Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records is a British record label based in England and founded by former Extreme Noise Terror bassist Lee Barrett, though it has had a division in the United States since January 2001.[1] Candlelight Records specialises in black metal, and later on melodic death metal and death metal, having bands such as Emperor, Obituary, 1349, Theatre of Tragedy, Xerath, Dismember, Keep of Kalessin, Nachtmystium and Zyklon on its roster. The label is notable for putting out early releases from influential bands such as Opeth and Emperor. Candlelight Records is in co-operation with Appease Me Records and AFM Records.[2][3] On January 19, 2016, Candlelight was acquired by Spinefarm Records.[4]
| Candlelight Records | |
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| Parent company | Spinefarm Records (via UMG) |
| Founder | Lee Barrett |
| Distributor(s) | Caroline Distribution (US) Plastic Head (Europe) |
| Genre | Extreme metal |
| Country of origin | UK |
| Location | England |
Artists
Candlelight UK
- 1349
- Abaddon Incarnate
- Abigail Williams
- The Atlas Moth
- Age of Silence
- Anaal Nathrakh
- Averse Sefira
- Blut Aus Nord
- Carnal Forge
- Crionics
- Crowbar
- Dam
- Daylight Dies
- Defiance
- Emperor
- Epoch of Unlight
- Forest Stream
- Grimfist
- Ihsahn
- Illdisposed
- Imperial Vengeance
- Insomnium
- Kaamos
- Lost Eden
- Manes
- Myrkskog
- Nebelhexe
- Novembers Doom
- Nuclear
- Octavia Sperati
- October File
- Omnium Gatherum
- Onslaught
- Pantheon I
- Sear Bliss
- Saturnian Mist
- Savage Messiah
- Sigh
- Starkweather
- Stonegard
- Subterranean Masquerade
- Thine Eyes Bleed
- To-Mera
- Voices
- Whitechapel
- Winterfylleth
- Wodensthrone
- Wolverine
- Xerath
- Zyklon
Candlelight US
See for Candlelight UK, but also:
- Absu
- Aeternus
- Amoral
- Audrey Horne
- Bal-Sagoth
- Battered
- Bronx Casket Co.
- Candlemass
- Centinex
- Dark Funeral
- Demonic Resurrection
- Destruction
- Dismember
- Electric Wizard
- Elvenking
- Attila Csihar)
- Enslaved
- Entombed
- Fear Factory (2009-2012)
- Firebird
- Gorgoroth
- Grand Magus
- Havok
- Hevein
- Jorn
- Keep of Kalessin
- Khold
- Kotipelto
- Krieg
- Lord Belial
- Marduk
- Masterplan
- Morbid Angel
- Necrophobic
- Obituary
- Odious Mortem
- Opeth
- Overmars
- Pro-Pain
- The Project Hate MCMXCIX
- Ram-Zet
- Rob Rock
- Sahg
- Sarah Jezebel Deva
- Satariel
- SCUM
- Setherial
- Seven Witches
- Shakra
- sHEAVY
- Sinister
- Sourvein
- Spektr
- Susperia
- Taint
- Theatre of Tragedy
- Thyrane
- Thyrfing
- Time Requiem
- U.D.O.
- Vader
- Vision of Disorder
- Vreid
- Windir
- Witchcraft
See also
- List of record labels
References
- "Candlelight USA Announces Back On Black Vinyl Collectors Series". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- "Candlelight Records Signs U.S. Licensing Deal With France's Appease Me Records". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- "Candlelight And AFM Records Announce North American Agreement". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 12 April 2007.
- "Long-Running U.K. Record Label CANDLELIGHT Acquired By SPINEFARM". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 9 June 2016.
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