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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, Clouds, Stove Bredsky Recent ReviewsRecent NewsHelms Alee: "Lionize" Seattle, WA's Helms Alee have posted a new song streaming on the Hydra Head blog. The song is from their forthcoming seven inch for Hydra Head with "Lionize" on one side and "Truly" on the other. You can listen to the song…Pelican: "Lost in the Headlights" Pelican are premiering the new video for "Lost in the Headlights" via MTV. The song comes from City of Echoes. Of course, since this is MTV, the video is region-restricted despite the fact that good money says that neither Pelican nor Hydrahead have any real issues with Canadians or Europeans. But, that's the price you pay for free healthcare.…Clouds with Torche, Coliseum, Boris, Growing, Black Cobra Clouds have announced tour dates to round out the rest of 2008. The band will be supporting We Are Above You on dates with Torche, Coliseum, Boris, Growing and Black…Pelican robbed in Italy While on the road in Europe, Chicago's Pelican were robbed in Italy. The band had this to say: Two days ago we had a spare half hour to spend in Rome before heading to the venue, so we decided to go see the Coliseum. We parked nearby and went to take a brief twenty minute walk around the area. When we returned to our van we found that it had been broken into, despite being parked on a major street in broad daylight. Four bags were stolen, the contents including computers, passports, wallets, ipods, our soundguy's…Big Business: "The Drift" Los Angeles, CA's Big Business have posted a new song titled "The Drift" to their MySpace page. The song comes from the Tour III EP and features new member Toshi on guitar. The band is currently touring Europe. You can find the song…Jesu: "Why Are We Not Perfect?" Jesu, the prolific project from former Godflesh mastermind Justin Broadrick, has posted a stream of their new EP. The record is titled Why Are We Not Perfect? and is due out September 09, 2008. The five track EP includes the two tracks that were originally released on a split with Eluvium as well as three new tracks. The album promises less "pounding guitars" and more "texture and melody" than past releases. You can check it out…Pelican / Kayo Dot / Stephen Brodsky (of Cave In) / Zozobra Hydra Head Records has announced their upcoming Champions Of Sound US tour. The trek will feature instrumental metal act Pelican, avant-metal group Kayo Dot, Cave In frontman Stephen Brodsky aka Stove Bredsky, and on select dates Zozobra. Bredsky is currently supporting his latest The Black Ribbon…Torche: Europe with Pelican, USA with Clouds, Japan with Coliseum Torche are heading out on tour. Forever. They'll be joined by label-mates Clouds, Louisville's Coliseum and San Francisco's Black Cobra. First, they'll be going to Europe with Pelican and in between legs with Clouds will be in Japan with Coliseum. They're supporting their 2008 release, Meanderthal. Dates are…These Arms Are Snakes/Pelican split updates These Arms Are Snakes have posted an update about their long-awaited collaboration with Chicago post-rock/metal/hardcore kingpins Pelican: It looks like this long-rumored project is finally going to see the light of day. Our split/collaboration with Pelican is off to the pressing plant and should be all packaged up in time for our West Coast tour with sBACH in September. For those not hip to the news, we teamed up with Pelican for their encore at Islington Academy in London back in the spring…Jesu plans new EP Jesu, the prolific project from former Godflesh mastermind Justin Broadrick, has announced the release of a new EP. The record is titled Why Are We Not Perfect? and is due out September 09, 2008. The five track EP includes the two tracks that were originally released on a split with Eluvium as well as three new tracks. The album promises less "pounding guitars" and more "texture and melody" than past… |
