Ferret Music was an American
independent record label
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turned
Warner Music Group
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subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by
NORA
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* Nora (name), a feminine given name
People with the surname
* Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
* Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian
Places Australia
* Norah Head, New South Wales, headlan ...
's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in
West Windsor, New Jersey
West Windsor is a township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. Located within the Raritan Valley region, the township is an outer-ring suburb of New York City in the New York metropolitan area, as defined by the United States Census B ...
. Ferret recently started an imprint called New Weathermen Records. Warner Music Group's Alternative Distribution Alliance acquired a stake in Ferret Music in August, 2006,
and as a result is currently distributed by Fontana Distribution, Alternative Distribution Alliance and eOne Music.
As of September 12, 2007, Ferret partnered with an uprising
extreme metal
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and
hardcore punk
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label out of the UK, Siege of Amida Records (S.O.A.R.). S.O.A.R will retain
A&R responsibilities. On February 18, 2010 Carl Severson and his business partner at Ferret and ChannelZERO, Paul Conroy, announced their departure from the company to start
Good Fight Entertainment
Good Fight Entertainment is a business conglomerate that was founded in 2010. The company consists of a record label, band management, sports management, a clothing line and an art studio. Good Fight was founded by Paul Conroy and Carl Severson wh ...
, a management company with music and sports divisions along with a new record label.
Ferret's official website was last updated in 2009, adding to speculation that the label is defunct. According to Scott Mellinger, lead guitarist for
Zao, Ferret Records sold to Warner Music while Severson went on to start Good Fight.
Past artists
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36 Crazyfists
36 Crazyfists were an American metalcore band formed in Anchorage, Alaska in 1994. The band's name comes from the Hong Kong martial arts film ''36 Crazy Fists'' (1977) starring Jackie Chan. To date they have released eight studio albums.
Histor ...
(active, on Spinefarm Records)
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A Life Once Lost
A Life Once Lost was an American metal band based in Pennsylvania.
History
A Life Once Lost formed in 1999 in a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. After the release of their first album, '' Open Your Mouth for the Speechless... in Case of ...
(disbanded)
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A Static Lullaby
A Static Lullaby was an American post-hardcore band that formed in Chino Hills, California, in 2001.
History
Early years and formation (2001–2002)
A Static Lullaby came together after a high school jam session led to the members to quit the ...
(active, unsigned)
* All Chrome (disbanded)
* Annotations of an Autopsy (active, unsigned)
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Blood Has Been Shed
Blood Has Been Shed was an American metalcore band based in Granby, Connecticut. The band came together in 1997 and has featured members of Killswitch Engage, Diecast, Light the Torch, Red Tide, Terror, Walls of Jericho, Bury Your Dead and ...
(disbanded)
* Boris The Blade (disbanded)
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Boys Night Out (active, with Good Fight Music)
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Burnt by the Sun
''Burnt by the Sun'' (russian: Утомлённые солнцем, translit. ''Utomlyonnye solntsem'', literally "wearied by the sun") is a 1994 film by Russian director and screenwriter Nikita Mikhalkov and Azerbaijani screenwriter Rustam ...
(disbanded)
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blessthefall
Blessthefall (stylized as blessthefall or BLESSTHEFALL prior to 2013) was an American metalcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, signed to Rise Records. The band was founded in 2004 by guitarist Mike Frisby, drummer Matt Traynor, and bassist and v ...
(active, on
Rise Records)
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Cataract
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(disbanded)
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Chimaira
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(disbanded)
* Dead Hearts (disbanded)
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Disembodied (active, on Good Fight Music)
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The Devil Wears Prada (active, on
Solid State Records
Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...
)
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Elysia (disbanded)
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Eternal Lord
Eternal Lord was an English deathcore band that formed in 2005 and disbanded in 2009.
History
Eternal Lord was formed in 2005 by the remaining band members of The Hunt for Ida Wave and Burning Skies. Shortly after an EP was released featuring ...
(disbanded)
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Every Time I Die
Every Time I Die was an American metalcore band from Buffalo, New York, formed in 1998. For most of the band's career, the line-up was centred on brothers Keith (vocals) and Jordan Buckley (guitar), as well as rhythm guitarist Andy Williams wi ...
