| Hellhound Records | ||
|---|---|---|
 The label logo that appeared on the back of most releases. | ||
| Record label information | ||
| Founded | 1988 (Ended in 1996) | |
| Genre(s) | Doom Metal, Punk Rock, Alternative Rock, Hard Rock | |
| Based in | Berlin, Germany | |
Hellhound Records was a German record label active during the late 1980s and 1990s, self-described as "The Heaviest Label On Earth". They became known for putting out doom metal with artists such as Saint Vitus, The Obsessed, Revelation and Internal Void among others. The label was notably owned by Karl-Ulrich Walterbach of Noise Records fame as a subsidiary label, with many of the releases being distributed by Noise in the United States.
Background[]
Hellhound Records began in 1989 by Karl Walterbach as a means initially to deal in punk rock and heavy metal such as Jingo De Lunch, Scarlet and God BC, the label's fifth release would be an act who had left SST Records in Saint Vitus. The label eventually focused predominantly on doom metal with a few side releases in other genres until it's dissolution in 1996. Noise released a compilation entitled Pure Noise which featured a number of Hellhound bands along with many Noise bands. Some bands such as Internal Void and Iron Man spoke negatively of the label due to the conflicts bands had with Hellhound.
Since the label's dissolution many of the releases formerly on the label have seen re-release from a host of other labels such as MeteorCity Records, Svart, Southern Lord Records and Leaf Hound Records to name a few.
Selected Past Roster[]
- The Obsessed
- Saint Vitus
- Count Raven
- Internal Void
- Revelation
- Unorthodox
- Lost Breed
- Iron Man
- Wretched
- Blood Farmers
- It Is I
- Angelus
- Year Zero
Selected Discography[]
- Eddie Dixon - Relentless
- Jingo De Lunch - Axe to Grind
- Scarlet - Red Alert
- God BC - God BC
- Saint Vitus - V
- Toxic Reasons - Anything for Money
- The Lazy Cowgirls - How It Looks, How It Is
- The Obsessed - The Obsessed
- Count Raven - Storm Warning
- Saint Vitus - Live
- Hyste'riah G.B.C. - Snakeworld
- Angelus - Kneel Down and Pray
- Pigmy Love Circus - Drink Free Forever
- What the Hell! compilation
- The Obsessed - Lunar Womb
- Pigmy Love Circus - When Clowns Become Kings
- Saint Vitus - C.O.D.
- Internal Void - Standing on the Sun
- Count Raven - Destruction of the Void
- Revelation - Never Comes Silence
- Unorthodox - Asylum
- Iron Man - Black Night
- Lost Breed - The Evil in You and Me
- Wretched - Life Out There
- Buzzard - Churp!!!
- Count Raven - High on Infinity
- Year Zero - Nihil's Flame
- Vortex of Insanity - Social Decay
- The Obsessed - The Church Within
- Unorthodox - Balance of Power
- Wretched - Psychosomatic Medicine
- Lost Breed - Save Yourself
- Iron Man - The Passage
- Saint Vitus - Die Healing
- Revelation - ...Yet So Far
- Blood Farmers - Blood Farmers
- Year Zero - Creation
- Hundred Years - Hundred Years
- It Is I - Evolve
- Wretched - Center of the Universe
- Count Raven - Messiah of Confusion
- Various Artists - What The Hell!