Thrash Metal Record Labels
Old-school and modern thrash labels, from revival specialists to established imprints.
Thrash metal's label scene splits along a fairly clear generational line. Established imprints with decades of history — Metal Blade, Nuclear Blast, Century Media among them — still sign thrash, but usually as part of a broader metal roster rather than a thrash specialty, and typically from bands with existing momentum. Alongside them is a smaller, more focused population of labels built specifically around the mid-2010s-onward thrash revival: old-school-influenced acts leaning hard on the genre's 80s roots, often released on vinyl and cassette in a way that mirrors the era they're drawing from.
That revival/legacy split is worth checking against your own band's sound before submitting anywhere. A straightforward, riff-driven old-school thrash act and a more modern, crossover- or groove-influenced thrash band don't always land on the same labels' rosters, even though both are "thrash" on paper — a label's actual recent releases tell you more about which lane it's in than its genre tag does.
Thrash is also a genre where live activity and touring history carry real weight in how labels evaluate a band, more than in some slower or more studio-focused metal subgenres — the genre's energy has always been tied to its live reputation, and labels often want to see that a band can actually deliver before signing.
As always, a label's size, typical roster career stage, country, and real selectivity matter as much as genre fit. Comparing your band's specific style, stage, and goals against the full label database, not just a thrash tag, is the more reliable way to find where you actually belong.
Looking for a label for your thrash metal band? Genre is only one part of the match. Compare your style, career stage, location and other factors against labels in our database.
Record Labels Releasing Thrash Metal
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7hard
Germany
Hard Rock, AOR, Melodic Metal, Metalcore, Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Thrash Metal
7hard is the rock and metal imprint of 7us Media Group, an independent German music-services company based in Winnenden near Stuttgart. Operating alongside sister imprints covering pop, jazz, hip-hop and schlager, 7hard's roster spans hard rock and AOR through to metalcore, death, thrash and power metal, and its releases go out through distribution partners including ZYX Music, Cargo and Believe Digital.
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American Line Productions
Mexico
Death Metal, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal
American Line Productions (American Line Prods) is a Mexico City-based underground metal label and distro that has been operating since the early 1990s (its own channels give founding dates of both 1992 and 1993). It presses and distributes physical and digital releases across death, black, doom, thrash and heavy metal, with a roster that includes long-running Mexican acts alongside newer underground bands, and it continues to issue new titles into 2025 and 2026.
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Apostasy Records
Germany
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Extreme Metal
Apostasy Records is a German independent extreme metal label founded in November 2011 by Tomasz Wisniewski, initially releasing material from Burial Vault, Deadborn, and Obscenity. Since then it has grown into a roster of more than 30 current acts spanning death, black, and thrash metal, including Night in Gales, Defacing God, Carnivore A.D., and Martyrium, with a lengthy list of past artists reflecting over a decade of catalog activity. The label remains active in 2026, with recent releases from Defacing God, Carnivore A.D., and Eye Of Purgatory, and an upcoming Martyrium release scheduled for August 2026.
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Blood Harvest
Sweden
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal
Blood Harvest is a Swedish underground extreme metal label that has operated since 2004, specializing in death, black, and thrash metal. Its official Bandcamp catalog shows sustained activity through 2026, with releases from acts based in Sweden, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Czech Republic, spanning debut demos through longer-established underground bands.
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Caligari Records
United States
Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Raw Heavy Metal/Thrash
Caligari Records is a US-based (Tampa, Florida) underground metal label and distro founded in 2013. It releases extreme and underground metal, mostly on cassette in small print runs, and its catalog spans black, death, doom and raw heavy/thrash metal. The label has stayed prolific for over a decade, with new tape releases confirmed as recently as mid-2026.
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CDN Records
Canada
Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Deathcore, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
CDN Records is a Windsor, Ontario-based independent label that has operated continuously since 1990, when it began as a bedroom demo-trading operation under the name Civilian Death Network before rebranding. Over more than three decades it has built a catalogue running past 200 releases and co-releases, covering brutal death metal, deathcore, black metal, thrash and grindcore, and it runs its own web shop alongside a large current and alumni artist roster.
