A Sound of Thunder Presents Queen of Hell: Initium
Created by A Sound of Thunder
Born to serve in Hell, manipulated by Heaven, neither side reckoned on Cecilia's will to forge her own path of destruction!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Video shoot done! Stretch Goals! Metal AF campaigns!
about 1 month ago
– Tue, Oct 15, 2024 at 01:04:53 PM
HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!
Here's a video update from Josh:
"Chainsaw Witch" Video!
The "Chainsaw Witch" music video shoot this past Sunday night went great! The crew for the video allowed us to defer some of the payments until the Kickstarter funds clear, which means you helped us pay for the video. THANK YOU! It should be out on Halloween. Here are some shots from the video shoot:
It's not an optical illussion...those fires were YUUGE!
Metal AF campaigns!
Our "Chainsaw Witch" collaborator Cullen Bunn is working on a book called Tales from the Magician's Skull which only has TWO DAYS LEFT on its Kickstarter campaign:
Tales From the Magician's Skull is a printed fantasy magazine dedicated to presenting all-new swords and sorcery fiction by the finest modern creators in the genre. These stories are the real thing, crammed with sword-swinging action, dark sorceries, dread, and ferocious monsters -- and they hurtle forward at a headlong pace.
And our friends at Mad Cave Studios have a really cool campaign going for Battlecats...a comic series which comes with its own soundtrack album!
Imagine “Thundercats” meets “Conan the Barbarian” and you’ll get BATTLECATS! When the elite feline warriors of Valderia uncover an ancient conspiracy involving their god-king, they are torn between duty to the crown and and a terrible truth! Meanwhile, a dark cult seizes upon the turmoil and unleashes bloody global mayhem!
Over 500 pages of Mark London's sweeping fantasy epic will be collected in glorious Library Edition sizing (8" x 12.25") to fully appreciate its amazing artistry!
A unique feature of the Battlecats Kickstarter is that Mad Cave Studios has created an accompanying score of pounding percussion, magnificent melodies, and roaring rhythms to bring all the battle and beauty of Valderia to life.
And finally Our Lady of Crows is ending in just ONE DAY! We already told you about this cool metal story where the main character is a metal DJ! If you haven't checked it out yet, this is your last chance to do so!
We hope you'll check out those two campaigns! Kickstarter is where all the coolest stuff gets made...but not without your support!
"Only One Can Rule" Out Now!
We hope you all enjoyed "Only One Can Rule"! Nina, Fabio and Mats really killed it on that song!
If you missed the lyric video drop on Friday, here it is! The song is up on all streaming services now...go playlist it, share it, and show it some love!
Thanks for your support, Legion! We'll be back soon with more updates!
Cheers,
Nina, Josh, Jesse & Chris
"Only One Can Rule" live video premier/chat coming up NOW!
about 1 month ago
– Fri, Oct 11, 2024 at 09:52:42 AM
HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!
"Only One Can Rule" premiers on Youtube in just a few minutes! The band will be in the chat at 1pm EST, but you can watch the video any time after that!
Hope you dig it!
Cheers,
Nina, Josh, Jesse & Justin
Holy $#!t!!! Lady Death & Queen of Hell team-up?!?!
about 1 month ago
– Thu, Oct 10, 2024 at 10:33:00 AM
HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!
You are not gonna believe what just happened...
THE Brian Pulido (Lady Death, Evil Ernie, etc.) just gave us the most direct, full-throated endorsement we've ever gotten on Kickstarter! This is the spirit and energy we need in metal and comics and the arts in general. THANK YOU SO MUCH, BRIAN!
His backers are on his way over here. You guys should definitely get over there, check out his campaign MIKE MORGUE: NECROMORPHOSIS #1, and tell them you're with the Legion of Thunder! It looks metal as hell and totally badass, and it ends TOMORROW!
COFFIN COMICS' ALL-NEW MIKE MORGUE: NECROMORPHOSIS #1: 48 Pages of ultra-violent splatter-metal insanity with a touch of comedy and a lot of heart! A teenage Frankenstein for the modern age!
Visions of Hell! Backer shout-outs!
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Oct 04, 2024 at 10:10:15 AM
HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!
We've just received the latest color page from Initium #4 by colorist Max Bayo! Here are a couple of closeups:
We cut out the most impressive stuff because we don't want to spoil the final issue for you!
The band has been super busy recording the new bonus song "Chainsaw Witch" and now preparing for the cover photoshoot and to film a music video on October 12-13! We've also been rehearsing for our return live show!
But the most fun thing right now has been coming up with ridiculous shout-outs for all of our backers to post on social media! (These are being posted on different social media accounts so keep your eyes peeled...some of them disappear after 24 hours.) Here's the latest batch:
We're also working on an official stretch goal list, but it looks like we're going to start out with a Queen of Hell foil trading card for all physical backers when we hit $20,000!
JOSEPH SCHMALKE'S SEVEN YEARS IN DARKNESS
Joseph Schmalke is one of our collaborators on Queen of Hell and also did the cover art for our previous album The Krimson Kult. Joe has a Kickstarter running right now for his own comic Seven Years in Darknessand it ends in just a few days! Obviously we're big fans of Joe's work or we wouldn't have him on our own stuff! We'll let him describe the book in his own words:
Seven Years in Darkness: Year One - Seventy-two children are conscripted to the Academy of Black Magic for seven years and only seven will see the daylight again.
We highly recommend you grab the trade paperback collection! Head over to his campaign and drop a comment letting him know we sent ya!
Getting back to Queen of Hell stuff, we're just about done laying out the Initium CDs. It took a lot of layout feng shui by Nina to fit all the backer names from the original music campaign into the booklet! Speaking of names in booklets, we did not advertise a similar reward on this campaign, but it looks like we'll be adding everyone at Tier 4 and above on this campaign to the credits at the back of issue #4! You deserve the recognition!
Thanks so much for your support, everyone! This is the largest project we've ever tackled and there's no way we could have done it without you! Hail, Legion of Thunder!
Cheers,
Nina, Josh, Jesse & Chris
Welcome to the Queen of Hell: Initium comic campaign!
about 2 months ago
– Fri, Sep 27, 2024 at 11:53:53 AM
HAIL, LEGION OF THUNDER!
Welcome to the Queen of Hell: Initium comic campaign! Many of you will be here from our previous campaign which funded the music and partially funded this comic. Thanks to all of you for returning! And some of you will be brand new to Queen of Hell, and brand new to A Sound of Thunder. Whether you know it or not, you are now part of the Legion of Thunder!Welcome!!!
Nina (ASoT vocalist and Queen of Hell creator) and Josh (ASoT guitarist and Queen of Hell editor) shot a welcome video for you!
RETURN CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT! Our first show with new drummer Justin on drums will be right where we held our final local show with Chris last year: Reclaim Arcade in Fredericksburg, Virginia!
We'll have an extended set and play some new tunes as well as never-before-played closet-classics and of course your faves!
Just like last time you get unlimited free pinball and arcade gaming all night! Come for a hang, play games with the band, and get your face melted off while you're at it!
We are working on the possibility of this being 1) live streamed, and 2) a pickup event for your Kickstarter rewards. We can't make any promises yet but please stay tuned!
Now here's a long-form cocktail hour update! If you really want TMI, this is for you! Welcome to hell!
We've gotta get back to work! We're setting up TWO singles right now, a video shoot, a photo shoot, and we just got a draft of a lyric video. Lots happening!
