Cogumelo Records
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Cogumelo Records is a Brazil
ian record label that concentrates on heavy metal
bands.
Cogumelo Records first began as a record store in Belo Horizonte
in 1980 and in 1985 became a record label. The same year the label would release a split album by Overdose and Sepultura
.
In 1986, they released Sepultura's first album, Morbid Visions
.
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian record label that concentrates on heavy metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands.
Cogumelo Records first began as a record store in Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte is the capital of and largest city in the state of Minas Gerais, located in the southeastern region of Brazil. It is the third largest metropolitan area in the country...
in 1980 and in 1985 became a record label. The same year the label would release a split album by Overdose and Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
.
In 1986, they released Sepultura's first album, Morbid Visions
Morbid Visions
Morbid Visions is the debut album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura, released in 1986 through Cogumelo Records.While later albums have a more political edge, Morbid Visions is notable for "Satanic" themes...
.
Signed bands and previous artists
- Absolute Disgrace
- Akerbeltz
- Attomica
- Calvary Death
- Chakal
- Drowned
- Headhunter DC
- Holocausto
- Impurity
- Kamikaze
- Lethal Curse
- Lustful
- Mutilator
- Overdose
- Pathologic Noise
- Pato FuPato FuPato Fu is a Brazilian rock band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The band was formed by lead singer Fernanda Takai, guitarist John Ulhoa and bassist Ricardo Koctus, in 1992. Their drummer, Xande Tamietti, joined the band in 1996, as did keyboardist Lulu Camargo in 2005...
- Perpetual Dusk
- SarcófagoSarcófagoSarcófago was an influential Brazilian extreme metal band. They were fronted by Sepultura's original singer, Wagner Lamounier, and Geraldo Minelli. They have been described as Brazil's most controversial metal band....
- Scourge
- SepulturaSepulturaSepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
- Sextrash
- Siecrist
- Siegrid Ingrid
- Sociedade Armada
- Thespian
- Vulcano
- Witchhammer