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Napalm Records is an Austrian
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 and medium-sized enterprise, small- to medium-sized enterprise, or SME. The labels ...
focused on heavy metal,
hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...
and folk/
folk rock Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...
/
folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...
. Originally, Napalm focused on
black metal Black metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include Tempo#Beats per minute, fast tempos, a Screaming (music)#Black metal, shrieking vocal style, heavily distorted Electric guitar, guitars played with tr ...
bands, such as Abigor and Summoning, and
folk metal Folk metal is a fusion genre of heavy metal music and traditional folk music that developed in Europe during the 1990s. It is characterised by the widespread use of folk instruments and, to a lesser extent, traditional singing styles (for example ...
bands, such as Falkenbach and Vintersorg. The label later expanded its roster by adding gothic metal, symphonic metal,
power metal Power metal is a subgenre of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional heavy metal with speed metal, often within a symphonic context. Generally, power metal is characterized by a faster, lighter, and more uplifting sound, in co ...
, doom metal,
metalcore Metalcore is a broadly defined fusion genre combining elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk, originating in the 1990s United States and becoming popular in the 2000s. Metalcore typically has aggressive verses and melodic choruses, combined ...
and
nu metal Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nĂŒ-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu ...
bands, as well as
stoner rock Stoner rock, also known as stoner metal or stoner doom, is a rock music fusion genre that combines elements of doom metal with psychedelic rock and acid rock. The genre emerged during the early 1990s and was pioneered foremost by Kyuss and Sl ...
acts
Monster Magnet Monster Magnet is an American rock music, rock band formed in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (musician), John McBain (guitar), and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums). The band has since undergone severa ...
, Karma to Burn and Brant Bjork, and even folk bands like Ye Banished Privateers. Napalm has its own publishing house named Iron Avantgarde Publishing. In November 2020, Napalm acquired the German record label SPV GmbH.


Roster

* 1914 * Æther Realm * Accept * Ad Infinitum * Adept * Agathodaimon * Ahab * Alestorm * Alien Weaponry * Alissa * Alter Bridge * Amberian Dawn *Ambush * Andrew W.K. * Angus McSix * Arkona * As I Lay Dying * Audrey Horne * Be'lakor * Before the Dawn * Black Mirrors *
Bloodbath Bloodbath is a Swedish death metal supergroup (music), supergroup from Stockholm, formed in 1998. The band has released six full-length albums, two EPs and two DVDs depicting their performances at Wacken Open Air (in 2005) and Bloodstock Open A ...
* Bodom After Midnight *Bomber *Bornholm * BPMD * The Brew * Brymir * Burning Witches * Candlemass * Charlotte Wessels *
Civil War A civil war is a war between organized groups within the same Sovereign state, state (or country). The aim of one side may be to take control of the country or a region, to achieve independence for a region, or to change government policies.J ...
* Coal Chamber *Cobra Spell *
Cold Cold is the presence of low temperature, especially in the atmosphere. In common usage, cold is often a subjectivity, subjective perception. A lower bound to temperature is absolute zero, defined as 0.00K on the Kelvin scale, an absolute t ...
* Conan *
Cradle of Filth Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved originally from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic metal and other metal genres. Their ly ...
*Crimson Shadows * Crypta *The Dark Side of the Moon * Darkwoods My Betrothed * Dawn of Disease * Dee Snider * Defacing God * Dagoba * Delain * Destruction *
DevilDriver DevilDriver is an American heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002, consisting of vocalist Dez Fafara, bassist Jon Miller, guitarist Alex Lee and drummer Davier Pérez. The b ...
* Diabulus in Musica * Dieth * Draconian * DragonForce * Edge of Paradise * Ektomorf * Elvellon * End of Green * Evergrey * Evile *Evil Invaders * Exit Eden * Exodus * Feuerschwanz * Frozen Crown * Gloryhammer *Glowsun * God Is an Astronaut * Green Lung *Grima * HÀllas * Heidevolk * The Hellfreaks * Hinayana * Hiraes * IGNEA * Imperium Dekadenz * Infected Rain * Jinjer * John Garcia * Kamelot * Karl Sanders * Katatonia * Kissin' Dynamite * Knife * Kontrust *Konvent *League of Distortion * Legion of the Damned *Livlos * Lord of the Lost * MÄnegarm * Manntra * Me and That Man * Megaherz * Midnattsol * Monkey3 *
Monster Magnet Monster Magnet is an American rock music, rock band formed in Red Bank, New Jersey, in 1989 by Dave Wyndorf (vocals and guitar), John McBain (musician), John McBain (guitar), and Tim Cronin (vocals and drums). The band has since undergone severa ...
*Motanka * Moonspell * Mushroomhead * Myles Kennedy *My Sleeping Karma * Nachtblut * Nanowar of Steel * Nervosa *Nestor * The New Roses *
Nile The Nile (also known as the Nile River or River Nile) is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa. It has historically been considered the List of river sy ...
* Nytt Land * Oh Hiroshima * Oomph! * Paddy and the Rats * Patriarkh * Persefone * Powerwolf * Roadwolf * Rumahoy *Ryoji Shinomoto * Ryujin * Samael * Satyricon * Schandmaul * Scott Stapp * Serenity *Serum 114 *SETYØURSAILS * Sevendust * Shining * Shylmagoghnar * Sirenia * Skålmöld *Space of Variations *StÀlker * Stoned Jesus *Stormruler * Subway to Sally * Suldusk * Summoning * Takida * Temperance * Tetrarch * Therion * Thulcandra * Tiamat *Tortuga *Toxpack *Tragedy * Tremonti * Tristania * Trollfest * The Night Flight Orchestra * The Unguided * Unleash the Archers * Unleashed *Untamed Land * Van Canto * Varg * Victorius * Villagers of Ioannina City * The Vintage Caravan * Vintersorg *
Visions of Atlantis Visions of Atlantis is an Austrian symphonic metal band from Styria, founded in 2000. Inspiration came both from successful Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and from the myth of Atlantis, as well as a Pirates in popular culture, pirate th ...
*Vulvarine * Warbringer *Warfect * Warfield * Warkings * W.A.S.P. * Wednesday 13 *Wizardthrone * Wind Rose *Wolftooth * Xandria * Ye Banished Privateers * Year of the Goat


