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Holy Roar Records | |
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Founded | January 2006 |
Founder | Alex Fitzpatrick Ellen Godwin |
Defunct | 30 March 2021 |
Status | Defunct |
Genre | Hardcore punk, punk rock, extreme metal, experimental rock |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Location | London, England |
Official website | www |
Holy Roar Records was an independent record label run by Alex Fitzpatrick. The label began in January 2006 and put out its first release, the Phoenix Bodies album, Raise the Bullshit Flag in June 2006. [1] Fitzpatrick originally joked that the name was derived from a vision he had while using the hallucinogen LSD. [2] According to Fitzpatrick, the name “Holy Roar” was derived from a Torche song with the same title. [3]
Holy Roar Records was formed at the beginning of 2006, when Alex Fitzpatrick moved to London. After previously trialling “the communion” with friends in Birmingham during his university days, he and his girlfriend at the time, Ellen Godwin decided to start up a record label. [4] Utilising a loan, they released and promoted Rolo Tomassi (their first “proper” EP), Phoenix Bodies (a grind/punk crossover band) and a split between the bands, Kayo Dot and Bloody Panda.[ citation needed ] In 2007, Holy Roar Records released records by Gallows, Chronicles of Adam West (tech-metal) and Chariots (screamo). The label was still a hobby at this point, but Fitzpatrick decided to throw in his day job and take the label on as a priority.[ citation needed ]
Holy Roar Records curated a stage at Offset Festival (2014), [5] hosted a stage at Incubate Festival (2014), [6] partnered with Shock Records, [7] partnered with ArcTanGent Festival (2015) [8] and curated a stage at The Great Escape Festival in 2016. [9]
Holy Roar Records had over 150 releases and nominations by Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards for “Best Independent Label” [10] and the AIM Independent Music Awards for "Best Small Label" in 2016. [11]
On 7 September 2020, two women accused Fitzpatrick of sexual assault and rape on social media. No legal action was, or has been, taken. [12] [13] Consequently, bands such as Rolo Tomassi, Apologies, I Have None, Svalbard and Renounced made statements on Twitter that condemned Fitzpatrick's alleged actions, [14] and all of the Holy Roar's staff members left the label. [15] On 9 September 2020, Fitzpatrick released a statement denying the allegations, whilst announcing that he had resigned from Holy Roar "with immediate effect [...] to focus on clearing my name". [16] A few days after Holy Roar's closure, Sammy Urwin and Justine Jones of Employed to Serve, (who were signed to Holy Roar before moving to Spinefarm Records in 2019) set up Church Road Records in order to release several albums that were supposed to be released through the label, including Svalbard's When I Die, Will I Get Better? , Palm Reader's Sleepless and Respire's Black Line. [17] [18] [19] [20] Holy Roar was officially dissolved on 30 March 2021. [21]
In 2016, Holy Roar Records established a monthly subscription service to allow fans of the label to keep up to date with new releases on a tier basis. [22]
Since April 2015, Holy Roar Records has been producing podcasts [23] hosted by Mario John Gambardella featuring different guests and their perspectives on the UK music scene.
Since 2010, Holy Roar Records has been a member of Pink Mist, a London-based promoter and label collective alongside Big Scary Monsters and Blood & Biscuits. The idea behind this collective was to create an alliance whereby resources were pooled in order to promote their bands to a wider audience. [24] Their first release was a pink and white 12" vinyl limited to 300 copies and released in April 2011 on Record Store Day, "Hello Pink Mist". [25] It consisted of 12 exclusive tracks (4 from each label) in which Holy Roar Records contributed tracks from run, WALK!, Hang the Bastard, Grazes and Bastions. Later that year, Tangled Talk joined the collective [26] to complete the current line-up.
In 2012, they released a download-only free compilation "Hello Pink Mist Volume 2" [27] to coincide with the launch of their new website [28] and in this same year, they were nominated for the Association of Independent Music Awards for "Best Small Label". [29] In 2013, Pink Mist announced a pop-up shop in Boxpark, [30] East London where they sold records and had in-store sessions and in 2014 they collaborated with Relentless (drink) to set up another pop-up shop at No.5 Denmark Street [31] featuring live performances. Pink Mist was also listed in The Guardian's "The 10 British Record Labels Defining the Sound of 2014". [32]
Pink Mist has become a looser entity over time as its initial founders went off in their own directions. However, an extension of the brand is still active and currently operates via Pink Mist live gigs which are run by the promoter, Ross Allmark (DICE FM). In honour of Holy Roar Records' tenth birthday, Pink Mist presented the Holy Roar X (HRX) [33] show, hosting bands at The Dome and The Boston Music Rooms in London on Saturday May 21, 2016. The line-up featured Rolo Tomassi, Svalbard (band), Hang The Bastard, OHHMS and more. Pink Mist is now predominately a live event promotion company.
