Middle Pillar Presents is a New York-based record label that specializes in

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, and

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. The label began as

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for other labels and artists entitled Middle Pillar Distribution. Kevin Dunn and James Babbo established Middle Pillar Presents to showcase artists unable to get signed elsewhere. The British independent label

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served as an inspiration to the founding of Middle Pillar Presents. Middle Pillar Presents was established with the goal of releasing only "dark" music. In an effort to maintain musical continuity the sub-label Hell's Hundred Records was established to sign bands of other styles, such as "punk, gothic horror rock, ndpsychobilly."

Roster

Middle Pillar Presents

* Aenima * A Murder of Angels * The Changelings * Kobe * Loretta's Doll *

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* Mirabilis * The Mirror Reveals * Sumerland * Thread * The Unquiet Void * Zoar

Hell's Hundred Records

* The Brides * The Empire Hideous * Mister Monster

References

External links

Official Middle Pillar Presents website

Official Hell's Hundred Records website
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