Rise Above Records
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{{Infobox record label
| name = Rise Above
| image = [[Image:Rise above records.jpg]]
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| founded =
| founder = [[Lee Dorrian]]
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| distributor =
| genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]<br/>[[Doom metal]]<br/>[[Stoner rock|Stoner metal]]<br/>[[Grindcore]] (before 1991)
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| location = [[London]], [[England]]
| url = [http://www.riseaboverecords.com riseaboverecords.com]
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'''Rise Above Records''' is a [[London]], [[England]] based [[independent record label]] owned by [[Lee Dorrian]] (of the band [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] and formerly of [[Napalm Death]]). It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater to [[doom metal|doom]] and [[sludge metal]]. Rise Above releases were getting [[United States|US]] distribution from the mid-90s to 2004 by [[The Music Cartel]]. As of 2005, they are currently getting distribution by [[Candlelight Records]]. [[JVC Victor]] were their [[Japan]]ese distributors until 2007 when [[Leaf Hound Records]] began distributing the Japanese versions of Rise Above releases.
In 2005, Rise Above announced a 7" & split series for their bands. So far there have been seven releases in this matter.
In 2006, Rise Above announced a sub-branch called Rise Above Relics, catering rare, vintage 70s releases. There have been three releases on this sub-label.
== Artists ==
Current Artists as of 2006-2007:
* [[Capricorns (band)|Capricorns]]
* [[Circulus]]
* [[Debris Inc.]]
* [[Electric Wizard]]
* [[Firebird (band)|Firebird]]
* [[Gentlemans Pistols]]
* [[Grand Magus]]
* [[Litmus (band)|Litmus]]
* [[Orange Goblin]]
* [[Pod People (band)|Pod People]]
* [[Sheavy|sHEAVY]]
* [[Taint (band)|Taint]]
* [[Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine]]
* [[Unearthly Trance (band)|Unearthly Trance]]
* [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]]
* [[Winters (band)|Winters]]
Former/One-offs/etc.:
* [[Bottom (band)|Bottom]]
* [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]]
* [[Chrome Hoof]]
* [[Goatsnake]]
* [[Hangnail]]
* [[The Last Drop (band)|Last Drop, The]]
* [[Leaf Hound]]
* [[Long Cold Stare]]
* [[Mourn]]
* [[Napalm Death]]
* [[Naevus]]
* [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]
* [[Penance]]
* [[Revelation]]
* [[Sally (band)|Sally]]
* [[Sea of Green]]
* [[Shallow (band)|Shallow]]
* [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]
* [[S.O.B. (band)|S.O.B.]]
* [[Sunn O)))]]
== Discography ==
===Main releases===
* RISE 001 - [[Napalm Death]] Live - 7" EP (vinyl only)
* RISE 002 - [[S.O.B. (band)|S.O.B.]] ''Thrash Night'' - 7" EP (vinyl only)
* RISE 003 - Long Cold Stare - ''Tired Eyes'' LP (vinyl only)
* RISE 004 - [[S.O.B. (band)|S.O.B.]] - ''What's the Truth'' LP/MC/CD
* RISE 005 - Various Artists - ''Dark Passages'' LP/MC/CD
* RISE 006 - [[Revelation (band)|Revelation]] - ''Salvations Answer'' LP/MC/CD
* RISE 007 - [[Penance (band)|Penance]] - ''The Road Less Travelled'' LP/MC/CD
* RISE 008 - [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''In Memorium'' CD/Maxi EP (Ltd only purple vinyl)
* RISE 009 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]'' CD/LP (Ltd only green vinyl)
* RISE 010 - Mourn - ''Mourn'' CD
* RISE 011 - [[Electric Wizard/Our Haunted Kingdom]] split 7"
* RISE 012 - Various Artists - ''Dark Passages II'' - CD
* CDRISE 13 - Various Artists - ''[[Rise 13|Magick Rock vol. 1]]'' CD
* CDRISE 14 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]'' CD
* CDRISE 15 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[Frequencies from Planet Ten]]'' CD
* CDRISE 16 - Naevus - ''Sun Meditation'' CD
* CDRISE 17 - [[sHEAVY]] - ''[[The Electric Sleep]]'' CD
* CDRISE 18 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]'' CD
* CDRISE 19 - [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]] - ''[[Jerusalem (Sleep album)|Jerusalem]]'' CD
* CDRISE 20 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]/[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]'' 2xCD
* CDRISE 21 - [[Cathedral (band)|Cathedral]] - ''In Memoriam'' CD
* CDRISE 22 - [[Goatsnake]] - ''[[Goatsnake Vol. 1]]'' CD
* CDRISE 23 - Hangnail - ''Ten Days Before Summer'' CD
* CDRISE 24 - [[Sally (band)|Sally]] - ''Sally'' CD
* CDRISE 25 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[The Big Black]]'' CD/LP
* CDRISE 26 - [[sHEAVY]] - ''[[Celestial Hi-Fi]]'' CD
