Metropolis Records is a record label that was founded in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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in 1993, by Dave Heckman.
The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries, such as
Off Beat, and since 1995 has been instrumental in promoting and distributing underground electronic music in America.
On June 9, 1999, Metropolis bought the American industrial label,
Pendragon Records. It assumed distribution responsibilities for Pendragon's back catalogue, as well as that of
21st Circuitry, another industrial label that had gone out of business.
Artists signed
References
External links
Official site
Electronic music record labels
American independent record labels
Record labels established in 1995
Industrial record labels
Goth record labels
1993 establishments in Pennsylvania
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