Spinefarm Records

Spinefarm Records is a Finnish record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group.
History
Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distribution company for rock and heavy metal albums and singles, but later became a record label for Finnish acts such as Nightwish, Children of Bodom, and Sonata Arctica.
In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent. Since 2002, Spinefarm has been part of Universal Music Group, but operates as an independent business unit.
In autumn 2007, Spinefarm launched in the UK, starting with re-issuing deluxe versions of the first five Nightwish albums, including the Over the Hills and Far Away EP.
At the start of 2016, it was announced that Spinefarm Records had acquired Candlelight Records.
On 18 August 2017, Spinefarm Records announced the global launch of sub-label Snakefarm Records. Snakefarm has since signed Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and more. The label's focus genres are roots rock, blues rock, and country.
Today, Spinefarm Records has offices in New York, London, and Helsinki.
Bands
Spinefarm Music Group consists of three sub-labels: Spinefarm Records (mainstream heavy metal and hard rock), Candlelight Records (extreme metal, black metal, and death metal), and Snakefarm Records (country, blues, and southern rock).
Spinefarm
36 Crazyfists
Airbourne
Amaranthe
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Anti-Flag
Atreyu
Beherit
Barathrum
Beto Vázquez Infinity
Billy Talent
The Black League
Bob Malmström
Brother Firetribe
The Browning
Bullet for My Valentine
Celesty
Charon
Children of Bodom
ChthoniC
Creeper
Crow Mother
D'espairsRay (UK only)
Dark Tranquillity
Darkwoods My Betrothed
Dayseeker
Dayshell
Dead by April
Dead Poet Society
Diablo Swing Orchestra
DragonForce
Dragonlord
Dreamtale
Eilera
Electric Wizard
Emigrate
Employed to Serve
End of You
Entheos
Eternal Tears of Sorrow
Finntroll
Five Finger Death Punch (US only)
For My Pain
Hangman's Chair
He is Legend
Hevein
Helloween (UK only)
In Mourning
Jettblack
Kalmah
Killing Joke
Kiuas
Kobra and the Lotus
The Kovenant
Lullacry
Machinae Supremacy
Metsatöll
Mucc (UK only)
myGRAIN
My Passion
My Ticket Home
Nightwish
Nonpoint
Norther
One Morning Left
Pain Confessor
Puppy
Reckless Love
Rotten Sound
Saint Asonia
Santa Cruz
Satyricon
Saul
Seether
Sentenced
Sethian
Shining (Nor)
Shining (Swe)
Sinergy
Slaves to Gravity
Sleep Token
Soen
Sonata Arctica
Swallow the Sun
Tarja Turunen
Tarot
Throne of Chaos
Thy Serpent
To/Die/For
Toothgrinder
The Treatment
Turbowolf
Twilightning
Von Hertzen Brothers
Voodoo Six
Warmen
Venom
VRSTY
We Came as Romans (Europe only)
Candlelight
Absu
Coltsblood
Black Moth
Burning The Oppressor
Daylight Dies
Demon Lung
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Emperor
Ihsahn
Insomnium
Khors
Limbonic Art
Ninkharsag
Orange Goblin
PSOTY
Shade Empire
Shrapnel
Sigh
Sigiriya
Throne Of Katarsis
Ultra Violence
Vampillia
Vision of Disorder
Voices
Winterfylleth
Witchsorrow
Zyklon
Snakefarm
Austin Meade
BOWEN * YOUNG
Broken Witt Rebels
Brothers Osborne (UK only)
Chris Shiflett (UK only)
Eric Church (UK only)
Jon Pardi (UK only)
Kip Moore (UK only)
Marcus King (UK only)
Marty Stuart and his Fabulous Superlatives
The Temperance Movement (US & Canada)
The White Buffalo
Whiskey Myers
See also
List of record labels
Deathwish Inc.
References
External links
Finnish record labels
Black metal record labels
Death metal record labels
Heavy metal record labels
Labels distributed by Universal Music Group
Record labels established in 1990