* CDRISE 27 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Dopethrone]]'' CD
* CDRISE 28 - Shallow - ''16 Sunsets in 24 Hours'' CD
* CDRISE 29 - [[Sunn O)))]] ''[[ØØ Void]]'' CD
* CDRISE 30 - [[Goatsnake]] - ''[[Flower of Disease]]'' CD
* CDRISE 31 - [[Firebird (band)|Firebird]] - ''Firebird'' CD
* RISECD 32 - Hangnail - ''Clouds in the Head'' CD
* RISECD 33 - [[Sea of Green]] - ''[[Time to Fly]]'' CD
* RISECD 34 - [[Grand Magus]] - ''Grand Magus'' CD
* RISECD 35 - The Last Drop - ''Where Were You Living One Year from Now?'' CD
* RISECD/LP 36 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Let Us Prey]]'' CD/LP
* RISECD 37 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[Coup de Grace]]'' (CD)
* RISECD 38 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[Time Travelling Blues]]/[[Frequencies From Planet Ten]]'' 2xCD
* RISECD 39 - [[sHEAVY]] - ''[[Synchronized (album)|Synchronized]]'' CD
* RISECD 40 - ???
* RISECD 41 - [[Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine]] - ''[[Rampton (album)|Rampton]]'' CD
* RISECD 42 - Bottom - ''Feels So Good When You're Gone'' CD
* RISECD 43 - [[Sally (band)|Sally]] - ''C-Earth'' CD
* RISECD/LP 44 - [[Grand Magus]] - ''Monument'' Cd/LP (blue vinyl, gatefold sleeve)
* RISECD/LP 45 - Unearthly Trance - ''Season of Séance, Science of Silence'' CD/2LP (500 copies, black vinyl, deluxe gatefold)
* RISECD/LP 46 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[Thieving from the House of God]]'' Cd/LP (1000 copies, orange vinyl, deluxe gatefold)
* RISECD/LP 47 - [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]] - ''[[Witchcraft (album)|Witchcraft]]'' CD/LP/PicDisc
* RISECD/LP 48 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[We Live]]'' Cd/2LP (1000 copies, purple vinyl)
* RISECD 49 - Pod People - ''Doom Saloon'' CD
* RISECD 50 - ???
* RISE7 51 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''Some You Win, Some You Lose'' 7"
* RISECD/LP 52 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Dopethrone]]'' re-issue CD/2LP (1000 white vinyl, 500 black vinyl. 2nd press: 50 Purple Silk, 100 Transparent Amber, 100 clear, 550 black)
* RISECD 53 - [[Orange Goblin]] - ''[[The Big Black]]'' re-issue CD
* RISEMCD/MLP 54 - Capricorns - ''Capricorns'' CD/LP
* RISECD/LP 55 - Unearthly Trance - ''In the Red'' CD/LP (blood red vinyl)
* RISEMLP 56 - Thy Grief Eternal - ''On Blackened Wings'' 10" (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl)
* RISEMLP 57 - Eternal - ''Lucifer's Children'' 10" (500 clear vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 58 - [[sHEAVY]] - ''[[Republic? (album)|Republic?]]'' CD
* RISECD 59 - [[Debris Inc.]] - ''Debris Inc.'' CD
* RISECD/LP 60 - [[Grand Magus]] - ''Wolf's Return'' CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl)
* RISECD 61 - ???
* RISECD/LP 62 - [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]] - ''[[Firewood (album)|Firewood]]'' CD/LP (deluxe gatefold, 500 gold vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 63 - [[Circulus]] - ''[[The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent]]'' CD/LP (1000 black vinyl, 500 swirly vinyl, 100 clear vinyl)
* RISE7 64 - [[Circulus]]/[[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]] split 7" (500 copies)
* RISE7/MCD 65 - [[Circulus]] - ''Swallow'' Cd single/7" (bright green and yellow)
* RISECD/LP 66 - [[Taint (band)|Taint]] - ''The Ruin of Nova Roma'' CD/2LP
* RISECD 67 - Capricorns - ''Ruder Forms Survive'' CD
* RISE7 68 - [[Leaf Hound]] - "Freelance Fiend" 7"
* RISECD 69 - [[Grand Magus]] - ''Grand Magus'' (2006 re-issue w/ bonus tracks) CD
* RISECD 70 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Pre-Electric Wizard 1989-1994]]'' CD
* RISECD/LP 71 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Electric Wizard (album)|Electric Wizard]]'' (re-master) digiCD/LP w/bonus 7" (500 black vinyl, 500 ice blue vinyl, 500 luminous lime green vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 72 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Come My Fanatics...]]'' (re-master) digiCD/2LP w/bonus 7" (400 violet sparkle vinyl, 100 violet sparkle w/colored 7", 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 73 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Dopethrone]]'' (re-master) digiCD
* RISECD 74 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Let Us Prey]]'' (re-master) digiCD/2xLP (100 clear vinyl, 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD 75 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[We Live]]'' (re-master) digiCD
* RISECD 76 - ???
