Distort Entertainment
| Distort Entertainment | |
|---|---|
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| Founded | 2002 |
| Founder | Greg Below |
| Distributor(s) | Fontana North |
| Genre | Hardcore punk |
| Country of origin |  Canada |
| Location | Toronto, Ontario |
| Official website | teamdistort.com |
Distort Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] The label specializes in hardcore punk bands such as Alexisonfire and Cancer Bats and metal bands such as Johnny Truant, but also represents lighter music with its sister division (Distort Light) such as Bend Sinister. The label's main distributor as of August 22nd 2013 is Fontana North.[2]
History
Formed by Greg Below, (concert promoter and owner of Distort Productions) and Mitch Joel, (music journalist and publicist) in early 2002, Distort began by producing New Jersey's Step Kings' third release, 3 The Hard Way. The label's slogan "Listen Harder" was soon formed and showed Distort's specialization in heavy music.
In 2002, Below's full-time employment as a studio manager with EMI publishing Canada later helped to jump start Distort by opening the door to a distribution partnership with EMI Music Canada. Although Distort is admired for its independence in the industry, it wanted to be associated with the well respected quality for which EMI had become known.[3]
Now quite established, Distort Entertainment is a well-known Canadian label, and back some of the most respected bands in the heavy music industry.
Artists/bands represented
- A Textbook Tragedy
- Alexisonfire
- Architects
- A Sight For Sewn Eyes
- Blackstorm
- Bend Sinister
- The Bled
- Bleeding Through
- The Bronx
- Bury Tomorrow - Canadian Distribution
- Cancer Bats
- Comeback Kid
- Dead and Divine
- Damn 13
- Exalt
- The End
- The Gorgeous
- Johnny Truant
- Lower Than Atlantis
- Oceana
- Northlane
- Periphery
- Savannah
- Shaped by Fate
- Sights And Sounds
- Sleep When You're Dead
- Straight Reads The Line
See also
References
- ^ Distort Entertainment Location
- ^ Distort Entertainment joins Fontana North
- ^ http://metal-rules.com/interviews/distortent.htm Metal Rules Interview With Mitch Joel