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'''The End Records''' is an independent [[Heavy_metal_music|metal]] and [[Rock (music)|rock]] [[record label]] currently based in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. The label was recently featured in [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] small business magazine, now posted on CNN.com.<ref>"[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/03/01/8402016/index.htm?postversion=2007032109 Fortune small business - March 2007 - Heavy metal makeover]" March 21, 2007.</ref>
'''The End Records''' is an independent [[Heavy_metal_music|metal]] and [[Rock (music)|rock]] [[record label]] currently based in [[Brooklyn, New York]]. The label was recently featured in [[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] small business magazine, now posted on CNN.com.<ref>"[http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2007/03/01/8402016/index.htm?postversion=2007032109 Fortune small business - March 2007 - Heavy metal makeover]" March 21, 2007.</ref>


The End Records was founded as a small underground record label in [[1998 in music|1998]], initially as a means of distributing music like the album ''Vale'' by the now-defunct Russian metal band [[Mental Home]]. Its focus was, and remains, on the more [[avant-garde]] and original acts in the genre. The scope of the label has now grown from its original heavy metal focus, extending into [[Ambient music|ambient]], rock and other styles, but remains within the darker realms of music.
The End Records was founded as a small underground record label in [[1998 in music|1998]]. Its focus was, and remains, on the more [[avant-garde]] and original acts in the genre. The scope of the label has now grown from its original heavy metal focus, extending into [[Ambient music|ambient]], rock and other styles, but remains within the darker realms of music.


The company has continually expanded and is now divided into various departments:
The company has continually expanded and is now divided into various departments:

Revision as of 02:05, 19 September 2007

The End Records
File:The End Records Logo.gif
Founded1998
GenreRock, Metal
Country of originUS

The End Records is an independent metal and rock record label currently based in Brooklyn, New York. The label was recently featured in Fortune small business magazine, now posted on CNN.com.[1]

The End Records was founded as a small underground record label in 1998. Its focus was, and remains, on the more avant-garde and original acts in the genre. The scope of the label has now grown from its original heavy metal focus, extending into ambient, rock and other styles, but remains within the darker realms of music.

The company has continually expanded and is now divided into various departments:

  • The End Records label (the core of the company)
  • Infinite Vinyl Series (specializing in limited manufacturing of collectible and high-quality vinyl pressings)
  • Unruly Sounds (fundamentally uncompromising and underground releases)
  • Distributed labels for North America (exclusive distribution for a variety of labels)
  • The Omega Mail-Order (specializing in retail and wholesale distribution of hundreds of labels worldwide)

Distribution

Distribution is handled through various sources but the main ones are:

  • The Omega: The End Records' exclusive online webstore
  • RED Distribution: Handles North American distribution in stores

See also

Notes