Rottweiler Records is a

Christian metal Christian metal, also known as white metal, Jesus metal or heavenly metal, is heavy metal music distinguished by its Christian themed song lyrics and the dedication of the band members to Christianity. Christian metal is typically performed by ...

record label based out of

Dallas, Texas Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...

, United States. The label features bands such as

Lust Control Lust Control is a Christian thrash punk band, originally formed in 1988. They are known for their explicit lyrical content, which is devoted to matters of sexual purity and sin, including abstinence, masturbation, pornography, sex ed, and re ...

Soul Embraced Soul Embraced is a Christian melodic death metal band from Little Rock, Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. It was originally a side project for Rocky Gray and David Sroczynski. History Originally a side project of drummer David Sroc ...

, The Jericho Harlot, and Pantokrator. The label started early on as a label that served punk rock, but has become a label that serves metal and punk. It is a Christian label, and therefore many of its artists are as well. The label was created by Shawn Browning, also known as Wretched of

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. Many bands on the label have placed high on CMW's charts and have had many positive reviews. The label participates in several compilations, including ''Kill the Ill'' a benefit comp for Rottweiler's owner Shawn Browning, and ''Metal Pulse: A Tribute to Dale Huffman''. The label partnered with a sister label, known as

Nosral Recordings Nosral Recordings is a Christian metal record label based out of Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The label originated in 2017, as a sister-label of Rottweiler Records, by Mike Larson of Frost Like Ashes. Shortly after forming in April, by May t ...

, with

Frost Like Ashes Frost Like Ashes is a Christian black metal band that formed in Kansas City, Missouri in 2001. The band has released two EPs - ''Born to Pieces'' and ''Pure as the Blood Covered Snow'' - and a full-length album, ''Tophet'', and their songs have ...

guitarist Mike Larson heading it up. Nosral Recordings served as an

extreme metal Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. It has been defined as a "cluster of metal subgenres characterized by sonic, verbal, and visual tran ...

label primarily. On March 17, 2022, it was announced that Rottweiler Records and the subsidiary Hagah Recordings would be acquired by Mythic Panda Productions, an organization that works with

Broken Flesh Broken Flesh is a Christian death metal band, formed in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 2004. The band has released three studio albums, ''Forever In Flames'' in 2009, ''Warbound'' in 2013, and ''Broken Flesh'' in 2015. They have released one extended ...

A Hill to Die Upon A Hill To Die Upon is an American blackened death metal band from the Monmouth- Galesburg area of Illinois, formed in 2004 by the brothers Adam and R. Michael Cook. The brothers initially founded the band as hardcore project, but eventually star ...

, and Hrada, which features

Peter Espevoll Peter Espevoll is a Norwegian vocalist who, in 1993, started the band Extol, with whom he is most associated. Background Espevoll was the son of a missionary family, and spent a great deal of time in Kenya, Africa in his life. While in Kenya, he ...

Extol Extol are a Christian metal band from Bekkestua, Norway that was formed in 1993. The band is known for playing a variety of different styles of metal which include progressive metal, death metal, black metal and thrash metal. Over the course ...

Current artists

* Blood Thirsty *

* Brotality * Decayed Existence *

Death Requisite Death Requisite is a heavy metal band from Sarasota, Florida. The band describes their style as " blackened symphonic melodic Technical death metal" or simply "extreme hybrid metal". The band has played with Living Sacrifice, Extol, Zao, Norma ...

* Desolate Tomb * Diatheke *

Final Surrender Final Surrender are an Indian Christian metal band, who play metalcore, folk metal and progressive metal music. They started making music together in 2007. They have released two studio albums, ''Empty Graves'' (2013), and ''Nothing But Void'' (20 ...

* Forfeit Thee Untrue * Forsaken Eternity *

* GODIA * I Am the Pendragon * Krig * Light Unseen *

My Place Was Taken My Place Was Taken is a deathcore and hardcore punk band that originated out of Matamoros, Mexico. The band originated in 2014 and signed to Rottweiler Records in 2017. History My Place Was Taken began in 2014, as a project between vocalist Jesus ...

* Ninth Sphere * R.A.I.D. * Shadowmourne * Shamash *

Symphony of Heaven Symphony of Heaven is a Christian blackened death metal band from Owensville, Indiana, United States. The band began in 2017 as a solo project, but morphed into a full band by 2019, consisting of Logan Thompson (guitars/vocals), David Napier (bass ...

