Nilaihah Records is an American independent

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based in

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. It was founded in 1999 by Kristy Venrick of

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, after Oneiroid Psychosis asked her to release their next album. Since then, the label has signed acts spanning a variety of

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styles, such as

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, and Frozen Plasma. The label formed a partnership with the German label Infacted, serving as the North American outlet for European bands like

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, Conetik, Endanger, and

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, signing them to distribution deals. The label had a joint venture with Infacted on ''Muscle and Hate'', a tribute to

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featuring members of

and

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Meaning

Nilaihah (pronounced "nil-EYE-ah") is an

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word meaning "poetics of the fallen", and is named after the opening track of The Azoic's 1998 album ''Where Broken Angels Lie''.

Current artists

* 00tz 00tz (''Alter Eden'') * Alkemic Generator (''When We Fail/Scream EP'', ''The Wishful Illusion EP'', ''Orinic Geometry'') *

(''Where Broken Angels Lie'', ''Forward'', ''Conflict'', ''Illuminate'', ''Re:Illumination'', ''Corruption'') * Bow Ever Down (''The Product of My Pain'') *

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(''The Fine Line Between Love and Hate'' & ''Daydreams and Nightmares'') * END: the DJ (''Fires on the Shore'') * GASR (''Survival of the Fittest'', ''Reptile'') *

Interface Interface or interfacing may refer to: Academic journals * ''Interface'' (journal), by the Electrochemical Society * ''Interface, Journal of Applied Linguistics'', now merged with ''ITL International Journal of Applied Linguistics'' * '' Inte ...

(''Beyond Humanity'', ''Destination Focus'', ''Transit EP'', ''Visions of Modern Life'', ''Body Flow EP'') * Invisible Ballet (''Escaping Light'') * Lestat (''Arisen'') *

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(''Sublimation'', ''A Million Different Moments & Excursions'', ''Suspending Belief'') * Sensuous Enemy (''Sirens of the Sea'', ''Voyager'') * Silent Auction (''H on Earth'') * Sonik Foundry (''Parish of Redemption'', ''Explosive'') * Xiescive (''Nexus'') * XMH (''State of Mind'') * Zoica (''A to Z'')

Previous artists

(''DSM'', ''There Is No Cure'') * Backlash (''Impetus'') * Blind Faith and Envy (''The Charming Factor'') * Conetik (''Carbon Elektriq v2.0'') * Dissonance (''Reincarnate'') * Endanger (''Addicted to the Masses'') * Fiction 8 (''Chaotica & Forever'', ''Neverafter'') * Frozen Plasma (''Artificial'') * Level 2.0 (''Armageddon'', ''Battle Sight Zero'', ''Elevate'') * Liquid Divine (''Interface'') * Muscle and Hate (''A Tribute to Nitzer Ebb'') *

(''Distances & Expansion'') * Oneiroid Psychosis (''Garden of Remembrance'') *

(''Puppenspiel'') *

(''Hrs:Min:Sec'')

External links

Nilaihah Records Website
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