Peaceville

Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England, in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat.
Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English hardcore punk. Halmshaw started running the label full-time in 1988, although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes. The label is therefore known for the connection between doom metal and the 1980s English crust punk scene. Sister labels 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' concentrated more on thrash metal (Deaf) and psychedelic electronica (Dreamtime).
In November 2006, after 25 years at the helm, Halmshaw announced that he and co-manager Lisa Halmshaw would be leaving the label to concentrate on new projects, and that his former assistant, Paul Groundwell, would be taking over general management duties, following the sale of the label to back catalogue specialists Snapper Music, who had distributed Peaceville since 2001.
(Read more at Wikipedia.)
== Links To Peel ==
In Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (p129-130), Peaceville label founder Hammy recalls the importance of Peel’s support for the fledgling label in the late 1980s, with radio exposure for LPs by early signings Electro Hippies and Doom:
”These were Peaceville’s second and fourth ‘real’ albums, and they sold like 6,000 copies each in the first week. John Peel gave them both a session, so he was playing them constantly on national radio. They became hip to mention in the media and things like that, and Peaceville had instantly become totally successful.”
Like Earache Records, Peaceville quickly became a Peel favourite as his show was reshaped by an explosion of new extreme music combining punk and metal. Hellbastard, Napalm Death and Pitchshifter were among the bands that recorded for both labels.
== Sessions ==
(Bands with releases on the Peaceville (or its 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' sub-labels) who recorded Peel sessions, including when not on Peaceville, excluding those who only appeared on compilations. Please add more information if known). - Peaceville band Hellbastard reportedly failed to record a Peel session only because singer/guitarist Scruff couldn't afford a phone.
*Agathocles: (1 session, 1990)
*Deviated Instinct: (1 session, 1990)
*Doom (2 sessions, 1988-89)
*Electro Hippies (1 session, 1987)
*Napalm Death: (3 sessions, 1987-90)
*Pitchshifter: (2 sessions, 1991-93)
*Prophecy Of Doom: (2 sessions, 1990-91)
== Plays ==
(Peel radio plays of single-artist releases on the Peaceville label. See below for various artist (v/a) compilations. Please add more information if known.)
;1988
*14 March 1988: Electro Hippies: Scum (LP - The Only Good Punk ... ... Is A Dead One) 
*16 March 1988: Electro Hippies: So Wicked (LP - The Only Good Punk... ...Is A Dead One)
*21 March 1988: Electro Hippies: So Wicked (LP - The Only Good Punk... ...Is A Dead One)
*18 April 1988: Electro Hippies: Protest (LP - The Only Good Punk... ...Is A Dead One) 
*20 April 1988: Deviated Instinct: Pearls Before Swine (LP - Rock 'N' Roll Conformity) 
*09 May 1988: Doom: A Dream To Come True (LP - War Crimes - Inhuman Beings) 
*18 May 1988: Doom: Stop-Gap (LP - War Crimes - Inhuman Beings)
*01 June 1988: Doom: A Dream To Come True (LP - War Crimes - Inhuman Beings) 
*27 June 1988: Doom: Stop-Gap (LP - War Crimes - Inhuman) Peaceville
*04 July 1988: Deviated Instinct: Laugh In Your Face (LP - Rock 'N' Roll Conformity) 
*09 July 1988 (BFBS): Doom: Relief (LP - War Crimes - Inhuman Beings)
*13 July 1988: Doom: A Dream To Come True (LP - War Crimes (Inhuman Beings)) 
*18 July 1988: Deviated Instinct: Doomsday (LP - Rock 'N' Roll Conformity)
;1989
*17 January 1989: Extra Hot Sauce: Freebird (LP - Taco Of Death)
*23 January 1989: Insurrection: Deadhead (LP - Insurrection)
*25 January 1989: Insurrection: Pros & Cons (LP - Insurrection)
*31 January 1989: Extra Hot Sauce: Paranoid (album - Taco Of Death)
