Moshpit Tragedy Records was a Canadian

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 ...

founded in

Windsor, Ontario Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Geographically located within but administratively independent of Essex County, it is the southe ...

in 2006. The label specializes releases punk,

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and some of their subgenres ( crust,

sludge Sludge is a semi-solid slurry that can be produced from a range of industrial processes, from water treatment, wastewater treatment or on-site sanitation systems. For example, it can be produced as a settled suspension obtained from conventional ...

, etc.). In 2007, they became the first record label to abandon physical releases in favor of a fully "sliding-scale" or " pay what you want" download model. The label has not been active since early 2013.

Origin

Moshpit Tragedy began in the mid nineties booking local punk concerts in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. The name came about after one of these shows when founder Rayny Forster was brought to the emergency room and a doctor dubbed him a "moshpit tragedy." It wasn't until early 2006 that the first releases on the label were issued.

Pay-what-you-want downloading

In 2007, the label abandoned releasing CDs in favor of a new sliding scale download format in which fans could pay as much or as little as they want to - even free - for a high quality MP3 album with print-ready sleeve artwork.

Roster

* Ablach *

After The Bombs After may refer to: Literature * ''After'' (Elgar), an 1895 poem by Philip Bourke Marston set to music by Edward Elgar * ''After'' (Prose novel), a 2003 novel by Francine Prose * ''After'' (book), a 2005 book by Canadian writer Francis Chalifour ...

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* Alarido * Arrestum *

Arsenal of Empties An arsenal is a place where arms and ammunition are made, maintained and repaired, stored, or issued, in any combination, whether privately or publicly owned. Arsenal and armoury (British English) or armory (American English) are mostly ...

* Atakke * Autarch *

Burnt Church ''Eskɨnuopitijk'' or ''Esgenoôpetitj'' ( Burnt Church Band or Burnt Church First Nation ) is a Mi'kmaq First Nation band government in New Brunswick, Canada, centred south of the community of Lagacéville (approximately 4.5 km) and south ...

Burnt Cross Burned or burnt may refer to: * Anything which has undergone combustion * Burned (image), quality of an image transformed with loss of detail in all portions lighter than some limit, and/or those darker than some limit * ''Burnt'' (film), a 201 ...

* Contagium *

Corrupt Leaders Corrupt Leaders is a Canadian grindcore/crust band that formed in April 2013. They released two 7-inch EPs through Moshpit Tragedy Records (Phobia, Extreme Noise Terror, Doom, etc.) and one 7-inch on Give Praise Records. In early 2015, Corrupt ...

* Deathraid *

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* Devil's Son-In-Law * Disassociate * Diskelma *

Dogma Dogma is a belief or set of beliefs that is accepted by the members of a group without being questioned or doubted. It may be in the form of an official system of principles or doctrines of a religion, such as Roman Catholicism, Judaism, Islam ...

* Doom *

Doomed Youth Doomed may refer to: * "Doomed" (''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''), an episode of the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * "Doomed" (''Fantastic Four'' episode), an episode of the television series ''The Fantastic Four'' * ''Doomed'' (nove ...

* The Dregs * Eskatol *

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Extreme Noise Terror Extreme Noise Terror (often abbreviated to ENT) are a British extreme metal band formed in Ipswich, England in 1985 and one of the earliest and most influential crust bands. Noted for one of the earliest uses of dual vocalists in hardcore,Bon ...

* Filthpact * Hulluus *

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* Krigblåst * Leper * Link * Livstid * Misery * Mutiny *

Phobia A phobia is an anxiety disorder defined by a persistent and excessive fear of an object or situation. Phobias typically result in a rapid onset of fear and are usually present for more than six months. Those affected go to great lengths to avo ...

* Power Is Poison *

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* Skaven *

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* Suicide Watch *

Survivors Will Be Shot Again Survivor(s) may refer to: Actual survivors * * Last survivors of historical events Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Survivors, characters in the 1997 ''KKnD'' video-game series * ''The Survivors'', or the ''New Survivors Foun ...

* Tacheless * Total Crust Violence * Total Fucking Destruction * Vestiges *Virus * War//Plague

Partner labels

Moshpit Tragedy has partnered with various other labels to make their releases available in pay-what-you-want format, including

Relapse Records Relapse Records is an American independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990. The label features many grindcore, death metal, metalcore and sludge metal artists. History The label w ...

Feral Ward Records A feral () animal or plant is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals. As with an introduced species, the introduction of feral animals or plants to non-native regions may disrupt ecosystems and has, in s ...

, Inimical Records, Give Praise Records, Anti-Corp Records, and Replenish Records. However, as of spring 2013 the label decided that with the widespread use of

Bandcamp Bandcamp is an American online audio distribution platform founded in 2007 by Oddpost co-founder Ethan Diamond and programmers Shawn Grunberger, Joe Holt and Neal Tucker, with headquarters in Oakland, California, US. On March 2, 2022, Bandcamp ...

, it was no longer necessary to host titles for other labels.

References

External links

Moshpit Tragedy Records website
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