Rise Above Records

Infobox record label
name = Rise Above


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founder = Lee Dorrian
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genre = Heavy metal Doom metal Stoner metal Grindcore (before 1991)
country = United Kingdom
location = London, England
url = [http://www.riseaboverecords.com riseaboverecords.com]

Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian (of the band Cathedral and formerly of Napalm Death). It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater to doom and sludge metal. Rise Above releases were getting US distribution from the mid-90s to 2004 by The Music Cartel. As of 2005, they are currently getting distribution by Candlelight Records. JVC Victor were their Japanese distributors until 2007 when Leaf Hound Records began distributing the Japanese versions of Rise Above releases.

In 2005, Rise Above announced a 7" & split series for their bands. So far there have been seven releases in this matter.

In 2006, Rise Above announced a sub-branch called Rise Above Relics, catering rare, vintage 70s releases. There have been three releases on this sub-label.

Artists

Current Artists as of 2006-2007:

* Capricorns
* Circulus
* Diagonal
* Debris Inc.
* Electric Wizard
* Firebird
* Gentlemans Pistols
* Grand Magus
* Litmus
* Orange Goblin
* Pod People
* sHEAVY
* Taint
* Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine
* Unearthly Trance
* Witchcraft
* Winters

Former/One-offs/etc.:

* Bottom
* Cathedral
* Chrome Hoof
* Goatsnake
* Hangnail
* Last Drop, The
* Leaf Hound
* Long Cold Stare
* Mourn
* Napalm Death
* Naevus
* Pentagram
* Penance
* Revelation
* Sally
* Sea of Green
* Shallow
* Sleep
* S.O.B.
* Sunn O)))

