Firebox Records was a Finnish

record label "Big Three" music labels A record label or record company is a brand or trademark of Sound recording and reproduction, music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a Music publisher, ...

based in

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; , formerly ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of South Ostrobothnia. Seinäjoki is located in the western interior of the country and along the Seinäjoki (river), River Seinäjoki. The population of Sein ...

Southern Ostrobothnia South Ostrobothnia ( ; ) is one of the 19 regions of Finland. It borders the regions of Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, Central Ostrobothnia, Central Finland, Pirkanmaa, and Satakunta. Among the Finnish regions, South Ostrobo ...

. They specialized in

doom metal Doom metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other heavy metal genres.K. Kahn-Harris, ''Extreme Metal: Music and Culture on the Edge'' ...

. Firedoom Music was a subsidiary label of Firebox Records specializing in more extreme doom metal and other obscure genres. The Firebox label has a distribution network for its releases worldwide including Plastic Head Distribution in England, SPV in Germany, Bertus in Benelux and

The End Records The End Records is a record label in Manhattan that specialized in rock, heavy metal, indie, and electronic music. History Early years (1998–2005) The End Records was founded by Andreas Katsambas in Pasadena, California, with the goal of ...

in North America.

Artists

Firebox Records

* Dark the Suns *Dauntless *

Depressed Mode Depressed Mode is a death/doom/funeral doom metal band from Finland. History Depressed Mode was formed in 2005 as a solo project of Ossy Salonen. Tomppa Turpeinen later joined as guitarist and Natalie Koskinen (Shape of Despair) as second voc ...

* The Eternal * Fall of the Leafe * Grave Flowers *

Grendel Grendel is a character in the Anglo-Saxon epic poem ''Beowulf'' (700–1000 AD). He is one of the poem's three antagonists (along with his mother and the dragon), all aligned in opposition against the protagonist Beowulf. He is referred to as b ...

* Jääportit *

Manitou Manitou () is the fundamental life force in the theologies of Algonquian peoples. It is said to be omnipresent and manifests everywhere: organisms, the environment, events, etc. ''Aashaa monetoo'' means "good spirit", while ''otshee monetoo ...

Mar de Grises Mar de Grises was a Chilean Death-doom, death/doom metal band created in 2000. "Mar de Grises" could be translated into English as "Sea of Grief," or equivalently, as grey is the Spanish color of sorrows as blue is in English, "Sea of Greys". ...

Misery Inc. Misery Inc. was a Finnish metal band formed in Myrskylä in 2001. Janne on guitar, Jukka on bass, Jonttu on drums and singer Jukkis. Their original plan was to make music without any lead guitars but then it turned out to be a bit boring. Teemu ...

* SaraLee * Saturnus * Scent of Flesh * ShamRain * Spiritus Mortis *

Throes of Dawn Throes of Dawn is a Finnish metal band. The group formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula (vocals) and Jani Heinola (synth). The band has been known as emotional dark metal. The band's sound is built on the combination of synths and guitars, laced with c ...

* Total Devastation * Velvetcut * Wasara * Wraith of the ropes

Firedoom Music

* Aarni * Ablaze in Hatred * DOOM:VS * Forest of Shadows *

* My Shameful * Pantheïst * Torture Wheel *

Tyranny A tyrant (), in the modern English language, English usage of the word, is an autocracy, absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurper, usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defen ...

* Umbra Nihil * Until Death Overtakes Me * Woods of Belial

References

External links

* {{Authority control Heavy metal record labels Finnish record labels Record labels established in 2001 Doom metal record labels Black metal record labels Death metal record labels Ambient music record labels Goth record labels Finnish companies established in 2001