Thrash Metal Record Labels
Old-school and modern thrash labels, from revival specialists to established imprints.
Thrash metal's label scene splits along a fairly clear generational line. Established imprints with decades of history — Metal Blade, Nuclear Blast, Century Media among them — still sign thrash, but usually as part of a broader metal roster rather than a thrash specialty, and typically from bands with existing momentum. Alongside them is a smaller, more focused population of labels built specifically around the mid-2010s-onward thrash revival: old-school-influenced acts leaning hard on the genre's 80s roots, often released on vinyl and cassette in a way that mirrors the era they're drawing from.
That revival/legacy split is worth checking against your own band's sound before submitting anywhere. A straightforward, riff-driven old-school thrash act and a more modern, crossover- or groove-influenced thrash band don't always land on the same labels' rosters, even though both are "thrash" on paper — a label's actual recent releases tell you more about which lane it's in than its genre tag does.
Thrash is also a genre where live activity and touring history carry real weight in how labels evaluate a band, more than in some slower or more studio-focused metal subgenres — the genre's energy has always been tied to its live reputation, and labels often want to see that a band can actually deliver before signing.
As always, a label's size, typical roster career stage, country, and real selectivity matter as much as genre fit. Comparing your band's specific style, stage, and goals against the full label database, not just a thrash tag, is the more reliable way to find where you actually belong.
Looking for a label for your thrash metal band? Genre is only one part of the match. Compare your style, career stage, location and other factors against labels in our database.
Record Labels Releasing Thrash Metal
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CDN Records
Canada
Death Metal, Brutal Death Metal, Deathcore, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
CDN Records is a Windsor, Ontario-based independent label that has operated continuously since 1990, when it began as a bedroom demo-trading operation under the name Civilian Death Network before rebranding. Over more than three decades it has built a catalogue running past 200 releases and co-releases, covering brutal death metal, deathcore, black metal, thrash and grindcore, and it runs its own web shop alongside a large current and alumni artist roster.
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Dying Victims Productions
Germany
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Traditional Heavy Metal, First-wave Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal
Dying Victims Productions is a German underground metal label based in Essen, founded in 2009 by Florian Grill as an outgrowth of his Thrash Attack fanzine. The label focuses on traditional heavy, speed, and thrash metal alongside first-wave black, death, and doom metal, and has built out its own vinyl/CD/cassette distro shop and a reissue imprint, Relics from the Crypt, for out-of-print classics.
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Godz ov War Productions
Poland
Black Metal, Death Metal, Black/Death Metal, Doom Metal, Blackened Thrash/Death Metal
Godz ov War Productions is a Poland-based independent record label and mail-order shop specializing in black metal, death metal and related extreme subgenres. Its in-house release catalog spans well over 200 titles across vinyl, CD and cassette formats, with a roster that includes acts from Poland as well as Portugal, Greece, Peru, the UK and the USA. As of 2025 the label continues to issue new releases regularly, with recent titles from ZØRZA, PUTRID, KÖNIGREICHSSAAL, UPON THE ALTAR and CULTUM INTERITUM.
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Great Dane Records
France
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Doom Metal
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.
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Hammerheart Records
Netherlands
death metal, black metal, doom metal, folk metal, thrash metal
Hammerheart Records is a Dutch independent metal label, operating as Hammerheart Records BV out of Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, since 1995. Now three decades in, it runs a large and varied roster spanning death, black, doom, folk and thrash metal, releasing physical formats (vinyl, CD, cassette) as well as digital editions, and it remains active with a steady cadence of new releases and artist signings.
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Hells Headbangers Records
United States
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Grindcore
Hells Headbangers Records is a US-based independent label and mail-order distributor from the Cleveland/Medina, Ohio area, founded by brothers Chase, Eric, and Justin Horval around 2000 and still releasing new extreme metal titles as of 2026. Its catalog centers on death metal, black metal, thrash metal, and grindcore, and its official Bandcamp lists well over 150 associated bands spanning both veteran and newer underground acts.
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High Roller Records
Germany
Heavy Metal, NWOBHM, Doom Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
High Roller Records is an independent heavy metal label based in Werdau, Germany, operating since 2003. Its catalog spans NWOBHM, doom, speed and thrash metal, and the label is particularly recognized for high-quality vinyl reissues of classic and cult metal records, alongside new releases from a roster of current bands drawn largely from Europe and North America.
