Helios Press Fundraiser Gig
May 4th 2024
The Lost Well

Ares Kingdom 11:30 – 12:30 (1 hour)
Imprecation 10:30 – 11:10 (40 minutes)
Morbosidad 9:30 – 10:10 (40 minutes)
Unholier 8:40 – 9:10 (30 minutes)
True Iron Will 8:00 – 8:20 (20 minutes)
Trench Warfare 7:20 – 7:40 (20 minutes)
Door at 7 PM

All proceeds from this event will go towards the Helios Press project. Please watch this video for more information about the new pressing plant we're building in Brady Texas!

https://youtu.be/vZqooDHaPqI?si=hkkqeuAv9uJ4ejlL

I'm excited to tell you about Helios Press, a new record pressing plant that's under construction in Brady Texas that I'm part owner of. Helios Press will be a completely separate business from NWN and our mission is to press high quality records for all genres, not just metal. The goal is to open the factory and start pressing records by late 2024. Here's how it started, where we are currently and where we're trying to get to:I've been running NWN Productions, an underground metal record label and distribution company for 24 years. What began for me as a bedroom hobby gradually evolved into a side-business and, finally, a career. Starting a pressing plant was something that's been circulating in my head for several years now. The long wait times during the pandemic, the ever increasing shipping cost from Europe and Asia, lack of manufacturing in the US, and not having control over quality were some of the reasons for wanting my own factory. It was a logical next step for me so I partnered with a friend to start Helios Press. In fact we're actually half way there! We've already bought a warehouse in Brady and 4 manual record pressing machines have been ordered from Germany. Up to this point, we have relied entirely on our personal resources to finance this enormous project. We are currently saving up for a boiler/chiller system that will be used by the vinyl presses. These are not cheap so we're planning to run a Kickstarter campaign in early March to raise more capital. I'll provide more information as we get closer to the campaign. I hope that you'll be able to contribute like you've contributed to NWN for the past 24 years!I want to thank all of my supporters for getting me to this point. I'm very excited for this new venture and hopefully you are as well! Together we will make Helios Press into a world class pressing plant for the underground and beyond. 1/17/2024Yosuke KonishiNWN ProductionsHelios Press