Burning Heart Records
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Burning Heart Records is an independent record label
formed in 1993 and based in Örebro
, Sweden
. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records
, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America. It also started a German office in Berlin in the end of 2003.
Burning Heart has proved extremely successful in launching European (especially Swedish) bands to a global audience. Their successes have included The Hives
, Turbonegro
, The (International) Noise Conspiracy
, Millencolin
, No Fun at All
and Refused
.
The label has a reputation for garage punk
bands, but has released albums ranging from grindcore
and experimental hardcore
to alternative pop
and ska
as well as some rap
.
s with albums released by Burning Heart Records.
Independent record label
An independent record label is a record label operating without the funding of or outside the organizations of the major record labels. A great number of bands and musical acts begin on independent labels.-Overview:...
formed in 1993 and based in Örebro
Örebro
-Sites of interest:Örebro's old town Wadköping is located on the banks of Svartån . It contains many 18th and 19th century wooden houses, along with museums and exhibitions....
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
. It has a close affiliation with Californian label Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records
Epitaph Records is a Hollywood, California based independent record label owned by Bad Religion guitarist Brett Gurewitz. The label was originally "just a logo and a P.O. box" created in the 1980s for the purpose of selling Bad Religion records, but has evolved into a large independent record...
, who own the rights to distribute Burning Heart's output in North America. It also started a German office in Berlin in the end of 2003.
Burning Heart has proved extremely successful in launching European (especially Swedish) bands to a global audience. Their successes have included The Hives
The Hives
The Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
, Turbonegro
Turbonegro
Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....
, The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish rock band formed in Sweden in the late months of 1998. The line-up consists of Dennis Lyxzén , Inge Johansson , Lars Strömberg , and Ludwig Dahlberg . The band is known for its punk and garage rock musical influences, and its impassioned left-wing political stance...
, Millencolin
Millencolin
Millencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
, No Fun at All
No Fun At All
No Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band formed in the summer of 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson , Henrik Sunvisson and Jimmy Olsson...
and Refused
Refused
Refused was a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1991. In total the band released five EPs and three albums, before splitting up in 1998...
.
The label has a reputation for garage punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
bands, but has released albums ranging from grindcore
Grindcore
Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....
and experimental hardcore
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
to alternative pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
as well as some rap
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
.
Bands released on the label
These are some of the bandBand (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
s with albums released by Burning Heart Records.
- 59 Times The Pain59 Times The Pain59 Times the Pain was a Swedish hardcore punk band. They were active from 1992 until 2001.The band was formed in Fagersta, Sweden in 1992 by Magnus Larnhed , Michael Conradsson , Toni Virtanen and Kai Kalliomäki . The bandname is inspired by a song from Hüsker Dü with the same name...
- Asta KaskAsta KaskAsta Kask is a punk band from Töreboda, Sweden. It was founded as "X-tas" in 1978, but changed to Asta Kask in 1980. In 1984 the band started working with Rosa Honung Records. After the 1986 release of the "Aldrig en LP" the band split up. In 1989 the band was reunited and played a few gigs, but...
- The Accidents
- Between Us
- BodyjarBodyjarBodyjar were an Australian punk rock/pop punk band based in Melbourne. They began performing under the name Bodyjar in 1994; their previous names included Damnation and Helium.-History:...
- Bombshell RocksBombshell RocksBombshell Rocks is a band that was founded in 1995, in Västerås, Sweden.- History :Before playing under this name, the group was called Down and Out...
- BoysetsfireBoysetsfireBoysetsfire is a post-hardcore band from Newark, Delaware and West Chester, Pennsylvania that formed in October 1994. Boysetsfire is composed of guitarists Chad Istvan and Josh Latshaw, drummer Matt Krupanski, and vocalist Nathan Gray. The band is currently auditioning for a new...
- BreachBreach (band)-History:Swedish band formed in Luleå 1993. First full length album released in 1995. Pelle Gunnerfeldt from Fireside recorded and mixed several of the groups albums. Shortly after the release of Kollapse the band announced that they had decided to split up. The band played a reunion show in...
- C.AarméC.AARMÉC.AARMÉ are a punk quartet from Göteborg, Sweden.-Line-up:*Jessie Garon - Vocals*John Ola - Guitar*David Sundqvist - Bass*Patrik Herrström - Drums-Self-titled:2004, Burning Heart Records1. Gasmask2. Tu Puta Mi Casa...
- ChickenpoxChickenpox (band)Chickenpox was a Swedish ska band signed to Burning Heart Records. They existed from 1994 until they broke up in 2002.-Albums:*At Mickey Cohen's Thursdaynight Pokergame *Stay Away from the Windows...
- Division of Laura LeeDivision of Laura LeeDivision Of Laura Lee is a band of Swedish musicians/skateboarders originally from Vänersborg, Sweden heavily influenced by post-punk bands, britpop and the DC music scene . The name comes from Laura Lee, a soul singer, and the phrase "Division Of" which was spotted on a cardboard box at their...
- DonotsDonots-Albums:-Compilation albums:-Split albums:-Exclusive compilation tracks:-Singles:-Videography:-Music videos:-External links:***** with Truepunk.com * with Truepunk.com * with Truepunk.com...
- Flogging MollyFlogging MollyFlogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish-descendant band from Los Angeles, California, that is currently signed to their own record label, Borstal Beat Records.-Early years:...
- Franky LeeFranky LeeFranky Lee is a rock band from Sweden formed in 2006 by Mathias Farm , Fredrik Granberg and Magnus Hager .The band was formed at a party that all three members attended, and takes the name Franky Lee from a Bob Dylan song called "The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest".The band's first album...
