Sound Riot Records is an independent record label founded in March 1994 in

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. The company started as a small mailorder service for demo-tapes and 7"EPs. In the same year, the CD distribution started and Sound Riot Records became the official distributor for

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s such as Displeased, Misanthropy, Holy, No Fashion,

Cold Meat Industry Cold Meat Industry was a Swedish independent record label established in 1987 by Roger Karmanik, which specialized in niche music genres such as dark ambient, death industrial, and neoclassical dark wave. History From its inception, Cold ...

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, and among others. The idea to running an own

came during 1995 and the debut release came out in March 1996. In March 1999, they decided to move to

. Since then, the company is based in

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and they have signed various European

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doom Doom is another name for damnation. Doom may also refer to: People * Doom (professional wrestling), the tag team of Ron Simmons and Butch Reed * Daniel Doom (born 1934), Belgian cyclist * Debbie Doom (born 1963), American softball pitcher * ...

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and

power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in contra ...

bands such as Tristwood, Requiem, Chain Collector, Excalion,

Infernum Infernum is a Polish black metal band founded in 1992 in Wrocław by Grzegorz Jurgielewicz (also known as "Anextiomarus" and "Karcharoth") and Tom Balrog playing also in Oppressor and, at present, in Baphomet's Throne. Their debut, ''Taur-Nu-Fu ...

, Frostmoon and

Svartsyn Svartsyn is a black metal band from Sweden formed in 1991 by multi instrumentalist, singer and lyricist Ornias. History The band formed in 1991 as Chalice, but changed their name to Svartsyn in 1993 after the death of original drummer Torment ...

Artists

*Burialmound * Chain Collector *Demon Child * Excalion * Frostmoon *Ghost Machinery *Grand Alchemist *Grayscale *Holocaust * Inborn Suffering *Incinerator *

*Madog *Nightside *Requiem *Rupture Christ *Satans Blood *Shadow Season *

* Tristwood *Unchained *Vicious * VII Gates *Wish

External links

Official websiteSound Riot Records at Myspace.comSound Riot Records at DiscogsSound Riot Records at Rate Your Music
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