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Inverse Records
Finland
Melodic death metal, Death/doom metal, Black metal, Industrial metal, Symphonic metal, Thrash metal
Inverse Records is a Finnish record label and release agency based in Jyväskylä, providing promotion, distribution, and marketing services with a stated focus on heavier music. Alongside the core metal-oriented label, the company operates related sub-marks (Secret Entertainment for pop/rock and electronic music, Concorde Music Company for mixing/mastering/pre-production services). As of mid-2026 the label remains actively releasing new records, including titles from Soulgrind, Inthraced, and Ruoska within the preceding six months.
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Listenable Records
France
death metal, black metal, thrash metal, extreme/progressive metal, hard rock / doom / stoner rock (secondary catalog)
Listenable Records is a France-based independent metal label whose official website dates its founding to 1997 (though the label's own Bandcamp profile states 1990). Over its history it has released material from internationally known extreme metal acts such as Gojira, Immolation, Aborted, Soilwork, Voivod, and Napalm Death, alongside classic reissues (e.g. Coroner) and a secondary line of hard rock, doom, and stoner rock releases. As of mid-2026 the label remains active, with new releases from Leatherwitch, Eternal Evil, and Locus Noir shipping in early-to-mid 2026.
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M & O Music
France
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Metalcore, Alternative Metal, Progressive Metal, Gothic/Symphonic Metal
M&O Music is an independent label based in Montpellier, France, operating since 2009. Alongside its distribution and e-shop operations, it works as a music publisher handling synchronization licensing and neighboring-rights collection for its artists, and is closely tied to a sister artist-promotion agency, M&O Office. Its catalog is deliberately broad rather than narrowly specialized: current and past signings span thrash, death, black, metalcore, gothic and symphonic metal, plus progressive and alternative metal, alongside a separate pop-rock, indie and punk roster - reflecting a general independent-label model built around distribution and artist services rather than a single metal subgenre identity.
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Massacre Records
Germany
heavy metal, thrash metal, death metal, power metal, gothic/dark rock, hard rock
Massacre Records is a German independent metal label operating out of Untergruppenbach, near Stuttgart, under the legal name Massacre Records UG. Public sources place its founding around 1991. Today it runs a very large catalog of roughly 200 signed acts and keeps up a dense release schedule, with new albums arriving in almost every month of 2026, including a newly announced worldwide physical-release partnership with Behemoth alongside releases from acts such as Torian, The Order, Death Dealer, Eisregen and Atrocity.
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Metal Blade Records
United States
death metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, metalcore/deathcore, doom metal
Metal Blade Records is one of the longest-running independent labels dedicated to heavy metal, founded in 1982 by Brian Slagel out of the Metal Massacre compilation series. Headquartered in Van Nuys, California, it has grown into a worldwide operation with additional offices in Germany, the UK, Canada, and Australia, and its current release schedule shows it remains highly active, putting out new records across death metal, melodic death metal, classic heavy metal, thrash, deathcore/metalcore, and doom on a near-weekly basis.
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Mighty Music
Denmark
Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Thrash Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Folk Metal
Mighty Music is a Danish rock and metal label founded in Copenhagen in 1997, now operating under the umbrella of Target Group, which was established by the label's founders in 2003 and runs international promotion teams across several countries. Over nearly three decades it has built a roster of around fifty acts spanning classic hard rock, NWOBHM-lineage bands, thrash, melodic death/metalcore, and folk metal, working with both long-running names and newer signings from Denmark and abroad.
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Napalm Records
Austria
heavy metal, hard rock, gothic/symphonic metal, power metal, folk/pagan metal, death/thrash metal, metalcore, industrial/nu metal
Napalm Records is an Austrian record label founded in Eisenerz in 1992 by Markus Riedler, which grew from a small home-based operation into what it describes as the world's largest independent rock and heavy metal label. It now maintains offices in Austria, Germany and the United States, has released more than 1,000 albums, and represents a roster of over 200 acts spanning genres from folk and pagan metal to gothic, symphonic, power, death, thrash and metalcore.
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Nuclear Blast Records
Germany
Thrash Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Power Metal, Symphonic Metal, Metalcore, Hardcore Punk, Industrial Metal
Founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany, Nuclear Blast has grown from a punk and hardcore imprint into one of the largest independent metal labels in the world, now operating with subsidiaries in the US and Brazil and a roster of roughly 120 contracted bands spanning thrash, death, black, power and symphonic metal, among other styles. As of August 2026 the label continues to release new material regularly, including albums from Anthrax, Turmion Kätilöt and Madball, and recently added the reunited band Down to its roster.
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Osmose Productions
France
black metal, death metal, thrash metal
Osmose Productions is a French extreme metal label operating continuously since 1991, run out of Poitiers, France. Over more than three decades it has built one of the largest and most recognized rosters in black, death, and thrash metal, releasing material from acts such as Immortal, Marduk, Samael, and Enslaved, and it remains active with a steady release schedule of new albums and catalog reissues into 2026.
