InsideOut Music

InsideOut Music is a company based in the German Kleve record label devoted to the publication of Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal and related styles ordered. The American section of the label - InsideOut Music America - is located in Pittsburgh. After the parent company SPV had to declare bankruptcy in 2009, Inside Out was acquired by Century Media.

Several important bands of recent currents of progressive rock are at InsideOut under contract, including The Flower Kings, Spock 's Beard, Enchant and Pain of Salvation. There are also links to other scene - relevant bands, as a solo album by Dream Theater singer James LaBrie - as well as some side projects of Mike Portnoy on InsideOut published. For some time, the label released digitally reworked re-releases of albums from the Krautrock era, for example, from the band Kraan.

Often the surrounding area of the headquarters serves as inspiration for the album art. For example, is the pump of Spock's Beard's " Octane " cover in Kleve and also the lake on Thresholds " Subsurface" can be found there.

A characteristic feature is the lush publication work of the label. Numerous albums appear alongside the standard versions in Special Editions containing extensive bonus material as bonus tracks and multimedia. Unusual also is the publication of live DVDs that contain all the material of the DVD in addition as an audio CD.