Discography

Main releases

* RISE 001 - Napalm Death Live - 7" EP (vinyl only)
* RISE 002 - S.O.B. "Thrash Night" - 7" EP (vinyl only)
* RISE 003 - Long Cold Stare - "Tired Eyes" LP (vinyl only)
* RISE 004 - S.O.B. - "What's the Truth" LP/MC/CD
* RISE 005 - Various Artists - "Dark Passages" LP/MC/CD
* RISE 006 - Revelation - "Salvations Answer" LP/MC/CD
* RISE 007 - Penance - "The Road Less Travelled" LP/MC/CD
* RISE 008 - Cathedral - "In Memorium" CD/Maxi EP (Ltd only purple vinyl)
* RISE 009 - Electric Wizard - "Electric Wizard" CD/LP (Ltd only green vinyl)
* RISE 010 - Mourn - "Mourn" CD
* RISE 011 - Electric Wizard/Our Haunted Kingdom split 7"
* RISE 012 - Various Artists - "Dark Passages II" - CD
* CDRISE 13 - Various Artists - "Magick Rock vol. 1" CD
* CDRISE 14 - Electric Wizard - "Come My Fanatics..." CD
* CDRISE 15 - Orange Goblin - "Frequencies from Planet Ten" CD
* CDRISE 16 - Naevus - "Sun Meditation" CD
* CDRISE 17 - sHEAVY - "The Electric Sleep" CD
* CDRISE 18 - Orange Goblin - "Time Travelling Blues" CD
* CDRISE 19 - Sleep - "Jerusalem" CD
* CDRISE 20 - Electric Wizard - "Come My Fanatics.../Electric Wizard" 2xCD
* CDRISE 21 - Cathedral - "In Memoriam" CD
* CDRISE 22 - Goatsnake - "Goatsnake Vol. 1" CD
* CDRISE 23 - Hangnail - "Ten Days Before Summer" CD
* CDRISE 24 - Sally - "Sally" CD
* CDRISE 25 - Orange Goblin - "The Big Black" CD/LP
* CDRISE 26 - sHEAVY - "Celestial Hi-Fi" CD
* CDRISE 27 - Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" CD
* CDRISE 28 - Shallow - "16 Sunsets in 24 Hours" CD
* CDRISE 29 - Sunn O))) "ØØ Void" CD
* CDRISE 30 - Goatsnake - "Flower of Disease" CD
* CDRISE 31 - Firebird - "Firebird" CD
* RISECD 32 - Hangnail - "Clouds in the Head" CD
* RISECD 33 - Sea of Green - "Time to Fly" CD
* RISECD 34 - Grand Magus - "Grand Magus" CD
* RISECD 35 - The Last Drop - "Where Were You Living One Year from Now?" CD
* RISECD/LP 36 - Electric Wizard - "Let Us Prey" CD/LP
* RISECD 37 - Orange Goblin - "Coup de Grace" (CD)
* RISECD 38 - Orange Goblin - "Time Travelling Blues/Frequencies From Planet Ten" 2xCD
* RISECD 39 - sHEAVY - "Synchronized" CD
* RISECD 40 - ???
* RISECD 41 - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - "Rampton" CD
* RISECD 42 - Bottom - "Feels So Good When You're Gone" CD
* RISECD 43 - Sally - "C-Earth" CD
* RISECD/LP 44 - Grand Magus - "Monument" Cd/LP (blue vinyl, gatefold sleeve)
* RISECD/LP 45 - Unearthly Trance - "Season of Séance, Science of Silence" CD/2LP (500 copies, black vinyl, deluxe gatefold)
* RISECD/LP 46 - Orange Goblin - "Thieving from the House of God" Cd/LP (1000 copies, orange vinyl, deluxe gatefold)
* RISECD/LP 47 - Witchcraft - "Witchcraft" CD/LP/PicDisc
* RISECD/LP 48 - Electric Wizard - "We Live" Cd/2LP (1000 copies, purple vinyl)
* RISECD 49 - Pod People - "Doom Saloon" CD
* RISECD 50 - ???
* RISE7 51 - Orange Goblin - "Some You Win, Some You Lose" 7"
* RISECD/LP 52 - Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" re-issue CD/2LP (1000 white vinyl, 500 black vinyl. 2nd press: 50 Purple Silk, 100 Transparent Amber, 100 clear, 550 black)
* RISECD 53 - Orange Goblin - "The Big Black" re-issue CD
* RISEMCD/MLP 54 - Capricorns - "Capricorns" CD/LP
* RISECD/LP 55 - Unearthly Trance - "In the Red" CD/LP (blood red vinyl)
* RISEMLP 56 - Thy Grief Eternal - "On Blackened Wings" 10" (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl)
* RISEMLP 57 - Eternal - "Lucifer's Children" 10" (500 clear vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 58 - sHEAVY - "Republic?" CD
* RISECD 59 - Debris Inc. - "Debris Inc." CD
* RISECD/LP 60 - Grand Magus - "Wolf's Return" CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl)
* RISECD 61 - ???
* RISECD/LP 62 - Witchcraft - "Firewood" CD/LP (deluxe gatefold, 500 gold vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 63 - Circulus - "The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent" CD/LP (1000 black vinyl, 500 swirly vinyl, 100 clear vinyl)
* RISE7 64 - Circulus/Witchcraft split 7" (500 copies)
* RISE7/MCD 65 - Circulus - "Swallow" Cd single/7" (bright green and yellow)
