Earache Records

History

Earache Records is a heavy metal-orientated record label, with their recent output not being as extreme as their early releases. Founded in the late eighties, their first release, with the catalogue reference MOSH1, was The Accused's album "Return Of Martha Splatterhead" on vinyl in 1987. Their early releases included a large number of albums regarded as genre-defining classics by some of metal's finest bands. There are also a small number of sublabels, such as Wicked World, Elitist, Necrosis and Sub Bass Records.

Notable Artists

Earache have what seems to be a Metal Hall of Fame in their back catalogue, a short list follows:

• Napalm Death
• Carcass
• Morbid Angel
• Godflesh
• Pitchshifter
• Bolt Thrower
• Cathedral
• Iron Monkey
• Entombed