- Give Up the GhostGive Up the GhostGive Up the Ghost was a hardcore punk band from Boston, Massachusetts.-History:Give Up the Ghost was formed when Tim Cossar and Wesley Eisold met up with Azy Relph and Jesse Van Diest in 1998...
- Hell Is for HeroesHell Is For Heroes (band)Hell Is for Heroes was an English post-hardcore band from London. Founder members Will McGonagle and Joe Birch were joined by James Findlay, Tom O'Donoghue and later Justin Schlosberg...
- The HivesThe HivesThe Hives are a Swedish garage rock band that first garnered attention in the early 2000s as a prominent group of the garage rock revival. Their mainstream success came with the release of the "greatest hits" album Your New Favourite Band, featuring their most well-known song "Hate to Say I Told...
(No longer on the label) - The (International) Noise ConspiracyThe (International) Noise ConspiracyThe Noise Conspiracy is a Swedish rock band formed in Sweden in the late months of 1998. The line-up consists of Dennis Lyxzén , Inge Johansson , Lars Strömberg , and Ludwig Dahlberg . The band is known for its punk and garage rock musical influences, and its impassioned left-wing political stance...
- LiberatorLiberator (band)Liberator is a ska band originating from Malmö, in the south of Sweden. They started in 1994 and released their most recent album in 2009. Currently they are signed to Burning Heart Records.-Albums:*This Is Liberator...
- LooptroopLooptroopLooptroop Rockers is a hip hop group from Västerås, Sweden. The members are rappers Promoe , Supreme , DJ/Producer Embee and CosM.I.C...
- The Lost Patrol BandThe Lost Patrol BandInvasionen is the music project of Swedish Punk rock musician Dennis Lyxzén. In contrast to his other projects, Refused and The Noise Conspiracy, this started out as a solo career and much more folkish and softer than his prior music endeavors...
- Kid DownKid Down- Biography :The band is currently signed on Burning Heart Records and released three albums called The Noble Art Of Irony , I Want My Girlfriend Rich and Murpy´s Law .In 2007 the band won the Rockbjörnen Music Award ....
- MidtownMidtown (band)Midtown was an American pop punk band from Springfield, New Jersey. Midtown was formed in November 1998 by three Rutgers University students, but soon became a quartet. The band took advantage of the fertile New Jersey punk scene to develop a sound that combined elements of pop punk and punk rock...
- MillencolinMillencolinMillencolin is a punk rock band that was formed in October 1992 by Nikola Šarčević, Mathias Färm, and Erik Ohlsson in Örebro, Sweden. In early 1993, drummer Fredrik Larzon joined the band...
- Moneybrother
- MonsterMonster (band)Monster was a ska-soul-punk band from Sweden that split up in 2000. They released two albums: Rockers Delight , Gone Gone Gone/A Bash Dem and some EPs...
- NasumNasumNasum was a political Swedish band that played a mixture of grindcore and death metal. The band's name, meaning 'nose', was taken from the horror film Flesh for Frankenstein.-Biography:...
- NineNine (band)Nine is a Swedish hardcore band, formed in Linköping in 1994. The band has released five albums and two EPs.-Line-up:* Johan Lindqvist - Lead vocals* Benjamin Vallé - Guitar/Backing vocals* Robert Karlsson - Bass* Tor Castensson - Drums-Discography:...
- No Fun at AllNo Fun At AllNo Fun at All is a Swedish punk rock band. The band formed in the summer of 1991 in Skinnskatteberg. The group initially consisted of Mikael Danielsson , Henrik Sunvisson and Jimmy Olsson...
- Parkway Drive
- Path Of No Return
- PromoePromoePromoe is a Swedish rapper, and member of Swedish hip hop group Looptroop Rockers, formed in Västerås, Sweden, 1992. He released his fourth album in 2009 entitled Kråksången, and later the same year followed up with the mixtape Bondfångeri...
- Raised FistRaised FistRaised Fist is a Swedish hardcore band formed in 1993.-History:The name "Raised Fist" came as an idea from the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", where part of the lyrics are as follows: "Born with an insight and a raised fist..." The band has become more successful over the years,...
- RandyRandy (band)Randy is a punk rock band from Hortlax, Sweden, formed in 1992. They were first inspired by skate punk bands like NOFX and Propagandhi but after the release of The Rest Is Silence and the depart of their bass player Patrik Trydvall, they radically changed their musical style and adopted an older...
- RefusedRefusedRefused was a Swedish hardcore punk band originating from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1991. In total the band released five EPs and three albums, before splitting up in 1998...
- SamiamSamiam-Biography:Samiam was formed in late 1988 after the breakup of the Gilman club mainstay Isocracy. Their first show was in January 1989 with Christ on Parade. They released records through New Red Archives and Hopeless Records in the US and Burning Heart Records in Europe. In the mid-'90s, the band...
- Satanic SurfersSatanic Surfers-History:Satanic Surfers were formed in fall 1989 by vocalist Erik and drummer Rodrigo. Soon after Frederick and Magnus joined on guitar and Tomek on bass, but the band did not release their debut, Skate to Hell, until 1993. Skate to Hell was the first release issued by Bad Taste Records...
- Sounds Like ViolenceSounds Like ViolenceSounds Like Violence are a four-piece indie rock group from Angelholm, Sweden. They are currently signed to Deep Elm Records and Burning Heart Records...
- Team Blender
- TurbonegroTurbonegroTurbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....
- Voice of a Generation
- The WeakerthansThe WeakerthansThe Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
- Within Reach