Willowtip Records

infobox record label


founded = 2000
distributor =
genre = Heavy metal
country = US
url = [http://www.willowtip.com Willowtip Records]

Willowtip Records is an independently owned and distributed heavy metal record label headquartered in Zelienople, Pennsylvania.

Background

Willowtip Records was founded in 2000 by Jason Tipton with a partner named Willosin, who is no longer involved with the label. The combination of the two names is the source of the label's name. They specialize in death metal and grindcore music, mostly from highly technical bands. The first release was a split EP between Fate of Icarus and Creation Is Crucifixion. Tipton has stated that his proudest moment with the label was re-releasing "Onset of Putrefaction" by the band Necrophagist. It had not been available in the U.S. or elsewhere until Willowtip started redistributing it.

Willowtip have also collaborated with Colorado "hydrogrind" band Cephalic Carnage to release an exclusive one song EP entitled Halls of Amenti. Some of the label's more popular acts include Arsis, Ion Dissonance, Misery Index and Neuraxis. The roster features bands from several different countries, including Belgium, Canada, Germany, Finland and Sweden. [ [http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/willowtip.aspx Willowtip Records interview // Interviews // Features // Lambgoat ] ] [ [http://www.willowtip.com/bands/ Willowtip | Bands ] ] .

In mid-2007, Willowtip entered into a partnership with Dutch death metal record label Neurotic Records to distribute their previously unavailable releases in North America

Bands on Willowtip

*Alarum
*Arsis
*As Eden Burns
*Capharnaum
*Cephalic Carnage
*Circle of Dead Children
*Commit Suicide
*Creation Is Crucifixion
*Crotchduster
*Crowpath
*Dim Mak
*Disavowed
*Electro Quarterstaff
*Fate of Icarus
*Goatsblood
*Gorod
*Harakiri
*Illogicist
*Impaled
*Ion Dissonance
*Kalibas
*Kill The Client
*Leng Tch'e
*Malignancy
*Maruta
*Misery Index
*Necrophagist
*Neuraxis
*Odious Mortem
*Phobia
*Rotten Sound
*Rune
*Sickening Horror
*Sulaco
*The Dying Light
*The Year of Our Lord
*Ulcerate
*Upheaval
*Visceral Bleeding
*Vulgar Pigeons
*Watchmaker

ee also

* List of record labels
* Willowtip discography

References

External links

* [http://www.willowtip.com Willowtip Records Official Website]
* [http://www.lambgoat.com/features/interviews/willowtip.aspx Interview with label owner Jason Tipton (2005)]