# Pride & Joy Music

Pride & Joy Music ist ein Plattenlabel mit Sitz in Ascheberg, das auf Rock, Blues und Heavy Metal spezialisiert ist.

## Geschichte

Gegründet wurde das Plattenlabel Anfang 2015 von Birgitt Schwanke, seit 2002 Inhaberin der PR-Agentur GerMusica, ehemalige Inhaberin des Musikmagazins Rock It! und Mitinhaberin des Yesterrock-Labels. Der physische Vertrieb für in Deutschland und Österreich wird von der Soulfood Music Distribution GmbH übernommen. In Skandinavien ist Border Music und im Vereinigten Königreich Cargo Records für den vertrieb verantwortlich.

## Portfolio

Pride & Joy Music haben sich spezialisiert auf die Genres Classic Rock, AOR, traditioneller Hard Rock, 1980er Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, (Melodic) Gothic Rock und Metal sowie Modern (Melodic) Hard Rock. Zu den Künstlern des Labels gehören unter anderem Asgard, Black Majesty, Bonfire, Tina Schüssler, Dominoe, Eigensinn, Hartmann, Squealer und Tragedian. Zudem veröffentlichte das Label den Backkatalog der deutschen Power-Metal-Band Empire.

## Label-Diskografie

Die Diskografie ist nach Erscheinungsjahr und Codenummer geordnet.
| Band | Titel | Jahr | Format | Code | Anmerkung |
| The Summit | Higher Ground | 2015 | CD | PJM10025 | |
| Free from Sin | Free from Sin | 2015 | CD | Free001 | |
| Sebastien | Sphinx in Acheron | 2015 | Digitale Single | – | |
| Psyco Drama | From Ashes to Wings | 2015 | CD | PJM0032 | |
| Black Majesty | Cross of Thorns | 2015 | CD | PJM10018 | |
| Sebastien | Dark Chambers of Déjà Vu | 2015 | CD | PJM10049 | Rerelease 2016 als PJM 10230 |
| Echoes | Barefoot to the Moon - An Acoustic Tribute to Pink Floyd | 2015 | CD/DVD/2LP/Blu-Ray | PJM10100 (CD) PJM10117 (DVD) PJM10292 (2LP) PJM10391 | 2LP und Blu-Ray erschienen 2016 |
| Last Days of Eden | Ride the World | 2015 | CD | PJM10131 | |
| Lynam | Halfway to Hell | 2016 | CD | LPM0030 | lizenziert von Lion’s Pride Music |
| Various Artists | Metalapolis Records / Pride & Joy Music - Promotional Sampler Volume 1 | 2016 | CD | – | Promosampler mit Metalapolis Records |
| Lugnet | Lugnet | 2016 | CD/LP | PJM10148 (CD) PJM10155 (LP) | |
| Bridge to Mars | Bridge to Mars | 2016 | CD | PJM10162 | |
| Tainted Nation | On the Outside | 2016 | CD | PJM10179 | |
| Danger Zone | Closer to Heaven | 2016 | CD | PJM10186 | |
| Vivaldi Metal Project | The Four Seasons | 2016 | CD/2LP | PJM10193 (CD) PJM10209 (2LP) | |
| Alberto Rigoni | Bassorama | 2016 | CD | PJM10216 | |
| Edu Falaschi | Moonlight | 2016 | CD | PJM10247 | |
| Stefan Berggren | Stranger in a Strangeland | 2016 | CD | PJM10315 | |
| Almah | E.V.O. | 2016 | CD | PJM10322 | |
| Darkest Sins | The Broken | 2016 | CD | PJM10339 | |
| Hartmann | Shadows & Silhouettes | 2016 | CD | PJM10353 | |
| Hartmann | Handmade – Live in Concert | 2016 | 2CD/CD+ | PJM10384 | |
| Sede Vacante | Skies Infernal | 2016 | CD | PJM10407 | |
| Aldaria | Land of Light | 2017 | CD | FO1280CD | Lizenziert von FONO Ltd. |
| Vice | Veni Vidi Vice | 2017 | CD | LA-0217 | Lizentziert von Lictoc Music Production |
| Avenford | New Beginning | 2017 | CD | PJM10469 | |
| Stamina | System of Power | 2017 | CD | PJM10476 | |
| Empire | Hypnotica | 2017 | CD | PJM10483 | Rerelease von 2001 |
| Lioncage | The Second Strike | 2017 | CD | PJM10490 | |
| Jimi Anderson Group | Longtime Comin’ | 2017 | CD | PJM10506 | |
| Lichtgestalt | Tempus Fugit | 2017 | CD | PJM10513 | |
