Freebird Records is an independent record label

Record label

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, established in Eindhoven, The Netherlands in 1998. The label has specialised in stoner rock

Stoner rock

Stoner rock or stoner metal is a subgenre of heavy metal, combining elements of psychedelic rock, blues rock, traditional heavy metal and doom metal. Stoner rock is typically slow-to-mid tempo and features a bass-heavy sound, melodic vocals, and 'retro' production...

, but tries to release music by acts and artists that are on the edge of that genre. In the beginning, the label had an international approach, with bands from the United States

United States

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, Chile

Chile

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, Brazil

Brazil

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, 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....

, Finland

Finland

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, Germany

Germany

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 and Italy

Italy

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Freebird launched acts like Dozer

Dozer

Dozer is a stoner rock band from Sweden.- Early years :Dozer was formed in Borlänge, Sweden in 1995, playing local youth centres and supporting any bands that came to their hometown. In 1998 the band recorded a Split EP with the American band Unida...

, Astrosoniq, Wallrus, Elephantum and Solace

Solace

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. They are often regarded as a good "first step" into an international career.

The sublabel Under Her Black Wings was launched in 2005. They specialise in black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 and death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

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Freebird has offices in Leiden, The Netherlands and Mönsterås

Mönsterås

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, Sweden

Sweden

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