(disbanded)
* For the Love of... (active)
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Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam is an American rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio formed in 2004. , the band's lineup consists of lead vocalist Eric Nally, pianist Sky White, trumpeter and backing vocalist Alex Nauth, bassist Trigger Warning, guitarist Devin Williams a ...
(active, with
I.R.S. Records)
*
From Autumn to Ashes
From Autumn to Ashes is a post-hardcore band based in Long Island, New York. The group formed in 2000 under the name Who's to Blame. While the band had gone through many line-up changes, the members include Francis Mark (lead vocals, drums), S ...
(active, unsigned)
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Full Blown Chaos
Full Blown Chaos is a metalcore band from Floral Park, Queens, New York. According to the band, their whole direction "is to keep a wide range of music, not to necessarily pigeonhole ourselves into metal or hardcore". They are well respected in ...
(active on Ironclad Recordings)
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Funeral for a Friend
Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001 and currently consists of Matthew Davies-Kreye (lead vocals), Kris Coombs-Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, backing vocals), Darran Smith ...
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Gwen Stacy
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(disbanded)
* Harvest (active)
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Heavy Heavy Low Low
Heavy Heavy Low Low is an American mathcore band from San Jose, California.
Biography
Formed in early 2004 in San Jose, California, they played shows throughout the West Coast and developed a significant following, becoming known in the early ...
(disbanded)
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Hellmouth
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(active, on Paper+Plastick Records)
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In Flames
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal.
During t ...
(active, with
Nuclear Blast Records
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)
*
Ice Nine Kills
Ice Nine Kills (sometimes stylized in all capital letters or abbreviated to INK, and formerly known as Ice Nine) is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, who are signed to Fearless Records. Best known for its horror-inspir ...
(active, with
Fearless Records
Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the ''Fearless Flush Sampler'' and ''Punk Bites'' releas ...
)
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Johnny Truant
Johnny Truant was a British metalcore band, formed in 2000 under the name Severance. The band recorded three demos under this moniker before renaming themselves after one of the main characters of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel ''House of Leave ...
(disbanded)
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Killswitch Engage
Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...
(active, with
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...
)
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Knights of the Abyss
Knights of the Abyss are an American deathcore band from Glendale, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona, United States, formed in 2005.
Biography
Knights of the Abyss was formed in 2005 after drummer Andy Rysdam had left his former band Job for a Cowboy. ...
(on hiatus since 2012)
* Luddite Clone (disbanded)
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Ligeia
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(on hiatus)
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LoveHateHero
LoveHateHero was a rock band formed in Burbank, California in 2004 by vocalist Pierrick Berube, guitarists Josh Newman and Mark Johnston, bassist Paris Bosserman, and drummer Bryan Ross. They were signed to Ferret Music and released three albums ...
(disbanded)
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Lower Definition (disbanded)
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Madball
Madball is an American New York hardcore band formed in New York City, that originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front. The band developed after Agnostic Front's front man Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Fr ...
(active, with Good Fight Music)
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Martyr A.D.
Martyr A.D. is an American metalcore band formed in late 1999 from former members of the band Disembodied. Joel Johnson (guitar), Tara Johnson (bass) and Justin Kane (drums) joined with newcomers Charlie Johnson (guitar) and Mike Fisketti (vo ...
(disbanded)
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Maylene and the Sons of Disaster
Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is an American heavy metal band from Birmingham, Alabama. The group were founded in 2004, shortly after vocalist Dallas Taylor's departure from Underoath. In 2005, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster signed to Mon ...
(active, Independent)
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Misery Signals
Misery Signals is an American-Canadian metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002.
History Formation (2002–2003)
Misery Signals was formed after the disbanding of several bands, including 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Hamartia, and Compromise. Having p ...
(active, with Basick Records)
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NORA
Nora, NORA, or Norah may refer to:
* Nora (name), a feminine given name
People with the surname
* Arlind Nora (born 1980), Albanian footballer
* Pierre Nora (born 1931), French historian
Places Australia
* Norah Head, New South Wales, headlan ...
(active, with
Good Fight Music
Good Fight Entertainment is a business conglomerate that was founded in 2010. The company consists of a record label, band management, sports management, a clothing line and an art studio. Good Fight was founded by Paul Conroy and Carl Severson wh ...
