Firebox Records
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Firebox Records is a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 record label
Record label
In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the production, manufacture, distribution, marketing and promotion,...

 based in Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki
Seinäjoki is a city located in Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bruk iron and gunpowder factories founded in 1798. Seinäjoki became a municipality in 1868, market town in 1931 and town in 1960...

, Southern Ostrobothnia
Southern Ostrobothnia
Southern Ostrobothnia is one of the 20 regions of Finland.Seinäjoki is the regional centre and by far the largest city in the area.- Historical provinces :For History, Geography and Culture see: Ostrobothnia- Municipalities :...

. The label is well known in the underground 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...

 scene. They specialize in doom metal
Doom metal
Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

.
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Firedoom Music is a subsidiary label of Firebox Records specializing in more extreme doom metal and other obscure genres. http://firebox.fi/360/index.php?page=firedoom-3

Firebox Records

  • Dark the Suns
    Dark the Suns
    Dark the Suns is a melodic dark/ gothic metal band formed in 2005 in Jyväskylä, Finland. They are signed to Firebox Records.Founded as a solo project by vocalist and guitarist Mikko Ojala in 2005, a demo was followed by the release of the full-length In Darkness Comes Beauty in 2006 once Dark the...

  • Dauntless
  • Depressed Mode
    Depressed Mode
    Depressed Mode is a death/doom/funeral doom metal band from Finland.- History :Depressed Mode was formed in 2005 as a solo project of Ossy Salonen. Tomppa Turpeinen later joined as guitarist and Natalie Koskinen as second vocalist. The band was signed by Firebox Records and recorded their first...

  • The Eternal
  • Fall of the Leafe
  • Grave Flowers
  • Grendel
    Grendel (band)
    Grendel is a Dutch music group formed in 1997. Their music is in the Aggrotech genre. Their name originates from Beowulf.There also exists an unrelated Finnish powermetal band called Grendel, which released three albums so far .-History:Grendel started out with VLRK , and...

  • Jääportit
  • Manitou
  • Mar de Grises
    Mar de Grises
    Mar de Grises is a Chilean death/doom metal band created in 2000. A good translation of "Mar de Grises" would be "Sea of Grief", even when Grises is the plural form for grey, the color of sorrow in Spanish as it is blue in English.-History:...

  • Misery Inc.
    Misery Inc.
    Misery Inc. was a Finnish metal band, which was formed in Myrskylä, Finland, October 2001. First there was Janne , Jukka , Jonttu and Jukkis . Their original plan was to make music without any lead guitars but then it turned out to be a bit boring. Teemu joined the band and so Misery Inc...

  • SaraLee
  • Saturnus
    Saturnus (band)
    Saturnus is a band from Denmark formed in 1991 playing melodic death/doom metal, with touches of gothic metal. They sing of sorrow, loss, and death.-Biography:...

  • Scent of Flesh
  • ShamRain
    ShamRain
    ShamRain is a Finnish band which plays slow, dreamlike music, also categorized as atmospheric rock. They were established in 2000 by Janne Jukarainen and Matti Reinola.-Discography:*Isolation *Goodbye to All That *Deeper Into The Night...

  • Spiritus Mortus
  • Throes of Dawn
    Throes of Dawn
    Throes of Dawn is a Black metal band from Finland, formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula and Jani Heinola . Throes Of Dawn's Music and lyrics has been known as emotional and progressive Dark Metal ....

  • Total Devastation
  • Velvetcut
  • Wraith of the ropes

Firedoom Music

  • Aarni
    Aarni
    Aarni has been described as an avant-garde metal band from Finland, which consists primarily of Master Warjomaa and, occasionally, some session musicians...

  • Ablaze in Hatred
  • DOOM:VS
  • Forest of Shadows
  • Mar de Grises
    Mar de Grises
    Mar de Grises is a Chilean death/doom metal band created in 2000. A good translation of "Mar de Grises" would be "Sea of Grief", even when Grises is the plural form for grey, the color of sorrow in Spanish as it is blue in English.-History:...

  • My Shameful
    My Shameful
    My Shameful is a doom/death metal band with Finnish, German and American members. The band also has heavy funeral doom influences. Originating as a two person studio project in Finland during the year 1999, they have so far recorded three demos and four albums. The demos were recorded with Sami...

  • Pantheïst
  • Torture Wheel
  • Tyranny
  • Umbra Nihil
  • Until Death Overtakes Me
  • Woods of Belial

Distribution

The Firebox label has a wide distribution network for its releases world wide including Plastic Head Distribution in England, SPV in Germany, Bertus in Benelux and The End Records
The End Records
The End Records is an independent record label, founded in 1998 in San Diego. Founder Andreas Katsambas initially wanted to bring attention to some underground bands he admired. In 2002, The End moved to Salt Lake City, when his wife took a job at the University of Utah. The label moved...

in North America.
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