* RISECD/LP 66 - Taint - "The Ruin of Nova Roma" CD/2LP
* RISECD 67 - Capricorns - "Ruder Forms Survive" CD
* RISE7 68 - Leaf Hound - "Freelance Fiend" 7"
* RISECD 69 - Grand Magus - "Grand Magus" (2006 re-issue w/ bonus tracks) CD
* RISECD 70 - Electric Wizard - "Pre-Electric Wizard 1989-1994" CD
* RISECD/LP 71 - Electric Wizard - "Electric Wizard" (re-master) digiCD/LP w/bonus 7" (500 black vinyl, 500 ice blue vinyl, 500 luminous lime green vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 72 - Electric Wizard - "Come My Fanatics..." (re-master) digiCD/2LP w/bonus 7" (400 violet sparkle vinyl, 100 violet sparkle w/colored 7", 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 73 - Electric Wizard - "Dopethrone" (re-master) digiCD
* RISECD 74 - Electric Wizard - "Let Us Prey" (re-master) digiCD/2xLP (100 clear vinyl, 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 75 - Electric Wizard - "We Live" (re-master) digiCD
* RISECD 76 - ???
* RISECD 77 - ???
* RISECD 78 - ???
* RISECD 79 - ???
* RISECD 80 - ???
* RISECD/LP 81 - Firebird - "Hot Wings"
* RISECD/LP 82 - Mourn - "Mourn" CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 leaf green vinyl, 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 83 - Litmus - "Planetfall" CD
* RISE7 84 - Burning Saviours - "The Giant" 7" (100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 85 - ???
* RISE7 86 - Gentlemans Pistols - "The Lady" 7" (100 clear vinyl, 400 black vinyl)
* RISE7 87 - Witchcraft - "If Crimson Was Your Colour" 7" (225 black vinyl, 225 clear vinyl)
* RISEMCD/MLP 88 - Winters - "High As Satellites" CD/LP (black vinyl, blue vinyl)
* RISECD 89 - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - "Rampton" deluxe edition
* RISECD 90 - ???
* RISECD 91 - ???
* RISEMCD/MLP 92 - Chrome Hoof - "Beyond Zade"
* RISECD/LP 93 - Circulus - "Clocks Are Like People" digiCD/LP (500 white vinyl w/ bonus 7", 700 blue vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISE7/CD 94 - Circulus - "Song of Our Despair" CD single/7" (black vinyl, clear vinyl, violet vinyl)
* RISE7 95 - Moss/Monarch - split 7" (50 sea blue vinyl, 100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 96 - Winters - "Black Clouds in Twin Galaxies" CD
* RISECD 97 - ???
* RISECD/LP 98 - Gentlemans Pistols - "Gentlemans Pistols" CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 yellow vinyl, 200 black vinyl)
* RISELP 99 - Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses - "Perils"
* RISECD/LP 100 - Electric Wizard - "Witchcult Today" CD/LP (100 purple vinyl, 200 black sparkle vinyl, 200 green vinyl)
* RISE7 101 - Diagonal - "Heavy Language" 7" (500 black sparkle vinyl)
* RISECD 102 - ???
* RISECD/LP 103 - Witchcraft - "The Alchemist" CD/LP (25 ultra blue vinyl, 100 clear vinyl, 500 magnolia vinyl, 400 black sparkle vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 104 - Taint - "Secrets and Lies" CD
* RISE10 107 - Atavist - "Alchemic Resurrection" 10"
* RISELP 108 - Moss - "Sub Templum" 2LP
* RISECD/LP 109 - Blood Ceremony - "Blood Ceremony" CD/LP (300 red/black vinyl w/bonus 7", 300 purple vinyl, 300 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 112 - Serpent Cult - "Weight of Light" CD/LP (300 silver/grey vinyl, 300 white/black splatter vinyl, 300 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 113 - Grand Magus - "Iron Will" CD/LP (200 clear vinyl, 200 white vinyl, 300 black vinyl)
* RISE7 114 - Crowning Glory/Gates of Slumber split 7" (black vinyl, green vinyl, blue vinyl)
* RISECD 115 - Capricorns - "River Bear Your Bones" CD
* RISE12/116 - Electric Wizard/Reverend Bizarre - split 12" EP (350 blood red vinyl, 500 purple vinyl, 500 clear vinyl, 500 silver vinyl, 500 black vinyl)

Rise Above Relics releases

* RAR7 001 - Luv Machine - "Witches Wand" 7"
* RARCD/LP 001 - Luv Machine - "Turns You On!" CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 400 cerise vinyl, 100 clear vinyl)
* RARCD/LP 002 - Possessed - "Exploration" CD/LP

See also

* List of record labels
* List of independent UK record labels

External links

* [http://www.riseaboverecords.com/ Official site]