Rise Above Records is a

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-based

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owned by Lee Dorrian, former member of

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and

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Founding

Lee Dorrian started Rise Above Records in 1988 without the intention of the label being an ongoing position. It was during the same year that he had left his previous band,

. Dorrian explained that it was predominantly done to "get the dole off my back as they were asking a lot of questions as

were on the front cover of the ''

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'' and on TV three times in one week, but I was still living in a council flat and couldn't even afford the rent." Rise Above Records was initially started up on the

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, a Conservative government initiative which fronted cash to young entrepreneurs.

Style

Dorrian's initial intention was to release

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music and limited edition releases. The label was named after the Black Flag song of the same name. The first release from the label was a

live EP (Extended play) followed by releases from bands such as S.O.B. and Long Cold Stare. Dorrian was a fan of bands such as Candlemass,

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and Trouble but stated there "wasn't really a 'doom scene' as such" and that "doom became an obsession" for him. Finding that there were a scattered amount of doom metal groups in the United States (specifically

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), Dorrian attempted to "give the scene a boost" and released a compilation titled ''Dark Passages'', a compilation stating that "if people asked what doom was you could point to that record and there was something tangible to grab hold of." Dorrian found that the release "didn't get as many bands as we'd have liked, hence the reason why there are two

tracks on there." Dorrian admitted later that it took until 1997 "that a new wave of doom bands started to appear. Ever since then it's become really strong." Dorrian specifically noted

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's '' Come My Fanatics...'' as being "the turning point of everything."

Artists

Current artists

* Angel Witch * Antisect * Age Of Taurus * ASTRA * Beastmaker * Blood Ceremony * Church of Misery *

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* Gentlemans Pistols * Galley Beggar * Hidden Masters * Horisont * Saturn *

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* Twin Temple * Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats * Witchsorrow * Workshed

Former artists

* Bang * Bottom * Capricorns *

* Chrome Hoof * Circulus * Comus * Debris Inc. *

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* Goatsnake *

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* The Gates of Slumber * Grand Magus * Hangnail * Incredible Hog *

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* The Last Drop * Leaf Hound * Long Cold Stare *

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* Mourn *

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* Naevus * The Oath *

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* Pod People * Purson *

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* Sally *

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* Serpentcult *

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* sHEAVY *

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* S.O.B. *

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* Taint * Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine * Unearthly Trance *

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Discography

Main releases

* RISE 001 -

Live - 7-inch EP (vinyl only) * RISE 002 - S.O.B. ''Thrash Night'' - 7-inch EP (vinyl only) * RISE 003 - Long Cold Stare - ''Tired Eyes'' LP (vinyl only) * RISE 004 - S.O.B. - ''What's the Truth'' LP/MC/CD * RISE 005 - Various Artists - ''Dark Passages'' LP/MC/CD * RISE 006 -

- ''Salvations Answer'' LP/MC/CD * RISE 007 -

- ''The Road Less Travelled'' LP/MC/CD * RISE 008 -

- ''In Memorium'' CD/Maxi EP (Ltd only purple vinyl) * RISE 009 -

- ''

'' CD/LP (Ltd only green vinyl) * RISE 010 - Mourn - ''Mourn'' CD * RISE 011 - Electric Wizard/Our Haunted Kingdom split 7-inch * RISE 012 - Various Artists - ''Dark Passages II'' - CD * CDRISE 13 - Various Artists - '' Magick Rock vol. 1'' CD * CDRISE 14 -

- '' Come My Fanatics...'' CD * CDRISE 15 -

- '' Frequencies from Planet Ten'' CD * CDRISE 16 - Naevus - ''Sun Meditation'' CD * CDRISE 17 - sHEAVY - '' The Electric Sleep'' CD * CDRISE 18 -

- '' Time Travelling Blues'' CD * CDRISE 19 -

- ''

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'' CD * CDRISE 20 -

- '' Come My Fanatics.../

'' 2×CD * CDRISE 21 -

- ''In Memoriam'' CD * CDRISE 22 - Goatsnake - '' Goatsnake Vol. 1'' CD * CDRISE 23 - Hangnail - ''Ten Days Before Summer'' CD * CDRISE 24 - Sally - ''Sally'' CD * CDRISE 25 -

- '' The Big Black'' CD/LP * CDRISE 26 - sHEAVY - '' Celestial Hi-Fi'' CD * CDRISE 27 -

- '' Dopethrone'' CD * CDRISE 28 - Shallow - ''16 Sunsets in 24 Hours'' CD * CDRISE 29 -

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'' CD * CDRISE 30 - Goatsnake - '' Flower of Disease'' CD * CDRISE 31 -

- ''Firebird'' CD * RISECD 32 - Hangnail - ''Clouds in the Head'' CD * RISECD 33 -

