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 | Hydra Head Records Official Website: http://www.hydrahead.com About:
"I grew up in New Mexico and that's where Hydra Head started in '93, when I was a junior in high school. I started Hydra Head as a distribution, buying records from Ebullition, Gravity, Victory, Vermiform, Lookout, etc. - just about anything I could get rid of in my area - which wasn't much, really. After a while I wanted to get a little more involved in my work, thus deciding that starting a label would be the next logical step. I contacted a few bands that I liked, tried to do a compilation, and talked to some local bands, but nothing really panned out until I met Coalesce's roadie at the time (at a show I booked for them in Santa Fe in early '95). He gave me a tape of his band Vent, which would become the first Hydra Head release. That fall I moved to Boston to attend art school, and that's when the Vent 7" was released. After that I began making contacts with bands in the area such as Roswell, Corrin, Piebald, and Converge. After a couple of semi-successful 7"s and a CD things began to pick up, and over the course of a couple years it went from a bedroom distro/label to a full-time job after I graduated from college in '99. We've just been slowly growing since the time I came to Boston."
(from an interview with Aaron Turner, co-owner) Artists with releases on this label:
Cave In, Pelican, The Austerity Program, Discordance Axis, Keelhaul, Tusk, Big Business, Jesu, Isis, Boris With Merzbow, Khanate, Knut, Everlovely Lightningheart, Daughters, Oxbow, Stephen Brodsky's Octave Museum, Botch, Zozobra, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Pet Genius, The Huguenots, Torche Recent ReviewsRecent NewsPelican: "Dead Between The Walls" Pelican have posted the new video from their 2007 full length, City of Echoes. Of course, Europeans and Canadians can't watch the video because its hosted by MTV and well, if you aren't American, you don't deserve to see this video. So stop trying, ya commie. Anyway, guitarist Larent Schroeder-Lebectalks a bit about the video and you can read his description of the experience shooting Pelican's first video…Hydra Head to reissue The VSS's 'Nervous Circuits' Influential experimental post-punk group The VSS will see their 1997 release, Nervous Circuits, re-released on Hydra Head Recordings on May 20th, 2008. The album will be remastered and comes with a bonus DVD with 2.5 hours of live footage. If you pre-order the album, you'll also get a bonus disc titled The Skin of Tiny Teeth which contains rare, unreleased tracks, and a full live set for KZSC radio in 1997. The…Boris / Torche Following their run supporting the Sword in May and June, Hydrahead act Torche will be supporting a US tour headlined by Japan's Boris. The band most recently released…Kayo Dot: "Blue Lambency" Boston experimental quartet Kayo Dot have a full album stream of their new record for Hydrahead. You can check out Blue Lambency right here.…Heatseeker (Cave In, Isis): "Heavy with Shadows" Heatseeker, the new band from Cave In bassist Caleb Scofield has posted a new track from his "face-melting" new band. Featuring drummer Aaron Harris of Isis as well, the record is due out this summer on Hydra Head. You can check out "Heavy with Shadows" right here.…Cave In plans rarities compilation While members of Cave In are busy with various projects including frontman Steve Brodsky's Octave Museum, Pet Genius and his own solo work, Guitarist Adam McGrath's Clouds, and bassist Caleb Scofield with Zozobra, Old Man Gloom and Heatseeker, the band is still planning another compilation release on Hydrahead. According to reports, "Brodsky just delivered a whopping four discs worth of Cave In rarities to Hydrahead -- supposedly to be whittled down…Pyramids: "Pyramids" Pyramids have launched a stream of their new Hydra Head Records debut. You can check out the self-titled record on this page. The Denton, TX-based post-metal (roughly) act is not to be confused with…Big Business announces new member, new album, and new Melvins album Seattle, Washington's Big Business have posted an update to their MySpace page announcing a new full time member, their involvement in the new Melvins album, also documented here, and a new album in the works with Hydra Head. The group had this to say: Alright, the smoke has cleared from all the new developments of the past couple months. We made a new Melvins record (comes out July 8), brought Toshi onboard permanent style, and wrote some top drawer new jams. Now…Torche: "Meanderthal" Torche have launched a full album stream of their new full length for Hydrahead. Meanderthal is the follow up to last year's In Return 12-inch EP. You can check out the entirety of Meanderthal on this page.…Torche: "Grenades" Torche have posted a new song from their upcoming album. The record is titled Meanderthal and is due out April 08, 2008. You can check out the art on the release page. The song, "Grenades," can be heard on their myspace page.… |
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