Best Metal Record Label
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Posted by Arian Totalis, 13.07.2007 - 23:05
I guess what it really comes down to is the label that has your favorite bands on it. I used to be a huge Centery Media fan, because they had Shadows Fall, God Forbid, Arch Enemy, and alot of other good bands. But I realised that there is alot better out there as far as labels go. So, how bout you guys? (sorry if I missed any other important labels)
Oh and by the way, I hate Roadrunner, but they have some great bands signed to them, Like Megadeth, Dream Theater, 3 Inches of Blood, Opeth etc. So that's why they are up there.
Poll
Which of these is your prefered metal Record Label?
Nuclear Blast
43
Other
36
Metal Blade
12
Relapse
11
Spinefarm
9
Century Media
7
Road Runner
7
Earache
6
Total votes: 131
| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 15.02.2009 at 20:40 Yes, I am, and I even like both of their newest albums  However, that doesn't change the fact that Raodrunner lost alo of the quality that it once had, and is now more in favor of commercial gain raher than the promotion of good metal.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Arian Totalis on 16.02.2009 at 01:26 They were actually ALWAYS in favor of commercial gain, even when they started out. The first band they released was The Nylons. The way you describe Roadrunner sounds exactly like labels as Century Media and Nuclear Blast as well. As for good metal? Just because you don't like it it is immediately not good?
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2009 at 07:10 The Nylons?! Hahaha, I think they actually did a performance at my school when I was in elementary school, and I was living in a really small town at the time, so that should give you some idea of how bad they were. If we are thinking of the same band. The a cappella group from Toronto?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Doc G. on 16.02.2009 at 07:24 I think we are. I was talking about this album http://www.musicmeter.nl/album/22626
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Doc G. on 16.02.2009 at 07:24 I see THREE of their albums were released by Roadrunner http://www.discogs.com/artist/Nylons,+The
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2009 at 07:27 Lol, yup. They performed "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the school gym, my grade 3 class was doing the backing vocals, they brought all the parents in and everything for it. What'dya know? At the age of 8 I was already performing with famous musicians  In their defence though, my town was only a 2-3 hour drive from Toronto, so it probably was some charitable type act while on a small tour and I guess we weren't too out of the way. I think they participating in some local festival/carnival celebration on the waterfront in my town that night anyways. EDIT: Yes, and even back then I thought they were garbage.
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2009 at 07:10 ...intresting bit of information. I always thought that they had started off as a primarily Death Metal Label. So that comes as a bit of a suprise to me. And no, Just because I don't like something that doesn't make it not good, but I can still identify good/bad metal when I hear it, and yes, I DO call certain metal bands i'm not entirely fond of "Talented" or "Worthwhile musically" but i'll also clearify that it's not my cup of tea. There are other bands though to where, well, they just suck. Fans only tend to be highschool kids stuck in a trend, they're not musically competent, they aim toward commercial gain etc. that's the type of Metal that ISN'T good, imo. (keep in mind, imo)
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Arian Totalis on 16.02.2009 at 16:29 I think that the first metal artist that signed to RR was Mercyful Fate, but I am not sure though. All I know is that MF signed to Roadrunner in June 1983. AT the time they primarily released stuff from the US under license for Europe. My Metallica vinyl (first three) and Slayer (first two) are all on Roadrunner Records.
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| Arian Totalis The Philosopher Posts: 3351 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 16.02.2009 at 17:31 So their early record deals were mostly heavy/ Thrash? Something I found ammusing, as a side note; I was looking at my girlfriend's copy of Slayer;reign in blood and Appearently it was released under Def Jam records
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Arian Totalis on 16.02.2009 at 18:24 Yes the early deals were mostly heavy/thrash and then they moved on to Obituary Deicide Suffocation Gorguts etc. About Slayer yep that was released on Def Jam. A bit later Rick Rubin split from Def Jam taking Slayer along and forming Def American.
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser staff Posts: 9718 |
The fact that Roadrunner is a division of Warner should be evidence enough what that label is all about.
