Great Dane Records
Great Dane Records is a French extreme metal label based in Lille that has built a substantial catalog of death, black, thrash, and doom metal releases since the mid-2000s. It has grown from a regional imprint founded by two metal enthusiasts into a label with international distribution and a roster spanning dozens of current and past bands, and it continues to issue new releases regularly.
Quick Facts
- Country
- France
- Label size
- small-to-mid-sized independent extreme metal label
- Activity
- highly active, releasing new titles on a regular ongoing basis
- Genres
- Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Doom Metal
- Career-stage fit
- developing, established underground
What Does Great Dane Records Release?
Representative artists: Carcariass, Exocrine, Burial Ruthless, Amanite, Dylath-Leen
A predominantly French and wider-European extreme metal roster spanning death metal (brutal, technical, melodic), with black, thrash, and doom acts also represented; roster mixes newer signings with longer-running, more established underground names.
Who Is This Label Likely to Fit?
Likely a viable target for developing-to-established extreme metal bands, especially death metal projects, given consistent recent release activity; however, no current official demo submission channel or geographic scope was confirmed, so direct outreach to confirm current expectations is advisable.
This is Metal-Labels' analysis based on available roster and activity data, not a claim made by the label itself.
Demo & Submission Information
No current, official demo submission page or policy could be confirmed. The only public statement found on the topic is a 2012 interview in which the founder described an informal, ear-based signing process rather than a formal submission procedure, so it may no longer reflect current practice. Bands considering outreach should verify current submission expectations directly with the label (e.g. via its listed public contact) rather than assuming any particular process, and should not assume unsolicited demos are or are not welcome.
Submission information last checked: August 2026
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