NEWS & UPDATES
NEW(S) STANDARD ELITE
Condensed History / Milestones
NSE FEST - November 6th-8th 2025
New Standard Elite will be hosting its first festival on November 6th, 7th, and 8th 2025, at the Haltom Theater in Haltom City Texas!!
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For more information, complete fest line up, and to purchase tickets, click the "NSE FEST" tab at the top of this website or click here:
NEW WEB STORE LAUNCH
Coming soon (2025)
NSE will be moving from Big Cartel to Shopify later this year. Big Cartel only allows you to list a maximum of 500 items at a time. In order to make sure that our fans have full access to our physical media and wearable merchandise catalog, we will be transitioning to Shopify later this year.
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Shopify is a much larger platform that can guarantee the full NSE catalog is always available.
NEW STANDARD ELITE SECURES WORLDWIDE RETAIL DISTRIBUTION & DIGITAL STREAMING COMPANY
June 25th, 2021
NSE has secured the services of a company that will post our band's releases on all streaming platforms. All releases will be available for streaming shortly after the official release of the CD.
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NSE will also have distribution in many extreme metal record stores across the US. We also have many official international distributors that carry most NSE releases (those distributors can be found on our social media pages).
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NSE FOUNDER AND CREATOR ANNOUNCES DEPARTURE AND OWNERSHIP TRANSFER
October 22nd, 2023
New Standard Elite owner and creator, Daniel Osborn, announces his departure from the label, and transfer or ownership to trusted friend:
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Hello everyone, Daniel here…
Today marks a special day in the existence of New Standard Elite.
As many of you know, roughly 13 years ago, I decided to start a label with a VERY specific vision and purpose. Over the years, NSE grew beyond what I could have ever expected. This comes with an enormous amount of time and dedication, difficulty managing the balance of family, work, NSE, and everything else in day to day life…
The time has come for me to pass the torch to someone who I trust to keep the NSE vision pure, someone who has the time and proven dedication to the music, that the bands and fans deserve. As my priorities have massively shifted in the last couple years, I am happy to have the label be refreshed with a new passion and driving force that will keep NSE moving upward.
That being said… I want to thank everyone for the support over the last 13 years, and believing in that vision. Thank you to all the bands who put their trust in me, and all the fans who have turned into friends over the years. I am ready to focus on my family and devote 110% of myself to being a full time dad and husband.
I am very happy to welcome Ryan Baker as the new owner of New Standard Elite! I cannot think of a better person to take the reins of the label that is so important to me, something that has been such a meaningful and defining chapter in my life. Everyone is in good hands.
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Statement from Ryan:
“Hello all Brutal Death Metal Fans,
I have been a massive supporter of NSE since its inception over 13 years ago, so when Dan approached me earlier this year about taking over the label, I gladly accepted. I have promised him that the legacy and history he created with this iconic brand would always remain. My only stipulation was that he stay on the NSE staff for the next eighteen months to ease me into this new position and help with the many creative behind the scenes endeavors that he enjoys. Dan's expertise in this space is invaluable, and I very much look forward to working with him in keeping NSE one of the top BDM labels. The full NSE catalog will be available soon on the Artifacts of Brutality bigcartel page while the NSE bigcartel is updated. I'll have some new posts next week with more information, new band releases, and signings. If you ever need to contact me, please use the NSE Facebook and Instagram messenger or newstandardelite @ gmail . com.”
NEW STANDARD ELITE OPERATION RELOCATIONS
October 10th, 2013
New Standard Elite relocates operations from Ventura CA, to Waynetown, IN.
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July 4th, 2018
New Standard Elite relocates operations from Waynetown, IN, to University Place, WA
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June 25th, 2021
New Standard Elite relocated operations from University Place, WA, to Prescott, AZ.
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October 22nd, 2023
New Standard Elite relocates operations from Prescott, AZ, to, current location in Dayton, OH, after ownership transfer.
NEW STANDARD ELITE BEGINS...
January 1st, 2010
New Standard Elite is created by Daniel Osborn.
As the genre drifted further and further into fake, plastic, stale productions, his vision for returning it to it's natural state of aggressive and natural recordings was solidified. A spit in the face to
the trend of modern Brutal Death Metal production, and setting the bar for "The New Standard of Sickness".
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With ZERO compromise to the "No Trends, No Fads, 100% Pure Brutal Death Metal" mindset, NSE stood out from the rest, while quickly gaining traction, popularity, and becoming the leader of the genre.
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