how gritty it sounds.
P.S. plz don't mention Bodysnatcher, love them but Abandoned was their last true downtempo record lol