Cold Meat Industry

This article is about the Swedish record label. For cold meats, see lunch meat.

Cold Meat Industry
Founded	1987 (1987)
Founder	Roger Karmanik
Defunct	2013 (2013)
Genre	Death industrial, Power electronics, Noise and Dark ambient
Country of origin	Sweden
Location	Mjölby

Cold Meat Industry was a Swedish independent record label established in 1987, which specialized in Dark ambient, Death Industrial, Noise music and Neo-Classical music.

History

From its inception, Cold Meat Industry gained a reputation for introducing artists that were unique and musically innovative. The label also became known for its contributions to the Gothic and industrial scenes.

The term "Cold Meat Industry" eventually became a musical genre of sorts, referring mostly to avant-garde artists who were influenced by industrial and dark ambient music.

In 2013 the label seemed to have stopped all activities. A notification posted in 2014 on the official Cold Meat Industry Facebook page claimed the official end of the label.

Sound Source

Sound Source was a short-lived (1991–1992) side-label of CMI. It was specialized in releasing limited tape editions of many CMI artists' debuts, such as Archon Satani, Brighter Death Now, Megaptera, Deutsch Nepal, raison d'être and others.

Legacy

Since the mid nineties, the so-called CMI genres became widespread also by other labels such as Loki.

As of 2009, the core of the label's activity appeared to be presented by traditional CMI bands such as Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio and In Slaughter Natives, whose members collaborated closely with CMI's boss Roger Karmanik.

Notable artists

• Arcana
• Ataraxia
• Atrium Carceri
• Brighter Death Now
• Coph Nia
• Desiderii Marginis
• Deutsch Nepal
• In Slaughter Natives
• Letum
• Mortiis
• Nordvargr
• Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio
• Pimentola
• Raison d'être
• Rome
• Sanctum

See also

• List of record labels