Init Records is an American 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:...

 founded in January 2001 in Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato, Minnesota

Mankato is a city in Blue Earth, Nicollet, and Le Sueur counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 39,309 at the 2010 census, making it the fourth largest city in Minnesota outside of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area. The county seat of Blue Earth County, it is located...

 by Steven Williams. In May 2003 the label relocated to Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Sioux Falls is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Sioux Falls is the county seat of Minnehaha County, and also extends into Lincoln County to the south...

. Since its foundation the label has been solely owned and run by Williams, as a one-man operation, strongly influenced by DIY ethic

DIY ethic

The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...

s of punk subculture

Punk subculture

The punk subculture includes a diverse array of ideologies, and forms of expression, including fashion, visual art, dance, literature, and film, which grew out of punk rock.-History:...

 and with an "emphasis to release aesthetically pleasing records from hardworking bands." An example of DIY ethics that the label applies in its releases is the use of recycled material, such as paper

Paper recycling

Paper recycling is the process of recovering waste paper and remaking it into new paper products. There are three categories of paper that can be used as feedstocks for making recycled paper: mill broke, pre-consumer waste, and post-consumer waste. Mill broke is paper trimmings and other paper...

 and plastic

Plastic recycling

Plastic recycling is the process of recovering scrap or waste plastics and reprocessing the material into useful products, sometimes completely different in form from their original state. For instance, this could mean melting down soft drink bottles and then casting them as plastic chairs and tables...

 whenever and wherever possible.

Artists

• The Abandoned Hearts Club
• Amenra
  Amenra
  Amenra is a post-metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium. The band was formed in 1999 after the demise of the Belgian hardcore band Spineless by three of its members and went on to be one of the most significant European bands worldwide in this genre.- History :Following the break-up of their previous...
  
  
• Anodyne
  Anodyne
  In medicine before the 20th century, an anodyne was a medicine that was believed to relieve or soothe pain by lessening the sensitivity of the brain or nervous system In medicine before the 20th century, an anodyne was a medicine that was believed to relieve or soothe pain by lessening the...
  
  
• The Assailant
• Back When
• Battlefields
  Battlefields
  Battlefields is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
  
  
• The Black Soul Choir
• The Blinding Light
• Building Better Bombs
• Buried Inside
• Caligari
• Calling Gina Clark
• Castle
• Chibalo
  Chibalo
  Chibalo is the concept of debt bondage or forced labour in the Ultramar Português , most notably in Angola and Mozambique...
  
  
• The City Is The Tower
• Cougar Den
• Dispensing Of False Halos
• Enkephalin
  Enkephalin
  An enkephalin is a pentapeptide involved in regulating nociception in the body. The enkephalins are termed endogenous ligands, or specifically endorphins, as they are internally derived and bind to the body's opioid receptors. Discovered in 1975, two forms of enkephalin were revealed, one...
  
  
• Examination Of The...
• Eyes Of Verotika
• Forstella Ford
• The Fortune Healers
• Hammerlord
• Hewhocorrupts
  Hewhocorrupts
  Hewhocorrupts is a Chicago-based grindcore band most known for their songs mocking Metallica, making reference to the notorious allegations of the group having sold out by parodying the band's song titles with their own business-related counterparts: Ride the Lightning is retitled Ride the Limo and...
  
  
• The Howling Wind
• Hennes Siste Høst
• Hive Destruction
• In the face of war
  In the face of war
  In The Face Of War is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Kokomo, Indiana. The original lineup included brothers Ben and CJ Sutton, Eric Bogan, Chad Serhal, Bob Paul, and Curt Schrock....
  
  
• KEN mode
  KEN mode
  KEN mode is a Canadian metallic hardcore-influenced noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was formed in September 1999.-History:...
  
  
• Kidcrash
• Kite Flying Society
• Mahkato
• Melt-Banana
  Melt-Banana
  Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis...
  
  
• Meth And Goats
• P.O.S
• Phoenix Bodies
• Raein
  Raein
  Raein is an Italian screamo band that featured members from screamo act La Quiete and the post rock band Neil on Impression. The band broke up in late 2005, but after a hiatus of almost 2 years they got back to play together in September 2007...
  
  
• Red Knife Lottery
• Ricky Fitts
• The Setup
• Since By Man
• Sinking Steps...Rising Eyes
• Sleeping In Gethsemane
• Souvenir's Young America
• The Spirit Of Versailles
• Sugartown Cabaret
• Swing By Seven
• Ten Grand
• Thou
• Tora! Tora! Torrance!
• Tornavalanche
• Towers
• Tyranny Of Shaw
• The Vidablue (Renamed as "Ten Grand" - see above)
• William Elliott Whitmore
  William Elliott Whitmore
  William Elliott Whitmore is an American blues singer and musician from Lee County, Iowa. He has recorded a number of albums released on Southern Records, and now is a member of the Anti Records family. His act consists mostly of playing the banjo or guitar while singing, though on occasion he...
  
