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Earache Records
record label ยท Nottingham
- Founded
- 1985
- City
- Nottingham
- Hub region
- English Midlands
- Status as of 5 September 2026
- active and independent; catalog reissues
- Connections
- 28 edges, 28 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.043 (rank 12 of 371) · people and production 0.001 (rank 105)
- Confidence
- High · sources: [W] [WEA] [TID] [DGR] [RIF] [AEB] (register)
Digby Pearson's label: Napalm Death, Carcass, Bolt Thrower, Godflesh, Entombed, Terrorizer, Morbid Angel (1988 to 2004), Nocturnus, Massacre, At the Gates, Cathedral, Brutal Truth, Vader, Decapitated, Deicide from 2004 and Hate Eternal on Wicked World. Funds four Morrisound sessions between 1988 and 1991 and runs the Grindcrusher tour. The Columbia licensing deal of 1993 is the label's own account of how the majors took its bands.
Connections
People and personnel
- founderDigby Pearson1985 to present
- foundedNecrosis RecordsCarcass's imprint under Earache1989
Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations
- collaborationRoadrunner RecordsThe two labels that divided the Florida bands, in Monte Conner's account1989
- collaborationMorrisound RecordingFour Earache sessions: Altars of Madness, World Downfall, Harmony Corruption, From Beyond1988 to 1991
- collaborationCombat RecordsThe United States licensing batch of 7 December 19901990
- collaborationPeaceville RecordsHammy signs Autopsy on Jeff Walker's recommendation1989
- collaborationSlaughterhouse StudiosHouse studio1989 to 1994
- collaborationGrindcrusher tourNamed for the compilation1989
- released or signedNapalm Death1987 to 1999
- released or signedMorbid AngelAltars of Madness through Heretic1989 to 2004
- released or signedVader1992
- released or signedMassacreFrom Beyond1991
- released or signedCarcass1988 to 1996
- released or signedExtreme Noise Terror1997
- released or signedTerrorizerWorld Downfall1989
- released or signedBolt Thrower1989 to 1997
- released or signedUnseen Terror1987
- released or signedNocturnusThe Key, Thresholds1990 to 1993
- released or signedGodflesh1989 to 2000
- released or signedDeicideScars of the Crucifix2004 to 2008
- released or signedEntombed1990 to 1996
- released or signedCathedral1991 to 2013
- released or signedBrutal Truth1992 to 1994
- released or signedAt the GatesSlaughter of the Soul1995
- released or signedDecapitated2000 to 2006
- released or signedThe Haunted1998 to 2000s
- released or signedHate EternalWicked World imprint1999
- released or signedAkercocke2003 to 2007