| Backwood Spirit | Backwood Spirit | 2017 | CD/LP | PJM10520 (CD) PJM10537 (LP) | |
| Angelwings | The Edge of Innocence | 2017 | CD | PJM10544 | |
| Empire | Trading Souls | 2017 | CD | PJM10551 | Rerelease von 2003 |
| Aldaria | Land of Light | 2017 | CD | PJM10568 | |
| Starsick System | Lies, Hope & Other Stories | 2017 | CD | PJM10575 | |
| Kings of Broadway | Kings of Broadway | 2017 | CD | PJM10629 | |
| Soul Secret | Babel | 2017 | CD | PJM10711 | |
| Voodoma | Gotland | 2017 | CD | PJM10728 | |
| Empire | The Raven Ride | 2017 | CD | PJM10766 | Rerelease von 2006 |
| Incertain | Rats in Palaces | 2017 | CD | PJM10773 | |
| The Radio Sun | Unstoppable | 2017 | CD | PJM10797 | |
| Empire | Chasing Shadows | 2017 | CD | PJM10803 | Rerelease von 2007 |
| Secret Rule | The Key to the World | 2017 | CD | PJM10827 | |
| Eigensinn | Persona Non Grata | 2017 | CD | PJM10872 | |
| The Soul Exchange | Vow of Seth | 2017 | CD-EP | PJM10933 | |
| Black Majesty | Children of the Abyss | 2018 | CD | FO1387CD | Lizenziert von FONO Ltd. |
| Motor City Mayhem | Shitfaced and Outta Luck | 2018 | CD/LP/MC | MPR 0066 MPR 0067 | Lizenziert von Metalapolis Records |
| Vivaldi Metal Project | The Extended Session | 2018 | MCD | PJM10780 | |
| Spiral Key | An Error of Judgement | 2018 | CD | PJM10957 | |
| Squealer | Behind Closed Doors | 2018 | CD/LP | PJM10964 (CD) PJM10974 (LP) | |
| Rexoria | Queen of Light | 2018 | CD | PJM10971 | |
| Ammouri | Dare to Be Happy | 2018 | CD | PJM10988 | |
| Alcyona | Trailblazer | 2018 | CD | PJM11053 | |
| Sebastien | Act of Creation | 2018 | CD | PJM11060 | |
| Universe Infinity | Rock Is Alive | 2018 | CD | PJM11138 | |
| Dead of Night | The Evolving Science of Self | 2018 | CD | PJM11145 | |
| Last Days of Eden | Chrsyalis | 2018 | CD | PJM11183 | |
| Universe | Universe | 2018 | CD | PJM11190 | |
| Innfight | Black Dog | 2018 | CD | PJM11206 | |
| Free from Sin | II | 2018 | CD | PJM11244 | |
| Crystal Tears | Decadence Deluxe | 2018 | CD | PJM11244 | |
| Hartmann | Hands on the Wheel | 2018 | CD | PJM11251 | |
| Crying Steel | Stay Steel | 2018 | CD | PJM11336 | |
| The Soul Exchange | Edge of Sanity | 2018 | CD | PJM11367 | |
| Black Majesty | Children of the Abyss | 2018 | CD/LP | PJM11381 (CD) PJM11398 (LP) | |
| The Radio Sun | Beautiful Strange | 2018 | CD | PJM11438 | |
| Orion’s Reign | Scores of War | 2018 | CD | PJM1142 | |
| Eunomia | The Chronicls of Eunomia Part 1 | 2018 | CD | PJM11466 | |
| Lioncage | Turn Back Time | 2018 | CD | PJM11473 | |
| Six Foot Six | The Six Foot Six Project | 2018 | CD | PJM11480 | |
| Once | After Earth | 2018 | CD | PJM11572 | |
| Dominoe | The Lost Radio Show | 2018 | CD | PJM11589 | |
| Madison | Best in Show | 2018 | CD | PJM11596 | Rerelease von 1986 |
| Born Again | True Heavy Nation | 2018 | CD | PJM11602 | |
| Eternal Dream | Daementia | 2018 | CD | PJM11633 | |
| Buckets Rebel Heart | 20 Good Summers | 2018 | CD | PJM11640 | |
| DeVicious | Never Say Never | 2018 | CD | TJ8020002 | lizenziert von The Junction |
| Echoes | Live from the Dark Side | 2019 | Box/Blu-Ray/DVD/2CD | PJM11794 PJM11800 PJM11817 PJM11824 | |
| Sebastien | Behind the World | 2019 | digitale EP | – | |
| Lugnet | Nightwalker | 2019 | CD/LP | PJM11749 (CD) PJM11756 (LP) | |
| Secret Rule | The 7 Endless | 2019 | CD | PJM11763 | |
| Qantice | The Anastoria | 2019 | CD | PJM11855 | |
| Mass | Still Chained | 2019 | CD | PJM11862 | |
