| Peaceville Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1987 |
| Founder | Paul 'Hammy' Halmshaw |
| Distributor(s) | Snapper Music |
| Genre | Extreme metal, heavy metal, hardcore punk |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Official website | www.peaceville.com |
Peaceville Records is a British independentheavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul 'Hammy' Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat. Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English hardcore punk. Halmshaw started running the label full-time in 1988, although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes.
© 2002-2021 MerchNOW, LLC © 2021. Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul 'Hammy' Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat.Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English. It is a conglomoration of NeXTSTEP, A/UX, and Mac OS 9. It is based off the unix kernel and provides compatibility with X11. It features a new theme called Aqua which replaces Platinum from Mac OS 8 and 9. It also adds the Dock as a place to launch applications (Not dissimilar to the underused Launcher) as well as some other features. The remastered 10th anniversary edition of Valkyrja’s ‘Contamination’ to be released on Peaceville. New Releases, News, Valkyrja.
The label is therefore known for the connection between doom metal and the 1980s English crust punk scene. Sister labels 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' concentrated more on thrash metal (Deaf) and psychedelic electronica (Dreamtime).
However, the bands Autopsy, Darkthrone, My Dying Bride, Anathema, Opeth, Katatonia and Paradise Lost - known as the 'Peaceville Stable' - have been the label's most recognizable traits since the 1990s. Peaceville also became known for its anti-major label stance and left wing political outlook.
In November 2006, after 25 years at the helm, Halmshaw announced that he and co-manager Lisa Halmshaw would be leaving the label to concentrate on new projects, and that his former assistant, Paul Groundwell, would be taking over general management duties,[1] following the sale of the label to back catalogue specialists Snapper Music, who had distributed Peaceville since 2001.
Bands[edit]
- Mork
- Morta Skuld
Former bands[edit]
Peaceville Mac Os X
- Baphomet
- Banished
- Impaler
- Toranaga
- Thine
- Wartech
Compilations[edit]
- A Vile Peace (1987)
- Vile Vibes (1990)
- Peaceville Volume 4 (1992)
- The Best of Peaceville (1995)
- Autumn Sampler '95 (1995)
- Under the Sign of the Sacred Star (1996)
- Peaceville X (1998)
- Peaceville Classic Cuts (2001)
- Peaceville Sampler 2002 (2002)
- New Dark Classics (2006)
- Metal Hammer (2006)
- New Dark Classics (2007)
- New Dark Classics II (2007)
- New Dark Classics Vol. 4 (2010)
- 21 Years Of Doom, Death & Darkness (2008)
- Katatonia Presents... Peaceville Dark Classics (2011)
- 30 Years of Decadence (2017)
See also[edit]
References[edit]
Peaceville Mac Os Catalina
- ^'PEACEVILLE RECORDS Founders Retire From Music Business'. Roadrunnerrecords.com.
Peaceville Mac Os Download
External links[edit]
- Peaceville discography at Discogs