In 2015, Holy Roar Records launched a new sister label, Truthseeker Music, headed up by Holy Roar intern Alex Leat. [34]
Cat # | Artist(s) | Release | Format(s) |
HRR352 | Fall Of Messiah | Senicarne | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR348 | OHHMS | Close | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR347 | Antethic | Mythographer | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR346 | Narrow Head | 12th House Rock | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR342 | Slow Crush | Reel | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR333 | Modern Rituals | This Is The History | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR332 | Elephant Tree | Habits | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR327 | Garganjua | Toward The Sun | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR326 | Giver | Sculpture Of Violence | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR325 | Conjurer & Palm Reader | Conjurer x Palm Reader split | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR321 | A.A.Williams | A.A.Williams (Reissue) | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR315 | Slow Crush | Ease | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR314 | Renounced | Beauty Is A Destructive Angel | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR312 | We Lost The Sea | Triumph & Disaster | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR309 | Minors / Greber | Split | Cassette/Digital |
HRR308 | Pijn & Conjurer | Curse These Metal Hands | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR304 | Modern Rituals | Yearning | Digital |
HRR302 | THROES | In The Hands Of An Angry God | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR300 | We Never Learned To Live | Ode / Live At The BBC | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR297 | Møl | I/II | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR296 | Holy Fawn | Death Spells | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR291 | We Never Learned To Live | The Sleepwalk Transmissions | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR285 | Minors | Abject Bodies | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR278 | A.A.Williams | A.A.Williams | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR276 | ITHACA | The Language Of Injury | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR270 | Boss Keloid | Herb Your Enthusiasm | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR269 | Burning Vow | Burning Vow | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR266 | Portrayal of Guilt | Let Pain Be Your Guide | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR262 | Pijn | Loss | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR261 | OHHMS | Exist | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR258 | Secret Cutter | Quantum Eraser | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR253 | MØL | JORD (Instrumental) | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR248 | Talons | We All Know | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR246 | Group of Man | What We Got In Common | Digital |
HRR242 | Modern Rituals | The Light That Leaks In | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR239 | Garganjua | Through The Void | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR233 | Conjurer | Retch | Digital |
HRR232 | Svalbard | It's Hard To Have Hope | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR231 | Giver | Heart Of Dark | Digital |
HRR230 | Modern Rituals | Hermit Kuppling | Cassette/Digital |
HRR229 | Minors | Bone Pointer | Digital |
HRR228 | Slow Crush | Aurora | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR227 | Møl | JORD | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR226 | Giver | Dancing With The Devils | Digital |
HRR225 | Rolo Tomassi | Balancing The Dark | Digital |
HRR224 | Conjurer | The Mire | Digital |
HRR223 | Minors | Atrophy | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR222 | Boss Keloid | Melted On The Inch | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR221 | Rolo Tomassi | Time Will Die And Love Will Bury It | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR220 | Watchcries | Wraith | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR219 | Giver | Shock Of The Fall | Digital |
HRR218 | Conjurer | Mire | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR217 | Giants | Four Wheels | Digital |
HRR216 | Rolo Tomassi | Rituals | Digital |
HRR215 | Departures | Teenage Haze | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR214 | Giver | Where The Cycle Breaks | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR213 | Renounced | Theories of Despair | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR212 | Helpless | Sinkhole | Digital |
HRR211 | MINE | Transients | Cassette/Digital |
HRR210 | IDYLLS | Prayer For Terrene | Digital |
HRR209 | IDYLLS | Indian Circle | Digital |
HRR208 | IDYLLS / Palisades | Split | Digital |
HRR207 | IDYLLS | Farewell All Joy | Digital |
HRR206 | IDYLLS | Amps for God/Plague Hell | Digital |
HRR205 | Haast's Eagled | I & II | CD |
HRR204 | IDYLLS | No Virility | Digital |
HRR203 | Pijn | Tanzaro House | Cassette/Digital |
HRR202 | Slabdragger / Wren | Mothers Of Beef And The Magic Of Invention | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR201 | Helpless | Ceremony of Innocence | Digital |
