Relapse Records 1794986 222229347 2008-06-28T05:46:53Z Inhumer 1320732 It apperantlly colsed the day before last. {{Infobox record label | name = Relapse Records | image = [[Image:Relapse Records logo.svg|200px]] | image_bg = | parent = | founded = [[1990 in music|1990]] | founder = [[Matthew Jacobson|Matthew F. Jacobson]] | defunct = | distributor = | genre = [[Hardcore punk]]<br />[[Grindcore]]<br />[[Doom metal]]<br />[[Death metal]]<br />[[Stoner metal]]<br />[[Metalcore]] | country = [[United States]] | location = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] | url = http://www.relapse.com}} '''Relapse Records''' is a [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]] based [[Independent music|independent]] [[metal]] [[record label]]. The label was started by [[Matt Jacobson|Matthew F. Jacobson]] in August, [[1990 in music|1990]] in his parents' basement in [[Aurora, Colorado]] with the guidance of his good friend and mentor Kevin Kopp{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. The first two releases on the label were 7”s by the hardcore bands [[Velcro Overdose]] and [[Face of Decline]], closely followed by three bands which would become amongst the biggest on the label, [[Deceased (band)|Deceased]], [[Suffocation (band)|Suffocation]] and [[Incantation (band)|Incantation]]. After this, Matt Jacobson became acquainted with [[William Yurkiewicz]] Jr., who became his partner in the record label. Yurkiewicz had founded his own record label, which was soon to release albums from the bands [[General Surgery (band)|General Surgery]], [[Disrupt]], [[Destroy (band)|Destroy]], [[Misery (band)|Misery]] and [[Exit-13]]. The two joined forces to create Relapse Records, aiming to release high quality professionally packaged extreme music. In 1992, the label was expanded with the creation of its subsidiary label called [[Release Entertainment]], which specializes in experimental, ambient, industrial and noise titles. The label had a store off of [[South Street (Philadelphia)|South Street]] in [[Philadelphia]], near several other notable "underground" record stores, and in the past [[Tower Records]]. == The music == The label specializes in extreme and experimental varieties of heavy metal and grindcore, and they have a history of signing bands that cultivate influence and devoted cult followings in the world of extreme music while being largely ignored by mainstream media,{{Fact|date=January 2008}} for instance [[Nile (band)|Nile]], [[Mortician (band)|Mortician]], [[Amorphis]], [[Neurosis (band)|Neurosis]], [[Agoraphobic Nosebleed]], [[Exhumed (band)|Exhumed]], [[Pig Destroyer]] and [[Nasum]]. Recently, however Relapse Records has become considerably more mainstream,{{Fact|date=January 2008}} with appearances on the front cover of the magazine [[Kerrang!]] and video plays on TV music channels, especially of such bands as [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]] and [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]]. The word has also been spread by the sponsorship of such festivals as the [[Milwaukee Metalfest]]. In October 2006, Relapse Records became the first record label{{Fact|date=January 2008}} to launch its own branded 'search and win' engine which allows fans to do internet searches while giving them a chance to win exclusive prizes. == See also == *[[List of record labels]] *[[Relapse Records artists]] ==External links== *[http://www.relapse.com/ Official site] *[http://searchwithrelapse.prodege.com/ Relapse 'search and win' engine] [[Category:American record labels]] [[Category:Independent record labels]] [[Category:Heavy metal record labels]] [[Category:Death metal record labels]] [[Category:Grindcore record labels]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1990]] [[de:Relapse Records]] [[fr:Relapse Records]] [[it:Relapse Records]] [[ja:リラプス・レコード]] [[pl:Relapse Records]] [[pt:Relapse Records]] [[fi:Relapse Records]]