Galileo Records is a GmbH Switzerland

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-based record label

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 that publishes progressive rock

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 and metal

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 albums. The label was formed in 1998 by Konny Eisenring, after he left Black Rills Records, and Patrick Becker.

Background

Konny Eisenring and Patrick Becker got the idea of starting a label after seeing the band Xang perform in a French

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 festival. The two contacted the band, who said they did not have a label. Eisenring and Becker decided to sign the band, and Xang's Destiny of a Dream became Galileo Record's first album. After Galileo's second artist, Metaphor, was signed, Eisenring left the company. Becker then took full control over the company. In 2005, Galileo Records was established as an LLC

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 and a GmbH is the Swiss register.

List of Bands Signed by Galileo Records

• Xang  (signed 1999)
• Metaphor  (signed 2000)
• Forgotten Suns (signed 2000)
• Scythe  (signed 2001)
• Thonk (signed 2001)
• T (signed 2002)
• Simon Says
  Simon Says (band)
  Simon Says was an Alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. In 2001, they changed their name to Key to Arson, and they broke up in 2004.-History:...
  
   (signed 2002)
• Moongarden
  Moongarden
  Moongarden is an Italian Progressive rock group who tour internationally. They have been compared to Porcupine Tree, Marillion or Genesis. The group records and distributes their music on Galileo Records....
  
   (signed 2003)
• Believe (signed 2006)
• Voices (signed 2006)
• Ex-Vagus (signed 2006)
• Heart of the Sun (signed 2007)
• Prisma (signed 2007)
• Daedalus
  Daedalus (band)
  Daedalus is an Italian progressive metal band.Their music contains influences from different musical genres, among them rock, progressive rock, heavy metal, classical music, jazz, electronic music, ambient.- History :...
  
   (signed 2009)
• Metamorphosis (signed 2009)
• Jolly (signed 2009)
• This Misery Garden (signed 2009)
• Framepictures (signed 2010)
• Sky Architect
  Sky Architect
  Sky Architect is an emerging progressive rock band based in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Their debut album, Excavations of the Mind, was released in 2010 from ProgRock Records. The drummer and backing vocalist, Christiaan Bruin, is also known for his solo project "Chris." They are currently signed to...
  
   (signed 2010)
• Atto IV (signed 2010)
• Gran Torino (signed 2010)
• My Name is Janet (signed 2011)
• Soul Secret (signed 2011)