- Relapse Records
Infobox record label
name = Relapse Records
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founded = 1990
founder = Matthew F. Jacobson
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genre =Grindcore Death metal Doom metal
Stoner metalCrust punk Metalcore
country =United States
location =Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
url = http://www.relapse.comRelapse Records is a
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based independent metalrecord label .The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in
Aurora, Colorado with the guidance of his good friend and mentor Kevin KoppFact|date=March 2007. The first two releases on the label were 7”s by the hardcore bandsVelcro Overdose andFace of Decline , closely followed by three bands which would become amongst the biggest on the label, Deceased, Suffocation and Incantation.After this, Matt Jacobson became acquainted with
William Yurkiewicz Jr., who became his partner in the record label. Yurkiewicz had founded his own record label, which was soon to release albums from the bands General Surgery,Disrupt , Destroy, Misery andExit-13 . The two joined forces to create Relapse Records, aiming to release high quality professionally packaged extreme music.In 1992, the label was expanded with the creation of its subsidiary label called
Release Entertainment , which specializes in experimental, ambient, industrial and noise titles.The label had a store off of South Street in
Philadelphia , near several other notable "underground" record stores, and in the pastTower Records .The music
The label specializes in extreme and experimental varieties of heavy metal and grindcore, and they have a history of signing bands that cultivate influence and devoted cult followings in the world of extreme music while being largely ignored by mainstream media,Fact|date=January 2008 for instance Nile, Mortician,
Amorphis , Neurosis,Agoraphobic Nosebleed , Exhumed,Pig Destroyer andNasum . Recently, however Relapse Records has become considerably more mainstream,Fact|date=January 2008 with appearances on the front cover of the magazineKerrang! and video plays on TV music channels, especially of such bands asThe Dillinger Escape Plan and Mastodon. The word has also been spread by the sponsorship of such festivals as theMilwaukee Metalfest .In October 2006, Relapse Records became the first record labelFact|date=January 2008 to launch its own branded 'search and win' engine which allows fans to do internet searches while giving them a chance to win exclusive prizes.
See also
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List of record labels
*Relapse Records artists External links
* [http://www.relapse.com/ Official site]
* [http://searchwithrelapse.prodege.com/ Relapse 'search and win' engine]
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