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Punishment 18 Records
Italy
Thrash Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal
Punishment 18 Records is an independent Italian record label based in Miagliano, in the province of Biella, founded in September 2005. It operates alongside a sub-imprint, The Spew Records, and has built a large back catalog of releases centered on thrash, heavy and death metal. As of this check the label remains active, with recent album announcements from roster acts Anthenora and Ibridoma and a live show marking its 20th anniversary.
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Redefining Darkness Records
United States
Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Death-Doom, Grindcore
Redefining Darkness Records is an independent extreme metal label based in Cleveland, Ohio, founded in May 2015. Metal Archives lists it as active with a current roster of 66 bands, and its own Bandcamp catalog shows a steady release schedule running from 2025 into late 2026, including a new album from long-running act Tombs and an upcoming record from UK death-metal band The Bleeding.
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Rockshots Records
Italy
power metal, death metal, thrash metal, epic metal
Rockshots Records is an Italian record label (legally operated as RS Music s.a.s.) founded in 2016 to discover and promote heavy metal talent. Its catalog spans power, death, thrash and epic metal, released on CD and vinyl, with a roster made up largely of lesser-known and emerging acts such as Heavenfall, Torchia, Tryglav and Dust. As of mid-2026 the label remains active, with a steady run of releases through the year and ongoing social media activity.
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Scarlet Records
Italy
power metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, death metal
Scarlet Records is an independent Italian record label based in Melegnano, near Milan, founded in 1998 by Filippo Bersani. Metal Archives and the label's own catalog page both confirm the label remains active, with more than two decades of releases spanning power metal, melodic death metal, heavy metal, and thrash/death metal. Its roster mixes long-tenured names such as Dragonland, Hatesphere, Eldritch, Dark Moor, DGM, and Labyrinth with newer signings like Shadowborne and Terra Atlantica, and the official releases page shows a steady run of new albums scheduled into late 2026.
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Stormspell Records
United States
Heavy Metal, Power Metal, Speed Metal, Thrash Metal
Stormspell Records is an independent record label and distro based in San Jose, California, founded in February 2006. Its catalog centers on classic-style heavy, power, speed, and thrash metal: reissuing rare 1980s recordings under series like Dark Lore, Days of Yore, and Silken Spell, alongside newer bands working in the same retro tradition, such as Blazon Stone, WrathForge, and Wolfshead. Metal Archives lists the label as active, with roughly 60 bands on its current roster and new titles still appearing through 2026.
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Via Nocturna
Poland
Black Metal, Death Metal, Doom Metal, Dark Ambient, plus a wide range of adjacent styles across the roster (thrash, grindcore, progressive, folk, symphonic and gothic metal)
Via Nocturna is a Polish label based in Opole that, per its own history page, began in 2004 as an online metal webzine before becoming a record label with its first release in 2006. It says it built a catalog of 200+ releases and worked with roughly 200 artists in the years that followed, and states that at the start of 2022 it shifted focus toward broader production-studio services - CD/vinyl/cassette manufacturing, merch, PR, cover art, and web/e-commerce - offered to artists and companies alongside its ongoing release schedule. Its current Metal Archives-listed roster spans roughly 68 active bands across black, death, doom and dark ambient metal plus several adjacent styles, drawn mostly from Poland but also dozens of other countries, and the label continues to release new full-lengths and EPs into 2026.
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Witches Brew
Germany
Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Heavy Metal, Death Metal, Black Metal, Doom Metal
Witches Brew is a German underground metal label founded in 2002 by Cheryl Schindler, who previously ran the online zine The Metal Gospel and started the label after being impressed by unsigned bands' demos. More than two decades later it's still active, operating today mainly as a combined label/distro webshop out of the Regensburg area, putting out physical CDs, vinyl and tapes for thrash, speed, heavy, death, black and doom metal bands - with new titles from acts like Inferno Nuclear, Steelballs and Fatal Punishment appearing as recently as July-August 2026.
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Xtreem Music
Spain
Death Metal, Black Metal, Grindcore, Doom Metal, Thrash Metal
Xtreem Music is a Spanish, Madrid-based independent record label centered on death metal, with releases also spanning black metal, grindcore, doom and thrash. Per its own About Us page, it continues a lineage of extreme-metal labels run by Dave Rotten (vocalist of Avulsed): Drowned Productions (1990-1994), then Repulse Records (1994-2002), with Xtreem Music emerging once Repulse Records folded. The label remains active into 2026, with new releases from bands such as Paganizer, Megascavenger and Sorcery, and it runs its own 'Full Of Metal' mailorder and distribution operation.
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