Out of Line Music is an

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located in Berlin, Germany, Miami, Florida, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Out of Line is distributed by

Rough Trade Rough Trade may refer to: *Rough Trade (shops), London record stores *Rough Trade Records, a record label from the stores *Rough Trade Books, a publishing house from the label *Rough Trade (band), a Canadian new wave rock band * "Rough Trade" (''Am ...

(Believe Digital) and exclusive partner to publishing giant

BMG Rights Management BMG Rights Management GmbH (also known simply as BMG) is an international music company based in Berlin, Germany. It combines the activities of a music publisher and a record label. BMG was formed in October 2008 after Bertelsmann sold its st ...

, through sister company Edition Layer Cake.

History

Founded in 1995 as a mail order, Out of Line quickly grew into becoming an influential label in the industry, with records from artists such as

Combichrist Combichrist is an American Electro-industrial, aggrotech / industrial metal band formed in 2003 by Norwegian vocalist Andy LaPlegua, who also founded the bands Icon of Coil, Panzer AG, Scandinavian Cock and Scandy. Combichrist was formed in Atlan ...

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and others reaching peak positions on charts. The label focus shifted over the past few years to signing acts from the modern rock and metal scene, announcing a handful of new signings in 2021 such as

Being as an Ocean Being as an Ocean is an American post-hardcore band from Alpine, California, formed in 2011. They have released five studio albums: ''Dear G-d...'', '' How We Both Wondrously Perish'', a self-titled album, ''Waiting for Morning to Come'', relea ...

, EGGVN,

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Betraying the Martyrs Betraying the Martyrs were a French metalcore band formed in Paris in 2008. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Rui Martins, guitarists Steeves Hostin and Baptiste Vigier, bassist Valentin Hauser, drummer Boris le Gal, and keyboardist ...

ten56. ten56. is a French deathcore band formed in 2020. Vocalist Aaron Matts founded the band upon his departure from Betraying The Martyrs. Alongside Matts, the group consists of guitarists Quentin Godet and Luka Garotin, drummer Arnaud Verrier and ba ...

, Villain of the Story, Ashen and True North. Out of Line recently hired on industry veteran Nick Walters-Ocean as EVP of A&R / GM North America, who came over after his long 14 year tenure with Sumerian Records.

Notable artists

* Amduscia *

And One And One is a German new wave, synthpop, and EBM band founded by Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz in 1989. History The band formed after Steve Naghavi and Chris Ruiz met in 1989 at a Berlin club. Being fans of early EBM music, Naghavi and Ruiz deci ...

Ashbury Heights Ashbury Heights is a Swedish electronic music duo from Sundsvall, Medelpad, formed in 2005. The duo consisted originally of Anders Hagström (vocals, songwriter, music, and programming) and Yasmine Uhlin (vocals). Uhlin left the band after the ...

Balance Breach Balance Breach is a metalcore band from Mikkeli, Finland, formed in 2015. After winning the Tuska festival competition and performing at the Tuska Open Air Metal Festival in summer 2019, the band has been under contract with Out of Line Music si ...

Being As An Ocean Being as an Ocean is an American post-hardcore band from Alpine, California, formed in 2011. They have released five studio albums: ''Dear G-d...'', '' How We Both Wondrously Perish'', a self-titled album, ''Waiting for Morning to Come'', relea ...

Betraying The Martyrs Betraying the Martyrs were a French metalcore band formed in Paris in 2008. The band's final lineup consisted of vocalist Rui Martins, guitarists Steeves Hostin and Baptiste Vigier, bassist Valentin Hauser, drummer Boris le Gal, and keyboardist ...

* Cane Hill *

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Emarosa Emarosa ( ) is an American Rock music, rock band formed in Lexington, Kentucky, in 2006. The band currently consists of lead guitarist and founding member ER White and lead vocalist Bradley Walden, who joined the band in 2013. The group has unde ...

* Erdling *

Gyze Ryujin (formerly known as GYZE, stylized as RYUJIN) is a Japanese heavy metal band originated in Hokkaido, Japan. Coming from the very north of Japan the members of the band label themselves as "Northern Nostalgic Metal band". The metal trio c ...

Hocico Hocico () is a Mexican electro-industrial duo that was formed in 1993 in Mexico City. History Hocico was officially formed in 1993 by cousins Eric Garcia (aka Erk Aicrag) and Oscar Mayorga (aka Racso Agroyam), with Eric writing lyrics and perfo ...

* Mors Subita *

Rabia Sorda Rabia Sorda (translated: "Deaf Rage") is the side project of Erk Aicrag, lead singer of the Mexican aggrotech band Hocico. Rabia Sorda, like Hocico, is electronic music, though it is somewhat less aggressive and noisy than Hocico. While his main ...

* Rave the Reqviem *

Signal Aout 42 Signal Aout 42, also known as SA42, is a Belgian electronic music band. Initially active in the 1980s, Signal Aout 42 became known for producing music in the EBM and industrial styles of electronic music, but into and through the 1990s also in ...

Suicide Commando Suicide Commando is a Belgian electro-industrial music act formed by Johan Van Roy in 1986. For live shows, it consists of Van Roy himself on vocals, Torben Schmidt on keyboards, and Mario Vaerewijck on drums. History Van Roy began experimen ...

Ten56. ten56. is a French deathcore band formed in 2020. Vocalist Aaron Matts founded the band upon his departure from Betraying The Martyrs. Alongside Matts, the group consists of guitarists Quentin Godet and Luka Garotin, drummer Arnaud Verrier and ba ...

The Klinik Klinik, (sometimes called The Klinik), is an industrial music band from Belgium, originally formed around 1982 by electro-synthpop practitioner Marc Verhaeghen, who is the only constant member. History Marc Verhaeghen originally formed Klinik ...

Till Lindemann Till Lindemann (; born 4 January 1963) is a German singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist and lyricist of Neue Deutsche Härte band Rammstein and solo project Lindemann (band), Lindemann. Rammstein has sold over 25 million records worldw ...

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