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Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label, with their recent output not being as extreme as their early releases. Founded in the late eighties, their first release, with the catalogue reference MOSH1, was The Accused 's album "Return Of Martha Splatterhead" on vinyl in 1987. Their early releases included a large number of albums regarded as genre-defining classics by some of metal's finest bands. There are also a small number of sublabels, such as Wicked World , Elitist, Necrosis and Sub Bass Records .1 Notable Artists
Earache have what seems to be a Metal Hall of Fame in their back catalogue, a short list follows:
2 See also
- List of record labelsThe following is a partial list of record labels both past and present. From a business perspective, many present labels are part of the "Big Four record companies" which hold over 75% of the market share. These are: Universal Music Group, which includes
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