| Bonfire | Live on Holy Ground – Wacken 2018 | 2019 | DVD/CD/LP | PJM11893 PJM11947 PJM11961 | |
| Floating Worlds | Battleship Oceania | 2019 | CD | PJM11909 | |
| Karo | Heavy Birthday II & III | 2019 | CD | PJM11954 | Rerelease von 1987 bzw. 1989 |
| Glasya | Heaven’s Demise | 2019 | CD | PJM12029 | |
| Tarchon Fist | Apocalypse | 2019 | CD | PJM12036 | |
| Danger Zone | Don’t Count on Heroes | 2019 | CD | PJM12050 | |
| Rexoria | Ice Breaker | 2019 | CD | PJM12067 | |
| Crusade of Bards | Tales of Bards and Beasts | 2019 | CD | PJM12074 | |
| Sign X | Like a Fire | 2019 | CD | PJM12081 | |
| Adrian Benegas | The Revenant | 2019 | CD | PJM12098 | |
| Straight Out of Hell | Ghost Reaper | 2019 | CD | PJM12104 | |
| Luca Sellitto | The Voice Within | 2019 | CD | PJM12128 | |
| Mentalist | Freedom of Speech | 2019 | CD | MEN001 | lizenziert von Mentalist Records |
| Elegy of Madness | Inviible World | 2020 | CD | PJM12135 | |
| Shadow Breaker | Shadow Breaker | 2020 | CD | PJM12142 | |
| Re-Machined | Wheels of Time | 2020 | CD | PJM12159 | |
| Secret Rule | Against | 2020 | CD | PJM12166 | |
| Beneath My Sins | I Decide | 2020 | CD | PJM12173 | |
| Ani Lo Projekt | A Time Called Forever | 2020 | CD | PJM12180 | |
| Hartmann | 15 Pearls and Gems | 2020 | CD | PJM12197 | |
| Asgard | Ragnarøkkr | 2020 | CD | PJM12210 | |
| Sapphire Eyes | Magic Moments | 2020 | CD | PJM12227 | |
| She Bites | Joyride | 2020 | CD | PJM12234 | |
| Operus | Score of Nightmares | 2020 | CD | PJM12241 | |
| Jet Jaguar | Endless Nights | 2020 | CD | PJM12265 | |
| Domination Black | Judgement IV | 2020 | CD | PJM12272 | |
| Terra Atlantica | Age of Steam | 2020 | CD | PJM12326 | |
| Season of Dreams | My Shelter | 2020 | CD | PJM12340 | |
| Winter’s Verge | The Ballad of James Tig | 2020 | CD | PJM12357 | |
| Lazarus Dream | Alive | 2020 | CD | PJM12364 | |
| Shadow Tribe | Reality Unveiled | 2020 | CD | PJM12371 | |
| Squealer | Insanity | 2020 | CD | PJM12395 | |
| Tina Schüssler | Verwirrte Welt | 2020 | CD | PJM12333 | |
| Hartmann | 3 | 2020 | CD | PJM122034 | Rerelease von 2009 |
| Crystallion | Heads or Tails | 2021 | CD | 4260432912289 | |
| Mentalist | A Journey into the Unknown | 2021 | CD/Box | MEN002/MEN003 | lizenziert von Mentalist Records |
| Kaasin | Hidden | 2021 | Digitale Single | – | |
| Elegy of Madness | Invisible World Live at Fusco Theatre | 2021 | DVD | PJM12401 | |
| Tragedian | Seven Dimensions | 2021 | CD/LP | PJM12418 PJM12425 | |
| Natural Born Machine | Human | 2021 | CD | PJM12449 | |
| Siggi Schwarz | The Fire Inside | 2021 | CD | PJM12456 | |
| Silent Winter | Empire of Sins | 2021 | CD | PJM12487 | |
| Backwood Spirit | Fresh from the Can | 2021 | CD | PJM12494 | |
| Nergard | Eternal White | 2021 | CD | PJM12500 | |
| Angelwings | Primordium | 2021 | CD | PJM12524 | |
| Upper Lip | Deep Within | 2021 | CD | PJM12548 | |
| Season of Dreams | Heroes | 2021 | CD | PJM12548 | |
| Constancia | Brave New World | 2021 | CD | PJM12555 | |
| Strÿkenine | Strÿkenine I | 2021 | CD | PJM12579 | |
| Supernova Plasmajets | Now or Never | 2021 | CD | PJM12586 | |
| Book of Numbers | Magick | 2021 | CD | PJM12609 | |
| Legions of the Night | Sorrow Is the Cure | 2021 | CD | PJM12616 | |
| Saeko | Holy Are We Alone | 2021 | CD | PJM12623 | |
| Tales of the Old | The Book of Chaos | 2021 | CD | PJM12630 | |
| Mentalist | Empires Falling | 2022 | CD | MEN 004/005/006 | lizenziert von Mentalist Records |