Razorback Records
| Razorback Records | |
|---|---|
| Active years | since 1999 |
| founder | Billy Nocera |
| Seat |
Henderson ( Kentucky ),
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| Website | razorbackrecords.com |
| Genre (s) | Death Metal , Goregrind , Grindcore , Thrash Metal |
Razorback Records is a 1999 by Billy Nocera founded and now together (geehelichten in 2010) with his wife Vanessa-run American music label from Henderson in the state of Kentucky . The label specializes in more extreme forms of heavy metal , especially bands from the fields of death metal , goregrind and thrash metal .
history
The musical preferences of label founder Billy Nocera go back to the 1980s and early 1990s and include: a. Grave , Bolt Thrower , Carcass , Impetigo , Autopsy , Entombed , Kreator , Slayer, and early Metallica . The dissatisfaction with the music scene in the 1990s - too many epigones in his view - led to the long-cherished intention of setting up his own label in November 1999. Conceptually, he linked his second preference for horror films and comics. He had previously been with Be A Freak Records out a label, as well as its co-founder Jill with on death metal specialist label Mortal Coil Records .
The first release was "Death Metal Attack 2" by Engorged in 1999 , followed by two compilations . In the first five years 31 records were released, the 32nd was “Sinfonías Del Terror Ciego” by Machetazo .
distribution
According to the founder of the label, the type of music and some of the covers make distribution more difficult, as the sound carriers are not attractive to regular stationary retailers as underground music and the covers at Wal-Mart in the USA could lead to lawsuits. In Japan, on the other hand, sales are ideal. Elsewhere, Nocera explained that “sold phonograms” is only a limited benchmark for this type of music, since a substantial part is exchanged with other record companies. “Pressed phonograms” is therefore a more appropriate expression.
Out of personal as well as entrepreneurial convictions, Nocera rejects the distribution of sound carriers on vinyl: On the one hand, he prefers CDs and, on the other hand, it costs 2,000 USD to produce just 300 records. It is only attractive for Ebay sellers to sell "rare records".
Publications (selection)
Studio albums
- Claws : Absorbed in the Nethervoid (RR54, 2009)
- Engorged: Death Metal Attack 2 (RR01, 1999)
- FKÜ. : Metal Moshing Mad (RR42, 2007)
- Frightmare : Bringing Back the Bloodshed (RR36, 2006)
- General Surgery / The County Medical Examiners : General Surgery / The County Medical Examiners ( Split , RR17, 2003)
- Grave Ritual : Euphoric Hymns from the Altar of Death (RR62, 2010)
- Haemorrhage / Impaled : Dementia Rex (Split, RR20, 2003)
- Hooded Menace : Fulfill The Curse (RR47, 2008)
- Impetigo : Ultimo Mondo Cannibale (RR39, 2006)
- Machetazo : Sinfonías Del Terror Ciego (RR32, 2005)
- Intense Hammer Rage : Avagoyamugs (RR07, 2001)
- Vacant Coffin : Sewer Skullpture (RR51, 2008)
- 1999: Gore Is Your Master ( tribute album to Vomit Remnants , RR02)
- 1999: A Hog Wild-tale Of Terror (RR03)
- 2000: Wizards of Gore (Tribute album to Impetigo , RR06)
- 2004: The Horror Hive (RR28)
Web links
- Official website
- Razorback Records at Discogs
- Razorback Records on spirit-of-metal.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Scott Alisoglu: Interview with Billy Nocera of Razorback Records. In: teethofthedivine.com. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Kim Kelly: Skeletal Specter Interview: “By the Time I was 11 I was practicing Death Growls thanks to Glen Benton”. In: ironfistzine.com. June 28, 2013, accessed December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Derelict Waugh: Vanessa Nocera: "Mistress of Macabre Mayhem". In: wormwoodchronicles.net. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c Razorback Records. In: supremebrutality.net. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ a b Kunal N. Choksi: Interview with the adorable gorehog Billy Nocera of RAZORBACK RECORDS ( Memento from October 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). In: diabolicalconquest.com . September 25, 2008 (English).