New Renaissance Records

New Renaissance Records
New Renaissance Records
Founded 1984
Founder Ann Boleyn
Genre Heavy metal
Country of origin  United States
Official Website http://www.newrenaissancerecords.com

New Renaissance Records is an American record label founded in 1984 by Ann Boleyn, who also is the lead singer of the group Hellion and is credited for coining the term speed metal.

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History

New Renaissance Records was created by Ann Boleyn after her band Hellion had a #6 Record on the British Music Charts (as reported in Sounds Magazine and Kerrang), but was unable to find an American deal.[1] According to a March 1985 interview in Kerrang, Boleyn sold her car and musical instruments to fund the initial pressings of compilation albums which featured the earliest commercial recordings of Wehrmacht, Morbid Angel, Artillery, Mayhem, Prong, Sepultura, At War, Savage Grace, and Flotsam and Jetsam.

Early history

By 1985, the demand for heavy metal products resulted in a packaging and distribution offer from Greenworld Distribution to both New Renaissance Records and Roadrunner Records. Therefore, some of the earliest pressings on New Renaissance bear the Greenworld label and feature a catalogue number beginning with "GWD." However, by 1986 Greenworld Records Distribution became embroiled in legal problems after the Los Angeles District Attorney file charges against the label owner for distributing "harmful material to minors," also known as the Frankenchrist album by the Dead Kennedys. In early 1986 Greenworld went out of business. After that time, the catalogue numbers have all began with "NR."

Signed groups have included Chyld , Rock City Angels (featuring actor Johnny Depp), Wehrmacht, Sepultura, Morbid Angel, Artillery, King Kobra, and Kublai Khan. Other label acts include Holocross, Amulance, Blood Feast, Cerebus, Dream Death, Deadly Blessing, Forger featuring Geoff Mega, Medieval, Post Mortem, At War, Savage Grace, Mayhem, Prong, Whiplash, Screamer, and more.

Current affairs

Label founder took time off of the music business to study law, and obtained her license to practice law in December 2007. The label maintains a catalogue of over thirty titles which are distributed worldwide.

New Renaissance recording artist AT WAR have returned with a new album Infidel in 2009 that has received critical acclaim and follows up their two New Renaissance titles Ordered To Kill and Retaliatory Strike.

See also

References

  1. ^ László, Dávid. "Ann Boleyn Interview". Voices from the Dark Side.de. http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interviews/new-renaissance-records.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-08. 

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