Parent company Universal Music Group Genre Heavy metal, rock Parent organization Universal Music Group | Distributor(s) Caroline Distribution Country of origin Finland Founded 1990 | |
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Official website www.spinefarmrecords.com Artists Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Amaranthe, Tarja Turunen, Tuomas Holopainen Albums Wishmaster, Oceanborn, Angels Fall First, Century Child, Once Profiles | ||
Spinefarm Records is a Finnish record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent. Since 2002, Spinefarm has been part of Universal Music Group, but operates as an independent business unit.
Contents
In Autumn 2007, Spinefarm launched in the UK, starting with re-issuing deluxe versions of the first five Nightwish albums, including the Over The Hills And Far Away EP.
Bands
Spinefarm Records consists of five sub-labels: Spinefarm (mainstream heavy metal and hard rock), Spikefarm (extreme metal, industrial metal and folk metal), Ranka (Finnish music), Ranch (rock) and Odor (anything aside from rock and metal).
Ranka Recordings
Ranch
References
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