Inside Out Music is a German

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originally based in Kleve,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inhab ...

, and dedicated to the publication of

progressive rock Progressive rock (shortened as prog rock or simply prog; sometimes conflated with art rock) is a broad genre of rock music that developed in the United Kingdom and United States through the mid- to late 1960s, peaking in the early 1970s. Init ...

progressive metal Progressive metal (sometimes shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral ...

and related styles. In 2009, it formed a partnership with

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...

and moved its base of operations to

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, also in North Rhine-Westphalia. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by

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and became its premier label for progressive music.

History

The label was founded in 1993 by Thomas Waber and Michael Schmitz and started its publications re-issuing albums of new American prog metal acts like Symphony X and Shadow Gallery for the European market and then signing important prog artists like Steve Hackett. Inside Out signed a worldwide distribution contract with the German music company SPV and branched out with the American division

InsideOut US InsideOut US is the stateside division of the German record label InsideOut Music. It specializes in progressive rock and progressive metal. It is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. See also * List of record labels File:Alvinoreyguitarboogi ...

, based in

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. In 2009 SPV had to file for bankruptcy, and Inside Out partnered up with

, which had secured a worldwide distribution contract with EMI. Several important bands of the new school of progressive rock are signed to Inside Out, including Riverside, Haken, Pain of Salvation, Spock's Beard, The Safety Fire, The Flower Kings and Enchant. In addition, the label established links to other relevant bands in the Prog scene, issuing the solo albums of Dream Theater vocalist James LaBrie and a selection of Mike Portnoy's side projects. For some time, Inside Out also published digitally reworked re-releases of albums from the

Krautrock Krautrock (also called , German for ) is a broad genre of experimental rock that developed in West Germany in the late 1960s and early 1970s among artists who blended elements of psychedelic rock, avant-garde composition, and electronic music, a ...

era (for example, from the band Kraan) under the sub-label Revisited Records. The surrounding area of the label headquarters has often served as an inspiration for the album art. For example, the petrol dispenser of Spock's Beard '' Octane'' cover is in Kleve as is the lake on

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's ''

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'' cover. A characteristic feature for the label's releases is their lavish publication work. Several albums appear in special editions, containing extensive bonus materials such as bonus tracks, extended artwork and/or multimedia segments. The label's founder, Thomas Waber, won the "Guiding Light" award at the 2013 Progressive Music Awards. The label signed Dream Theater in December 2017, arguably the biggest signing in the label's history at that point.

Artists

Current

* Affector * Anderson/Stolt * Anneke van Giersbergen * ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead * Banco del Mutuo Soccorso *

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Bent Knee Bent Knee is an American art rock band formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 2009. The band performs in multiple genres and draws from multiple influences, including pop, industrial rock, progressive rock, and avant-garde. The band is known for un ...

* Bigelf * Caligula's Horse * Derek Sherinian * Devin Townsend * Dream Theater * Enchant * Frost* * Gösta Berlings Saga * Haken * Jakko Jakszyk * James LaBrie * Jethro Tull *

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* Kaipa *

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* Karmakanic * King's X * Kino * Knifeworld * Leprous * Liquid Tension Experiment * Lonely Robot * Long Distance Calling * Maschine * Nad Sylvan * Neal Morse * Next To None * Pain of Salvation * Pattern-Seeking Animals * Perfect Beings * Port Noir * Premiata Forneria Marconi * Pure Reason Revolution * Rikard Sjöblom's Gungfly * Riverside * Roine Stolt * Shadow Gallery * Sons of Apollo * Spiritual Beggars * Spock's Beard * Star One * Steve Hackett (except Japan) * The Flower Kings (except Japan) * The Fringe *

The Mute Gods The Mute Gods are an English progressive rock supergroup uniting Nick Beggs, Marco Minnemann and Roger King. Beggs approached King—with whom he had worked as part of Steve Hackett's band—about a collaboration in 2014, and Minnemann was chosen ...

* The Safety Fire *

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* The Shadow Theory * The Tangent *

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(from No-Man) *

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* Toundra * VUUR * John Wesley *

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Former

Above Symmetry Atle Pettersen (born September 5, 1989 in Skien) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter from Skien and lead singer of the band The Scheen.A.C.T A.C.T () is a Swedish progressive rock band formed in 1995 under the name ‘Fairyland’, in Malmö. The band has been through several personnel changes; with the current line-up featuring Herman Saming (vocals), Ola Andersson (guitar), Jerry Sa ...

* Amaseffer * Arjen Anthony Lucassen ( Ayreon) *

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* California Guitar Trio *

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* Conspiracy * * David Lindley * Deadsoul Tribe * Derek Sherinian * Dominici * Ephrat * Evergrey * Fates Warning * GPS * IQ *

It Bites It Bites are an English progressive rock and pop fusion band, formed in Egremont, Cumbria, in 1982 and best known for their 1986 single "Calling All the Heroes", which gained them a Top 10 UK Singles Chart hit. Initially fronted by Francis ...

* Jadis * Jelly Jam, The * Jerry Gaskill * Jughead * Kevin Moore * Mastermind * OSI *

Paatos Paatos is a Swedish rock band that was formed in 1999 by Reine Fiske and Stefan Dimle (both previous members of Landberk), Petronella Nettermalm, Ricard Nettermalm and Johan Wallen. Paatos is usually classified as progressive rock, albeit in ...

* Pallas * Planet X * Poverty's No Crime * Ray Wilson* *

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* RPWL * Ryo Okumoto *

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* Slavior *

Sound of Contact Sound of Contact is a British-based progressive rock band currently consisting of Matt Dorsey (guitars, bass) and Dave Kerzner (keyboards, guitars), with Simon Collins (lead vocals, drums, percussion) and Kelly Nordstrom (guitars, bass) previousl ...

* Stream of Passion * Stealing Axion * Steve Howe * Symphony X *

* Tiles * Trey Gunn (former member of

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) * Ty Tabor * Ulysses * United Progressive Fraternity * Unitopia * Vanden Plas

Revisited Records label

This label specializes in the reissue of selected

and electronic pioneers, including: * Amon Düül II * Klaus Schulze * Kraan

References

External links

Official website

Revisited Records
at

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