- '' Time to Fly'' CD * RISECD 34 - Grand Magus - ''Grand Magus'' CD * RISECD 35 - The Last Drop - ''Where Were You Living One Year from Now?'' CD * RISECD/LP 36 -

- '' Let Us Prey'' CD/LP * RISECD 37 -

- '' Coup de Grace'' (CD) * RISECD 38 -

- '' Time Travelling Blues/ Frequencies From Planet Ten'' 2×CD * RISECD 39 - sHEAVY - '' Synchronized'' CD * RISECD 40 - sHEAVY - '' The Electric Sleep/ Blue Sky Mind'' 2×CD * RISECD 41 - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - '' Rampton'' CD * RISECD 42 - Bottom - ''Feels So Good When You're Gone'' CD * RISECD 43 - Sally - ''C-Earth'' CD * RISECD/LP 44 - Grand Magus - ''Monument'' Cd/LP (blue vinyl, gatefold sleeve) * RISECD/LP 45 - Unearthly Trance - ''Season of Séance, Science of Silence'' CD/2LP (500 copies, black vinyl, deluxe gatefold) * RISECD/LP 46 -

- '' Thieving from the House of God'' Cd/LP (1000 copies, orange vinyl, deluxe gatefold) * RISECD/LP 47 -

- ''

'' CD/LP w/bonus track/PicDisc * RISECD/LP 48 -

- '' We Live'' Cd/2LP (1000 copies, purple vinyl) * RISECD 49 - Pod People - ''Doom Saloon'' CD * RISECD 50 - ??? * RISE7 51 -

- ''Some You Win, Some You Lose'' 7-inch * RISECD/LP 52 -

- '' Dopethrone'' re-issue CD/2LP (1000 white vinyl, 500 black vinyl. 2nd press: 50 Purple Silk, 100 Transparent Amber, 100 clear, 550 black) * RISECD 53 -

- '' The Big Black'' re-issue CD * RISEMCD/MLP 54 - Capricorns - ''Capricorns'' CD/LP * RISECD/LP 55 - Unearthly Trance - ''In the Red'' CD/LP (blood red vinyl) * RISEMLP 56 - Thy Grief Eternal - ''On Blackened Wings'' 12-inch (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl) * RISEMLP 57 - Eternal - ''Lucifer's Children'' 12-inch (500 clear vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD 58 - sHEAVY - '' Republic?'' CD * RISECD 59 - Debris Inc. - ''Debris Inc.'' CD * RISECD/LP 60 - Grand Magus - ''Wolf's Return'' CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 500 silver/grey vinyl) * RISECD 61 - ??? * RISECD/LP 62 -

- ''

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'' CD/LP (deluxe gatefold, 500 gold vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD/LP 63 - Circulus - '' The Lick on the Tip of an Envelope Yet to Be Sent'' CD/LP (1000 black vinyl, 500 swirly vinyl, 100 clear vinyl) * RISE7 64 - Circulus/

split 7-inch (500 copies) * RISE7/MCD 65 - Circulus - ''Swallow'' Cd single/7" (bright green and yellow) * RISECD/LP 66 - Taint - ''The Ruin of Nova Roma'' CD/2LP * RISECD 67 - Capricorns - ''Ruder Forms Survive'' CD * RISE7 68 - Leaf Hound - "Freelance Fiend" 7-inch * RISECD 69 - Grand Magus - ''Grand Magus'' (2006 re-issue w/ bonus tracks) CD * RISECD 70 -

- '' Pre-Electric Wizard 1989-1994'' CD * RISECD/LP 71 -

- ''

'' (re-master) digiCD/LP w/bonus 7-inch (500 black vinyl, 500 ice blue vinyl, 500 luminous lime green vinyl) * RISECD/LP 72 -

- '' Come My Fanatics...'' (re-master) digiCD/2LP w/bonus 7-inch (400 violet sparkle vinyl, 100 violet sparkle w/colored 7-inch, 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD 73 -

- '' Dopethrone'' (re-master) digiCD * RISECD 74 -

- '' Let Us Prey'' (re-master) digiCD/2×LP (100 clear vinyl, 500 deep red vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD 75 -

- '' We Live'' (re-master) digiCD * RISECD 76 -

- '' Frequencies From Planet Ten''. Reissued in 2011 with three bonus tracks. * RISECD 77 -

- '' Time Travelling Blues''. Reissued in early 2011 with three bonus tracks. * RISECD 78 -

- '' The Big Black'' * RISECD 79 -

- '' Coup De Grace''. Reissued in 2011 with three bonus tracks. * RISECD 80 -

- '' Thieving From The House Of God'' * RISECD/LP 81 -

- ''Hot Wings'' * RISECD/LP 82 - Mourn - ''Mourn'' CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 leaf green vinyl, 400 black vinyl) * RISECD 83 - Litmus - ''Planetfall'' CD * RISE7 84 - Burning Saviours - "The Giant" 7-inch (100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl) * RISECD 85 - ??? * RISE7 86 - Gentlemans Pistols - "The Lady" 7-inch (100 clear vinyl, 400 black vinyl) * RISE7 87 -