*31 January 1989 (Radio Bremen): Insurrection: Deadhead (album - Insurrection)
*01 February 1989: Doom: Free Yourself (CD - Total Doom)
*07 February 1989: Extra Hot Sauce: Freebird (LP - Taco Of Death)
*15 February 1989: Extra Hot Sauce: Taco Of Death (album - Taco Of Death)
*01 March 1989: Insurrection: Deadhead (LP - Insurrection) 
*06 March 1989: Doom: Life In Freedom (shared LP with No Security - Bury The Debt Not The Dead / No Security)
*14 March 1989: Insurrection: Deadhead (album - Insurrection) 
*29 March 1989: Autopsy: Disembowel (LP - Severed Survival)
*10 April 1989: Doom: Life In Freedom (shared LP with No Security - Bury The Debt Not The Dead / No Security)
*11 April 1989: Decadence Within: Ruins (LP - This Lunacy) 
*13 April 1989: Insurrection: Pros & Cons (album - Insurrection)
*11 May 1989: Doom: Life In Freedom (shared album with No Security - Bury The Debt Not The Dead / No Security)
*16 May 1989: Decadence Within: Take It Or Leave It (album - This Lunacy)
*22 May 1989: Electro Hippies: Meltdown (album - Live)
*15 July 1989 (BFBS): Doom: War On Our Doorstep (shared LP with No Security-Bury The Debt Not The Dead/No Security)
*24 July 1989: Doom: Bury The Debt (Not The Dead) (split album with No Security - Bury The Debt Not The Dead / No Security)
;1990
*20 February 1990: Paradise Lost: Breeding Fear (LP - Lost Paradise)
*01 March 1990: Deviated Instinct: Beyond Pain (LP - Guttural Breath)
*05 March 1990: Deviated Instinct: Delirium Carnival (LP - Guttural Breath)
*28 March 1990: Paradise Lost: Deadly Inner Sense (LP - Lost Paradise)
*21 March 1990: Deviated Instinct: Beyond Pain (LP - Guttural Breath)
*01 May 1990: Paradise Lost: Rotting Misery (LP - Lost Paradise)
*20 August 1990: Sonic Violence: Crystalization (Album: Jagd)
*29 September 1990: Sonic Violence: Symptom (12" - Jagd)
;1991
*10 February 1991: Darkthrone: Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia (Album: Soulside Journey) 
*02 March 1991 (BFBS): Darkthrone: Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia (LP-Soulside Journey)
*07 April 1991: Autopsy: Retribution For The Dead (12")
;1992
*25 April 1992: Baphomet: Boiled In Blood (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit)
*09 May 1992: Baphomet: Infection Of Death (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit)
*17 May 1992 (BFBS): Baphomet: Infection Of Death (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit) (Peaceville)
*22 May 1992: Baphomet: The Age Of Plague (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit) (JP: If it was possible for haemorrhoids to sing and play for you, I think they'd sound pretty much like that. Actually, it wasn't 'Leave The Flesh', I think I played you the wrong track - but it was perfectly fine.) 
;1996
*28 July 1996: Doom: Slave To Convention (LP – War Crimes – Inhuman Beings )
== Compilations ==
(Peel radio plays of variouos artist (v/a) compilations released by Peaceville, listed by date of first play. Please add more information if known.)
	
	
(LP - A Vile Peace)
*27 January 1988: Electro Hippies: At The Edge 
*27 January 1988: Electro Hippies: Reject 
*27 January 1988: Electro Hippies: Escape 
*27 January 1988: Electro Hippies: Mega Armageddon Death (Pt. 3)
*27 January 1988: Electro Hippies: Mega Armageddon Death (Pt. 2) 
*02 February 1988: Doom: Slave To Convention
(LP - Hiatus (The Peaceville Sampler))
*16 January 1989: Doom: War On Our Doorstep
*16 January 1989: Electro Hippies: Could You Look Me In The Eyes
*16 January 1989: Atavistic: Perpetual Motion
*23 January 1989: Sore Throat: M.F.N. (Music For Nobheads)
*24 January 1989: Doom: Diseased
*31 January 1989 (Radio Bremen): Sore Throat: M.F.N. (Music For Nobheads)
*31 January 1989 (Radio Bremen): Electro Hippies: Sometimes I'm So Glad
*15 February 1989: Doom: War On Our Doorstep
(LP - Vile Vibes)
*22 January 1990: Paradise Lost: Internal Torment II 
== See Also ==
*Sessions That Never Happened
== Links ==
*Wikipedia
*Discogs
*Official site
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