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Concreto Records
Mexico
Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal
Concreto Records is an independent Mexican record label and metal specialty store based in Xalapa, Veracruz, operating since 1997. It manufactures, distributes and promotes physical and digital releases primarily for Mexican and Latin American extreme metal acts spanning death, thrash, black and doom metal, and it also runs an instrumental sub-label (Tres) alongside CD manufacturing and retail operations. Metal Archives currently credits the label with 49 signed bands, and its own storefront shows an active release calendar running into 2026.
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Crawling Chaos
Germany
Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Crawling Chaos is a Cologne, Germany label founded in September 2014, built originally around black, death and thrash metal. Metal Archives currently lists it as active with roughly 29 signed bands, and its own site and Bandcamp page show ongoing releases, merch and distro sales, including a From The Vastland album scheduled for September 2026.
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Dying Victims Productions
Germany
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Traditional Heavy Metal, First-wave Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal
Dying Victims Productions is a German underground metal label based in Essen, founded in 2009 by Florian Grill as an outgrowth of his Thrash Attack fanzine. The label focuses on traditional heavy, speed, and thrash metal alongside first-wave black, death, and doom metal, and has built out its own vinyl/CD/cassette distro shop and a reissue imprint, Relics from the Crypt, for out-of-print classics.
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F.D.A. Records
Germany
Death Metal, Grindcore, Black Metal, Thrash Metal
FDA Records is a German independent record label and mailorder operation based in Wriezen, near Berlin, run by Rico Unglaube of the band Goregast. It was founded in 2006 as a DIY crust/grindcore label under the name F.D.A. Rekotz, later shifting stylistically toward classic death metal and rebranding as FDA Records. Today the label combines its own catalog of roughly 200 releases with a much larger third-party mailorder store (thousands of CD/DVD and vinyl titles across the extreme metal spectrum), with physical distribution handled by Cargo Records worldwide and MVD Entertainment Group in the US.
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Godz ov War Productions
Poland
Black Metal, Death Metal, Black/Death Metal, Doom Metal, Blackened Thrash/Death Metal
Godz ov War Productions is a Poland-based independent record label and mail-order shop specializing in black metal, death metal and related extreme subgenres. Its in-house release catalog spans well over 200 titles across vinyl, CD and cassette formats, with a roster that includes acts from Poland as well as Portugal, Greece, Peru, the UK and the USA. As of 2025 the label continues to issue new releases regularly, with recent titles from ZØRZA, PUTRID, KÖNIGREICHSSAAL, UPON THE ALTAR and CULTUM INTERITUM.
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Great Dane Records
France
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Doom Metal
Great Dane Records is a French extreme metal label based in Lille that has built a substantial catalog of death, black, thrash, and doom metal releases since the mid-2000s. It has grown from a regional imprint founded by two metal enthusiasts into a label with international distribution and a roster spanning dozens of current and past bands, and it continues to issue new releases regularly.
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Hammerheart Records
Netherlands
death metal, black metal, doom metal, folk metal, thrash metal
Hammerheart Records is a Dutch independent metal label, operating as Hammerheart Records BV out of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, since 1995. Now three decades in, it runs a large and varied roster spanning death, black, doom, folk and thrash metal, releasing physical formats (vinyl, CD, cassette) as well as digital editions, and it remains active with a steady cadence of new releases and artist signings.
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Helldprod Records
Portugal
Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash/Speed Metal, Doom Metal
Helldprod Records is a Portugal-based label and distribution operation running its own webshop for CD, vinyl, cassette, DVD and merch alongside a dedicated Bandcamp imprint. Its official social profiles (Linktree, Instagram) describe it as 'Supporting the Extreme Metal Underground since 1993,' though that tagline could not be independently confirmed as the label's formal founding date. Its Bandcamp catalog shows a compact but steadily updated roster of largely Portuguese and international underground acts spanning black metal, death metal, black-metal-punk, thrash/speed and doom, with releases continuing through 2025, including Black Mold's 'Antinomy' (December 2025) and Grog's 'Sphere Of Atrocities' (June 2025, co-released with Murder Records).
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Hells Headbangers Records
United States
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
Hells Headbangers Records is a US-based independent label and mail-order distributor from the Cleveland/Medina, Ohio area, founded by brothers Chase, Eric, and Justin Horval around 2000 and still releasing new extreme metal titles as of 2026. Its catalog centers on death metal, black metal, thrash metal, and grindcore, and its official Bandcamp lists well over 150 associated bands spanning both veteran and newer underground acts.