  
• Wolvhammer

Discography

• INIT-74 Sinking Steps...Rising Eyes - Two Songs 7" (2011)
• INIT-73 Battlefields
  Battlefields
  Battlefields is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
  
   - Agassiz CD (2011)
• INIT-72 Kidcrash - Naps 12" (2011)
• INIT-71 The Fortune Healers - Hey, Providence CD (2011)
• INIT-70 Amenra
  Amenra
  Amenra is a post-metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium. The band was formed in 1999 after the demise of the Belgian hardcore band Spineless by three of its members and went on to be one of the most significant European bands worldwide in this genre.- History :Following the break-up of their previous...
  
  /Hive Destruction - split 10" (2011)
• INIT-69 William Elliott Whitmore
  William Elliott Whitmore
  William Elliott Whitmore is an American blues singer and musician from Lee County, Iowa. He has recorded a number of albums released on Southern Records, and now is a member of the Anti Records family. His act consists mostly of playing the banjo or guitar while singing, though on occasion he...
  
  /P.O.S - split 7" (2011)
• INIT-68 KEN mode
  KEN mode
  KEN mode is a Canadian metallic hardcore-influenced noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was formed in September 1999.-History:...
  
   - Venerable LP (2011)
• INIT-67 Hive Destruction - Secretvm/Veritas CD (2011)
• INIT-66 Sugartown Cabaret - Beyond Foams CD (2010)
• INIT-65 Thou
  Thou
  The word thou is a second person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in almost all contexts by you. It is used in parts of Northern England and by Scots. Thou is the nominative form; the oblique/objective form is thee , and the possessive is thy or thine...
  
  /The City Is The Tower - Dwell In The Darkness Of Thought And Drink The Poison Of Life (split) LP (2010)
• INIT-63 Wolvhammer - Black Marketeers Of World War III CD (2010)
• INIT-62 Hammerlord - Wolves At War's End CD (2010)
• INIT-60 Souvenir's Young America - The Name Of The Snake CD/LP (2010)
• INIT-59 Buried Inside - Chronoclast LP (2010)
• INIT-58 Kidcrash - Snacks CD/LP (2009)
• INIT-57 Melt-Banana
  Melt-Banana
  Melt-Banana is a Japanese punk band that is known for playing extremely fast noise music mixed with experimental electronica and pop-based song structures. They have worked with artists as diverse as Merzbow, John Zorn, Mike Patton, and Discordance Axis...
  
   - initial t. 3"CD/7" (2009)
• INIT-56 In the face of war
  In the face of war
  In The Face Of War is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Kokomo, Indiana. The original lineup included brothers Ben and CJ Sutton, Eric Bogan, Chad Serhal, Bob Paul, and Curt Schrock....
  
   - Everything You've Heard Is True CD (2009)
• INIT-55 Sleeping In Gethsemane - Burrows CD (2009)
• INIT-54 The Blinding Light - Junebug CD (2009)
• INIT-53 Towers - Full Circle CD/LP (2009)
• INIT-52 Chibalo
  Chibalo
  Chibalo is the concept of debt bondage or forced labour in the Ultramar Português , most notably in Angola and Mozambique...
  
   - Chibalo LP (2010)
• INIT-51 Amenra
  Amenra
  Amenra is a post-metal band from Kortrijk, Belgium. The band was formed in 1999 after the demise of the Belgian hardcore band Spineless by three of its members and went on to be one of the most significant European bands worldwide in this genre.- History :Following the break-up of their previous...
  
   - Mass III-II + Mass IIII 2xCD (2009)
• INIT-50 Hammerlord - Hammerlord CD (2008)
• INIT-49 Cougar Den - Keepondrifter CD/LP (2008)
• INIT-48 The Howling Wind - A Tyrannical Deposit In The Doctrine Of The Soul 7" picture disc (2009)
• INIT-47 Red Knife Lottery - Hip Bruisers 7" (2008)
• INIT-46 Battlefields
  Battlefields
  Battlefields is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
  
   - Entourage Of The Archaic CD/LP (2007)
• INIT-45 Kidcrash - Jokes CD (2007)
• INIT-44 Phoenix Bodies - Too Much Information CD+DVD (2007)
• INIT-43 Hennes Siste Høst - Høst CD (2007)
• INIT-42 Building Better Bombs - Freak Out Squares CD/LP (2007)
• INIT-41 Hewhocorrupts
  Hewhocorrupts
  Hewhocorrupts is a Chicago-based grindcore band most known for their songs mocking Metallica, making reference to the notorious allegations of the group having sold out by parodying the band's song titles with their own business-related counterparts: Ride the Lightning is retitled Ride the Limo and...
  
   - The Discographer 2xLP (2007)
• INIT-40 Battlefields
  Battlefields
  Battlefields is a settlement in Mashonaland West province in Zimbabwe....
  
