Sleaszy Rider Records is an

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 ...

which was founded in

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by Tolis G. Palantzas. The head office of the label is located in

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. The label is mainly distributed in Europe by

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. The label also distributes releases in Greece from numerous labels, including

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, SPV, and

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Artists

Current artists

*Aetherius Obscuritas *

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*Bomb and Scary *Cold Colours *

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*Darkwalker *Dedication *Depression *Desert *Dreamlike Horror *Duster 69 *Edge Of Anger *Fahrenheit *

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*Funeral Revolt * Fragile Vastness *

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*Hesperia *The Illusion Fades *In Memory *Irony *Jerkstore *Lipstixx N Bulletz * Liquid Graveyard *Lloth *The Lust *Nocta *Odious *Of the Archaengel *

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*Overtures *Posithrone *Prejudice *Psychotron * Redrum *

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*Sandness * Satarial *Shadowcast *Snowblind *Solar Fragment *Soulskinner *Sound of Silence *Space Mirrors *Spider Kickers * Thokkian Vortex *Through Art *

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*Vinder *Voodoo Highway *W.A.N.T.E.D. *

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*W.E.B. *Weeping Silence

Former artists

Ashes You Leave Ashes You Leave is a Croatian metal band formed in 1995 who is currently signed to Rock 'n' Growl Records. They have so far released two demos and six full-length studio albums. History The band formed in 1995 under the name of Icon. Under that ...

*D-Noiz *Deva Noctua Entropia *Deviser *En Garde *Enemynside * Fragile Vastness *Hannibal *Hellire B.C. * Hortus Animae *Imagika *Insidius Infernus * Kinetic *Korrodead *Midnight Scream *Nordor *Obsecration *Overload *Phantom Lord *Pleurisy *Powertrip *Re-Vision *Rotting Flesh *Sangre Eterna *

Sister Sin Sister Sin is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg. The band released four full-length albums, with the most recent, '' Black Lotus'', released in 2014. Sister Sin toured in Europe and North America with bands such as Slayer, King Diamo ...

* Sorrowful Angels * Sotiris Lagonikas *Transcending Bizarre *Underdark *Uranus *

Wastefall Wastefall is a progressive rock/metal group from Greece. They formed in 2003 and temporarily disbanded on August 1, 2008. They reunited in 2013. Biography In 1997 14-year-old Alex Katsiyannis decided to form a hard rock band along with some sch ...

*Windfall *Womb of Maggots

References

External links

Official Sleaszy Rider Records Homepage

Official Sleaszy Rider Records Myspace page
{{Authority control Greek independent record labels Record labels established in 1999 Heavy metal record labels 1999 establishments in Greece