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Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter, Better Than 1000). In the beginning the label existed solely to distribute Shelter releases, but after label manager Steve Reddy bought EVR from Cappo in 1992, the focus was expanded and a wider variety of bands were brought on board. The mid-to-late '90s saw a redoubling of the Equal Vision's hardcore efforts with such signings as One King Down, Ten Yard Fight, and Floorpunch. By the end of the '90s EVR found itself with an impressive stable of hardcore and punk bands, having added Bane, Trial, Converge and Saves the Day to its roster in the latter part of the decade.
(From emusic.com) Artists with releases on this label:
Liars Academy, Trial, Saves the Day, Fairweather, One King Down, Give Up the Ghost, The Hope Conspiracy, Drowningman, Converge, As Friends Rust, Bane, Coheed and Cambria, Time In Malta, The Stryder, Alexisonfire, Prevent Falls, The Killing Flame, Armor For Sleep, This Day Forward, Bear Vs Shark, Black Cross, Fear Before the March of Flames, Silent Drive, Vaux, Before Today, The Snake The Cross The Crown, Codeseven, Bars, Endicott, Good Clean Fun, Circa Survive, Seemless, Weerd Science, Chiodos, The Fall Of Troy, Versus the Mirror, Fivespeed, Boy Sets Fire, YouInSeries, Betrayed, 108, Alive in Wild Paint, Jonah Matranga, Dustin Kensrue, Dear and the Headlights, Damiera, The Prize Fighter Inferno, The Sound of Animals Fighting, Modern Life Is War, The Color Fred Recent ReviewsRecent NewsDamiera announce "Quiet Mouth, Loud Hands" Damiera have detailed their sophomore full length and first album since breaking and then unbreaking up. The band self-recorded and self-produced the album. The record is titled Quiet Mouth, Loud Hands and is due out June 24, 2008. It is the follow-up to M(US)ic [reissue]…Aaron Bedard (Bane) talks about hardcore, albums, Lifetime, Equal Vision The Daily Chorus recently saw down with Aaron Bedard, lead singer of hardcore favorites Bane. Aaron discusses the evolution of hardcore over the years, his current listening, the band's long delay between albums, the controversial signing of Lifetime to Decaydance as well as his feelings about his current labelmates on Equal Vision and future…Circa Survive giving away new B-Side to Invisible Children donators Circa Survive have donated a b-side titled "1,000 Witnesses" to Invisible Children who are currently giving the track to fans who donate $0.99 or more to the charity. The charity aims to fight the horrible practice of recruiting children into a bloody civil war in Uganda, many of whom are kidnapped from their parents and forced to serve in the rebel armies currently in conflict with the government of the country. You can make your donation…Bane / Wake Up Call / I Rise Bane, Wake Up Call and I Rise will be hitting the road together next month for a 10-day…Cinematic Sunrise: "Pulling a Piano from a Pond" Cinematic Sunrise, the side project of Craig Owens of Chiodos, has posted the first song from their debut for Equal Vision. The band will make their debut for the label with a new EP. The record is titled A Coloring Storybook And Long-Playing Album and is due out May 13, 2008 You can find "Pulling a Piano from a Pond" on their myspace…Modern Life Is War: "F*ck The Sex Pistols" Forever Outsiders, a "photo/video documentary" of Modern Life Is War has posted a video of the track "Fuck The Sex Pistols." You can find the video at their website. Sadly, the band called it quits earlier this year and recently embarked on their farewell…Cinematic Sunrise (Chiodos) joins Equal Vision Cinematic Sunrise, the side project of Craig Owens of Chiodos, has signed to Equal Vision. The band will make their debut for the label with a new EP. The record is titled A Coloring Storybook And Long-Playing Album and is due out May 13, 2008 You can find three songs from the album on their myspace page.…Alive in Wild Paint: 'Ceilings" Alive in Wild Paint have posted the entirety of their sophomore Equal Vision Records release. The record is titled Ceilings and is due out March 18, 2008. It is the follow-up to Goodbye Tomorrow which was released in 2006. You can check out the entire album on their purevolume…Sky Eats Airplane signs to Equal Vision Fort Worth's Sky Eats Airplane have signed to Equal Vision. The five-piece recently recorded a 10-track set with producer Brian McTernan (Circa Survive, Senses Fail, Hot Water Music) at his studio in Baltimore, MD. Guitarist Lee Duck notes: We've matured a lot – and for the best – since the last record. It's more technical. You'll hear a lot of polyrhythm's and odd time signatures with many dynamic changes but overall, we are modest with our…As Friends Rust to reunite for European shows It appears that Gainesville, Florida's As Friends Rust will reunite this summer for a handful of European shows. The band recently teased via MySpace: "Europe is on in August. We're coming clean about that shit. UK and Belgium shows already confirmed. Seven years later, five shows only, and probably never again. Bring… |