Spinefarm Records

Spinefarm Records is a Finnish record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent. Since 2002, Spinefarm has been part of Universal Music Group, but operates as an independent business unit.^[1]

In Autumn 2007, Spinefarm launched in the UK, starting with re-issuing deluxe versions of the first five Nightwish albums, including the Over The Hills And Far Away EP.

Bands

Spinefarm Records consists of five sub-labels, Spinefarm (mainstream metal, hard rock and progressive rock), Spikefarm (extreme metal, industrial metal and folk metal), Ranka (Finnish music), Ranch (rock) and Odor (pop and anything else that is not rock or metal).

Spinefarm

36 Crazyfists Agonizer Airbourne[2] Amaranthe Amberian Dawn Amorphis Anti-Flag Artificial Heart Atreyu Babylon Whores Beherit Barathrum Beto Vázquez Infinity The Black League Bob Malmström Brother Firetribe The Browning Bullet for My Valentine[3] Celesty Charon Children of Bodom ChthoniC Crow Mother (band) D'espairsRay (UK Only) Dark Tranquillity

Darke Complex Darkwoods My Betrothed Dead by April DragonForce Dragonlord Dreamshade Dreamtale Eilera Electric Wizard Emigrate End of You Eternal Tears of Sorrow Finntroll Five Finger Death Punch (UK Only) For My Pain Godsmack Hevein Helloween (UK) In Mourning Jettblack Kalmah Killing Joke

Kiuas Kobra and the Lotus The Kovenant Lullacry Machinae Supremacy Malpractice Metsatöll[4] Mucc (UK Only) MyGRAIN My Passion Naildown Nightwish Nonpoint Norther One Morning Left Pain Confessor Rammstein Reckless Love Rotten Sound Santa Cruz Satyricon Seether

Sentenced Sethian Shining (Nor)[5] Shining (Swe) Sinergy Slaves to Gravity Soen Sonata Arctica Swallow the Sun Tarja Turunen Tarot Throne of Chaos Thy Serpent To/Die/For Toothgrinder The Treatment Turbowolf Twilightning Von Hertzen Brothers Voodoo Six Warmen We Came as Romans (Europe only)

Spikefarm

Ajattara Amoral Beherit Code Demigod Entwine

Finntroll Kalmah Moonsorrow Noumena Ram-Zet Rapture

Reverend Bizarre ShamRain Shape of Despair Silentium To Separate the Flesh from the Bones

Ranka Recordings

• Aavikko
• Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus
• Turmion Kätilöt
• Viikate

Ranch

• The Black League
• The Flaming Sideburns
• Peer Günt
• Blake

See also

• List of record labels

References

1. “Universal Music Finland becomes majority shareholder in Spin-Farm Oy,” Universal Music Group (Helsinki, 8 April 2002). Retrieved 11-08-2013.
2. "Airbourne Signs With Spinefarm Records". Blabbermouth.net. 2015-01-27. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
3. "Bullet For My Valentine sign deal with Spinefarm Records.". teamrock.com. 2016-04-01. Retrieved 2016-04-13.
4. "MetsÄtÖll Signs With Spinefarm Records - Blabbermouth.net". Roadrunnerrecords.com. 2008-09-22. Retrieved 2016-02-28.
5. "Shining Sign Worldwide Deal With Spinefarm Records". Us5.campaign-archive1.com. Retrieved 2016-02-28.

External links

• Official site
• Official UK site