Listenable Records
Encyclopedia
Listenable Records is an independent record label
based in Wimereux
, France
. It specializes in death metal
.
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:...
based in Wimereux
Wimereux
Wimereux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:Wimereux is a coastal town situated some north of Boulogne, at the junction of the D233 and the D940 roads, on the banks of the river Wimereux. The river Slack forms the northern boundary of...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. It specializes in death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
.
Artists
- AbhorrenceAbhorrence- History :Abhorrence was formed in early 1989, by guitarist Tomi Koivusaari and guitarist Kalle Mattsson, vocalist Jukka Kolehmainen, and bassist Jussi Ahlroth , as well as drummer Kimmo Heikkinen...
- AbortedAbortedAborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...
- AbscessAbscess (band)Abscess was a hardcore punk-influenced death metal band from Oakland, California. The band was formed in 1994 by Chris Reifert and Danny Coralles, both former members of Autopsy....
- AdagioAdagio (band)Adagio is a French progressive metal band formed in 2001 by guitarist Stephan Forté. Adagio's music is known by its technical precision and dark orchestration. Adagio keeps unqiue complex lead workings which are complimented with a powerful and driving rhythm section...
- AmaranAmaranAmaran was a Swedish power metal band. Their music can be described as powerful metal with heavy metal guitars combined with the clear voice of singer Johanna DePierre.- Forming :...
- AncientAncient (band)Ancient is a Norwegian black metal band from Eidsvåg, Nesset, formed in 1992. The band has released six full-length albums released by Metal Blade Records and a variety of mini-albums, EPs and special releases. Ancient used to have the classic raw black metal sound, similar to Darkthrone's works...
- AngtoriaAngtoriaAngtoria is a symphonic metal band composed of British singer Sarah Jezebel Deva and Swedish brothers Chris Rehn , and Tommy Rehn ....
- Anorexia NervosaAnorexia Nervosa (band)Anorexia Nervosa is a French symphonic black metal band that started as an industrial metal act from Limoges, France. The band was formed in 1995 and was active for ten years thereafter...
- Betraying the Martyrs
- BloodjinnBloodjinnBloodjinn is an American metalcore band from North Carolina, formed in early August 1999 by brothers Joel Collins and Justin Collins .-History:...
- Blind Dog
- Centurian
- Crest of Darkness
- Deranged
- Destructor
- Devilyn
- DiaboliqueDiabolique (band)Diabolique is a Swedish gothic metal band, formed in 1995 after the dissolution of Liers in Wait. The group is heavily influenced by The Sisters of Mercy, Black Sabbath, and Fields of the Nephilim, and in sound are similar to the styles of Charon, Tiamat, Moonspell, and Type O Negative.The band's...
- Divine RaptureDivine RaptureDivine Rapture is an uncompleted film that had been cast in 1995 with Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Debra Winger and John Hurt.-Background:Divine Rapture is the story of a set of miracles in a small 1950's Irish community...
- ExhumedExhumed (band)Exhumed is an American death metal band from San Jose, California, most recently signed to Relapse Records. They were formed in 1990, when sole remaining founding member Matt Harvey was at the age of 15. Exhumed spent much of the ensuing decade hacking its way through numerous demos, split CDs,...
- GardenianGardenianGardenian was a Swedish melodic death metal band from Gothenburg that was formed in 1996 and disbanded in 2004.-Background:Gardenian was formed in April 1996 by drummer Thim Blom and vocalist/guitarist Jim Kjell. Eventually, guitarist Niklas Engelin and bassist Håkan Skoger joined the band...
- General SurgeryGeneral Surgery (band)General Surgery is a Swedish goregrind group, known as one of the earliest Carcass clones. Their 1991 debut, Necrology, was released by Relapse Records and would be General Surgery's only material released until 2001, when the group recorded one track for the Carcass tribute album, Requiems of...
- GojiraGojira (band)Gojira is a heavy metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. Gojira is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass...
- Grief of Emerald
- HacrideHacrideHacride is a French heavy metal band. Formed in 2001 with musicians coming from an array of different bands, musical backgrounds and styles their sound has evolved from the raw extremities and odd time signatures of technical death metal to one that is more progressive and...
- HateHate (band)Hate is a Polish death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 1990. Their most recent album, Erebos, was released in 2010, under Listenable Records.-Biography:...
- Horned God
- ImmolationImmolation (band)-History:The band formed in May 1986 by Andrew Sakowicz and Dave Wilkinson under the name Rigor Mortis . The name was changed to Immolation in April 1988, after the Warriors of Doom demo which was recorded as Rigor Mortis and Demo I which was recorded as Immolation...
- IncantationIncantation (band)Incantation is an American death metal band that was formed by John McEntee and Paul Ledney in 1989. They are one of the leaders in the New York Death Metal scene along with fellow bands Suffocation and Immolation, even though the band is currently located in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.The band has...
- Jigsore Terror
- Koldborn
- Kruger
- Luciferion
- LyzanxiaLyzanxiaLyzanxia is a French metal group that combine thrash metal with elements of death metal.-Biography:Lyzanxia were formed in 1996 by the Potvin brothers. They quickly recorded their first demo, RIP My Skin, it displayed the band's potential. In 1997 the band produced an 11 song demo entitled Lullaby...