* RISECD 77 - ???
* RISECD 78 - ???
* RISECD 79 - ???
* RISECD 80 - ???
* RISECD/LP 81 - [[Firebird (band)|Firebird]] - ''Hot Wings''
* RISECD/LP 82 - Mourn - ''Mourn'' CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 leaf green vinyl, 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 83 - Litmus - ''Planetfall'' CD
* RISE7 84 - Burning Saviours - "The Giant" 7" (100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 85 - ???
* RISE7 86 - Gentlemans Pistols - "The Lady" 7" (100 clear vinyl, 400 black vinyl)
* RISE7 87 - [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]] - "[[If Crimson Was Your Colour]]" 7" (225 black vinyl, 225 clear vinyl)
* RISEMCD/MLP 88 - Winters - ''High As Satellites'' CD/LP (black vinyl, blue vinyl)
* RISECD 89 - [[Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine]] - ''[[Rampton (album)|Rampton]]'' deluxe edition
* RISECD 90 - ???
* RISECD 91 - ???
* RISEMCD/MLP 92 - [[Chrome Hoof]] - ''Beyond Zade''
* RISECD/LP 93 - [[Circulus]] - ''[[Clocks Are Like People]]'' digiCD/LP (500 white vinyl w/ bonus 7", 700 blue vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISE7/CD 94 - [[Circulus]] - ''Song of Our Despair'' CD single/7" (black vinyl, clear vinyl, violet vinyl)
* RISE7 95 - [[Moss (band)|Moss]]/Monarch - split 7" (50 sea blue vinyl, 100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl)
* RISECD 96 - Winters - ''Black Clouds in Twin Galaxies'' CD
* RISECD 97 - ???
* RISECD/LP 98 - Gentlemans Pistols - ''Gentlemans Pistols'' CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 yellow vinyl, 200 black vinyl)
* RISELP 99 - Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses - ''Perils''
* RISECD/LP 100 - [[Electric Wizard]] - ''[[Witchcult Today]]'' CD/LP (100 purple vinyl, 200 black sparkle vinyl, 200 green vinyl)
* RISE7 101 - Diagonal - ''Heavy Language'' 7" (500 black sparkle vinyl)
* RISECD 102 - ???
* RISECD/LP 103 - [[Witchcraft (band)|Witchcraft]] - ''[[The Alchemist (album)|The Alchemist]]'' CD/LP (25 ultra blue vinyl, 100 clear vinyl, 500 magnolia vinyl, 400 black sparkle vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISECD/LP 104 - [[Taint (band)|Taint]] - ''Secrets and Lies'' CD
* RISE10 107 - Atavist - ''Alchemic Resurection'' 10"
* RISELP 108 - [[Moss (band)|Moss]] - ''Sub Templum'' 2LP
* RISECD/LP 113 - [[Grand Magus]] - ''Iron Will'' CD/LP (200 clear vinyl, 200 white vinyl, 300 black vinyl)
* RISE7 114 - Crowning Glory/Gates of Slumber split 7" (black vinyl, green vinyl, blue vinyl)
* RISEMLP? - [[Electric Wizard]]/[[Reverend Bizarre]] - [[Electric Wizard/Reverend Bizarre|split 12" EP]] (350 blood red vinyl, 500 purple vinyl, 500 clear vinyl, 500 silver vinyl, 500 black vinyl)
* RISELP? - Blood Ceremony - ''Blood Ceremony'' LP (300 red/black vinyl w/bonus 7", 300 purple vinyl, 300 black vinyl)
===Rise Above Relics releases===
* RAR7 001 - Luv Machine - "Witches Wand" 7"
* RARCD/LP 001 - Luv Machine - ''Turns You On!'' CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 400 cerise vinyl, 100 clear vinyl)
* RARCD/LP 002 - Possessed - ''Exploration'' CD/LP
== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]
* [[List of independent UK record labels]]
==External links==
* [http://www.riseaboverecords.com/ Official site]
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