Record Label Earache Markets New Album via Free RapidShare Downloads

Record Label Earache Markets New Album via Free RapidShare Downloads

CHAM, Switzerland and LONDON, November 2/PRNewswire/ --

- Band and Label to Give Away Entire Album to Fans for Free

Earache Records have partnered with RapidShare for the promotion of Gama
Bomb's new album, "Tales From The Grave In Space". From 5th November 2009 all
songs will be available from http://www.earache.com/gamabomb, powered by
RapidShare. Earache and Gama Bomb's aim is to grow the overall fanbase of the
band and promote the sales of the CD box released in February 2010 as well as
concert ticket sales through the more widespread distribution of the music.
The independent UK record label also wants to remain at the cutting edge of
the digital future of the music industry.

"We're giving the album away for free as a natural progression," Philly
Byrne, singer of Gama Bomb, comments. "It's an open-handed gesture that
reflects the room the download revolution has created in the music business:
the label is up for it, which would have been impossible 10 years ago. Also,
it's a box-breaker for us: taking away the many restrictions of a
physical-only traditional release opens us up to a new and wider audience.
More people will hear the music and enjoy it and talk about it, and if that
leads to them helping us out by buying a t-shirt or coming to a show, so be
it. We're making our own kind of history here, and it's exciting. It's an
open road, so let's go."

Digby Pearson, Founder and Managing Director of Earache
Records says: "Actually the cost saving of distribution through the internet
is a big incentive for us. Piracy is not a problem, because if a fan passes
on the download link it can also be seen as free promotion for the band. In
the future we expect digital music to be ubiquitous and the payments made to
the artists or those who look after the artists to be small but consistent."

"We are pleased to help Earache Records support Gama Bomb's
new album and explore new ways of marketing," explains Bobby Chang, COO of
RapidShare. "We believe that the ability to spread electronic content fast
and easily will become one of the keys to success as consumers devote more
and more time to the internet."

About Earache

Earache Records is one of the few truly independent global
record labels, has 20 year history of providing extreme music and boasts an
impressive back catalogue of 450 albums.

About RapidShare

RapidShare AG distributes digital information to companies and
individual clients. Data can be uploaded into a system in a few easy steps
and then made available for users to download. RapidShare AG was founded in
2006 and has its headquarters in Cham, Switzerland.

Contacts:

Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002,
E-Mail: press@earache.com.

Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com

Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare AG, Tel.:
+41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.

Source: RapidShare AG

Contacts: Talita Jenman, Earache Records Ltd., Tel.:+44-207-240-5002, E-Mail: press@earache.com; Bobby Chang, COO RapidShare AG, Tel.: +41-41-748-78-88,
E-Mail: bchang@rapidshare.com; Katharina Scheid, Company Speaker RapidShare AG, Tel.:
+41-41-748-78-81, E-Mail: kscheid@rapidshare.com.

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