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Reigning Phoenix Music

Reigning Phoenix Music (RPM) is a German-American record label with a legal entity registered in Neuhausen, Germany and an operational office in the Los Angeles area of the United States. It was founded in 2023 by Gerardo Martinez, a former general manager of Nuclear Blast America, together with tech entrepreneur Sven Bogner. In its first years the label grew quickly, signing acts directly and, in early 2024, absorbing Atomic Fire Records and its Fire Flash Records sub-label along with their rosters. Its current public roster runs to more than 80 acts spanning extreme, heavy, and hard rock/metal genres, including long-established names such as Meshuggah, Opeth, Helloween, and Amorphis alongside more recently signed artists, with a release schedule that extends well into 2026.

Quick Facts

Country
United States
Founded
2023
Label size
large
Activity
very active
Genres
heavy metal, extreme metal, death metal, melodic metal, hard rock

What Does Reigning Phoenix Music Release?

Representative artists: Meshuggah, Opeth, Helloween, Amorphis, Kerry King, U.D.O., Deicide, Sonata Arctica, Sebastian Bach, Agnostic Front, Cyhra, A.A. Williams, Gotthard, Leaves' Eyes, Belphegor, Lordi

A large (80+ act), multi-genre hard rock/metal roster spanning death, extreme, melodic, and thrash-adjacent metal plus hard rock, built through a mix of direct signings and label consolidation (notably absorbing Atomic Fire Records and its sub-label Fire Flash Records).

Who Is This Label Likely to Fit?

Reigning Phoenix Music is a well-resourced, actively releasing German-American label built around established and legacy metal/hard rock acts and label-catalog acquisitions rather than a stated demo-to-signing pipeline; no public demo policy, submission channel, or geographic restriction was found.

This is Metal-Labels' analysis based on available roster and activity data, not a claim made by the label itself.

Demo & Submission Information

RPM's official website does not publish a demo submission policy, dedicated submissions page, or stated geographic restriction. Artists interested in the label have no confirmed public demo channel to use; the only verified contact points are the label's general German and US office details on its contact page, and reaching out there without a known submissions process may not lead to a response.

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