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High Roller Records
Germany
Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Doom Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
High Roller Records is an independent heavy metal label based in Werdau, Germany, operating since 2003. Its catalog spans NWOBHM, doom, speed and thrash metal, and the label is particularly recognized for high-quality vinyl reissues of classic and cult metal records, alongside new releases from a roster of current bands drawn largely from Europe and North America.
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Inverse Records
Finland
Melodic death metal, Death/doom metal, Black metal, Industrial metal, Symphonic metal, Thrash metal
Inverse Records is a Finnish record label and release agency based in Jyväskylä, providing promotion, distribution, and marketing services with a stated focus on heavier music. Alongside the core metal-oriented label, the company operates related sub-marks (Secret Entertainment for pop/rock and electronic music, Concorde Music Company for mixing/mastering/pre-production services). As of mid-2026 the label remains actively releasing new records, including titles from Soulgrind, Inthraced, and Ruoska within the preceding six months.
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Invictus Productions
Ireland
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal
Invictus Productions is a Dublin, Ireland-based underground metal label, mail order, distributor and concert promoter founded in 1999. Over more than two decades it has built an international roster spanning death, black and thrash metal, working with acts from the Americas, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and has collaborated with fellow underground labels such as Dark Descent Records and Iron Bonehead on joint releases.
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Iron Shield Records
Germany
Heavy Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Epic Metal
Iron Shield Records is a German independent metal label based in Berlin, founded in January 2010 by Frank 'Grete' Weiser and Thomas 'Duck' Dargel. Co-founder Weiser died unexpectedly in 2012, and Dargel has continued running the label, which describes its focus as old school/traditional Heavy, Speed, Thrash and Epic Metal with an explicit rejection of 'modern or trendy stuff.' The label works with a cooperation partner for promotion and a third party for distribution, and releases its catalog primarily on CD with select vinyl pressings. As of mid-2026 the label remains actively releasing new titles, with roughly ten CD/LP releases issued in 2025 alone across an international roster of around twenty active bands.
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Iron, Blood and Death Corporation
Mexico
Black Metal, Death Metal, Thrash Metal
Iron, Blood and Death Corporation (IBDC) is a Mexico City-based extreme metal label founded in 2005, specializing in black, death and thrash metal. It currently lists more than 50 signed bands drawn from across Latin America, Europe and beyond, and its documented catalogue runs to roughly 400 releases, with new full-lengths and EPs still appearing through 2026. Releases are sold as CD, vinyl, tape and digipack formats through the label's Big Cartel store, alongside a Bandcamp presence used for streaming and digital sales.
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Kernkraftritter Records
Germany
Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore
Kernkraftritter Records is a small, independently run German record label based in Wolfsburg, operated by Kay Potreck. Its catalog numbering began in 2012 with a Debauchery live DVD, following earlier, uncatalogued punk-related releases dating back to 2005, and the label's focus has since centered mainly on death metal alongside thrash, black metal and grindcore. As of mid-2026 its catalog runs past 130 numbered releases and the label continues to add new titles, working with an underground roster of largely German bands sold through its own webshop and official Bandcamp page.
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Listenable Records
France
death metal, black metal, thrash metal, extreme/progressive metal, hard rock / doom / stoner rock (secondary catalog)
Listenable Records is a France-based independent metal label whose official website dates its founding to 1997 (though the label's own Bandcamp profile states 1990). Over its history it has released material from internationally known extreme metal acts such as Gojira, Immolation, Aborted, Soilwork, Voivod, and Napalm Death, alongside classic reissues (e.g. Coroner) and a secondary line of hard rock, doom, and stoner rock releases. As of mid-2026 the label remains active, with new releases from Leatherwitch, Eternal Evil, and Locus Noir shipping in early-to-mid 2026.
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M & O Music
France
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic/Symphonic Metal
M&O Music is an independent label based in Montpellier, France, operating since 2009. Alongside its distribution and e-shop operations, it works as a music publisher handling synchronization licensing and neighboring-rights collection for its artists, and is closely tied to a sister artist-promotion agency, M&O Office. Its catalog is deliberately broad rather than narrowly specialized: current and past signings span thrash, death, black, metalcore, gothic and symphonic metal, plus progressive and alternative metal, alongside a separate pop-rock, indie and punk roster - reflecting a general independent-label model built around distribution and artist services rather than a single metal subgenre identity.
