Sleaszy Rider Records is an

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which was founded in

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by Tolis G. Palantzas. The head office of the label is located in

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. The label is mainly distributed in Europe by

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. The label also distributes releases in Greece from numerous labels, including

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, SPV, and

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Artists

Current artists

*Aetherius Obscuritas *

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*Bomb and Scary *Cold Colours *

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*Darkwalker *Dedication *Depression *Desert *Dreamlike Horror *Duster 69 *Edge Of Anger *Fahrenheit *

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*Funeral Revolt * Fragile Vastness *

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*Hesperia *The Illusion Fades *In Memory *Irony *Jerkstore *Lipstixx N Bulletz * Liquid Graveyard *Lloth *The Lust *Nocta *Odious *Of the Archaengel *

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*Overtures *Posithrone *Prejudice *Psychotron * Redrum *

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*Sandness * Satarial *Shadowcast *Snowblind *Solar Fragment *Soulskinner *Sound of Silence *Space Mirrors *Spider Kickers * Thokkian Vortex *Through Art *

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*Vinder *Voodoo Highway *W.A.N.T.E.D. *W.E.B. *Weeping Silence

Former artists

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*D-Noiz *Deva Noctua Entropia *Deviser *En Garde *Enemynside * Fragile Vastness *Hannibal *Hellire B.C. * Hortus Animae *Imagika *Insidius Infernus *

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*Korrodead *Midnight Scream *Nordor *Obsecration *Overload *Phantom Lord *Pleurisy *Powertrip *Re-Vision *Rotting Flesh *Sangre Eterna *

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* Sorrowful Angels * Sotiris Lagonikas *Transcending Bizarre *

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*Uranus *

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*Windfall *Womb of Maggots

References

External links

Official Sleaszy Rider Records Homepage

Official Sleaszy Rider Records Myspace page
{{Authority control Greek independent record labels Record labels established in 1999 Heavy metal record labels 1999 establishments in Greece