- Great White North Records
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Great White North Records Founded 1999 Founder Rémi Côté and Stephan Bélanger Status Defunct Genre Extreme metal, heavy metal Country of origin Canada Location Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada Official Website http://www.gwnrecords.com/ (inactive) Great White North Records was a Canadian independent record label founded in 1999 and dissolved in 2006. It was founded by Rémi Côté and Stephan Bélanger and focused on promoting metal. Though the label released music by bands from around the world, it was a notable outlet and supporter of Canadian metal.
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History
Over the course of its existence GWN had a European outlet in the Netherlands (Great White North Records Europe) which manufactured select GWN releases for its own market, a French distribution office (GWN Records France) and spawned two sub-labels: Grind It! Records (for grindcore and crust) and Demÿsteriis (for black metal and other dark music).[1] Productions Nouvelle France was also started with partner's in France, specializing in French rock and punk. In late 2003 the European outlet separated from the Canadian branch due to "differences in company politics."[2]
On December 3, 2003 Rémi opened a record store in Montreal called Profusion: Le Metal Store. The record label operations were run out of the same offices.[3] In March 2006, Rémi Côté decided to leave Great White North Records to "concentrate on [his] store, [his] traveling addiction and various new projects."[4] That July, only a few months later, Great White North closed.[5] Côté went on to start Prodisk which continues to release Canadian metal.
Discography
GWN releases
Cat# Group Title Format Canadian Release Date European Release Date Notes GWN 001 Ghoulunatics Mystralengine CD 1999 n/a Not released in EU. GWN 002 Suffocate Exit 64[6] CD August 2000 Originally released on Erebos Productions in 1998. GWN 003 Necrology Malignancy Defined[7] CD March 2001 February 14, 2001[8] GWN 004 Merlin They Must Die[9] CD December 4, 2000 May 29, 2001[8] GWN 004 Merlin They Must Die CD 2004 Reissued with new artwork. GWN 005 Asgard Cold Season[10] CD February 15, 2002 GWN 006 Diachronia XX's Decline CD April 2001 October 2001 Slightly different artwork between EU and CAN.[8] GWN 007 C of E Protect Me From What I Want CD January 2002 GWN 008 Divina Enema Under Phoenix Phenomenon CD September 15, 2003 GWN 009 Obliveon Greatest Pits CD May 2002 GWN 010 Soulforge Duality CD 2002 GWN 011 Merlin Brutal Constructor CD 2004 GWN 012 Aggression A.D. Forgotten Skeleton CD 2004 GWN 013 Paroxysm Revelation is Denied CD August 15, 2004[11] An enhanced reissue was released in February 2006. GWN 014 Brief Respite Lullaby To The Moon CD April 20, 2005 GWN 015 The Mass Towards Darkness CD December 2005 GWN 016 Mind Eclipse Utopia: Formula of God CD 2005 GWN 017 CortisoL Meat CD December 3, 2005 GWN 018 Fuck the Facts Collection of Splits 2002-2004 CD April 28, 2006 GWN 019 Aggression The Full Treatment CD 2005 Reissue GWN 020 Collapse Destroying by Design CD February 17, 2006 GWN 021 Talamyus As Long as it Flows CD October 2005 GWN 023 Hellacaust Inevitable dementia CD April 2006 GWNMC007 C of E Day By Day[12] Enhanced CD Single 2001 1 audio track + 1 video GWNUBR1 Various Great White North 2K5 CD February 2005 Canceled releases
These releases were slated for release in 2006, however, they never materialized before the label dissolved.
Group Title Format Planned Release Date Notes Various Profusion Volume 1 CD January 2006 Later released by Prodisk/Profusion. Paroxysm Revelation Is Denied CD February 2006 Currently unreleased.
Reissue with bonus video.Gorguts Live In Rotterdam CD March 2006 Later released by Prodisk. Obliveon From This Day Forward CD March 2006 Later released by Prodisk.
