Avalanche Recordings is an
independent record label, founded by English musician
Justin Broadrick
Justin Karl Michael Broadrick (born 15 August 1969) is an English musician, singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lead singer and a founding member of the band Godflesh, one of the first bands to combine elements of extreme metal and i ...
in 1999. It is named after Broadrick's own recording studio, Avalanche Studios, and mainly releases Justin Broadrick's side projects.
The first release of the label was Godflesh's previously unreleased EP, ''
Messiah
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; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
'' in 2000.
This was followed by Zonal's ''The Quatermass Project Volume 1'', released in the same year.
The label extensively released various Jesu recordings, including ''
Pale Sketches'' in 2007,
''
Infinity'' in 2009 and ''
Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came'' in 2013.
On 29 March 2013, Justin Broadrick announced via
Twitter
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that the label's official website would be migrating to
Bandcamp
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and operating under there.
Artists
;Justin Broadrick projects
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Jesu
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Final
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* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
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Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham. The group formed in 1982 under the title Fall of Because but did not release any complete music until 1988 when Justin Broadrick (guitar, vocals and programming) and G. C. Gre ...
*Krackhead
*Council Estate Electronics
*Solaris BC
*White Static Demon
*Zonal
;Other
*Amantra
*Halspirit
*Transitional
Catalogue
*AREC001:
Godflesh
Godflesh are an English industrial metal band from Birmingham. The group formed in 1982 under the title Fall of Because but did not release any complete music until 1988 when Justin Broadrick (guitar, vocals and programming) and G. C. Gre ...
– ''
Messiah
In Abrahamic religions, a messiah or messias (; ,
; ,
; ) is a saviour or liberator of a group of people. The concepts of '' mashiach'', messianism, and of a Messianic Age originated in Judaism, and in the Hebrew Bible, in which a ''mashiach ...
'' (2000)
*AREC002: Zonal – ''The Quatermass Project Volume 1'' (2000)
*AREC003:
Final
Final, Finals or The Final may refer to:
* Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event
** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of con ...
– ''Infinite Guitar'' (2007)
*AREC004: Final – ''Infinite Guitar 2'' (2007)
*AREC005: Final – ''Guitar & Bass Improvisations Vol 1'' (2007)
*AREC006: Final – ''Guitar & Bass Improvisations Vol 2'' (2007)
*AREC007:
Jesu – ''
Heart Ache'' (2004)
*AREC008: Jesu – ''
Pale Sketches'' (2007)
*AREC009: Jesu – ''Pale Sketches'' (2008, vinyl)
*AREC010: Final – ''Afar'' (2008)
*AREC011: Final – ''Infinite Guitar 1 & 2 / Guitar & Bass Improvisations Vol 1 & 2'' (2008)
*AREC012: Final – ''Fade Away'' (2008)
*AREC013: Krackhead – ''From Hell'' (2009)
*AREC014: Council Estate Electronics – ''Kitsland'' (2009)
*AREC015: Solaris BC – ''Submerged Technology'' (2009)
*AREC016: White Static Demon - ''Decayed'' (2009)
*AREC017: Jesu – ''
Infinity'' (2009)
*AREC018: Final – ''Infinite Guitar 3 / Guitar & Bass Improvisations 3'' (2009)
*AREC019: Final – ''My Body Is a Dying Machine'' (2010)
*AREC020: Council Estate Electronics - ''Longmeadow'' (2012)
*AREC021: Jesu – ''
Christmas
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'' (2010)
*ARECTF01: Final – ''The Apple Never Falls Far From the Tree'' (2010)
*AREC022: Final – ''Burning Bridges Will Light Your Way'' (2012)
*AREC023: Transitional – ''Dark Matter Communion'' (2013)
*AREC024: Jesu – ''Duchess/Veiled'' (2013)
*AREC025: Final – ''Infinite Guitar 4'' (2013)
*AREC026: White Static Demon – ''The Poisoned Tape'' (2013)
*AREC027: Jesu – ''
Everyday I Get Closer to the Light from Which I Came'' (2013)
*AREC028: Godflesh – ''
Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011'' vinyl release (2013)
*AREC029: Halspirit – ''Musiques immobiles'' (2014)
*AREC033: Amantra – ''Rituals'' (2014)
*AREC034: Godflesh – ''
A World Lit Only by Fire'' (2014)
*AREC040: Godflesh – ''
Post Self
''Post Self'' is the eighth studio album by English industrial metal band Godflesh. It was released on 17 November 2017 through frontman Justin Broadrick's own record label, Avalanche Recordings, and was the band's second album since reformi ...
'' (2017) / ''Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011'' CD release (2017)
*AREC041:
Celer – ''Plays Godflesh'' (2019)
References
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British independent record labels
Record labels established in 1999
Industrial record labels
Heavy metal record labels
Ambient music record labels
Experimental music record labels
Electronic music record labels
Vanity record labels
1999 establishments in the United Kingdom