)
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Poison the Well (on hiatus)
* Remembering Never (active, with Dead Truth Recordings)
* Revolution Mother (on hiatus)
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Scarlet (on hiatus)
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See You Next Tuesday (Active, unsigned)
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Shadows Fall
Shadows Fall is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996. Although Shadows Fall has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career, Shadows Fall has been composed of Jon Donais (lead guitar, b ...
(on hiatus)
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Skycamefalling
Skycamefalling are an American metalcore band from Long Island, New York. Formed in 1996, the band released three EPs and one full-length album from 1996 to 2003. After going through several lineup changes (mainly several drummers and bassists), ...
(disbanded)
* Suicide Note (disbanded)
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The Banner (active, with Good Fight Music)
* The Break (disbanded)
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The Bronx
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(active, with White Drugs)
* The Hottness (disbanded)
*
The Rise (active, with ReIgnition Records)
* Torn Apart (active, unsigned)
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Twelve Tribes
The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, throu ...
(disbanded)
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Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
(disbanded)
*
Underneath the Gun (disbanded)
* Upon Disfigurement (on hiatus)
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xBishopx
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(active, with Dead Truth Recordings)
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Waking the Cadaver
Waking the Cadaver is an American death metal band from Sayreville, New Jersey, formed in 2006. Originally called Death to Honor, the band released one demo in 2004 before changing their name to Waking the Cadaver in 2006. The band has release ...
(active, with Unique Leader Records)
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Zao (active, currently unsigned)
S.O.A.R. artists
* Against the Flood
* Ageless Oblivion
* Annotations of an Autopsy (Also on
Nuclear Blast
Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...
)
* Ancient Ascendant
* Armed for Apocalypse
* As They Burn
* Awaken Demons
* Belial
* Betraeus
* Cult Cinema
* Dead Beyond Buried
* Demoraliser
* Diskreet
* Dripback
* Dyscarnate
* Eradication
*
Heart in Hand
* Ingested
* Malevolence
* Martyr Defiled
* The Breathing Process
* The Bridal Procession
* TRC
* Waking The Cadaver
Past S.O.A.R Artists
* A Girl a Gun a Ghost (disbanded)
* Belie My Burial (active, unsigned)
* Chaos Blood (disbanded)
* Chase the Sunset (formerly known as Endurance of Hate)(Active, Unsigned)
* Clone the Fragile (disbanded)
* Dignity Dies First (disbanded)
* Forever Never (active, Unsigned)
*
Impending Doom
Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a five piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining member ...
(active, with eONE music)
* Implosive Disgorgence (disbanded)
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Knights of the Abyss
Knights of the Abyss are an American deathcore band from Glendale, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona, United States, formed in 2005.
Biography
Knights of the Abyss was formed in 2005 after drummer Andy Rysdam had left his former band Job for a Cowboy. ...
(disbanded)
* Last House on the Left (Active, Unsigned)
* My Cross to Bare (reformed 2021)
* Rose Funeral (active, with
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...
)
* The Adept (active, unsigned)
* The Irish Front (disbanded)
* The Partisan Turbine (disbanded)
* The Plasmarifle (active, unsigned)
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The Red Death
The Red Death was an American extreme metal band from Bath, New York.
History
Formed in 2002 after the demise of Another Day Forgotten by singer Paul Hamblin, guitarist Josh Williammee, and drummer Graham Mitchell, the original lineup was round ...
(disbanded)
*
The Red Shore
The Red Shore are an Australian deathcore band from Geelong, Victoria, formed in 2004. They signed to Big Phat Adelaide Records and Modern Music in 2006 and released their first EP, '' Salvaging What's Left''. In late 2007, the band raised na ...
(disbanded)
* Titans (disbanded)
* Viatrophy (disbanded)
* Wecamewithbrokenteeth (disbanded in 2008, reformed in 2009 and then disbanded again in 2010)
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Whitechapel
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(active, with
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...
)
See also
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List of record labels
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References
Other sources
Warner Music Group news releaseAugust 7, 2006
*Martens, Todd, "Ferret's New Partner", ''Billboard'', 00062510, September 2, 2006, Vol. 118, Issue 35
External links
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