Ferret Music was an American

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turned

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subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by

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band NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in West Windsor, New Jersey. 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, 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 (disbanded) * A Life Once Lost (disbanded) * A Static Lullaby (active, unsigned) * All Chrome (disbanded) * Annotations of an Autopsy (active, unsigned) * Blood Has Been Shed (disbanded) * Boris The Blade (disbanded) * Boys Night Out (active, with Good Fight Music) *

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(disbanded) * blessthefall (active, on Rise Records) *

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(disbanded) *

Chimaira Chimaira ( ) is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in August 1998, the band's name is derived from the word Chimera (mythology), Chimera, a monstrous creature in Greek mythology. Throughout its history, ...

(partially active) * Dead Hearts (disbanded) * Disembodied (active, on Good Fight Music) * The Devil Wears Prada (active, on

Solid State Records Tooth & Nail Records is a record label founded by Brandon Ebel in California in November 1993. The label later moved to Seattle where it is today. History Brandon Ebel and Michael Knott conceived the label as a joint venture, before Knott backe ...

) * Elysia (disbanded) * Eternal Lord (disbanded) * Every Time I Die (disbanded) * For the Love of... (active) * Foxy Shazam (active, with I.R.S. Records) * From Autumn to Ashes (active, unsigned) * Full Blown Chaos (active on Ironclad Recordings) *

Funeral for a Friend Funeral for a Friend are a Welsh post-hardcore band from Bridgend, Wales, Bridgend, formed in 2001. The band's members are Kris Roberts (guitar, backing vocals), Gavin Burrough (guitar, vocals), Darran Smith (guitar), Richard Boucher (bass), an ...

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(disbanded) * Harvest (active) * Heavy Heavy Low Low (active, unsigned) * Hellmouth (active, on Paper+Plastick Records) *

In Flames In Flames is a Swedish Heavy metal music, heavy metal band, formed by guitarist Jesper Strömblad in Gothenburg in 1990 out of the Swedish death metal, Swedish death metal scene. Their lineup has changed several times, with vocalist Anders Frid ...

(active, with

Nuclear Blast Records Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiary, subsidiaries located in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on ...

) * Ice Nine Kills (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 (disbanded) *

Killswitch Engage Killswitch Engage is an American metalcore band from Westfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of vocalist Jesse Leach, guitarists Joel Stroetzel and Adam Dutkiewicz, bassist Mike D'Antonio, and drummer Justin ...

(active, with

Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal. History Metal Blade Records was ...

) * Knights of the Abyss (on hiatus since 2012) * Luddite Clone (disbanded) * Ligeia (on hiatus) * LoveHateHero (disbanded) * Lower Definition (disbanded) *

Madball Madball is an American New York hardcore band. Originated in the late 1980s as a side project of Agnostic Front, the band developed after Agnostic Front's vocalist Roger Miret would let his younger half-brother Freddy Cricien take the micro ...

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

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(active, Independent) *

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(disbanded) * NORA (active, with Good Fight Music) * Poison the Well (active) * Remembering Never (disbanded) * Revolution Mother (on hiatus) * Scarlet (on hiatus) * See You Next Tuesday (Active, Good Fight Music) * Shadows Fall (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 (disbanded) * Twelve Tribes (disbanded) * Union (disbanded) * Underneath the Gun (disbanded) * Upon Disfigurement (on hiatus) * xBishopx (disbanded) * Waking the Cadaver (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

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) * Ancient Ascendant * Armed for Apocalypse * As They Burn * Awaken Demons * Belial * Betraeus * Cult Cinema * Dead Beyond Buried * Demoraliser * Diskreet * Dripback * Dyscarnate * Eradication *

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* 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 (active, with eONE music) * Implosive Disgorgence (disbanded) * Knights of the Abyss (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 (disbanded) * The Red Shore (disbanded) * Titans (disbanded) * Viatrophy (disbanded) * Wecamewithbrokenteeth (disbanded in 2008, reformed in 2009 and then disbanded again in 2010) *

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(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 Record labels based in New Jersey Mass media in New Jersey 1996 establishments in New Jersey Warner Music Group

Past artists

S.O.A.R. artists

Past S.O.A.R Artists

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