Reissue with bonus content.Thy Flesh Consumed Pacified by Oceans of Blood CD April 2006 Later released by CDN Records in November. Fuck the Facts Stigmata High-Five CD May 2006 Later released by Relapse Records in August. Towards Darkness Solemn CD May 2006 Later released by Twilight Foundation in December 2007. Obliveon Nemesis CD June 2006 Later released by Prodisk.
Reissue with bonus content.Cortisol S-12 CD June 2006 Later released by Prodisk in October. Gorguts Live At The Whiskey DVD December 2006 Currently unreleased. Various Le Brotherhood DVD January 2006 Currently unreleased. Grind It! releases
Cat# Group Title Format Release Date Notes GIT-001 Merlin Deathkoteque[15] CD October 2001 Remastered. Originally on cassette only. GIT-00? Trails of Anguish Relentless Abhorrence of Misery's Grievance CD 2002 Originally self-released by the band in 1999. GIT-002 Aphasia Arcane In Thalassa[16] CD January 2002 GIT-004 Divina Enema At The Conclave CD 2002 Originally released in 2000 on Eldrich Music. GIT-005 BK 49 Join the Dead CD 2003 GIT-006 Dahmer The Studio Sessions: Discography CD 2003 GIT-007 Fuck the Facts Backstabber Etiquette CD 2003 GIT-008 Fistfuck 23 Songs In The Same Hole CD 2004 GIT-009 Fistfuck / Aberrent Split CD CD 2005 Demÿsteriis Releases
Cat# Group Title Format Street Date
YYYY-MM-DDMYS 001 The Eternal Blade The Eternal Blade CD 2005-03 MYS 002 Funerarium Noces Chimiques CD 2005 Links
References
- ^ "Great White North - About Us". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060210075905/www.gwnrecords.com/about_us.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Great White North Europe". GWN-Europe.com. Great White North Europe. Archived from the original on December 16, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031216031605/www.gwn-europe.com/. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "News". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. October 20, 2003. Archived from the original on December 7, 2003. http://web.archive.org/web/20031207212232/www.gwnrecords.com/main.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Prodisk - About Us". ProdiskMusic.com. Prodisk. http://www.prodiskmusic.com/about.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Great White North Records". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on July 14, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060714130852/http://www.gwnrecords.com/. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Suffocate - Exit 64". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. May 3, 2001. Archived from the original on May 3, 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010503111021/www.gwnrecords.com/exit.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Necrology - Malignancy Definted". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. May 3, 2001. Archived from the original on May 3, 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20011004212331/www.gwnrecords.com/malignancy.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ a b c http://web.archive.org/web/20011017043552/gwn-europe.com/index01.htm
- ^ "Necrology - Malignancy Defined". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. May 3, 2001. Archived from the original on May 3, 2001. http://web.archive.org/web/20010505150113/www.gwnrecords.com/theymustdie.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Asgard - Cold Season". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. June 9, 2002. Archived from the original on June 9, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020609095924/www.gwnrecords.com/coldseason.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ http://paroxysm.swizcorp.com/HTML/indexen.html
- ^ "C of E - Day By Day". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. June 9, 2002. Archived from the original on June 9, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020609104416/www.gwnrecords.com/daybyday.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Great White North records - History". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on July 10, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040710175519/www.gwnrecords.com/history.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Great White North Records - Releases". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on February 10, 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060210075921/www.gwnrecords.com/releases.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Hot News". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. October 2001. Archived from the original on February 21, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020221122151/www.gwnrecords.com/news.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Aphasia - Arcane In Thalassa". GWNRecords.com. Great White North Records. April 13, 2002. Archived from the original on April 13, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020413053719/www.gwnrecords.com/grinditrec/arcane.html. Retrieved February 7, 2010.
- ^ "Grind It! Records - Releases". GrindItRecords. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on August 6, 2004. http://web.archive.org/web/20040806024425/www.grinditrecords.net/releases.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Grind It! Records - Releases". GrindItRecords. Great White North Records. Archived from the original on December 4, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20021204184918/www.grinditrecords.net/releases.html. Retrieved January 5, 2010.
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