# Holy Roar Records

Holy Roar Records was an independent record label run by Alex Fitzpatrick. The label began in January 2006 and put out its first release, the Phoenix Bodies album, Raise the Bullshit Flag in June 2006. Fitzpatrick originally joked that the name was derived from a vision he had while using the hallucinogen LSD. According to Fitzpatrick, the name “Holy Roar” was derived from a Torche song with the same title.

## History

Holy Roar Records was formed at the beginning of 2006, when Alex Fitzpatrick moved to London. After previously trialling “the communion” with friends in Birmingham during his university days, he and his girlfriend at the time, Ellen Godwin decided to start up a record label. Utilising a loan, they released and promoted Rolo Tomassi (their first “proper” EP), Phoenix Bodies (a grind/punk crossover band) and a split between the bands, Kayo Dot and Bloody Panda. In 2007, Holy Roar Records released records by Gallows, Chronicles of Adam West (tech-metal) and Chariots (screamo). The label was still a hobby at this point, but Fitzpatrick decided to throw in his day job and take the label on as a priority.
Holy Roar Records curated a stage at Offset Festival (2014), hosted a stage at Incubate Festival (2014), partnered with Shock Records, partnered with ArcTanGent Festival (2015) and curated a stage at The Great Escape Festival in 2016.
Holy Roar Records had over 150 releases and nominations by Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for “Best Independent Label” and the AIM Independent Music Awards for "Best Small Label" in 2016.
On 7 September 2020, two women accused Fitzpatrick of sexual assault and rape on social media. No legal action was, or has been, taken. Consequently, bands such as Rolo Tomassi, Apologies, I Have None, Svalbard and Renounced made statements on Twitter that condemned Fitzpatrick's alleged actions, and all of the Holy Roar's staff members left the label. On 9 September 2020, Fitzpatrick released a statement denying the allegations, whilst announcing that he had resigned from Holy Roar "with immediate effect [...] to focus on clearing my name". A few days after Holy Roar's closure, Sammy Urwin and Justine Jones of Employed to Serve, (who were signed to Holy Roar before moving to Spinefarm Records in 2019) set up Church Road Records in order to release several albums that were supposed to be released through the label, including Svalbard's When I Die, Will I Get Better?, Palm Reader's Sleepless and Respire's Black Line. Holy Roar was officially dissolved on 30 March 2021.

## Other activities

In 2016, Holy Roar Records established a monthly subscription service to allow fans of the label to keep up to date with new releases on a tier basis.
Since April 2015, Holy Roar Records has been producing podcasts hosted by Mario John Gambardella featuring different guests and their perspectives on the UK music scene.
Since 2010, Holy Roar Records has been a member of Pink Mist, a London-based promoter and label collective alongside Big Scary Monsters and Blood & Biscuits. The idea behind this collective was to create an alliance whereby resources were pooled in order to promote their bands to a wider audience. Their first release was a pink and white 12" vinyl limited to 300 copies and released in April 2011 on Record Store Day, "Hello Pink Mist". It consisted of 12 exclusive tracks (4 from each label) in which Holy Roar Records contributed tracks from run, WALK!, Hang the Bastard, Grazes and Bastions. Later that year, Tangled Talk joined the collective to complete the current line-up.
In 2012, they released a download-only free compilation "Hello Pink Mist Volume 2" to coincide with the launch of their new website and in this same year, they were nominated for the Association of Independent Music Awards for "Best Small Label". In 2013, Pink Mist announced a pop-up shop in Boxpark, East London where they sold records and had in-store sessions and in 2014 they collaborated with Relentless (drink) to set up another pop-up shop at No.5 Denmark Street featuring live performances. Pink Mist was also listed in The Guardian's "The 10 British Record Labels Defining the Sound of 2014".
Pink Mist has become a looser entity over time as its initial founders went off in their own directions. However, an extension of the brand is still active and currently operates via Pink Mist live gigs which are run by the promoter, Ross Allmark (DICE FM). In honour of Holy Roar Records' tenth birthday, Pink Mist presented the Holy Roar X (HRX) show, hosting bands at The Dome and The Boston Music Rooms in London on Saturday May 21, 2016. The line-up featured Rolo Tomassi, Svalbard (band), Hang The Bastard, OHHMS and more. Pink Mist is now predominately a live event promotion company.
In 2015, Holy Roar Records launched a new sister label, Truthseeker Music, headed up by Holy Roar intern Alex Leat.

