Mausoleum Records
| Mausoleum Records | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Music Avenue Group |
| Active years | 1982-2016 |
| founder | Alfie Falckenbach |
| Seat |
Vilvoorde ( )
 |
| Label code | LC 08920 |
| Genre (s) | Heavy Metal , NWOBHM , Thrash Metal |
Mausoleum Records was a Belgian music label whose main focus was on heavy metal , NWOBHM and thrash metal . Geographically, most of the bands were located in Central Europe or North America. One of the few exceptions is Necromancia from Brazil.
history
The label was founded by Alfie Falckenbach in 1982, went bankrupt in 1986 and was re-established in 1990. When the major label BMG signed a US distribution deal for publications by the Belgian label in the mid-1990s , the US industry magazine Billboard Mausoleum Records named "one of the leading European hard rock labels". It later became a sub-label of the Music Avenue Group .
In July 2013, the account that had access to the domain mausoleum-records.com was suspended for the first time, at the beginning of 2017 the domain was finally for sale. In March 2016 it became known that label founder Falckenbach had died.
Publications (selection)
Albums
- Adam Bomb - New York Times (2002)
- After All - Mercury Rising (2003)
- Anvil - Worth the Weight ( MC , 1991)
- Atlain - Living in the Dark (1984)
- Ax Victims - Another Victim (1984)
- Blacklace - Get It While It's Hot (1985)
- Courageous - Inertia (2004)
- Crossfire - See You in Hell (1983)
- Custard - Wheels of Time (2005)
- Cutty Sark - The Tonight (1984)
- Darxon - Shout! (1992)
- Donor - Triangle of the Lost (1992)
- Faithful Breath - Gold'n'Glory (1984)
- Hawkwind - Utopia 1984 (1985)
- Hirax - New Age of Terror (2004)
- Hyades - The Roots of Trash (2009)
- Joey Belladonna - Belladonna (1985)
- Imagika - Devils on Both Sides (2005)
- Killer - Ready for Hell ( re-release , 1983)
- Killer - Wall of Sound ( re-release , 1983)
- Killer - Shock Waves (1984)
- Killer - Fatal Attraction (1990)
- Killer - Broken Silence (2003)
- Killer - Immortal (2005)
- Killer - Monsters of Rock (2015)
- Limelight - Ashes to Ashes ( re-released , 1984)
- Lions Breed - Damn the Night (1985)
- Max Pie - Eight Pieces (2013)
- Maggie's Madness - On Fire (1983)
- M-Pire of Evil - Crucified (2013)
- Necromancia - Check Mate (2004)
- Omen - Eternal Black Dawn (2003)
- Runamok - Freak Business (2007)
- StormHammer - Lord of Darkness (2004)
- Warlock - Burning the Witches (1984)
- Witchfynde - Cloak and Dagger (1983)
Others
- Acid - Metal Prisoners ( Split with Chinawite, Seducer and Factory, 1983)
- Andralls - Noisethrash Alive (Live album, 2006)
- Angel Witch - Angel Of Death: Live At The East Anglia Rock Festival ( Live album , 2006)
- Dirty Rotten Imbeciles - DRI Thrashkore Retrospektif ( Compilation , 2005)
- Flotsam and Jetsam - Live in Phoenix (Live album, 2005)
- GMT - One by One (EP, 1986)
- Herman Rarebell - Your Love Is Hurting ( Single , 2009)
- Lay Beltza - Fucking Dawn of the Dead (Single, 2008)
- Warlock - Without You / Burning the Witches (7 ″ single, 1983)
Web links
- Mausoleum Records at Discogs
- Mausoleum Records on MusicBrainz
- Mausoleum Records at Spirit of Metal
Individual evidence
- ↑ Killer history. In: users.telenet.be. Retrieved December 23, 2017 .
- ^ Tales from the Crypt . In: Billboard Magazin , October 21, 1995, p. 6 ( full text / preview in Google book search)
- ↑ The Label ( Memento from March 2, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) - short biography on music-avenue.net
- ↑ Account suspended ( memento from July 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Domain mausoleum-records.com for sale ( Memento from February 4, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Nasty Metal Productions: Rest In Peace Alfie Falckenbach on YouTube