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M-Theory Audio
United States
Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Power Metal, Doom Metal, Black Metal, Folk Metal
M-Theory Audio is a Las Vegas, Nevada-based independent metal label founded by industry veteran Marco Barbieri (formerly of Century Media, Nuclear Blast US and Metal Blade), reported to have launched in 2017. Its current roster spans several metal subgenres, and the label's own catalog listings show a mix of new signings, digital singles, and vinyl reissues of previously released titles, with releases scheduled on a rolling basis.
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Massacre Records
Germany
heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, power metal, gothic/dark rock, hard rock
Massacre Records is a German independent metal label operating out of Untergruppenbach, near Stuttgart, under the legal name Massacre Records UG. Public sources place its founding around 1991. Today it runs a very large catalog of roughly 200 signed acts and keeps up a dense release schedule, with new albums arriving in almost every month of 2026, including a newly announced worldwide physical-release partnership with Behemoth alongside releases from acts such as Torian, The Order, Death Dealer, Eisregen and Atrocity.
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MDD Records
Germany
Folk/Melodic Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Power/Heavy Metal, Death Metal
MDD Records is a German metal label founded in 1993 in Baden-Württemberg, growing out of a cassette demo distribution service. Alongside its own mailorder shop, it runs the sub-label Black Sunset (launched 2017) and had released more than 200 albums across both imprints as of an October 2020 count. Its roster has included long-running underground acts such as Suidakra and newer signings such as Spanish power metal band Vhäldemar, spanning folk/melodic death metal, thrash, power/heavy metal and death metal. The label remained active into late 2024, releasing Suidakra's 'DarkanakraD' that November.
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Metal Blade Records
United States
death metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, metalcore/deathcore, doom metal
Metal Blade Records is one of the longest-running independent labels dedicated to heavy metal, founded in 1982 by Brian Slagel out of the Metal Massacre compilation series. Headquartered in Van Nuys, California, it has grown into a worldwide operation with additional offices in Germany, the UK, Canada, and Australia, and its current release schedule shows it remains highly active, putting out new records across death metal, melodic death metal, classic heavy metal, thrash, deathcore/metalcore, and doom on a near-weekly basis.
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Metal on Metal Records
Italy
Heavy Metal, Traditional/Epic Doom Metal, US Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal, Black/Thrash Metal, NWOBHM
Metal on Metal Records is an independent metal label founded in 2008 by Jowita Kaminska-Peruzzi and Simone A. Peruzzi, built around a deliberately narrow focus on old-school metal: classic heavy, traditional and epic doom, US power, speed, thrash, black/thrash and some old-school death metal. Its roster of roughly 30 active bands spans well beyond a single country, and the label maintains a modest, quality-over-quantity release pace of around seven CDs a year plus an annual compilation.
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Metalville
Germany
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Thrash Metal
Metalville is a Cologne, Germany-based rock and metal label founded in 2008 by Grave Digger vocalist Chris Boltendahl and former Nuclear Blast A&R Holger Koch. Publicly documented signings span veteran acts such as Ugly Kid Joe, Foghat, Lee Aaron and Dog Eat Dog alongside newer signings like UK thrashers Solitary and Luxembourg's Scarlet Anger, and the label's official webshop shows new releases scheduled through September 2026, indicating ongoing activity.
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Mexican Steel Prods
Mexico
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Doom Metal, Speed Metal
Mexican Steel Prods is an independent Mexico City-based label dedicated to releasing Mexican metal across thrash, death, black, doom, heavy and speed metal styles. Sources disagree on the exact founding date (2016 per Metal Archives, January 2017 per Discogs), but by either account the label has been operating for roughly a decade and has built an extensive catalog exceeding 60 releases.
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Mighty Music
Denmark
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal
Mighty Music is a Danish rock and metal label founded in Copenhagen in 1997, now operating under the umbrella of Target Group, which was established by the label's founders in 2003 and runs international promotion teams across several countries. Over nearly three decades it has built a roster of around fifty acts spanning classic hard rock, NWOBHM-lineage bands, thrash, melodic death/metalcore, and folk metal, working with both long-running names and newer signings from Denmark and abroad.
