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| Favorite Record Labels Over the Years
A chronological list of record labels I have favored over the years | | 1 |  | Various Artists
Sub-Pop-200
Sub Pop. Back in the early 1990's, I didn't know that this record label had been so instrumental in growing talent. Looking back on it now, several of the Sub Pop bands became some of my favorites, especially Soundgarden. Other greats included Green River, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Tad, and Screaming Trees. | | 2 |  | Replicants
Replicants
Zoo Entertainment. What can I say, but it brought me Tool. Also loved Replicants, and to a lesser extent, Green Jelly and Lusk. | | 3 |  | Prick
Prick
Nothing Records: Similar to the above, loved this label as it brought me Nine Inch Nails, the only Marilyn Manson albums worth owning, the Lost Highway soundtrack, and Prick. 2wo was a huge misstep though. | | 4 |  | Gzr
Plastic Planet
TVT Records. Great albums including NIN - Pretty Hate Machine, early Sevendust, GZR and Gravity Kills | | 5 |  | Far
Tin Cans with Strings to You
Immortal Records. To me, this label really kicked off the nu-metal explosion with the early releases by Korn, Incubus, and Far. Also included great releases by The Urge, 30 Seconds to Mars, and Deadsy. | | 6 |  | Stavesacre
Absolutes
Tooth & Nail Records. This label brought the best of early Christian metal including Stavesacre, Project 86, AP2, Blindside, and Chatterbox. Also had great later releases from Anberlin and The Letter Black. | | 7 |  | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Have a Ball
Fat Wreck Chords. Epitaph was great, but Fat Wreck Chords was fun! The best of pop punk back in the 90's. Loved Face to Face, MFATGG, Less than Jake, and No Use for a Name. | | 8 |  | Roadrunner United
The All-Star Sessions
Roadrunner Records. This is likely my favorite label on here. There are just so many releases on this label that, to me, are landmark. Including Sepultura, Soulfly, Fear Factory, Slipknot, Type O Negative, Stone sour, Trivium, Coal Chamber, Machine Head, Life of Agony, Gruntruck, Killswitch Engage, Coal Chamber, Devildriver, and Ill Nino. Also seems like everyone else has released on Roadrunner including Korn, Megadeth, Coheed and Cambria, BLS, Karma to Burn, Dream Theater, Down, Nightwish, Corrosion of Conformity, and In This Moment | | 9 |  | Dust For Life
Dust For Life
Wind-Up Records. I hesitate to include this label, but there are some greats on here including Atomship, Alterbridge, Boy Hits Car, Dust for Life, Drowning Pool, and of course early Evanescence. Now Creed on the other hand... | | 10 |  | Tomahawk
Mit Gas
Ipecac Recordings. Great releases from Tomahawk, Peeping Tom, Faith No More (Sol Invictus only, I believe), and...Mondo Generator! | | 11 |  | After Forever
After Forever
Nuclear Blast. Has some great releases from In Flames, Within Temptation, Ministry, Nightwish, Eyes Set to Kill (ESTK), and Epica. Also includes later releases from Fear Factory and Sepultura, as well as the incredible Killer Be Killed album. | | 12 |  | TesseracT
One
Century Media Records. Great releases from stuck Mojo, Lacuna Coil, In This Moment, and early Tesseract. Also including releases from In Flames, ESTK, Nightwish, Nebula, and Fu Manchu. | | 13 |  | ASG
Blood Drive
Relapse Records. What more needs to be said than this label brought us Mastodon. But also Baroness, Red Fang, ASG, and many others. | | 14 |  | The Pineapple Thief
Someone Here Is Missing
Kscope. Great releases from Porcupine Tree, Katatonia, The Pineapple Thief, and later Tesseract. | | 15 |  | kyng
Breathe In The Water
Razor & Tie. Digging this label, which released awesome albums by Kyng, Red Sun Rising, The Pretty Reckless, and The Sword (starting with Apocryphon). | | 16 |  | Brant Bjork
Europe '16
Napalm Records. Seems to a be a current hotspot for some of my Stoner favorites from Vista Chino, John Garcia, Brant Bjork, Monster Magnet, and Karma to Burn. Also great releases from Kamelot, Skindred, and Tremonti. | | 17 |  | Goatsnake
1 + Dog Days
Man's Ruin Records. Now defunct, this lable provided us with great releases by later Kyuss, early Queens of the Stone Age, Fu Manchu, Dozer, Nebula, Goatsnake, Unida, Brant Bjork, and Los Natas. | | 18 |  | Orquesta del Desierto
Orquesta del Desierto
Meteor City Records. Great releases from Hermano, Dozer, Elder, The Atomic Bitchwax, Lowrider, Truckfighters, Unida, and several others. | | 19 |  | Brant Bjork
Mankind Woman
Heavy Pscych Sounds. Where several great stoner rock bands are moving to including Brant Bjork, Nebula, Karma to Burn, House of Broken Promises (HOBP), and Nick Oliveri. | | 20 |  | Dozer
Beyond Colossal
Small Stone Recordings. Everything I have heard so far from this Label is gold. Including releases from Asteroid, Dozer, Greenleaf, Lo-Pan, early HOBP, Sasquatch, Dwellers, JIRM, and others. | |
Titan
03.24.19 | Chrysalis | garas
03.24.19 | From these, Relapse is one of the bests for me, Napalm also has a sweet catalogue.
Otherwise I really like Season Of Mist and Peaceville too. And I love lots of small black metal/dungeon synth labels for their honest work. | TheNotrap
03.24.19 | EMI and Roadrunner were the best back in the day
Season of Mist is one of my favs at the moment | JDubb
03.24.19 | I dig some of the bands on Chrysalis (Masters of Reality) and EMI/Capitol (Megadeth, early Foo Fighters, later Janes Addiction, Queensryche), but these labels were broad and non-specific, encompassing several genres. On the other hand, Season of Mist and Peaceville, although I have not listened to much on their roster, seem to be more dedicated to metal. | zakalwe
03.24.19 | Back in the mid nineties I knew some lads signed to Roadrunner. The band was called Above All. I wonder what they’re upto now? Probably a bunch of bellends. | teamster
03.24.19 | Prophecy Productions
Metal Blade
Earache
Debemur Morti Productions
Noise International
Translation Loss
| Gnocchi
03.24.19 | Needs some Art As Catharsis | Veldin
03.24.19 | Saddle Creek and Anticon are two indie labels I enjoy a lot. Also, ANTI- because it has both Tom Waits AND The Locust |
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