Massacre Records is an

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

based in

Abstatt Abstatt () is a municipality in the district of Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. Geography Abstatt is situated in the south of the district of Heilbronn at the Schozach river. Heilbronn is about to the northwest. Neighb ...

, Germany, that specializes in bands of the heavier genres of

metal A metal (from ancient Greek, Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electrical resistivity and conductivity, e ...

. The label was founded in 1991 by Torsten Hartmann. Connected to Massacre Records is the marketing and music wholesale Metal Merchant, the sub-labels Blue Rose Records and Gutter Records for the singer/songwriter genre and for German metal respectively and the music publisher Sylvian Music. Massacre Records also distributes the albums of the

gothic metal Gothic metal (or goth metal) is a fusion genre combining the aggression of heavy metal with the dark atmospheres of gothic rock. The music of gothic metal is diverse with bands known to adopt the gothic approach to different styles of heavy meta ...

label MCM Music. From 1995 to 2000, Massacre Records maintained the sub-label Swanlake Records for its gothic metal and

folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for exam ...

output. The best-known artists published on Swanlake were Skyclad, Atrocity,

Theatre of Tragedy Theatre of Tragedy was a Norwegian band from Stavanger, active between 1993 and 2010. They are best known for their earlier albums, which influenced the gothic metal genre. History Formation (1993) Theatre of Tragedy was founded on 2 October 19 ...

and

Liv Kristine Liv Kristine Espenæs (born 14 February 1976) is a Norwegian singer who has performed and composed songs mostly for various subgenres of heavy metal music. She started her career in the music industry as a vocalist for the gothic metal band Thea ...

. The best-selling albums released by Massacre are: '' Velvet Darkness They Fear'' and '' Aégis'' by Theatre of Tragedy and '' Werk 80'' by Atrocity.

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Current

Atrophy Atrophy is the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body. Causes of atrophy include mutations (which can destroy the gene to build up the organ), poor nourishment, poor circulation, loss of hormonal support, loss of nerve supply ...

Coronatus Coronatus is a German gothic metal band, formed in Ludwigsburg in 1999. Fronted by two female singers with contrasting voices and styles, the band has released ten studio albums since 2007. ''Recreatio Carminis'' and ''Secrets of Nature'' are ...

Crematory A crematorium or crematory is a venue for the cremation of the dead. Modern crematoria contain at least one cremator (also known as a crematory, retort or cremation chamber), a purpose-built furnace. In some countries a crematorium can also b ...

*Dark Embrace * Debauchery * Disbelief *Embryonic Autopsy * Eternal Tears of Sorrow * Hatriot * Helstar * Jotnar *Messiah's Kiss * Raunchy *Seelenwalzer *

Tears of Martyr Tears Of Martyr is a Spanish symphonic metal band from Las Palmas. The band was formed in 1996. Their latest album ''Tales'' was released with Massacre Records on April 26, 2013. History The band was formed in 1996 in Las Palmas, Spain. In 199 ...

Toxik Toxik is an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in Peekskill, New York. After breaking up for the first time in 1992 and briefly reuniting in 2007, the band reformed once again in 2013. Toxik has gone through several lineup changes over ...

* Wizard *

Viper Solfa Viper Solfa is a Norwegian extreme / gothic metal band from Kristiansand, Norway. It was founded in 2013 by Ronny Thorsen, once the symphonic black metal band Trail of Tears was separated. History After almost two decades of to exist Trail o ...

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Former

Dark Millennium ''Dark Millennium'' is an out-of-print collectible card game. It's the successor to the Horus Heresy and set in the fictional '' Warhammer 40,000'' universe. The base card set was launched in October 2005 by Sabertooth Games. Storyline Events ...

* Edenbridge *

Mortal Love Mortal Love was a Norwegian metal band from the city of Elverum, formed in 2000. Their sound made combined use of soprano and tenor vocals, whilst placing emphasis on a consistent rhythm section with heavy guitars, piano and synthesizer melodie ...

Veni Domine Veni Domine was a Christian progressive doom metal band founded in Sollentuna, Sweden in 1987. The band split up on 20 September 2014. Veni Domine combined down-tempo melodic heavy metal, symphonic metal and doom metal with occasional touches ...

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