## Artists

* A.A. Williams
* Abolition
* Antares
* ANTETHIC
* Apologies, I Have None
* Baptists
* Bastions
* Black Mass
* Bloody Panda
* Body Hound
* Bongripper
* Boss Keloid
* Bossk
* Brontide
* Brutality Will Prevail
* Burning Vow
* Calm the Fire
* Chariots
* Chronicles of Adam West
* Coliseum
* Conan
* Conjurer
* Crocus
* Crossbreaker
* Cthulhu Youth
* Cursed Earth
* Cutting Pink with Knives
* Daggers
* Dananananaykroyd
* Desolated
* Devil Sold His Soul
* Down I Go
* Dream Boats
* Easy Hips
* Eisberg
* Elephant Tree
* Employed to Serve
* Enabler
* End Reign
* The Ergon Carousel
* Eulogy
* Fall of Messiah
* Full of Hell
* Gallops
* Gallows
* Garganjua
* Giants
* Giver
* Goodtime Boys
* The Ghost of a Thousand
* Grazes
* Group of Man
* HAAST
* Hang the Bastard
* Helpless
* Holy Fawn
* Holy State
* Human Future
* IDYLLS
* Ithaca
* Jackals
* Kayo Dot
* Kerouac
* Last Witness
* Le Swing
* Livimørket
* Lonewolves
* Make Do and Mend
* Manuscripts
* Maths
* MINE
* Minors
* Modern Rituals
* Møl
* More Than Life
* Monolith
* Narrow Head
* The_Network
* Never Again
* Nibiru
* OHHMS
* Pariso
* Phoenix Bodies
* Pijn
* Portrayal of Guilt
* Pulled Apart By Horses
* Rend
* Renounced
* Rolo Tomassi
* Rosa Valle
* Rough Hands
* Run, WALK!
* Self Loathing
* Sirs
* Slabdragger
* Slow Crush
* Strife
* Svalbard
* Talons
* This is Hell
* The Tidal Sleep
* Throats
* Throes
* Tortuga
* Touché Amoré
* Trash Talk
* Up River
* We Lost The Sea
* We Never Learned to Live
* We'll Die Smiling
* Will Haven
* Witch Cult
* Wren
* Years Of Abuse
* Young Legionnaire
* Youves