- MAHATMAMahatmaMahatma is Sanskrit for "Great Soul". It is similar in usage to the modern Christian term saint. This epithet is commonly applied to prominent people like Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jyotirao Phule and Branch Rickey...
- MarionetteMarionette (band)Marionette is a Swedish melodic death metal band. They hail from Gothenburg, Sweden, formed in 2005. The band achieved recognition from placing high, and often winning, many national and international music contests. Inspired by the Japanese visual-kei scene and the brutality of Swedish hardcore...
- Mors Principium EstMors Principium EstMors Principium Est is a Finnish melodic death metal band formed in 1999.- History :The band was formed in 1999 in Pori, Finland by singer/lead guitarist Jori Haukio, guitarist Jarkko Kokko and keyboardist Toni Nummelin...
- Mutant
- Nail WithinNail WithinNail Within was a melodic death/thrash metal supergroup originating from Tel Aviv, Israel. The band was formed up in 2001 by Betrayer vocalist Yishai Swearts and Azazel members Alex Schuster, Evil Haim and Barak Zait...
- NoctiferiaNoctiferiaNoctiferia is one of the leading bands that started the metal subculture in Slovenia. They built foundations of Slovenian black metal with their debut album, Baptism At Savica Fall , which also represented the beginnings of the southern black metal movement. They released the album, Per Aspera, in...
- No Return
- Non Human Level
- Pale ForestPale ForestPale Forest, originally named Pangaea, is a Norwegian female fronted alternative/gothic rock band, similar in sound to The Gathering, although softer and less electronic...
- Reclusion
- Sarah Jezebel DevaSarah Jezebel DevaSarah Jane , better known by her stage name Sarah Jezebel Deva, is a British vocalist. She was the female vocalist in Cradle of Filth for 14 years and also fronts her own band, Angtoria. In 2009, Deva started her self-titled solo project. The debut album A Sign of Sublime was released in February...
- ScarveScarveScarve is a French technical death metal band from Nancy. They have released four full-length albums, the latest being The Undercurrent, released on April 2, 2007 on Listenable Records.- Biography :...
- SoilworkSoilworkSoilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are currently signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name Inferior Breed, the band changed their name in late 1996 to Soilwork .Their sound is a fusion of the classic...
- SolaceSolace (band)Solace is a heavy metal band hailing from the Jersey Shore, United States.Formed in 1996 by the remaining members of Atlantic Records artist Godspeed, Solace is most well known in the stoner rock genre, but as guitarist and founding member Tommy Southard has said "We're not a stoner band, we're a...
- Speed/Kill/Hate
- Submission
- Svart Crown
- SybreedSybreedSybreed is an industrial metal/groove metal band from Geneva, Switzerland.- History :Sybreed was formed in 2003 by vocalist Benjamin and guitarist Drop, after they previously worked together in a band, called Rain. In 2004, Sybreed released their debut album Slave Design...
- SymbyosisSymbyosisSymbyosis is a progressive death metal band from France founded by Franck Kobolt and Corrosive Bob.-History:The foundations of what was to become Symbyosis were laid in 1998 when Franck Kobolt began to compose songs for a personal project called Chrysalid. At first, four songs only were written as...
- TexturesTextures (band)Textures is a metal band from the Netherlands, formed in 2001. Textures' lineup revolves around founding members Jochem Jacobs, Stef Broks, Bart Hennephof, and bassist Remko Tielemans who joined in 2007...
- The AmentaThe Amenta-History:The band originally formed in Baulkham Hills, New South Wales in 1997 as Crucible of Agony. They initially played black metal and released two demos in 1999 under the name...
- The Eyes of a TraitorThe Eyes of a TraitorThe Eyes of a Traitor are a British metalcore band from Harpenden in Hertfordshire, UK, who formed in the summer of 2006. They have released two extended plays, and two full-length studio albums. The band consists of vocalist Jack Delany, guitarists Tim George and Matthew Pugh, bassist Jack...
- The Legion
- The Red ShoreThe Red ShoreThe Red Shore were an Australian death metal band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 2004. The band claims their style is a combination of death metal and technical death metal, though they are often referred to as a deathcore band....
- Theory in PracticeTheory in PracticeTheory in Practice is a Swedish technical death metal band founded in 1995, which borrows heavily from progressive metal. The band writes technical and complex songs consisting of a lot of time and tempo changes. After a year of rehearsals and gigs, they recorded a demo called Submissive in the...
- TyrantTyrantA tyrant was originally one who illegally seized and controlled a governmental power in a polis. Tyrants were a group of individuals who took over many Greek poleis during the uprising of the middle classes in the sixth and seventh centuries BC, ousting the aristocratic governments.Plato and...
- Triumphator
- Ultra Vomit
- VileVile (band)Vile is an American death metal band, formed in 1996 in Concord, California by guitarist Colin Davis and bassist Matt "Favor" Faivre, recruiting the rest of the band from the ranks of disbanded groups such as Lords of Chaos, Entropy, Sporadic Psychosis and Thanatopsis...
- WaylanderWaylanderWaylander can refer to:*Waylander , a Northern Irish metal band.*Waylander , a fantasy novel by David Gemmell.*Waylander the Slayer, the protagonist in the fantasy novel by David Gemmell...