Equal Vision Records

Equal Vision Records
Founded	1990
Founder	Ray Cappo
Distributor(s)	Alternative Distribution Alliance (USA)
Genre	Various
Country of origin	United States
Location	Albany, New York
Official website	equalvision.com

Equal Vision Records is a record label based in Albany, New York, which has a focus in metal or punk-based rock genres. Equal Vision Records was founded in the early 1990s by Ray Cappo (Youth of Today, Shelter, Better Than a Thousand).

The label originally existed solely to distribute Shelter and other Krishna releases. In 1992, label manager Steve Reddy bought EVR from Cappo. The focus was expanded and a wider variety of bands were brought on board. According to Punk News, "The mid-to-late '90s saw a redoubling of the Equal Vision's hardcore efforts with such signings as One King Down and Ten Yard Fight. By the end of the '90s EVR found itself with an impressive stable of hardcore and punk bands, having added Bane, Trial, Converge and Saves the Day to its roster in the latter part of the decade."

In July 2009 EVR created a sub-label named Mantralogy. This sub-label will feature bands that "deliver edgy, Krishna-conscious music."

In 2012 EVR artist Max Bemis (of Say Anything) created an imprint label named Rory Records, distributed by EVR. TALLHART is the first artist of this imprint.

Current artists

• Bane
• Closure in Moscow
• Chiodos
• Codeseven
• Davenport Cabinet
• The Dear & Departed
• Eisley
• For ALL I AM
• Ghost Thrower
• Glass Cloud
• HRVRD
• I the Mighty
• Gatsby's American Dream

• Life on Repeat
• Orbs
• Places and Numbers
• The Prize Fighter Inferno
• Say Anything
• Set It Off
• TALLHART (EVR/Rory Records)
• Texas In July
• The Snake the Cross the Crown
• This Time Next Year
• We Came as Romans
• Wild Orchid Children

Previous artists

• 108 (Active, on Deathwish, Inc.)
• ActionReaction
• Alexisonfire (Disbanded 2011)
• Armor for Sleep (Disbanded 2009)
• Another Victim
• As Friends Rust
• Bars
• Bear vs. Shark (Disbanded 2005)
• Before Today
• Black Cross
• Boysetsfire
• Breaking Pangaea
• Burn
• Cinematic Sunrise (Disbanded 2009)
• Circa Survive (Active, on Atlantic Records)
• Coheed and Cambria (Active, on Sony BMG)
• The Color Fred
• Converge (Active, on Epitaph Records)
• Copper
• Crown of Thornz
• Damiera
• Dear and the Headlights (Disbanded 2011)
• Drowningman
• Earth Crisis (Active, on Century Media)
• Endicott
• Fairweather
• Fear Before (On Hiatus)
• Fivespeed (Active, on Sunset Alliance)
• Floorpunch
• Give Up the Ghost
• Good Clean Fun (Active, on Reflections Records)
• Goodbye Tomorrow
• H2O (Active, on Bridge 9 Records)
• Hands Tied
• The Fall of Troy (Disbanded 2010)
• The Hope Conspiracy (Active, on Deathwish Records)
• Hot Cross
• Jonah Matranga

• Isles & Glaciers (Inactive)
• Killing Flame
• King (Active, Unsigned)
• Liars Academy (Active, on Goodwill Records)
• Man Will Surrender
• Modern Life is War (Disbanded 2008)
• Mozart Season (On Hiatus)
• One King Down
• Pierce the Veil (Active, on Fearless Records)
• Portugal. The Man (Active, on Atlantic Records)
• Prema
• Prevent Falls
• Project Kate
• Refused
• Refuse to Fall
• The Rocking Horse Winner
• Saves the Day (Active, on Razor & Tie)
• Seemless
• Serpico
• Shelter (Active, on Good Life Recordings)
• Shift
• Sick of It All (Active, on Abacus Recordings)
• Silent Drive (Active, Unsigned)
• Sky Eats Airplane (Inactive)
• The Fall of Troy (Disbanded 2010)
• The Snake the Cross the Crown
• Snapcase
• The Sound of Animals Fighting
• Ten Yard Fight
• This Day Forward
• Time in Malta
• Trial (Active, on Panic Records)
• Understand
• Until the End
• Vaux
• Versus the Mirror
• Weerd Science (Active, on Super Rap Records)
• YouInSeries

Mantralogy bands

• Gaura Vani & As Kindred Spirits
• The Mayapuris
• Prema Hara
• SRI Kirtan

See also

• List of record labels

External links

• Official website
• Mantralogy site
• Punk News