## Releases
### Albums

    Cat # Artist(s) Release Format(s) HRR352Fall Of MessiahSenicarneCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR348OHHMSCloseCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR347AntethicMythographerCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR346Narrow Head12th House RockCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR342Slow CrushReelVinyl/Digital HRR333Modern RitualsThis Is The HistoryCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR332Elephant TreeHabitsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR327GarganjuaToward The SunCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR326GiverSculpture Of ViolenceCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR325Conjurer & Palm ReaderConjurer x Palm Reader splitCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR321A.A.WilliamsA.A.Williams (Reissue)CD/Vinyl/Digital HRR315Slow CrushEaseCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR314RenouncedBeauty Is A Destructive AngelCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR312We Lost The SeaTriumph & DisasterVinyl/Digital HRR309Minors / GreberSplitCassette/Digital HRR308Pijn & ConjurerCurse These Metal HandsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR304Modern RitualsYearningDigital HRR302THROESIn The Hands Of An Angry GodCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR300We Never Learned To LiveOde / Live At The BBCVinyl/Digital HRR297MølI/IICD/Vinyl/Digital HRR296Holy FawnDeath SpellsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR291We Never Learned To LiveThe Sleepwalk TransmissionsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR285MinorsAbject BodiesVinyl/Digital HRR278A.A.WilliamsA.A.WilliamsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR276ITHACAThe Language Of InjuryCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR270Boss KeloidHerb Your EnthusiasmCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR269Burning VowBurning VowCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR266Portrayal of GuiltLet Pain Be Your GuideCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR262PijnLossCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR261OHHMSExistCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR258Secret CutterQuantum EraserCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR253MØLJORD (Instrumental)CD/Vinyl/Digital HRR248TalonsWe All KnowCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR246Group of ManWhat We Got In CommonDigital HRR242Modern RitualsThe Light That Leaks InCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR239GarganjuaThrough The VoidCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR233ConjurerRetchDigital HRR232SvalbardIt's Hard To Have HopeCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR231GiverHeart Of DarkDigital HRR230Modern RitualsHermit KupplingCassette/Digital HRR229MinorsBone PointerDigital HRR228Slow CrushAuroraCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR227MølJORDCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR226GiverDancing With The DevilsDigital HRR225Rolo TomassiBalancing The DarkDigital HRR224ConjurerThe MireDigital HRR223MinorsAtrophyVinyl/Digital HRR222Boss KeloidMelted On The InchCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR221Rolo TomassiTime Will Die And Love Will Bury ItCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR220WatchcriesWraithVinyl/Digital HRR219GiverShock Of The FallDigital HRR218ConjurerMireCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR217GiantsFour WheelsDigital HRR216Rolo TomassiRitualsDigital HRR215DeparturesTeenage HazeCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR214GiverWhere The Cycle BreaksVinyl/Digital HRR213RenouncedTheories of DespairCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR212HelplessSinkholeDigital HRR211MINETransientsCassette/Digital HRR210IDYLLSPrayer For TerreneDigital HRR209IDYLLSIndian CircleDigital HRR208IDYLLS / PalisadesSplitDigital HRR207IDYLLSFarewell All JoyDigital HRR206IDYLLSAmps for God/Plague HellDigital HRR205Haast's EagledI & IICD HRR204IDYLLSNo VirilityDigital HRR203PijnTanzaro HouseCassette/Digital HRR202Slabdragger / WrenMothers Of Beef And The Magic Of InventionCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR201HelplessCeremony of InnocenceDigital HRR199WrenScour The GrasslandDigital HRR198IDYLLSThe BarnCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR197HelplessDebtCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR196Employed To ServeNever Falls FarDigital HRR195WrenThe HerdDigital HRR194The Tidal SleepBandagesDigital HRR193The Tidal SleepHearsesDigital HRR192The Tidal SleepUndertowsDigital HRR191IDYLLSMaslows DogsDigital HRR190Employed To ServeGood For NothingDigital