Lethal Records
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| Active years | 1991-1997 |
| founder | Michael Piesch |
| Seat | Vienna , Austria |
| Genre (s) | Extreme metal |
Lethal Records was an Austrian independent label specializing in extreme metal . The label was founded by Michael Piesch and was based in Vienna.
Label history
Lethal Records was founded by Michael Piesch and put its focus on extreme metal, primarily death and black metal from the Finnish and Austrian scene. Piesch himself was active as a musician, for example for the band Werwolf under the pseudonym Hagen. He also produced some albums for bands on his label, including Pervertums Creature of Ungod . One of the most famous releases is the album Thousand Swords by Graveland . After an interview with Rob Darken in the German Ablaze magazine, in which Darken made right-wing extremist statements, Piesch canceled the record deal with Graveland.
Lethal Records was considered a "rip-off" in the scene. Piesch was accused of not paying the bands, but Cadaverous Condition, for example, did not agree with this statement. The Finnish band Belial from Impaled Nazarene's environment released a demo on the fantasy label Bring Me the Head of Michael Piesch Records. Due to financial problems, the label ceased operations in 1997; The Funeral Winds debut album Godslayer Xul , announced for 1995, was only released in 1998 through Daimonion because of the bankruptcy of Lethal Records and the arrest of Funeral Winds member Hellchrist Xul for attempted homicide. The last publication was the electro - country project Wipeout by Wolfgang Fadi Dorninger .
Publications (selection)
- 1992: Belial · Wisdom of Darkness
- 1992: Unholy · From the Shadows (EP)
- 1992: Hellwitch · Terrasymmetry (EP)
- 1993: Alchemist · Jar of Kingdom
- 1993: Cadaverous Condition · In Melancholy
- 1993: Black Crucifixion · Promethean Gift
- 1994: Disastrous Murmur · Torture
- 1994: Acheron · Lex Talionis
- 1994: Eminence · Exorial
- 1995: Cadaverous Condition · "For Love" I Said
- 1995: Belphegor · The Last Supper
- 1995: Pervertum · Creature of Ungod
- 1995: Graveland · Thousand Swords
- 1995: Werewolf Turn of Time - Only the Strong Survive ... War / Inferno
- 1997: Wipeout · Country & Western
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Interview with Cadaverous Condition. Rusmetal.ru, accessed December 8, 2012 .
- Jump up ↑ Swords of Hatred . Interview with Rob Darken. Ablaze No. 6 September / October 1996. pp. 52f.
- ^ Statement by Michael Piesch. Ablaze No. 6 September / October 1995. p. 6
- ^ Christian Dornbusch , Hans-Peter Killguss: Unheilige Alliances . Black Metal between Satanism, Paganism and Neo-Nazism. Unrast Verlag , Münster 2005, ISBN 3-89771-817-0 , p. 240 .
- ^ Bring Me the Head of Michael Piesch Records. Spirit of Metal, accessed December 29, 2012 .
- ^ Black Metal War . In: Ablaze , No. 5, May / June 1995, p. 7.
- ^ Black Metal Cult ( Memento of February 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 28, 2013.
- ^ Wipeout - Country & Western. Discogs , accessed December 29, 2012 .