Metropolis Records

For the Serbian label, see Metropolis Records (Serbia).

Metropolis Records
Founded	1995
Founder	Dave Heckman
Distributor(s)	Alternative Distribution Alliance
Genre	Electro-industrial, Synthpop, Pop, Gothic rock, Punk rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Official Website	http://www.metropolis-records.com/

Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres.

Metropolis started business as a retail record store under the name of "Digital Underground." Metropolis began signing acts as a record label in 1995, with groups such as Mentallo and the Fixer, Numb, and Front Line Assembly. It has arranged for its bands to tour together such as Numb and Front Line Assembly together in 1996, and Project Pitchfork and Front 242 in 1998. It also established extensive distribution channels to a variety of commercial channels, providing access to major commercial markets for typically niche-interest groups. By the late 1990s it had become the dominant specialty record label in North America for electro-industrial. Several groups once signed on Wax Trax! Records later released on Metropolis, including Front Line Assembly, Front 242, KMFDM, Doubting Thomas, PIG, Noise Unit, VNV Nation and Assemblage 23.

Though no longer a distributor, Record labels distributed through Metropolis included A Different Drum, Alfa Matrix, Cleopatra, Nilaihah, KMFDM, Projekt, Sigsaly Transmissions, Strange Ways, DSBP, Vampture, and WTII.

Artists signed

Many of the bands on Metropolis are signed to European labels for their European releases while releasing albums in North America through Metropolis.

Among the artists signed are:^[1]

16 Volt Accessory Aesthetic Perfection The A.K.A.s (Are Everywhere!) Alphaville Amduscia And One Angels and Agony Angelspit Apoptygma Berzerk À Rebours Assemblage 23 Babyland backandtotheleft Battery Cage Bauhaus Bella Morte Blutengel The Birthday Massacre The Cassandra Complex Cesium_137 Claire Voyant Clan of Xymox Cleaner Client Combichrist Covenant Crocodile Shop (CrocShop)

Das Ich Decoded Feedback Delaware Diary of Dreams Dismantled Dope Stars Inc. Ego Likeness Electric Six Eisbrecher Epoxies Excessive Force Fictional Flesh Field Fractured Front 242 Front Line Assembly Funker Vogt Gary Numan Grendel Hanzel und Gretyl IAMX Icon of Coil Informatik In Strict Confidence Imperative Reaction iVardensphere Julien-K

Juno Reactor Kevorkian Death Cycle KMFDM Leæther Strip Left Spine Down Lords of Acid London After Midnight Mesh Mindless Faith Mindless Self Indulgence mind.in.a.box Moving Units PIG Psychopomps Psyclon Nine Seabound Specimen SKOLD Suicide Commando System Syn Terrorfakt TheStart VNV Nation Velvet Acid Christ XP8 Wolfsheim :Wumpscut:

See also

• List of record labels
• List of electronic music record labels

References

1. ^ "Metropolis Records // Artists". Metropolis-records.com. http://www.metropolis-records.com/artist.php. Retrieved 2011-02-15. 

External links

• Official site
• Metropolis Records' Dave Heckman: The dark interview. Music + art room, artdesigncafe, April 29, 2010.
• Metropolis Records Label Spotlight PlugInMusic.com