HRR189OHHMSThe MagicianDigital HRR188The Tidal SleepBe WaterCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR187WrenAuburn RuleCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR186Employed To ServeI Spend My Days (Wishing Them Away)Digital HRR185OHHMSThe WorldDigital HRR184WatchcriesS/TDigital HRR181RuetzMelanomaDigital HRR180Brutality Will PrevailIn Dark PlacesCD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital HRR179Down I GoMooncleanserDigital HRR178Down I GoМеня зовут Владимир ПутинDigital HRR177Down I GoWitness the ShitnessDigital HRR176Down I Gothis is RobotcoreDigital HRR175Down I Gothis is DinocoreDigital HRR174OHHMSThe FoolCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR173Rolo TomassiOSTCassette HRR172Group Of ManWorld Peace ChampionsCassette/Digital HRR171BosskI & II ReissueCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR170Rolo TomassiBoxsetVinyl HRR166PijnFloodlitCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR165Up RiverIf There Is A God That Is Judging Me ConstantlyCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR164SvalbardDiscography 2012-2014CD/Vinyl/Digital HRR163Apologies, I Have NonePharmacieCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR162ConjurerICD/Vinyl/Digital HRR161DeparturesDeath Touches Us, From The Moment We Begin To LoveCD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital HRR160Apologies, I Have None/Luca BrasiSplitCassette/Digital HRR159WrenHostVinyl/Digital HRR158GiantsAgainst The Grain (single)Digital HRR157Fall of MessiahEmpty ColoursCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR156Rolo TomassiThe BBC SessionsCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR155GiantsBreak The Cycle (Single)Digital HRR154Employed to Serve/A Ghost OrchestraSplitDigital HRR153GiantsBreak The CycleCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR152Down I GoIceland ExtrasVinyl/Digital HRR151HelplessHelplessCD HRR150More Than LifeLove Let Me GoCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR149EulogyEternal WorthVinyl/Digital HRR148Cursed EarthEnslaved By The InsignificantFlexidisc HRR147Haast's EagledII For MankindVinyl HRR146Down I GoYou're Lucky God, I Cannot Reach YouVinyl/Digital HRR145SvalbardOne Day All This Will EndCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR144SlabdraggerRise of the DawncrusherCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR143ParisoParisoVinyl/Digital HRR142Years of AbuseSocial OrderCassette/Digital HRR141We Never Learned to LiveCrystallineDigital HRR140We Never Learned to LiveShadows in HibernationDigital HRR139Rolo TomassiOpalescentDigital HRR138Employed to ServeBones to BreakDigital HRR137Employed to ServeWatching Films to Forget I ExistDigital HRR136Rolo TomassiStage Knives (Single)Digital HRR135Rolo TomassiGrievancesCD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital HRR134We Never Learned to LiveSilently, I Threw Them SkywardCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR133OhmmsColdCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR132Employed to ServeGreyer Than You RememberCD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital HRR131SvalbardDiscography 2012–2014CD HRR130VADigital SamplerDigital HRR129OhhmsBloomCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR128Body HoundRhombus NowVinyl/Digital HRR127Rough HandsNothing's ChangedVinyl/Digital HRR126BrontideArteryCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR125We Never Learned to Live/Human FutureSplitVinyl/Digital HRR124Employed to ServeChange Nothing, Regret EverythingVinyl/Digital HRR123More Than LifeDo You RememberDigital HRR122Up RiverUndertowVinyl/Digital HRR121More Than LifeWhat's Left of MeCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR120EnablerFliesVinyl/Digital HRR119BastionsBedfellows Part II: The Forgotten DaughterVinyl/Digital HRR118Maths/ThroatsSplitCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR117SvalbardGone TomorrowDigital HRR116SvalbardSvalbardDigital HRR115MINEDisappearVinyl/Digital HRR114Rough HandsRough HandsVinyl/Digital HRR113MonolithA Votive OfferingDigital HRR112Brutality Will PrevailScatter the AshesVinyl HRR111VAWinter Spring 2013 SamplerDigital HRR110Conan/BongripperSplitVinyl HRR109ColiseumSister FaithCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR108This Is HellThe EnforcerVinyl/Digital HRR107Last WitnessSaccharine/Less Than ZeroVinyl/Digital HRR106BastionsBedfellows Part 1: The Bastard SonVinyl/Digital HRR105StrifeWitness a RebirthCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR104MINEMINEVinyl/Digital HRR103ThroatsThroats (Repress)Vinyl/Digital HRR102Full of Hell/Calm the FireSplitVinyl/Digital HRR101Hang the Bastard2009-2012CD/Vinyl/Digital HRR098KerouacHeavy Hearted: Collected Recordings 2009-2011Vinyl/Digital