Subliminal Groove Records is an independent
record label focused on niche
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 ...
bands. The label was founded in
Montreal, Quebec,
Canada in 2012 by Justin Lee and has developed a reputation for signing progressive and underground artists. It is most active in
online distribution and
social media, while expansions of physical presence are planned.
History
Subliminal Groove Records was founded by Justin Lee in 2012 shortly after his graduation from
McGill University and while on tour with Stormwalker, Ascariasis, and The Afterimage. Lee formed the label with the goal of bringing together unsigned underground metal artists and promoting them to a wider audience and has noted that this, and not profit, is his primary goal in running the label. Consequently he works a full-time job unrelated to Subliminal Groove Records and manages the label after his work hours. The label's name was inspired by the sounds Lee hoped to promote, which he has summarized as
progressive metal with some
djent tones.
SGR transferred ownership to Nico Mirolla of Kardashev in 2017. In 2018, SGR dismissed all contracts entered an indefinite hiatus.
Music
From its formation, Subliminal Groove Records searched for distinctive underground metal bands to support. The first artists the label signed were The Room Colored Charlatan, Stormwalker, and Ascariasis, followed by Foreboding Ether, The Engineered, and Ovid's Withering.
The label continued to sign numerous other artists including Kardashev, Nexilva, and Separatist.
The genres represented on Subliminal Groove Records' roster can be described as combinations of
progressive metal,
black metal
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,
technical metal
Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...
,
deathcore, and
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
, with
melodic and
orchestral elements.
Roster
Current artists
None
Former artists
* Ascariasis
* Delusions of Grandeur
* Kardashev
* littledidweknow
* Lorelei
* Ovid's Withering
* Xehanort
* Foreboding Ether
* As Oceans
* Change of Loyalty
* The Engineered
* The Healing
* Nemertines
* Nexilva
* The Parallel
* The Room Colored Charlatan
*
Separatist
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* Vitalism
* Stormwalker
References
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Canadian independent record labels
Black metal record labels
Death metal record labels