Tragic Hero Records
| Tragic Hero Records | |
|---|---|
| Active years | since 2005 |
| founder | Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe, Jason Ganthner |
| Seat | Raleigh , North Carolina , United States |
| Website | http://www.tragic-hero.com/ |
| distribution | Alternative Distribution Alliance (ADA) |
| Genre (s) | Post-hardcore , metalcore , deathcore , emo , indie rock |
Tragic Hero Records is an independent label from Raleigh , North Carolina, founded in 2005 .
history
Tragic Hero was founded in 2005 in Raleigh , North Carolina by Tommy Lacombe, David Varnedoe and Jason Ganthner to represent the regional hardcore punk scene .
The first band to be signed to the label was Alesana . Also, A Skylit Drive and Iwrestledabearonce released their first CD in Tragic Hero. Alesana and He Is Legend , who were under contract with the label, published their most famous works there. He Is Legend later moved to Fearless Records . The label signs bands that play alternative rock , metalcore , emocore , screamo , post-hardcore and pop-punk . Various progressive rock and prog metal bands , as well as electronica groups, were also under contract with Tragic Hero.
Other well-known groups that were or are already under contract with Tragic Hero are Crossfaith , Letlive , We Are Defiance , This Romantic Tragedy , Confide , Eyes Like Diamonds , Motionless in White , Erra , Greeley Estates and Finch . Some of these bands made the next step through the label and switched to larger record companies. Some groups signed a record deal with Fearless Records, Epitaph Records and Sumerian Records . Other bands made it into the national charts with Tragic Hero Records. With The Dead Rabbitts , a supergroup is also under contract with Tragic Hero Records.
Bands
active
- A Skylit Drive
- Bad luck
- The Dead Rabbitts
- He is legend
- Illuminate Me
- Invent, Animate
- Nevada Rose
- Set to stun
- Sleep City
- Strawberry Girls
- We Are Defiance
Former
- Akissforjersey
- Alesana
- Armor for the Broken
- Box bomb
- Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
- Called to Arms
- Chasing Safety (as Us, From Outside )
- Confide
- Crossfaith
- Deathblow
- Delusions
- Erra
- Everyone Dies in Utah
- Eyes Like Diamonds
- A Faylene Sky
- The Fight Between Frames
- Finch
- Ghost of a Fallen Age
- Graves of Valor
- Greeley Estates
- In Other Words
- It's like love
- Iwrestledabearonce
- Kelsey and the Chaos
- Knives exchanging hands
- Letlive
- Miracle at St. Anna
- My Hero Is Me
- Scapegoat
- Telescreen
- The Morning Of
- This Romantic Tragedy
- To Speak of Wolves
- Motionless in white
- Sirens and Sailors
- Sky Eats Airplane
- We are giant
- Wrath and Rapture
- Yearling
- The Young Electric
- Your Name in Vain
swell
- ^ A b Company Profile: Tragic Hero Records. Alternative Press 250 (May 2009), p. 40.
- ↑ AbsolutePunk Interview: Tragic Hero Records. Absolutepunk.net [1]