Ferret Music was an American

independent record label An independent record label (or indie label) is a record label that operates without the funding or distribution of major record labels; they are a type of small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels and artists are often represented ...

turned

Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp. ( d.b.a. Warner Music Group, commonly abbreviated as WMG) is an American multinational entertainment and record label conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the " big three" recording companies and t ...

subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in

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. Ferret recently started an imprint called New Weathermen Records. Warner Music Group's Alternative Distribution Alliance acquired a stake in Ferret Music in August, 2006, and as a result is currently distributed by Fontana Distribution, Alternative Distribution Alliance and eOne Music. As of September 12, 2007, Ferret partnered with an uprising

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and

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label out of the UK, Siege of Amida Records (S.O.A.R.). S.O.A.R will retain A&R responsibilities. On February 18, 2010 Carl Severson and his business partner at Ferret and ChannelZERO, Paul Conroy, announced their departure from the company to start

Good Fight Entertainment Good Fight Entertainment is a business conglomerate that was founded in 2010. The company consists of a record label, band management, sports management, a clothing line and an art studio. Good Fight was founded by Paul Conroy and Carl Severson wh ...

, a management company with music and sports divisions along with a new record label. Ferret's official website was last updated in 2009, adding to speculation that the label is defunct. According to Scott Mellinger, lead guitarist for Zao, Ferret Records sold to Warner Music while Severson went on to start Good Fight.

Past artists

36 Crazyfists 36 Crazyfists were an American metalcore band formed in Anchorage, Alaska in 1994. The band's name comes from the Hong Kong martial arts film ''36 Crazy Fists'' (1977) starring Jackie Chan. To date they have released eight studio albums. Histor ...

(active, on Spinefarm Records) * A Life Once Lost (disbanded) * A Static Lullaby (active, unsigned) * All Chrome (disbanded) * Annotations of an Autopsy (active, unsigned) *

Blood Has Been Shed Blood Has Been Shed was an American metalcore band based in Granby, Connecticut. The band came together in 1997 and has featured members of Killswitch Engage, Diecast, Light the Torch, Red Tide, Terror, Walls of Jericho, Bury Your Dead and T ...

(disbanded) * Boris The Blade (disbanded) * Boys Night Out (active, with Good Fight Music) * Burnt by the Sun (disbanded) * blessthefall (active, on Rise Records) * Cataract (disbanded) * Chimaira (disbanded) * Dead Hearts (disbanded) * Disembodied (active, on Good Fight Music) * The Devil Wears Prada (active, on

Solid State Records Solid State Records is a Christian metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, ...

) * Elysia (disbanded) * Eternal Lord (disbanded) * Every Time I Die (disbanded) * For the Love of... (active) * Foxy Shazam (active, with

I.R.S. Records I.R.S. Records was an American record label founded by Miles Copeland III, Jay Boberg, and Carl Grasso in 1979. I.R.S. produced some of the most popular bands of the 1980s, and was particularly known for issuing records by college rock, new wave ...

) * From Autumn to Ashes (active, unsigned) *

Full Blown Chaos Full Blown Chaos is a metalcore band from Floral Park, Queens, New York. According to the band, their whole direction "is to keep a wide range of music, not to necessarily pigeonhole ourselves into metal or hardcore". They are well respected in ...

(active on Ironclad Recordings) *

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, formed in 2001 and currently consists of Matthew Davies-Kreye (lead vocals), Kris Coombs-Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, backing vocals), Darran Smith ...

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(disbanded) * Harvest (active) *

Heavy Heavy Low Low Heavy Heavy Low Low is an American mathcore band from San Jose, California. Biography Formed in early 2004 in San Jose, California, they played shows throughout the West Coast and developed a significant following, becoming known in the early ...

(disbanded) *

Hellmouth A Hellmouth, or the jaws of Hell, is the entrance to Hell envisaged as the gaping mouth of a huge monster, an image which first appeared in Anglo-Saxon art, and then spread all over Europe. It remained very common in depictions of the '' Last ...

(active, on Paper+Plastick Records) *

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990. Alongside At the Gates and Dark Tranquillity, In Flames pioneered the genres known as Swedish death metal and melodic death metal. During t ...

(active, with

Nuclear Blast Records Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...

) *

Ice Nine Kills Ice Nine Kills (sometimes stylized in all capital letters or abbreviated to INK, and formerly known as Ice Nine) is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, who are signed to Fearless Records. Best known for its horror-inspir ...

(active, with

Fearless Records Fearless Records is an American independent record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and is best known for its early pop punk moments captured in the ''Fearless Flush Sampler'' and ''Punk Bites'' releas ...

) *

Johnny Truant Johnny Truant was a British metalcore band, formed in 2000 under the name Severance. The band recorded three demos under this moniker before renaming themselves after one of the main characters of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel ''House of Leave ...

(disbanded) *

Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999 after the disbanding of Overcast (band), Overcast and Aftershock. Killswitch Engage's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joe ...

(active, with

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distrib ...

) *

Knights of the Abyss Knights of the Abyss are an American deathcore band from Glendale, Arizona, Glendale, Arizona, United States, formed in 2005. Biography Knights of the Abyss was formed in 2005 after drummer Andy Rysdam had left his former band Job for a Cowboy. ...

(on hiatus since 2012) * Luddite Clone (disbanded) *

Ligeia "Ligeia" () is an early short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1838. The story follows an unnamed narrator and his wife Ligeia, a beautiful and intelligent raven-haired woman. She falls ill, composes "The Conqueror Wor ...