Taking the Head of Goliath Taking the Head of Goliath is a Christian death metal band that originated in 2015. Background Taking the Head of Goliath started in 2015 with members Jake Martin, Matt Vangsgard and Nathan Sherman. The band later added rhythm guitarist Rob Blake ...

UnTeachers UnTeachers is a heavy metal band from Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The band has released a split EP with Grace & Thieves, and a full-length album, titled, ''A Human Comedy '' which debuted No. 10 on Seth Werkheiser's Top 10 of 2014. History Formed i ...

* (Un)Worthy * Voluntary Mortification * XIII Minutes

Former artists

Abated Mass of Flesh Abated Mass of Flesh is an American brutal death metal band formed in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, in 2011. The band consists of vocalist Matthew Plunkett, lead guitarist Zack Plunkett, rhythm guitarist Thomas and drummer Riley Wingate. They have bee ...

(active, independent) * Absent from the Body (active) * Aggelos (disbanded) *

The Autumn League The Autumn League is a one-man metal project that originated in 2012 in Sydney, Australia. The project is signed to Rottweiler Records and SkyBurnsBlack Records. Background The Autumn League started as a project in 2012 with founder PJ Somers ak ...

(inactive) * Awake the Suffering (inactive) *

Becoming Saints Becoming Saints is an American metalcore band that originated in Little Rock, Arkansas in 2003. Background Becoming Saints formed in 2003 in Little Rock, Arkansas. The band released their album ''Bury Them, Bury Them All'' independently and the ...

(disbanded) * Behold the Kingdom (disbanded) * Da Mac (disbanded) * Dead Words (active) *

John DeGroff John DeGroff is a Christian musician. DeGroff was one of the original members of Christian rock band Petra in 1972, along with Greg Hough, Bill Glover and Bob Hartman. He played bass guitar on the band's first two records (Petra and Come and ...

(active) * Dispraised (active) *

Doomsday Hymn Doomsday Hymn is a Brazilian Christian metal band, whose music incorporates metalcore, death metal, groove metal and thrash metal. They started making music together in 2013. They have released one studio album, ''Mene Tequel Ufarsim'' (2015) ...

(active) *

Every Knee Shall Bow Every Knee Shall Bow is a Christian metal band that is currently independent. The band consists of brothers guitarists Drew and Cole, bassist Shane, and drummer DJ Wibblesman, as well as returning vocalist Chris Hull. The band's debut EP was m ...

(active) * Fight Before Surrender (disbanded) * Flawed by Design (active) *

(active) *

Hand of Fire Hand of Fire is an American thrash metal band that originated in California. The band started in 2015 as a vision of frontman, Jim Settle, formerly of Tantrum of the Muse. Background In 2010, Hand of Fire formed with Jim Settle (formerly of ...

(active) * Hilastherion (active) *

Immortal Souls Immortal Souls is a melodic death metal band from Kokkola, Finland, formed in 1991. They released a split album and their debut on Little Rose Productions in the late 1990s and early 2000s. In 2002, Immortal Souls signed with Dutch label Fear Dar ...

(active) * The Jericho Harlot (active) *

(inactive) * Never Buried (active) * O Wretched Man (inactive) * The Order of Elijah (active, signed to

Luxor Records Luxor Records is an American record label located in Los Angeles, California. Background Luxor Records was co-founded by Aaron Bridgewater (lead vocals) and Nick Morris (lead guitarist), of As They Sleep. The label was created to release the ba ...

) * Pantokrator (active, signed to Nordic Mission) * Perpetual Paranoia (active, signed to

Retroactive Records Retroactive Records is an independent record label in Keokuk, Iowa. The label was founded in 2002 by Matt Hunt, who had previously operated a small label called Magdalene Records. Originally intended to reissue classic Christian metal, the label ...

) * Skald in Veum (active) *

(inactive) * Superunknown (active) * Unchained (disbanded) * Waxpanel (disbanded) * Wretched Graverobber (active) * Wretched Leper (active)

Affiliated artists

*Among the Wolves (active) *Tim Bushong (active) *Chris Dickens (active) *InDeath:Alive (active) *Leper (active) *Our Corpse Destroyed (disbanded) *Josh Perkins (active) * Peter118 (active) *Rackets & Drapes (disbanded) *Relesser (active)

Discography

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