Former artists

* 8kids * Abigor *Alunah * American Head Charge * Angizia * The Answer * The Agonist * Ásmegin * Atrocity * Battlelore * Belphegor * Beseech * Beyond the Black * Bloody Hammers * Bokassa * Brant Bjork * The Bulletmonks * Cavalera Conspiracy * Cvlt Ov The Svn * Dargaard * Dark Sarah * Darkwell * Deadlock * Death Dealer Union *Die Kreatur * Diemonds * Die Verbannten Kinder Evas * Dominion III * Dragony * Dropout Kings * Dust Bolt * Edenbridge *
Einherjer Einherjer is a Viking metal band from Haugesund, Norway, founded in 1993. Some of the band's albums are heavily Traditional folk music, folk influenced, while others have a more traditional symphonic black metal sound. Their lyrics retell Norse ...
* Elis * Enthroned * Ex Deo *
Fairyland Fairyland (Early Modern English: ''Faerie''; ( Scottish mythology; cf. (Norse mythology)) in English and Scottish folklore is the fabulous land or abode of fairies or ''fays''. Old French Old French (, , ; ) was the language spoken in most of ...
* Falkenbach * Fejd * Finsterforst *F.K.Ü. * Glittertind *Gormathon * HammerFall * Grave Digger *Hammer King * Greenleaf *
Hate Hatred or hate is an intense negative emotional response towards certain people, things or ideas, usually related to opposition or revulsion toward something. Hatred is often associated with intense feelings of anger, contempt, and disgust. Ha ...
* Hatesphere * Heavatar * Hoobastank * Hollenthon * Huntress *
Ice Ages An ice age is a long period of reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers. Earth's climate alternates between ice ages, and Gre ...
* In Battle * Iron Fire * Isole * Jaldaboath * Jungle Rot * Kampfar * Karma to Burn * Katra * Kobra and the Lotus *
Korpiklaani Korpiklaani (Finnish language, Finnish for ) is a Finnish folk metal band from Lahti that was formerly known as Shamaani Duo and Shaman. History Shamaani Duo While other folk metal bands began with metal before adding folk music, Korpiklaani st ...
* Lacrimas Profundere *
Leaves' Eyes Leaves' Eyes is a symphonic metal band from Germany and Norway. Formed in 2003 by Liv Kristine, formerly the lead singer of Theatre of Tragedy, along with the entire line-up of Atrocity (band), Atrocity, the band has since released eight studio a ...
*
Life of Agony Life of Agony is an American alternative metal band from Brooklyn, New York City, formed in 1989 by singer Keith Caputo, bassist Alan Robert and guitarist Joey Z. The band has released six studio albums to date, most notably their 1993 debut '' ...
* Lunatica *
Majesty Majesty (abbreviated HM for His Majesty or Her Majesty, oral address Your Majesty; from the Latin , meaning ) is used as a manner of address by many monarchs, usually kings or queens. Where used, the style outranks the style of ''(Imperial/Roy ...
* Mammoth Mammoth *Marianas Rest * Mehida * The Midnight Ghost Train * Mortemia * Myriads * Nemesea * Nightmare *
Otep Otep was an American nu metal band. The band was formed in November 2000 in Los Angeles by frontwoman Otep Shamaya. The band is noted for their style of "art-house nu metal", and their strong political stances. Throughout the course of several ...
* Otyg * Paragon * Power Quest * Product of Hate * Revolution Renaissance * Russkaja *Scar of the Sun * Seven Kingdoms * SiebenbĂŒrgen *Silent Skies * Seventh Void * The Sins of Thy Beloved * Skindred *Skyblood *
The Smashing Pumpkins The Smashing Pumpkins (also simply known as Smashing Pumpkins) are an American alternative rock band formed in Chicago in 1988 by frontman and guitarist Billy Corgan, guitarist James Iha, bassist D'arcy Wretzky and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. The ...
*Sojourner * Stream of Passion * Stuck Mojo * Sumo Cyco * Svartsot *There's A Light *The Ugly Kings * The Sword * Trail of Tears * Tristania * TĂœr * Valient Thorr * Vesania * Vexed * Visceral Evisceration * Vista Chino * Walls of Jericho * WeltenBrand * Wolfheart *
Zodiac The zodiac is a belt-shaped region of the sky that extends approximately 8° north and south celestial latitude of the ecliptic – the apparent path of the Sun across the celestial sphere over the course of the year. Within this zodiac ...


Distribution

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Universal Music Group Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as Universal Music Group or Universal Music) is a Netherlands, Dutch–United States, American multinational Music industry, music corporation under Law of the Netherlands, ...
(Germany, Austria, Switzerland) *
Warner Music Group Warner Music Group Corp., commonly abbreviated as WMG, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational entertainment and record label Conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered in New York City. It is one of the "Record label#M ...
(on behalf of ADA) (US) * The Orchard (Canada, UK, Nordics)


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