Amputated Vein Records
Amputated Vein Records is a Japan-based extreme metal label, operated out of Osaka by Death Metal Co., Ltd., founded in February 2002 and still issuing new brutal, slam, and technical death metal releases as of 2026. Its current roster spans dozens of acts drawn from across the world, and the label also runs the sub-labels Ghastly Music and Ambivalence Music, alongside a history of promoting international bands' concert tours in Japan.
Quick Facts
- Country
- Japan
- Founded
- 2002
- Label size
- Mid-size, long-established independent extreme metal label - a current signed roster of roughly 50 bands and a deep back catalog running from 2002 to 2026 under its own AVR catalog numbering, plus two active sub-labels.
- Activity
- Consistently active - new AVR-catalog titles are documented every year from the label's 2002 founding through 2026, and its official site was still posting label-promoted concert events as recently as mid-2025.
What Does Amputated Vein Records Release?
Representative artists: All Shall Perish, Cephalotripsy, Carthage, Sickening, Klysma, Kakothanasy
Broad, internationally sourced roster centered on brutal, slam, and technical death metal, signed from a wide range of countries alongside a smaller number of Japanese acts, and organized under the main Amputated Vein Records banner plus its sub-labels.
Who Is This Label Likely to Fit?
A long-running (est. 2002), Japan-based extreme metal specialist with a deep, internationally sourced brutal/slam/technical death metal catalog that is still actively releasing new titles into 2026; it has no publicly documented demo policy, so artists should confirm current submission expectations directly rather than assume acceptance or refusal.
This is Metal-Labels' analysis based on available roster and activity data, not a claim made by the label itself.
Demo & Submission Information
No demo submission policy, submission address, or geographic restriction is published anywhere on the label's official site (checked its Contact Us, Company Overview, Releases, News, and Management Philosophy pages), so it is unknown whether or how the label accepts unsolicited material. Artists should reach out through the label's own contact form at https://deathmetal.co.jp/contact-us to ask directly rather than assuming either an open or closed policy.
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