A type of Hard Rock rich in stylistic conventions including extreme loudness, powerful lead and rhythm guitars, extended solos including those on bass and drums, exaggerated sexuality in lyrics and performance poses, and a predilection toward tatoos, long hair, and leather attire. Name supposedly comes from the line "Heavy Metal thunder" in "Born to Be Wild," a 1970s hit for the band Steppenwolf. Leading exponents include Metallica, Van Halen, Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Alice Cooper, and Kiss.
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Italian black metal record label featuring such bands as Ancient Wisdom and Dark Sanctuary.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania-based distribution company.
A newly formed label featuring Shroud of Despondency and Misery's Omen.
Label dealing in mostly brutal death and grind metal. Online store features CDs, DVDs, vinyl, cassettes, and t-shirts.
Contains catalog with online ordering, pictures, audio and video clips, tour dates and latest news.
US black metal distribution label that carries rare demos and videos.
Underground retail mail-order/record label specializing in the dark wave, ambient and black metal music genres.
Dark pagan label features bands such as Cradle of Filth, Type O Negative, Bloodstained Dusk, Fragile Frost, and Deadwait.
Death metal mavens Dichotic, speed metal freaks Civil Carnage and mysti-grinders Cephalectomy scorch the musical landscape on Discorporate Music.
Hardcore label with artists such as Napalm Death, Adrenalin Junkies, Pitch Shifter, Morbid Angel and Godflesh. Mailing list, artist biographies, merchandise, tour dates.
Greece's Heavy Metal record label known for releases of Brocas Helm, Wotan, Sorcerer, Marauder.
Independent record company since 1995. Specializing in anything loud.
Black/death metal distribution and records company. Includes its history, mail order catalog, photo gallery, MP3 samples, and interviews.
Canadian label carrying DBC, Howling Syn, and Ghoulnatics.
Underground Black Metal label and Distribution.
Worldwide record label for heavy music of all kinds. Totally independent and proud of it. Broken Hope, Em Sinfonia and Novembers Doom reside here.
Greece's pure Heavy Metal label having released Raging Storm and Crystal Clear debuts, all kinds of Metal distribution and online store.
Label featuring Hellacaust, Angelkill, Wishmaster and other dark metal bands.
Extreme metal label and mailorder service based in Northern Ireland. Deals in dark and challenging extreme music.
Black Metal label from Germany.
Heavy metal label with dozens of signed talent. Features tours, artist bios, and downloads.
Independent label from Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN. Deals with promotion, advertising, booking, general support, and advice of unsigned bands in the progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and pop rock genres.
Extreme metal label carrying such bands as Thornspawn, Seth, and Anorexia Nervosa
Independent record company founded in 1999. Includes music, videos, news, and merchandise.
New York label. Artists include 220 Volt, Damien and Further Lo.
Brutal Underground Death Metal Label from NYDM Coalition President and Mortician Vocalist Will Rahmer.
Underground metal label featuring Black Widows and Striking Distance. Site also includes a related magazine.
A label with artists such as Winterhawk, Ultra, Truth and Janey, Cain, and Automag. Also includes a catalog of new and used records and compact discs in an online store.
Releases the classics and new age of the genre. Worldwide distribution and online store.
Heavy metal record label from Greece. Store, photos, band biographies, a members' club, and catalog.
The home of extreme metal record label and promotions company Swampfoot Records.
Official site for the distributors of black metal bands such as Nuit Noire.
Home of Deeds Of Flesh, Disgorge, Decrepit Birth, Pyaemia, Mortal Decay, Necronomicon, Disavowed, and Agiel. Offers free MP3s.
Releases forward-thinking music. Bands, news, downloads, and contact information.
The home of extreme metal record label and promotions company Swampfoot Records.
Label dealing in mostly brutal death and grind metal. Online store features CDs, DVDs, vinyl, cassettes, and t-shirts.
A label with artists such as Winterhawk, Ultra, Truth and Janey, Cain, and Automag. Also includes a catalog of new and used records and compact discs in an online store.
Independent record company founded in 1999. Includes music, videos, news, and merchandise.
Heavy metal record label from Greece. Store, photos, band biographies, a members' club, and catalog.
Underground metal label featuring Black Widows and Striking Distance. Site also includes a related magazine.
A newly formed label featuring Shroud of Despondency and Misery's Omen.
Official site for the distributors of black metal bands such as Nuit Noire.
Extreme metal label carrying such bands as Thornspawn, Seth, and Anorexia Nervosa
Contains catalog with online ordering, pictures, audio and video clips, tour dates and latest news.
Extreme metal label and mailorder service based in Northern Ireland. Deals in dark and challenging extreme music.
Greece's pure Heavy Metal label having released Raging Storm and Crystal Clear debuts, all kinds of Metal distribution and online store.
Heavy metal label with dozens of signed talent. Features tours, artist bios, and downloads.
Home of Deeds Of Flesh, Disgorge, Decrepit Birth, Pyaemia, Mortal Decay, Necronomicon, Disavowed, and Agiel. Offers free MP3s.
Releases forward-thinking music. Bands, news, downloads, and contact information.
Underground retail mail-order/record label specializing in the dark wave, ambient and black metal music genres.
Independent record company since 1995. Specializing in anything loud.
US black metal distribution label that carries rare demos and videos.
Label featuring Hellacaust, Angelkill, Wishmaster and other dark metal bands.
Dark pagan label features bands such as Cradle of Filth, Type O Negative, Bloodstained Dusk, Fragile Frost, and Deadwait.
Italian black metal record label featuring such bands as Ancient Wisdom and Dark Sanctuary.
Releases the classics and new age of the genre. Worldwide distribution and online store.
New York label. Artists include 220 Volt, Damien and Further Lo.
Brutal Underground Death Metal Label from NYDM Coalition President and Mortician Vocalist Will Rahmer.
Underground Black Metal label and Distribution.
Hardcore label with artists such as Napalm Death, Adrenalin Junkies, Pitch Shifter, Morbid Angel and Godflesh. Mailing list, artist biographies, merchandise, tour dates.
Death metal mavens Dichotic, speed metal freaks Civil Carnage and mysti-grinders Cephalectomy scorch the musical landscape on Discorporate Music.
Independent label from Minneapolis / St. Paul, MN. Deals with promotion, advertising, booking, general support, and advice of unsigned bands in the progressive rock, hard rock, heavy metal, and pop rock genres.
Canadian label carrying DBC, Howling Syn, and Ghoulnatics.
Worldwide record label for heavy music of all kinds. Totally independent and proud of it. Broken Hope, Em Sinfonia and Novembers Doom reside here.
Black/death metal distribution and records company. Includes its history, mail order catalog, photo gallery, MP3 samples, and interviews.
Phoenixville, Pennsylvania-based distribution company.
Greece's Heavy Metal record label known for releases of Brocas Helm, Wotan, Sorcerer, Marauder.
Black Metal label from Germany.
