Hydra Head Records

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Country of origin United States Founder Aaron Turner Distributor Redeye Distribution		Official website hydrahead.com Founded 1993

Genre Extreme metal, experimental, hardcore punk, alternative rock Artists Aaron Turner, Cave In, Converge, Old Man Gloom, Botch Albums Until Your Heart Stops, The Fire in Our Throats, City of Echoes, Jupiter, We Are the Romans Profiles Facebook

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Hydra Head Records is an independent record label that specializes in extreme metal music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It has another imprint, Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specializes in experimental and noise music.

Hydra Head was founded in 1993 as a distribution company while Turner was still in high school. In 1995, he moved to Boston to attend art school. In late 1995, he was handed a demo by local band Vent. That seven-inch single would be the first record released on Hydra Head. The label grew to accommodate local bands such as Roswell, Corrin, Piebald, and Converge, and after Turner graduated from college in 1999, it became a full-time endeavor. In 2011, Hydra Head relocated to Los Angeles, California, from its former home in Boston, Massachusetts.

Some of the bands signed to the label include Cave In, Xasthur, Kayo Dot, Boris, and Jesu. Its discography includes Botch, Khanate, and Harkonen, who were all signed to Hydra Head prior to their respective disbandings.

On September 11, 2012, Turner announced the "imminent demise of Hydra Head Records", stating that Hydra Head would take its first steps into shutdown "this December, at which point we are cutting off new releases from the label." The label would continue to stay operational, maintaining its back catalogue to pay off its "rather sizeable debts." The label's final release of new material was Worship is the Cleansing of the Imagination, a split album between JK Flesh & Prurient.