- " If Crimson Was Your Colour" 7-inch (225 black vinyl, 225 clear vinyl) * RISEMCD/MLP 88 - Winters - ''High As Satellites'' CD/LP (black vinyl, blue vinyl) * RISECD 89 - Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine - '' Rampton'' deluxe edition * RISECD 90 - ??? * RISECD 91 - ??? * RISEMCD/MLP 92 - Chrome Hoof - ''Beyond Zade'' * RISECD/LP 93 - Circulus - '' Clocks Are Like People'' digiCD/LP (500 white vinyl w/ bonus 7-inch, 700 blue vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISE7/CD 94 - Circulus - ''Song of Our Despair'' CD single/7" (black vinyl, clear vinyl, violet vinyl) * RISE7 95 -

/Monarch - split 7-inch (50 sea blue vinyl, 100 clear vinyl 400 black vinyl) * RISECD 96 - Winters - ''Black Clouds in Twin Galaxies'' CD * RISECD 97 - ??? * RISECD/LP 98 - Gentlemans Pistols - ''Gentlemans Pistols'' CD/LP (100 clear vinyl, 200 yellow vinyl, 200 black vinyl) * RISELP 99 - Miasma & The Carousel of Headless Horses - ''Perils'' * RISECD/LP 100 -

- '' Witchcult Today'' CD/LP (100 purple vinyl, 200 black sparkle vinyl, 200 green vinyl) * RISE7 101 - Diagonal - ''Heavy Language'' 7-inch (500 black sparkle vinyl) * RISECD 102 - Never released (According to Jeremy at Rise Above) * RISECD/LP 103 -

- '' The Alchemist'' CD/LP (25 ultra blue vinyl, 50 clear vinyl, 500 magnolia vinyl, 400 black sparkle vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD/LP 104 - Taint - ''Secrets and Lies'' CD * RISE10 107 - Atavist - ''Alchemic Resurrection'' 10-inch * RISELP 108 -

- ''Sub Templum'' 2LP * RISECD/LP 109 - Blood Ceremony - ''Blood Ceremony'' CD/LP (300 red/black vinyl w/bonus 7-inch, 300 purple vinyl, 300 black vinyl) * RISECD/LP 112 - Serpentcult - ''Weight of Light'' CD/LP (300 silver/grey vinyl w/bonus 7-inch, 300 white/black splatter vinyl, 300 black vinyl) * RISECD/LP 113 - Grand Magus - ''Iron Will'' CD/LP (200 clear vinyl, 200 white vinyl, 300 black vinyl) * RISE7 114 - Crowning Glory/Gates of Slumber split 7-inch (black vinyl, green vinyl, blue vinyl) * RISECD 115 - Capricorns - ''River Bear Your Bones'' CD * RISE12/116 -

/ Reverend Bizarre - split 12-inch EP (350 blood red vinyl w/poster, 500 purple vinyl, 500 clear vinyl, 500 silver vinyl, 500 black vinyl) * RISECD 124 -

- '' Opus Eponymous'' * RISECD 130 -

- '' Black Masses'' CD In early 2011 the label also reissued five Orange Goblin albums with bonus tracks largely covers or demo versions of preceding tracks, released with the same catalogue numbers as when they were first released.

Rise Above Relics releases

* RAR7 001 - Luv Machine - "Witches Wand" 7-inch * RARCD/LP 001 - Luv Machine - ''Turns You On!'' CD/LP (500 black vinyl, 400 cerise vinyl, 100 clear vinyl) * RARCD/LP 002 - Possessed - ''Exploration'' CD/LP * RARCD/LP 004 - AX - "''You've Been So Bad''" * RARCD/LP 005 - Necromandus - "''Orexis of Death & Live''" * RARLP 006 - Comus - "''First Utterance''" * RARLP 007 - Mellow Candle - "''Swaddling Songs PLUS''" Deluxe Boxset * RARCD/LP 008 - Steel Mill - "''Jewels of the Forest''" * RARCD/LP 009 - Incredible Hog - "''Volume 1 + 4''" * RARCDBOX010 - Bang - "''Bullets 4 x CD Box Set''" * RARCD/LP 011 - The (Original) Iron Maiden - "''Maiden Voyage''" CD/LP (Bonus vinyl single with LP by BUM) + extensive booklet * RARCD/LP 013 - Rog & Pip - "''Our Revolution''"

Notes

References

External links

Official site
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Founding

Style

Artists

Current artists

Former artists

Discography

Main releases

Rise Above Relics releases

See also

Notes

References

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