Desperate Fight Records was an independent

record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the produ ...

in existence between 1993 and 2000 in

Umeå Umeå ( , , , locally ; South Westrobothnian: ;). fi, Uumaja; sju, Ubmeje; sma, Upmeje; se, Ubmi) is a city in northeast Sweden. It is the seat of Umeå Municipality and the capital of Västerbotten County. Situated on the Ume River, U ...

, Sweden, owned and operated by

Dennis Lyxzén Sven Olov Dennis Lyxzén (born June 19, 1972) is a Swedish singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist for influential Swedish hardcore punk band Refused, as well as the bands INVSN and Fake Names. He is also a former member of bands ...

and Jose Saxlund. It released records by most of the bands in the huge local Straight edge

hardcore Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film * ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott * ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...

scene, known collectively as Umeå Hardcore.

Label discography

DFR#1:

Abhinanda Abhinanda is a Swedish hardcore punk band that was active from 1992 until 1999 (with brief reunions in 2004 and from 2009 to 2010), releasing three albums. The band was part of the Umeå hardcore scene and had close ties to influential hardcor ...

- ''Darkness of Ignorance''
DFR#2: Various artists - ''Straight Edge as Fuck I''
DFR#3: Doughnuts - ''Equalize Nature''
DFR#4: Abhinanda - ''Senseless''
DFR#5: Shield - ''Build Me Up... Melt Me Down...''
DFR#6:

Final Exit ''Final Exit'' (fully titled ''Final Exit: The Practicalities of Self-Deliverance and Assisted Suicide for the Dying'') is a 1991 book written by Derek Humphry, a British-born American journalist, author, and assisted suicide advocate who co-f ...

- ''Teg''
DFR#7: Purusam - ''Outbound''
DFR#8: Abhinanda - ''Neverending Well of Bliss''
DFR#9: Various artists - ''Straight Edge as Fuck II''
DFR#10: Shield - ''Vampiresongs''
DFR#11: Separation - ''5th Song''
DFR#12: Saidiwas - ''Saidiwas''
DFR#13: Purusam - ''The Way of the Dying Race''
DFR#14:

Step Forward Step Forward was a Swedish hardcore punk band founded in 1989 in Umeå, Sweden by Dennis Lyxzén and his friends, Toft Stade, Jens Nordén and Henrik Jansson. Step Forward was one of the first hardcore punk bands in Sweden that held on to the ...

- '' It Did Make a Difference''
DFR#15: Final Exit - ''Umeå''
DFR#16: Abhinanda - ''Abhinanda''
DFR#17: Saidiwas - ''All Punk Cons''
DFR#18: Various artists - ''Straight Edge as Fuck III''
DFR#19: Separation - ''Separationn''
DFR#20: Plastic Pride - ''Daredevil I Lost''
DFR#21: Purusam - ''Daybreak Chronicles''
DFR#22: Plastic Pride - ''No Hot Ashes''
DFR#23: Abhinanda - ''The Rumble''

References

External links

Victory Records; Desperate Fight
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