New Renaissance Records
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New Renaissance Records is an American
record label
founded in 1984
by Ann Boleyn
, who also is the lead singer of the group Hellion
and is credited for coining the term speed metal
.
, Morbid Angel
, Artillery
, Mayhem, Prong, Sepultura
, At War, Savage Grace, and Flotsam and Jetsam.
. In early 1986 Greenworld went out of business. After that time, the catalogue numbers have all began with "NR."
Signed groups have included Chyld , Rock City Angels
(featuring actor Johnny Depp
), Wehrmacht
, Sepultura
, Morbid Angel
, Artillery
, King Kobra
, and Kublai Khan
. Other label acts include Holocross, Amulance, Blood Feast, Cerebus, Dream Death, Deadly Blessing, Forger featuring Geoff Mega, Medieval, Post Mortem
, At War, Savage Grace, Mayhem, Prong, Whiplash, Screamer, and more.
New Renaissance recording artist AT WAR have returned with a new album Infidel in 2009 that has received critical acclaim and follows up their two New Renaissance titles Ordered To Kill and Retaliatory Strike.
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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,...
founded in 1984
1984 in music
This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1984.-Janury-March:*January 21 – "Relax" by Frankie Goes to Hollywood reaches number one in the UK singles chart, despite being banned by the BBC; it spends a total of forty-two weeks in the Top 40.*January 27 – Michael Jackson's...
by Ann Boleyn
Ann Boleyn (singer)
Ann Boleyn is a recording artist and performer from the United States. Arguably she is responsible for coining the term speed metal. She also is credited for developing the careers of many international recording artists through New Renaissance Records, the record label she founded.-Career:Boleyn...
, who also is the lead singer of the group Hellion
Hellion (band)
Hellion is a heavy metal band, which was formed during 1982 in Los Angeles, California. The first line-up included Ann Boleyn , Ray Schenck , Sean Kelley and Peyton Tuthill . With a different line-up they continue on today....
and is credited for coining the term speed metal
Speed metal
Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music that originated in the late 1970s from NWOBHM and hardcore punk roots. It is described by Allmusic as "extremely fast, abrasive, and technically demanding" music....
.
History
New Renaissance Records was created by Ann Boleyn after her band Hellion had a #6 Record on the British Music Charts (as reported in Sounds Magazine and Kerrang), but was unable to find an American deal. According to a March 1985 interview in Kerrang, Boleyn sold her car and musical instruments to fund the initial pressings of compilation albums which featured the earliest commercial recordings of WehrmachtWehrmacht (band)
Wehrmacht is an American thrash metal/hardcore punk band, that was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1985. After releasing two albums on New Renaissance Records, the band split up. Later, both albums were re-issued on one CD....
, Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
, Artillery
Artillery (band)
Artillery is a Danish technical thrash metal band. They participated in the early development of the genre, and their highly energetic, riff-centric and often fast-paced music is similar in style to that of Voivod, Coroner, Megadeth and Sabbat from the same era...
, Mayhem, Prong, Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
, At War, Savage Grace, and Flotsam and Jetsam.
Early history
By 1985, the demand for heavy metal products resulted in a packaging and distribution offer from Greenworld Distribution to both New Renaissance Records and Roadrunner Records. Therefore, some of the earliest pressings on New Renaissance bear the Greenworld label and feature a catalogue number beginning with "GWD." However, by 1986 Greenworld Records Distribution became embroiled in legal problems after the Los Angeles District Attorney file charges against the label owner for distributing "harmful material to minors," also known as the Frankenchrist album by the Dead KennedysDead Kennedys
Dead Kennedys are an American punk rock band formed in San Francisco, California in 1978. The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international punk music scene....
. In early 1986 Greenworld went out of business. After that time, the catalogue numbers have all began with "NR."
Signed groups have included Chyld , Rock City Angels
Rock City Angels
The Rock City Angels started out in the early 1980s as the punk rock band "The Abusers", the product of singer Bobby Bondage and original bassist Andy Panik's chance meeting at a late night showing of the movie "The Decline of Western Civilization" ....
(featuring actor Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...
), Wehrmacht
Wehrmacht (band)
Wehrmacht is an American thrash metal/hardcore punk band, that was formed in Portland, Oregon in 1985. After releasing two albums on New Renaissance Records, the band split up. Later, both albums were re-issued on one CD....
, Sepultura
Sepultura
Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...
, Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked one Morbid Angel album in its “Top 40 greatest death metal albums”, with their 1989 debut Altars of Madness appearing at number 1...
, Artillery
Artillery (band)
Artillery is a Danish technical thrash metal band. They participated in the early development of the genre, and their highly energetic, riff-centric and often fast-paced music is similar in style to that of Voivod, Coroner, Megadeth and Sabbat from the same era...
, King Kobra
King Kobra
King Kobra is a glam metal group founded by drummer Carmine Appice after his tenure with Ozzy Osbourne in 1984. The band during the time of their first two albums included four relatively unknown musicians: vocalist Mark Free, guitarist David Michael-Philips, guitarist Mick Sweda, and bassist...
, and Kublai Khan
Kublai Khan (band)
Kublai Khan is an American thrash metal music group founded in 1985 by Greg Handevidt of the group Megadeth. The group released one album on New Renaissance Records after being personally signed by Ann Boelyn...
. Other label acts include Holocross, Amulance, Blood Feast, Cerebus, Dream Death, Deadly Blessing, Forger featuring Geoff Mega, Medieval, Post Mortem
Post Mortem (Boston band)
Post Mortem was an American death metal band, formed in 1982 in suburban Boston. They formed when the members of the band were still in high school. The band rehearsed every day, often rushing home to write music after classes. John McCarthy penned the personal songs while drummer Rick McIver wrote...
, At War, Savage Grace, Mayhem, Prong, Whiplash, Screamer, and more.
Current affairs
Label founder took time off of the music business to study law, and obtained her license to practice law in December 2007. The label maintains a catalogue of over thirty titles which are distributed worldwide.New Renaissance recording artist AT WAR have returned with a new album Infidel in 2009 that has received critical acclaim and follows up their two New Renaissance titles Ordered To Kill and Retaliatory Strike.