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| Cogumelo Records | |
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| Founded | 1984 |
| Distributor(s) | Relapse |
| Genre | Extreme metal |
| Country of origin | Brazil |
| Location | Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais |
| Official website | http://www.cogumelo.com/ |
Cogumelo Records is a Brazilian independent record label that concentrates on heavy metal bands.
Cogumelo Records first began as a record store in Belo Horizonte in 1980 and in 1985 became a record label. The same year the label would release a split album by Overdose and Sepultura.
In 1986, they released Sepultura's first album, Morbid Visions .
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