Our Partners
Founded in June 2005, SOUNDWORKS TOURING has been bringing to Australia some of the biggest and most extreme metal bands on the planet. With acts such as Cannibal Corpse, Morbid Angel, Carcass, Arch Enemy, Suffocation and trail load more under their belts, Soundworks prides itself on its professionalism and commitment and will continue to deliver the extreme metal goodness to the eager Australian punter.
Specialising in Australian metal, PRIME CUTS MUSIC has been concentrating on signing and promoting some of the most promising and exciting metal acts since 2002. Representing artists such as Frankenbok, Be'lakor, Empyrean, The Furor, Claim The Throne and many more, Prime Cuts Music has established itself as one of the most recognised and most respected metal labels in the country. Prime Cuts Music will continue to strive to spread the Australian metal talent locally and internationally for many years to come.
RIOT ENTERTAINMENT is the home of Metal in Australia. We have some of the biggest and best labels in the world available under the one roof to the Aussie market. Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade, Relapse, Earache, SPV, Frontiers, Regain, Steve Vai's Favored Nations and more all call Riot home in Australia.
We also have our own Riot label which has Australian bands such as Black Asylum, Universum, Buried In Verona, Arcane, LORD & more signed directly. Plus international artists like Ace Frehley, Zakk Wylde & BLS, Fozzy (feat WWE's Chris Jericho) and man many more!
STOMP ENTERTAINMENT, Australia's home of heavy music! Founded in 1995, Stomp Entertainment has played an integral part in the development and growth of heavy and alternative music in Australia.
The proud home of local artist such as I Killed the Prom Queen, The Red Shore, Deez Nuts, Psycroptic and Picture the End as well as offering a distribution service to local labels Trial & Error, El Shaddai and Skull & Bones, Stomp is a diverse company focusing on breaking artists in both the Australian market and representing our bands internationally. Stomp Entertainment also represents some of the world's premiere labels such as Victory Records, Ferret, Peaceville, Listenable and Life-force.
RED ANT TOURING's principals of the company are Patrick 'Smiley' Cleary, Wayne Pilkington and Frazer Bourke. Between them they have been involved in promoting, touring and managing artists – both local and international – for well over 15 years. They have created, programmed and organised events including the Come Together Festival, Feelgood Festival and Harbour Party NYE as well as running record labels PeppermintBlue, Loud and Clear and Neon Records. They have also run tours throughout Asia, Europe and the USA.
Red Ant are currently developing tour and events with a diverse new range of artists, bands and DJ's through their new partnership with Warner Music.
SOUNDWORKS METAL FESTIVAL TRAVEL will take you on the metal journey of a lifetime, leaving you with the most amazing metal travel experience you could ever wish for.
Every year in the open spaces of Germany, dozens of open air metal festivals take place with all the metal bands you can think of performing to tens of thousands of fans. Three of the biggest, best and most popular open air metal festivals have been hand picked by Soundworks Metal Festival Travel, from personal experience, to give you a metal trip that you will never forget.
HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS is a record lable based in Swift Current, SK, Canada ran by Skog (Ancient Tundra) and specializes in releasing Depressive Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Funeral Doom, Down-tempo and Experimental music. Our official opening day was October 20th, 2008.
Perhaps the most important distinction separating this lable from the majority of Black Metal themed record lables is that we will not be involved in releasing political or religious-themed albums(this applies to any sort of religion whether it be Pro-religion or Anti-religion), and no religious or politically themed bands or projects will be a part of this lable's roster.
The subject matter of the projects on Hypnotic Dirge Records varies from project to project but mostly things are on a more personal, or philosophical level as opposed to preaching a certain viewpoint about the world.
This however does not apply to the albums which we sell through our distribution in which we offer a wide variety of different sub-genres of Black Metal, Ambient, Funeral Doom, Folk, Classical , Heavy Metal, and Experimental Music
WARNER MUSIC AUSTRALIA. The long and illustrious history of Warner Bros Records is far too long to be included here, but suffice to say that WBR was America's most respected and successful record company of the 60s and 70s. An amalgamation of the greatest independent labels of the 60s - including Elektra, Asylum and Reprise - WBR was home to some of the greatest rock, soul and jazz music ever recorded. In 1970 Warner Bros Records, tired of administering individual distribution agreements around the world, decided to create an international record company - and Warner Music International was born.
WMA has always had a strong commitment to providing outsourced distribution solutions to smaller labels. In the 1990s and early 2000s Warner Music Australia distributed Roadshow Entertainment, and our distribution agreement with Liberation Records, first established in 2002, continues to this day. WMA distributed ABC Contemporary Music between 2005 and 2008 and distributed Festival Mushroom Records from 2003. In 2005 Warner Music acquired FMR from News Ltd and following a part-acquisition of Roadrunner Records in 2007 we also distribute that label internationally.
Established in 2007, APPARELDIRECT is the product of the coming together of one of Australias finest graphic design houses and one of the Southern Hemispheres premier music touring companys. With a long working relationship, both entities understand the importance of combining both premium service and quality in a timely manner. Combining extensive knowledge in both national and international touring and merchandise sales, with graphic design and printing expertise, ApparelDirect has created the perfect merchandise supply company.
Independent bands rely almost solely on merchandise sales to fund national touring. The increasing rate of music piracy means bands have to bring in capital to push their live show to new audiences. Over the past 3 years, many local bands have become a national and even international force due to extensive touring, only made possible by selling merch at shows.
