Metal Record Labels

Independent record labels have been the backbone of metal for years. Sure, the biggest names often go to the major labels, but the real stuff can be found on the indie labels. This page lists some of the labels that are mostly exclusive to various metal genres. Note that this is not intended to be a comprehensive list of every private label who has ever released an album, but more of a guide to some of the more interesting labels over the years.


20 Buck Spin eOne MeteorCity Roadburn
Aaarrg Escapi Mighty Music Roadrunner
Active Exile On Mainstream Misanthropy Rock Of Angels
Adipocere Fingerprint Miskatonic Rotten
AFM Firebox Monster Scarlet
Agonia Frontiers Moonfog Scion A/V
Alternative Tentacles Galy Moribund Screaming Ferret
Amphetamine Reptile Gates Of Hell Music For Nations Season Of Mist
Atomic Fire GMR My Kingdom Sensory
Auburn Hammerheart Mystic Sentinel Steel
Aural Head Not Found Napalm Shadow Kingdom
Avantgarde Hell's Headbangers Neat Shark
Axe Killer Heavy Artillery Neat Metal Shrapnel
Bad Omen Heavy Metal Necropolis Silver Lining
Black Dragon Heavy Psych Neurot Sleaszy Rider
Black Lodge Hellhound New Heavy Sounds Small Stone
Black Lotus High Roller Nightmare Solid State
Blood Music Holy Noise Soulseller
Black Mark Housecore NoiseArt Southern Lord
Black Widow Hydra Head No Fashion Spinefarm
Brainticket I Hate No Remorse Steamhammer/SPV
Cacophonous I, VOidhanger No Remorse StormSpell
Candlelight Indie New Renaissance Sumerian
Century Media Inside Out Nocturnal Art Supernal
Code666 Ipecac Nuclear Blast Svart
Combat Iron Bonehead Old School Metal Tabu
Crash Music Iron Pegasus Olympic Tankcrimes
Cruz Del Sur Karmageddon Media Osmose Tee Pee
Cyclone Empire King Klassic Pavement The End
Dark Descent Leaf Hound Peaceville Threeman
Dark Essence Lifeforce People Like You Transcending Obscurity
Dark Symphonies Limb Music Profound Lore Transubstans
Debemur Morti Listenable Prophecy Under One Flag
Deathlike Silence Locomotive Prosthetic Underground Power
Devil's Lupus Lounge PsycheDOOMelic Underground Symphony
Displeased M-Theory Pure Metal Unique Leader
Dissonance Magic Circle Pure Steel US Metal
Dockyard 1 Man's Ruin Rage Of Achilles Ván
Doomentia Mascot Redblack ViciSolum
Dragonheart Massacre Regain Voices Of Wonder
Drakkar Mausoleum Reigning Phoenix Wicked World
Earache Megaforce Relapse Wild Rags
earMUSIC Mercenary Repulse Willowtip
Earthshaker Metal Blade Retroactive Witches Brew
Ebony Metal Mind R.E.X. Wrong Again
Eleven Seven Metal On Metal Ripple XIII Bis
Elitist Metalville Rise Above Xtreem

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