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Moribund Records
United States
Black metal, Death metal, Extreme metal (with thrash, doom, and pagan/viking metal elements)
Moribund Records is a US extreme metal label founded in 1993 and based in Port Orchard, Washington. Over more than three decades it has built one of the larger active rosters in the underground black/death metal scene, with dozens of current artists on its books and a catalog its own Bandcamp page puts north of 300 releases. The label remains actively releasing music into 2026, with new titles from artists such as Triskelyon and Malamorte.
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Napalm Records
Austria
heavy metal, hard rock, gothic/symphonic metal, power metal, folk/pagan metal, death/thrash metal, metalcore, industrial/nu metal
Napalm Records is an Austrian record label founded in Eisenerz in 1992 by Markus Riedler, which grew from a small home-based operation into what it describes as the world's largest independent rock and heavy metal label. It now maintains offices in Austria, Germany and the United States, has released more than 1,000 albums, and represents a roster of over 200 acts spanning genres from folk and pagan metal to gothic, symphonic, power, death, thrash and metalcore.
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Nuclear Blast Records
Germany
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Industrial Metal
Founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany, Nuclear Blast has grown from a punk and hardcore imprint into one of the largest independent metal labels in the world, now operating with subsidiaries in the US and Brazil and a roster of roughly 120 contracted bands spanning thrash, death, black, power and symphonic metal, among other styles. As of August 2026 the label continues to release new material regularly, including albums from Anthrax, Turmion Kätilöt and Madball, and recently added the reunited band Down to its roster.
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Osmose Productions
France
black metal, death metal, thrash metal
Osmose Productions is a French extreme metal label operating continuously since 1991, run out of Poitiers, France. Over more than three decades it has built one of the largest and most recognized rosters in black, death, and thrash metal, releasing material from acts such as Immortal, Marduk, Samael, and Enslaved, and it remains active with a steady release schedule of new albums and catalog reissues into 2026.
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Pitch Black Records
Cyprus
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Hard Rock, Thrash/Death Metal
Pitch Black Records is a small, independent Cypriot label based in Nicosia. Public sources place its founding at either 2007 (per Wikipedia and the label's own site footer copyright) or 2008 (per the label's own About page text), so the exact founding year is unresolved. The label's current roster and release schedule, most recently including new albums from Sinsid and Stonecast in mid-2026, show it remains active and focused primarily on heavy and power metal with room for hard rock and heavier, more extreme styles.
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Pulverised Records
Singapore
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal
Pulverised Records is a Singapore-based extreme metal label founded in 1996, focused on death, black, and thrash metal. Still active as of 2026, it runs its own webstore, distributes releases for 40+ partner labels, and maintains a current roster of roughly 50 signed acts spanning countries including Sweden, the USA, Chile, Iceland, Greece, Indonesia, and Japan alongside Singapore itself.
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Punishment 18 Records
Italy
Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal
Punishment 18 Records is an independent Italian record label based in Miagliano, in the province of Biella, founded in September 2005. It operates alongside a sub-imprint, The Spew Records, and has built a large back catalog of releases centered on thrash, heavy and death metal. As of this check the label remains active, with recent album announcements from roster acts Anthenora and Ibridoma and a live show marking its 20th anniversary.
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Reaper Entertainment
Germany
heavy metal, thrash metal, power metal, folk metal, melodic death metal, gothic/dark rock
Reaper Entertainment is a German metal and rock label founded in 2017 by Florian Milz and Greg Rothermel, later joined by Summer Breeze festival founder Achim Ostertag. It has grown from a self-funded, DIY startup into a label with Universal Music distribution and a roster of more than 40 active artists spanning heavy, thrash, power, folk and gothic-leaning metal and rock, with new releases scheduled into December 2026.
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Redefining Darkness Records
United States
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death-Doom, Grindcore
Redefining Darkness Records is an independent extreme metal label based in Cleveland, Ohio, founded in May 2015. Metal Archives lists it as active with a current roster of 66 bands, and its own Bandcamp catalog shows a steady release schedule running from 2025 into late 2026, including a new album from long-running act Tombs and an upcoming record from UK death-metal band The Bleeding.