HRR097Cutting Pink With KnivesPopuluxxe (Reissue)Vinyl/Digital HRR096run WALK!HealthVinyl/Digital HRR095Pariso2009-2011 DiscographyDigital HRR094DesolatedVerse of JudasVinyl HRR093We'll Die SmilingNew ObjectivityVinyl/Digital HRR092NibiruEarthbreederVinyl/Digital HRR091MonolithI, MisanthropeVinyl HRR090Last WitnessThe VoidDigital HRR089Last WitnessMourning AfterCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR088CrocusOur Memories Dress Me in a Dead LustCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR087Jackals/GrazesSplitVinyl/Digital HRR086Goodtime BoysAre We Now or Have We Ever BeenCD/Digital HRR085BrontideColoured Tongues/MFBTVinyl/Digital HRR084Will HavenVoir DireVinyl/Digital HRR083run WALK!/ SirsSplitVinyl/Digital HRR082CrossbreakerLowsVinyl/Digital HRR081VAHoly Hell Summer Sampler 2011Digital HRR080Make Do and MendMake Do and MendVinyl HRR079AbolitionAbolitionVinyl HRR078DaggersEuphoriaVinyl/Digital HRR077Rosa ValleHoly BermudaCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR076Brutality Will PrevailSleep ParalysisCD HRR075End ReignEnd ReignVinyl/Digital HRR074Witch CultWitch CultVinyl/Digital HRR073Jackals/Self LoathingSplitVinyl/Digital HRR072BrontideSans SouciCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR071EisbergEisbergVinyl/Digital HRR070GallopsJoust/EukodolVinyl/Digital HRR069Rolo TomassiEternal YouthVinyl/Digital HRR068Rolo Tomassi/AntaresSplitVinyl HRR067Kerouac/ParisoSplitCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR066The Ergon CarouselDead BanksVinyl/Digital HRR065SlabdraggerRegressVinyl/Digital HRR064GrazesMythsVinyl/Digital HRR063Cthulhu YouthInflatable World...Cassette HRR062Cthulhu YouthCthulhu YouthCassette HRR061VAHappy Holy Roar Mega BoxCassette HRR060KerouacCold and Distant, Not LovingVinyl HRR059BaptistsBlack DawnCD HRR058MathsAscentVinyl/Digital HRR057Touche Amore...To The Beat of a Dead HorseVinyl HRR056run, WALK!Instrumental EPCD/Digital HRR055Throats/The Ergon CarouselKyuss Covers SplitVinyl/Digital HRR054Hang the BastardHellfire ReignCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR053Black MassS/TCD/Digital HRR052BastionsIsland LivingVinyl HRR051Never AgainYear OneVinyl/Digital HRR050VAHappy Holy Roar Vol.4Cassette HRR049Brutality Will PrevailRoot of All EvilCD/Vinyl/Digital HRR048Young LegionairreColossus/Iron DreamVinyl HRR047Lone WolvesA True DiscourseCD HRR046Rolo TomassiCosmologyVinyl HRR045GallopsGallopsCD/Digital HRR044JackalsS/TVinyl HRR043Last WitnessGive UpVinyl/Digital HRR042We'll Die SmilingAvant-GardeCD/Digital HRR041run, WALK!IHTAWSICSSOEAOMITSCD HRR040Never AgainLive at The Albert, BrightonCassette HRR039AntaresL'Espirit de l'escalierCD/Digital HRR038ThroatsS/TCD/Vinyl HRR037PABH/Holy StateSplitVinyl HRR036Manuscripts/Betty ParisoSplitVinyl/Digital HRR035Trash TalkEast of Eden/Son of a BitchVinyl HRR034Easy Hips/Dreamboats/Le Swing/Run, Walk!New Roars on the BlockVinyl HRR033Holy State/Brontide/The Tupolev Ghost/ShapesHoly MonstersVinyl HRR032Rolo Tomassi/ThroatsSplitVinyl HRR031LivimorketDark TotalityCD/Digital HRR030VAHappy Holy Roar Vol.3Cassette HRR029Holy StateLiveCD HRR028VASpring '09 Digital SamplerDigital HRR027The Ghost of a ThousandThis is Where the Fight BeginsCD/Vinyl HRR026MathsDescentCD/Vinyl HRR025Rolo TomassiUntitled (Reissue)CD HRR024BrontideBrontide EPDigital HRR023Cutting Pink with KnivesDiscographyDigital HRR022MathsLive Acoustic MedleyDigital HRR021Holy StateHoly State EPVinyl HRR020VAHappy Holy Roar Vol. 2Cassette HRR019The Ergon CarouselThe Ergon CarouselCD HRR018Devil Sold His Soul/TortugaSplitVinyl HRR017YouvesCardio-VascularCD/Digital HRR016Throats/The_NetworkSplitCD HRR015DananananakroydSissy HitsCD/Digital HRR014Mirror! Mirror!Silicon Eyes/Wolfgang BangVinyl HRR013Rolo TomassiDigital History/BeatrotterVinyl HRR012Maths/ThroatsSplitCD HRR011Cutting Pink with KnivesLaser HannonDigital HRR010VAHappy Holy RoarCassette HRR009Cutting Pink with KnivesSt Mark/AirzDigital HRR008Rolo TomassiUntitled (Reissue)CD HRR007Cutting Pink with KnivesPopuluxxeCD HRR006GallowsDemoVinyl HRR005ChariotsThe Inner LifeCD/Digital HRR004Chronicles of Adam WestWe Walk UnbalancedCD/Digital HRR003Rolo TomassiUntitledCD HRR002Bloody Panda/Kayo DotSplitVinyl/Digital HRR001Phoenix BodiesRaise The Bullshit FlagCD/Digital

### Compilations

For Christmas 2007 Holy Roar Records released a limited edition cassette tape compilation, "Happy Holy Roar!" featuring 20 previously unreleased/ self-released only songs by a variety of bands including some Holy Roar artists.
Since then, Holy Roar Records have released the following via cassette:
and the following via digital release only:
In 2016, Holy Roar Records contributed an exclusive song to the Alcopop! Records Record Store Day release "Sensible Record Labels" Volume 2 compilation.