THE RETURN

I Am Abomination returns after a six year hiatus with the three founding members: Nick Sampson (Guitar), Phil Druyor (Vocals), and Brandon Good (Bass). Writing and recording drums on this album will be our good friend Chris Turner of the band "Oceans Ate Alaska."

After years of silence we are extraordinarily excited to show you what we have been working on. We are ready to bring you a full-length concept album entitled "Passion of the Heist II." This album is a direct sequel to our 2011 EP "Passion of the Heist," and our first new release since 2012. But we do need your support to make this a reality!

We are hard at work writing and recording this album currently. And we are excited for you to hear our first new single from Passion of the Heist II "Ultraterrestrial." 

In order for us to record the other nine new songs on the album we need your help. We're doing this album without any record label support or outside funding. We want to create a partnership with you, our fans, and together we can build the rest of this album from the ground up. And as you have heard from the other bands whom have crowdfunded albums it is not cheap to do so. 

WHAT WE NEED & WHAT YOU GET

The process of writing, recording, and releasing an album is incredibly expensive. It's something we simply cannot afford to properly do without help. Further down we have a breakdown of the budget in its entirety. We want to be as transparent as possible about where your contributions will be going. 

If by chance we exceed our goals then we already have plans to where the extra funds will be heading. We think these are all things that you will be as excited about as we are! We will be announcing our stretch goals in the coming days.

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THE IMPACT

By you partnering with us and helping make Passion of the Heist II you be taking a part of a revolution in the music industry. Instead of a corporation controlling when and how the music you consume is created, you get to take control. We, the band, and you, the fans, get to create a partnership and make this album the way we want to make it. 

We know this will be the greatest album we have created yet. We know that with your support we won't have to take any shortcuts like we have in the past. We know you be excited about where your funding goes during the process of this albums creation and release. We know that we can do this together.

PASSION OF THE HEIST II

Passion of the Heist II is a conceptual album that directly follows the story from the original Passion of the Heist. In the original EP you followed the story of a man being abducted by extraterrestrials and transformed into their leader only to lead an invasion against humanity. The album ended when the invasion began. 

This new album tells the story of the invasion from two distinct characters perspectives. Half of the songs are from the perspective of the character from the original EP (The Ultraterrestrial), and the other half of the songs are from a new characters perspective. This character is a desperate and broken man who vows to save humanity. 

Musically this is our most progressive and challenging album to date. We are writing the songs to fit the story of the lyrics. We are trying to create a cinematic experience through an audio outlet. And of course we're making this our heaviest, shreddiest, most soulful, and powerful album to date.

We plan on having some friends perform guest spots throughout the album. So there will also be some vocals and instrumental work spread throughout the album from other artists that you already know and love. Not to mention that Chris Turner from Oceans Ate Alaska will be writing and recording all of the drums on the album! 

Passion of the Heist II is going to be our most ambitious album to date. And we cannot wait to partner up with you for its creation! 

OTHER WAYS YOU CAN HELP

We know that not all of you can currently spare the money to help fund this album. But that does not mean that you cannot take a part in the partnership of its creation. Spreading the word to as many people as possible can be just as powerful as helping fund it.

So please SHARE, SHARE, SHARE!!! You can share this campaign on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, by word of mouth, letting websites and other news outlets know about it, or by simply screaming from the top of the nearest mountain. 

Every single time you let someone know about this it can help bring us that much closer to accomplishing our goals.

THE BUDGET

Below you will find our estimations of all of the expenses that are going into the creation of this album. And as many of you know, Nick Sampson is a full-time music Producer; so these rates are heavily discounted compared to what most bands would typically have to spend. Brandon is also a full-time Graphic Artist, so these rates are also heavily discounted. The three of us live in different parts of the country (Nick is in Detroit, Phil is in New Orleans, and Brandon is in Portland) so there are some unavoidable travel expenses as well. 

EXPENSES: 

• Production Expenses = $15,000 (Production, Mixing, Mastering, Studio Gear, Studio Musicians, Studio Rental Fees, Engineering, Etc.)
• Artwork Expenses = $1,800 (Album Art, Merchandise Designs, Ad & Marketing Designs, Packaging Design, Etc.)
• Video Expenses = 1,750 (Indiegogo Video, Music Visualiser, Ads & Marketing, Etc) 
• Other Expenses = $1,600 (Travel, Time Away From Day Jobs, Per Diems, Etc.)
• Cost of Goods = $3,570 (Merch, CDS, Vinyl, Tablature Books, Warehouse Fees, Fulfillment Fees, Etc.)
• Marketing Expenses = $1,200
• Campaign Fees = $3,080 (11%) (Indiegogo takes 5%, Credit Cards take 3%, Backerkit takes 3%)
• Grand Total = $28,000

NICK SAMPSON CUSTOM BUILT GUITAR

For all backers who spend $45.00 or more you automatically get entered into a raffle. The winner of this raffle will receive a custom-made/hand-built guitar from Nick Sampson. These guitars are designed and built from scratch by Nick.

A video of Nick playing one of his custom guitars can be found in this campaigns video section. 

All guitars claimed will be serialized and marked with campaign specific inlay. If anyone has serious inquiries about claiming one of these limited guitars send an email to nick@sampsound.com

*Production of the guitars will start after the release of the album*