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Rockshots Records
Italy
power metal, death metal, thrash metal, epic metal
Rockshots Records is an Italian record label (legally operated as RS Music s.a.s.) founded in 2016 to discover and promote heavy metal talent. Its catalog spans power, death, thrash and epic metal, released on CD and vinyl, with a roster made up largely of lesser-known and emerging acts such as Heavenfall, Torchia, Tryglav and Dust. As of mid-2026 the label remains active, with a steady run of releases through the year and ongoing social media activity.
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Scarlet Records
Italy
power metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, death metal
Scarlet Records is an independent Italian record label based in Melegnano, near Milan, founded in 1998 by Filippo Bersani. Metal Archives and the label's own catalog page both confirm the label remains active, with more than two decades of releases spanning power metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, and thrash/death metal. Its roster mixes long-tenured names such as Dragonland, Hatesphere, Eldritch, Dark Moor, DGM, and Labyrinth with newer signings like Shadowborne and Terra Atlantica, and the official releases page shows a steady run of new albums scheduled into late 2026.
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Soulseller Records
Netherlands
black metal, death metal, doom metal, thrash metal
Soulseller Records is a Dutch independent label, registered in Hilversum, North Holland, that according to secondary sources has operated since 1999. It releases extreme metal across black, death, doom and thrash metal styles, with a catalog that as of August 2026 includes both established acts such as Mayhem and Grave and newer bands such as Deathcult and Mørkgrim. The label runs its own mailorder and an official Bandcamp store alongside its main website, and its release schedule through mid-to-late 2026 shows regular new titles and reissues.
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Stormspell Records
United States
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Stormspell Records is an independent record label and distro based in San Jose, California, founded in February 2006. Its catalog centers on classic-style heavy, power, speed, and thrash metal: reissuing rare 1980s recordings under series like Dark Lore, Days of Yore, and Silken Spell, alongside newer bands working in the same retro tradition, such as Blazon Stone, WrathForge, and Wolfshead. Metal Archives lists the label as active, with roughly 60 bands on its current roster and new titles still appearing through 2026.
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Tribulación Productions
Colombia
Black Metal, Death Metal, Blackened Death/Thrash Metal, Occult Metal
Tribulación Productions is a Colombian underground metal label and distribution operation based in Medellín, active since 1990. Its catalog spans black, death, and blackened thrash metal, built largely on licensed reissues and releases from established underground bands such as Acherontas, Jenglot, Stutthof, and Lamentaciones, with new titles documented as recently as 2026.
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Via Nocturna
Poland
Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient, plus a wide range of adjacent styles across the roster (thrash, grindcore, progressive, folk, symphonic and gothic metal)
Via Nocturna is a Polish label based in Opole that, per its own history page, began in 2004 as an online metal webzine before becoming a record label with its first release in 2006. It says it built a catalog of 200+ releases and worked with roughly 200 artists in the years that followed, and states that at the start of 2022 it shifted focus toward broader production-studio services - CD/vinyl/cassette manufacturing, merch, PR, cover art, and web/e-commerce - offered to artists and companies alongside its ongoing release schedule. Its current Metal Archives-listed roster spans roughly 68 active bands across black, death, doom and dark ambient metal plus several adjacent styles, drawn mostly from Poland but also dozens of other countries, and the label continues to release new full-lengths and EPs into 2026.
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Witches Brew
Germany
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal
Witches Brew is a German underground metal label founded in 2002 by Cheryl Schindler, who previously ran the online zine The Metal Gospel and started the label after being impressed by unsigned bands' demos. More than two decades later it's still active, operating today mainly as a combined label/distro webshop out of the Regensburg area, putting out physical CDs, vinyl and tapes for thrash, speed, heavy, death, black and doom metal bands - with new titles from acts like Inferno Nuclear, Steelballs and Fatal Punishment appearing as recently as July-August 2026.
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Xtreem Music
Spain
Death Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal
Xtreem Music is a Spanish, Madrid-based independent record label centered on death metal, with releases also spanning black metal, grindcore, doom and thrash. Per its own About Us page, it continues a lineage of extreme-metal labels run by Dave Rotten (vocalist of Avulsed): Drowned Productions (1990-1994), then Repulse Records (1994-2002), with Xtreem Music emerging once Repulse Records folded. The label remains active into 2026, with new releases from bands such as Paganizer, Megascavenger and Sorcery, and it runs its own 'Full Of Metal' mailorder and distribution operation.
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