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Doc G. on 20.02.2009 at 04:14 They've only been an INDEPENDENT division of Warnewr for about three years now. That's how they got Dream Theater, cause Warner wanted a subdivision which primarily focused on metal and that's why they bought Roadrunner.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1364  |
I would have to choose Nuclear Blast. Despite the copyright bullshit whenever I try to upload something of theirs on Youtube, I believe the bands they have are of the best quality (Amorphis, Wintersun, and Blind Guardian among others). Century Media used to have many of my favorite bands signed, but they all basically left. They are still a good label though.
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| ANGEL REAPER Posts: 3687  |
Is it just me or Nuclear Blast ruin every band once they sign them ?
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| Milena gloom cookie staff Posts: 4603  |
Written by Guest on 29.11.2012 at 15:03 I guess you should. For example, I dig at least 80% of what Inside Out puts out, so when they sign a new band, I pay attention. Also... why do people vote for Nuclear Blast? They only sign the biggest bands, in the moment when they become big. Not a lot of surprises in their catalog, and since a lot of bands reach their high points before they're signed to NB, it's mostly all downhill from there. And the way they promote bands is kind of annoying, though I can't put my finger on what annoys me.
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| CobiWan1993 Secundum Filium Posts: 1364 |
Quote:Written by Milena on 29.11.2012 at 23:25 Despite their insane copyright infringement hounding on Youtube, I actually really like a lot of the bands that Nuclear Blast signs and I think the records coming out under that label are very good too. I was thinking about voting for Century Media, since many of my favorite bands were once signed to that label (Blind Guardian, Opeth, Ulver, etc.) but not anymore. Maybe I should have voted based on that, but oh well, I really do like Nuclear Blast's current artists and albums, and I don't really like many of the current Century Media artists anyway. 
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| IronAngel Posts: 4872  |
I'm a Finnish doom fan, so the obvious first choice that comes to mind is Firebox Records. I'm also a hipster and a poser, so Profound Lore and Southern Lord releases usually pique my interest. I don't really have a "favorite" label, though. I don't pay much attention to their business decisions, and I've never done the math on which labels have the most or highest percentage of good bands. Of bigger labels (though I don't actually know what's big and what's not), Peaceville and Earache seem to have good quality.
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| scrambles Posts: 30  |
Does anybody know of anywhere where you can read about labels and their histories (which bands they've signed, when they've signed them, when they've dropped them, overall trends in labels' careers, and so on), or am i just daydreaming here? i know Terrorizer just put out a Secret History of Earache, but i haven't read it yet.
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| Susan Smeghead elite Posts: 6941  |
Some awesome labels have been mentioned, lots of labels with long lists of great bands. Yet, for me, the most CONSISTENTLY amazing label, the label with a great mix of creative bands, and the label from whom I cannot recall ever hearing a less than stellar band is: Season Of Mist.
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| Sean 79 Posts: 218  |
I think Metal Blade have released far less awful shit than any other. Nuclear Blast have released some amazing albums but the amount of shit on that label is staggering!
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Susan on 06.04.2013 at 00:48 Season Of MIst have gone totally mediocre. They used to be good though. But currently they release quite some crap. The worst being Rage Nucleaire. Crap bands I can think of without even searching that are on that label besides Rage Nucleaire are ETHS, Engel, Seth, Ken Mode and of course current day Morbid Angel
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino staff Posts: 18274  |
Written by IronAngel on 11.12.2012 at 11:45 That's basically where I stand as well... Oh, and Firebox does have some nice things too. Find it a bit funny that I discovered one of my favorite bands there (Mar De Grises) whoa re from Chile. Fromt he ones on the list... I think I like Relapse the most.
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| Susan Smeghead elite Posts: 6941 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 06.04.2013 at 13:04 Really? That's so incredibly sad! I have not heard any of these bands you mentioned. Maybe I should avoid them and keep my impeccable opinion of SoM intact I just know that every time I DO hear one of their bands (one that is new to me) it's always amazing music and I'm like, "duh... it's SoM!"Plus, they have Silent Stream Of Godless Elegy, which is major points from me! Maybe they'll dump any mediocre bands and go back to being amazing?? One can dream....
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| BitterCOld The Ancient One admin Posts: 15250  |
Written by Susan on 06.04.2013 at 00:48 SOM was the first place i went as well.
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| M C Vice ex-polydactyl Posts: 3353  |
At least no one has said The End. Although Peaceville was mentioned a couple of times.
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