Hammerheart Records
Hammerheart Records is a Dutch record company, which was renamed in Karmageddon Media in 2004 and 2011 under the old name arose anew. The independent label has (especially Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal, Folk Metal ) is made primarily by their publications in the field of extreme metal with bands from all over the world a name. The label is in Holland as Hammerheart Holdings BV incorporated.
Label history
The label was located in Valkenburg aan de Geul. The founders and owners were Peter van Ool and Guido Heijnens.
The first release of the label was a split CD between the German pagan metal band Tumulus and the Norwegian Viking metal band Mock. Other publications include groups from the Black-/Death-/Pagan-Metal-Lager as Ancient Rites, Aeternus, Hades Almighty and Primordial, but also bands like Hagalaz ' Runedance that make rather quiet music.
Among the notable releases included the Greek band Septic Flesh and the bootlegs Zero Tolerance I & II, published as Chuck Schuldiner and his band Control Denied, but with trial and live recordings of the band Death. This led to disputes with Schuldiner's Estate and a withdrawal of the title in October 2009.
2003, Hammerheart Records financial problems. It was decided under the name Karmageddon Media continue and succeeded the two founders with Plastic Head Distribution to find a new distributor.
Publications (selection)
- 2003: Torture Killer For Maggots to Devour ·
- 2004: Aeternus · Shadows of Old
- 2004: Various Artists · Nordic Metal - A Tribute to Euronymous ( re-release )
- 2004: Chuck Schuldiner · Zero Tolerance ( Bootleg )
- 2004: Occult · Elegy for the Weak
- 2004: Ad Vitam Aeternam · Abstract Senses
- 2004: Dark Funeral / OF · Devil Pigs ( Bootleg )
- 2005: Severe Torture · Bloodletting
- 2005: Til Dovre Faller Glittertind ·
- 2005: Dismember Like an Everflowing Stream · ( re-release )
- 2005: Mercenary · First Breath