DVS Records
Encyclopedia
DVS Records is a Dutch
independent record label
, specializing in progressive metal
and related music. It was founded in 2000
by Rene Janssen, a Dutch enthusiast of progressive rock
and metal
, and also one of the organizers of the ProgPower
festival. The label's mottoes are "uncommon sounds for intelligent listening" and "music we love for people we like".
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
independent record label
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
, specializing in progressive metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
and related music. It was founded in 2000
2000 in music
See also:* 2000 in music Record labels established in 2000-Events:*January – Gary Glitter is released from jail, two months before his sentence for sexual offences ends.*January 1**John Tavener is knighted in the New Year's Honours List....
by Rene Janssen, a Dutch enthusiast of progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
and metal
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
, and also one of the organizers of the ProgPower
ProgPower
ProgPower is the name of four progressive and power metal festivals:*ProgPower Europe , held in the Netherlands since 1999*ProgPower USA, held in the United States since 2001...
festival. The label's mottoes are "uncommon sounds for intelligent listening" and "music we love for people we like".
Current artists
- Alias Eye
- Ashes to Ashes
- ChaoswaveChaoswaveChaoswave is an Italian/Danish Progressive/Groove metal band, founded by former Sinphonia guitarist Henrik Rangstrup in 2003.-Band members:*Giorgia Fadda - vocals*Fabio Carta - vocals*Henrik Rangstrup - guitars*Michele Mura - bass*Raphael Saini - drums...
- Chrome Shift
- Dynamic Lights
- Heaven's Cry
- The Aurora Project
- Voyager
Past artists
- Into Eternity
- Silent Edge
- Sonic Debris
- WolverineWolverine (band)Wolverine is a Swedish progressive metal band that was formed in 1995 by Stefan Zell and Marcus Losbjer.-Early releases:Wolverine started out playing death-metal with melodic influences, but when they released their first EP, Fervent Dream, in November 1999, the music had evolved into progressive...