   - Stained With The Blood of An Empire CD (2006)
• INIT-39 Back When
  Back When
  "Back When" is the title of a song written by Stan Lynch, Stephony Smith and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in August 2004 as the second single from McGraw's 2004 album Live Like You Were Dying...
  
   - In The Presence CD (2006)
• INIT-38 Tornavalanche - No Money, No Problems LP (2006)
• INIT-36 Castle - Electric Wolves CD (2006)
• INIT-35 The Assailant - Nurse EP 7" picture disc (2006)
• INIT-34 Since By Man - Pictures From The Hotel Apocalypse LP (2005)
• INIT-33 Ricky Fitts - Wizard Lisp CD (2005)
• INIT-32 The Spirit Of Versailles - Live On WNYU 7" (2005)
• INIT-31 In the face of war
  In the face of war
  In The Face Of War is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Kokomo, Indiana. The original lineup included brothers Ben and CJ Sutton, Eric Bogan, Chad Serhal, Bob Paul, and Curt Schrock....
  
   - Summer Demo 2004 7" (2005)
• INIT-30 Phoenix Bodies/Raein
  Raein
  Raein is an Italian screamo band that featured members from screamo act La Quiete and the post rock band Neil on Impression. The band broke up in late 2005, but after a hiatus of almost 2 years they got back to play together in September 2007...
  
   - Split 7" (2005)
• INIT-29 Kite Flying Society - A Discography CD (2006)
• INIT-28 Examination Of The... - The Lady In The Radiator LP (2005)
• INIT-26 Back When
  Back When
  "Back When" is the title of a song written by Stan Lynch, Stephony Smith and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in August 2004 as the second single from McGraw's 2004 album Live Like You Were Dying...
  
  /The Setup - Split 7" (2005)
• INIT-24 Back When
  Back When
  "Back When" is the title of a song written by Stan Lynch, Stephony Smith and Jeff Stevens, and recorded by American country music singer Tim McGraw. It was released in August 2004 as the second single from McGraw's 2004 album Live Like You Were Dying...
  
   - Swords Against The Father 7" (2004)
• INIT-23 In the face of war
  In the face of war
  In The Face Of War is an American hardcore punk band formed in 2001 in Kokomo, Indiana. The original lineup included brothers Ben and CJ Sutton, Eric Bogan, Chad Serhal, Bob Paul, and Curt Schrock....
  
   - Live Forever Or Die Trying CD (2004)
• INIT-22 Ricky Fitts/Eyes Of Verotika - Split 7" (2005)
• INIT-21 Sinking Steps...Rising Eyes - The 2002 EP 7" (2004)
• INIT-20 Dispensing Of False Halos - Growing Up, Giving In CD (2004)
• INIT-19 Phoenix Bodies/Tyranny Of Shaw - Split 7" (2004)
• INIT-18 Sinking Steps...Rising Eyes - Majestic Blue CD (2004)
• INIT-17 The Abandoned Hearts Club - The Initial Confessions Of... CD/7" (2004)
• INIT-16 Dispensing Of False Halos/Calling Gina Clark - Split 7" (2003)
• INIT-15 Anodyne
  Anodyne
  In medicine before the 20th century, an anodyne was a medicine that was believed to relieve or soothe pain by lessening the sensitivity of the brain or nervous system In medicine before the 20th century, an anodyne was a medicine that was believed to relieve or soothe pain by lessening the...
  
   - Salo CD (2003)
• INIT-14 The Spirit Of Versailles - Discography 2xCD (2003)
• INIT-13 Enkephalin
  Enkephalin
  An enkephalin is a pentapeptide involved in regulating nociception in the body. The enkephalins are termed endogenous ligands, or specifically endorphins, as they are internally derived and bind to the body's opioid receptors. Discovered in 1975, two forms of enkephalin were revealed, one...
  
  /Phoenix Bodies - Split CD/LP (2003)
• INIT-12 Tora! Tora! Torrance!/Swing By Seven - Split 7" (2003)
• INIT-11 Dispensing Of False Halos - Dispensing Of False Halos 7" (2003)
• INIT-10 The Black Soul Choir - Cardinal CD (2003)
• INIT-09 Dispensing Of False Halos - With Prayers And A Scalpel CD (2003)
• INIT-08 Ten Grand/Meth And Goats - Split 7" (2004)
• INIT-07 The Blinding Light - Glass Bullet 7" (2002)
• INIT-06 Caligari - Caligari CD (2002)
• INIT-05 Forstella Ford - Insincerity Down To An Artform LP (2002)
• INIT-04 Mahkato - Fighting The Urge To Start Fires CD/7" (2002)
• INIT-03 The Spirit Of Versailles/Caligari - Split 7" (2001)
• INIT-02 The Vidablue - What I Should Have Said Volume One CD (2001)