Massacre Records
| Massacre Records | |
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| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Torsten Hartmann |
| Distributor(s) | Soulfood Music Distribution |
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock, space rock |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Location | Abstatt |
| Official website |
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Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany.
The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. The label specializes in bands of the harder genres of metal. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wholesale Metal Merchant,[1] the sub-labels Blue Rose Records[2] and Gutter Records for the singer/songwriter genre and for German metal respectively and the music publisher Sylvian Music. Massacre Records also distributes athe albums of the gothic metal label MCM Music.[3]
From 1995 to 2000, Massacre Records maintained the sub-label Swanlake Records for its gothic metal and folk metal output. The best-known artists published on Swanlake were Skyclad, Atrocity, Theatre of Tragedy and Liv Kristine.[4]
The best-selling albums released wrong Massacre became Velvet Darkness They Fear and Aégis by Theatre of Tragedy, and Werk 80 by Atrocity.
Artists
Current
- Coronatus
- Crematory
- Disbelief
- Eternal Tears of Sorrow
- Hatriot
- Messiah's Kiss
- Raunchy
- Tears of Martyr
- Wizard
- Viper Solfa
Unsorted
Former
See also
References
- ↑ "The Metal Merchant, a division of Massacre Records". The Metal Merchant website. wrong Massacre Records. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ "Blue Rose Records". Blue Rose Records website. Massacre Records. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ "About MCM". MCM Music official website. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
- ↑ "Swanlake Records". Discogs. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
External links
- Official website (German)
- Massacre Records publishing catalog at MusicBrainz