(on hiatus) * LoveHateHero (disbanded) *

Lower Definition Lower Definition is an American post-hardcore band from San Diego, California, United States, formed in 2002. The band released two studio albums and six EPs before disbanding in 2009. After that they released an EP in 2011 called 'The Infinite ...

(disbanded) * Madball (active, with Good Fight Music) * Martyr A.D. (disbanded) *

Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Maylene and the Sons of Disaster is an American heavy metal band from Birmingham, Alabama. The group were founded in 2004, shortly after vocalist Dallas Taylor's departure from Underoath. In 2005, Maylene and the Sons of Disaster signed to Mon ...

(active, Independent) *

Misery Signals Misery Signals is an American-Canadian metalcore band formed in Wisconsin in 2002. History Formation (2002–2003) Misery Signals was formed after the disbanding of several bands, including 7 Angels 7 Plagues, Hamartia, and Compromise. Having p ...

(active, with Basick Records) * NORA (active, with Good Fight Music) *

Poison the Well Poisoning the well (or to poison the well) is a logical fallacy. Poisoning the well may also refer to: *Well poisoning, the literal meaning of the phrase *"Poisoning the Well", a ''Stargate Atlantis'' episode *Poison the Well (band), a hardcore pu ...

(on hiatus) * Remembering Never (active, with Dead Truth Recordings) * Revolution Mother (on hiatus) * Scarlet (on hiatus) * See You Next Tuesday (Active, unsigned) *

Shadows Fall Shadows Fall is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1996. Although Shadows Fall has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career, Shadows Fall has been composed of Jon Donais (lead guitar, b ...

(on hiatus) * Skycamefalling (disbanded) * Suicide Note (disbanded) * The Banner (active, with Good Fight Music) * The Break (disbanded) *

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(active, with White Drugs) * The Hottness (disbanded) * The Rise (active, with ReIgnition Records) * Torn Apart (active, unsigned) *

Twelve Tribes The Twelve Tribes of Israel ( he, שִׁבְטֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵל, translit=Šīḇṭēy Yīsrāʾēl, lit=Tribes of Israel) are, according to Hebrew scriptures, the descendants of the biblical patriarch Jacob, also known as Israel, throu ...

(disbanded) *

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(disbanded) *

Underneath the Gun Underneath the Gun is a Christian deathcore and metalcore band from Corona, California. While their sound originally was deathcore on the first EP and ''The Awakening'' full length, they evolved into a metalcore sound on the ''Forfeit Misfortun ...

(disbanded) * Upon Disfigurement (on hiatus) *

xBishopx Bishop A.C. (formerly xBISHOPx) was an American straight edge hardcore punk, hardcore band, forming in 2004 and originating in Florida, United States. The band features current and former members of Until the End (band), Until the End, Rememberin ...

(active, with Dead Truth Recordings) *

Waking the Cadaver Waking the Cadaver is an American death metal band from Sayreville, New Jersey, formed in 2006. Originally called Death to Honor, the band released one demo in 2004 before changing their name to Waking the Cadaver in 2006. The band has release ...

(active, with Unique Leader Records) * Zao (active, currently unsigned)

S.O.A.R. artists

* Against the Flood * Ageless Oblivion * Annotations of an Autopsy (Also on

Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is a record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label mov ...

) * Ancient Ascendant * Armed for Apocalypse * As They Burn * Awaken Demons * Belial * Betraeus * Cult Cinema * Dead Beyond Buried * Demoraliser * Diskreet * Dripback * Dyscarnate * Eradication * Heart in Hand * Ingested * Malevolence * Martyr Defiled * The Breathing Process * The Bridal Procession * TRC * Waking The Cadaver

Past S.O.A.R Artists

* A Girl a Gun a Ghost (disbanded) * Belie My Burial (active, unsigned) * Chaos Blood (disbanded) * Chase the Sunset (formerly known as Endurance of Hate)(Active, Unsigned) * Clone the Fragile (disbanded) * Dignity Dies First (disbanded) * Forever Never (active, Unsigned) *

Impending Doom Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released six full-length studio albums and are currently a five piece with lead vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining member ...

(active, with eONE music) * Implosive Disgorgence (disbanded) *

(disbanded) * Last House on the Left (Active, Unsigned) * My Cross to Bare (reformed 2021) * Rose Funeral (active, with

) * The Adept (active, unsigned) * The Irish Front (disbanded) * The Partisan Turbine (disbanded) * The Plasmarifle (active, unsigned) *

The Red Death The Red Death was an American extreme metal band from Bath, New York. History Formed in 2002 after the demise of Another Day Forgotten by singer Paul Hamblin, guitarist Josh Williammee, and drummer Graham Mitchell, the original lineup was round ...

(disbanded) * The Red Shore (disbanded) * Titans (disbanded) * Viatrophy (disbanded) * Wecamewithbrokenteeth (disbanded in 2008, reformed in 2009 and then disbanded again in 2010) * Whitechapel (active, with

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References

Other sources

Warner Music Group news release
August 7, 2006 *Martens, Todd, "Ferret's New Partner", ''Billboard'', 00062510, September 2, 2006, Vol. 118, Issue 35

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* {{Authority control American independent record labels Defunct record labels of the United States Record labels established in 1996 Heavy metal record labels Alternative rock record labels West Windsor, New Jersey New Jersey record labels Mass media in New Jersey 1996 establishments in New Jersey

Past artists

S.O.A.R. artists

Past S.O.A.R Artists

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