HRR199 | Wren | Scour The Grassland | Digital |
HRR198 | IDYLLS | The Barn | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR197 | Helpless | Debt | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR196 | Employed To Serve | Never Falls Far | Digital |
HRR195 | Wren | The Herd | Digital |
HRR194 | The Tidal Sleep | Bandages | Digital |
HRR193 | The Tidal Sleep | Hearses | Digital |
HRR192 | The Tidal Sleep | Undertows | Digital |
HRR191 | IDYLLS | Maslows Dogs | Digital |
HRR190 | Employed To Serve | Good For Nothing | Digital |
HRR189 | OHHMS | The Magician | Digital |
HRR188 | The Tidal Sleep | Be Water | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR187 | Wren | Auburn Rule | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR186 | Employed To Serve | I Spend My Days (Wishing Them Away) | Digital |
HRR185 | OHHMS | The World | Digital |
HRR184 | Watchcries | S/T | Digital |
HRR181 | Ruetz | Melanoma | Digital |
HRR180 | Brutality Will Prevail | In Dark Places | CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital |
HRR179 | Down I Go | Mooncleanser | Digital |
HRR178 | Down I Go | Меня зовут Владимир Путин | Digital |
HRR177 | Down I Go | Witness the Shitness | Digital |
HRR176 | Down I Go | this is Robotcore | Digital |
HRR175 | Down I Go | this is Dinocore | Digital |
HRR174 | OHHMS | The Fool | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR173 | Rolo Tomassi | OST | Cassette |
HRR172 | Group Of Man | World Peace Champions | Cassette/Digital |
HRR171 | Bossk | I & II Reissue | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR170 | Rolo Tomassi | Boxset | Vinyl |
HRR166 | Pijn | Floodlit | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR165 | Up River | If There Is A God That Is Judging Me Constantly | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR164 | Svalbard | Discography 2012-2014 | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR163 | Apologies, I Have None | Pharmacie | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR162 | Conjurer | I | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR161 | Departures | Death Touches Us, From The Moment We Begin To Love | CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital |
HRR160 | Apologies, I Have None/Luca Brasi | Split | Cassette/Digital |
HRR159 | Wren | Host | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR158 | Giants | Against The Grain (single) | Digital |
HRR157 | Fall of Messiah | Empty Colours | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR156 | Rolo Tomassi | The BBC Sessions | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR155 | Giants | Break The Cycle (Single) | Digital |
HRR154 | Employed to Serve/A Ghost Orchestra | Split | Digital |
HRR153 | Giants | Break The Cycle | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR152 | Down I Go | Iceland Extras | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR151 | Helpless | Helpless | CD |
HRR150 | More Than Life | Love Let Me Go | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR149 | Eulogy | Eternal Worth | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR148 | Cursed Earth | Enslaved By The Insignificant | Flexidisc |
HRR147 | Haast's Eagled | II For Mankind | Vinyl |
HRR146 | Down I Go | You're Lucky God, I Cannot Reach You | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR145 | Svalbard | One Day All This Will End | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR144 | Slabdragger | Rise of the Dawncrusher | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR143 | Pariso | Pariso | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR142 | Years of Abuse | Social Order | Cassette/Digital |
HRR141 | We Never Learned to Live | Crystalline | Digital |
HRR140 | We Never Learned to Live | Shadows in Hibernation | Digital |
HRR139 | Rolo Tomassi | Opalescent | Digital |
HRR138 | Employed to Serve | Bones to Break | Digital |
HRR137 | Employed to Serve | Watching Films to Forget I Exist | Digital |
HRR136 | Rolo Tomassi | Stage Knives (Single) | Digital |
HRR135 | Rolo Tomassi | Grievances | CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital |
HRR134 | We Never Learned to Live | Silently, I Threw Them Skyward | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR133 | Ohmms | Cold | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR132 | Employed to Serve | Greyer Than You Remember | CD/Vinyl/Cassette/Digital |
HRR131 | Svalbard | Discography 2012–2014 | CD |
HRR130 | VA | Digital Sampler | Digital |
HRR129 | Ohhms | Bloom | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR128 | Body Hound | Rhombus Now | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR127 | Rough Hands | Nothing's Changed | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR126 | Brontide | Artery | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR125 | We Never Learned to Live/Human Future | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR124 | Employed to Serve | Change Nothing, Regret Everything | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR123 | More Than Life | Do You Remember | Digital |
HRR122 | Up River | Undertow | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR121 | More Than Life | What's Left of Me | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR120 | Enabler | Flies | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR119 | Bastions | Bedfellows Part II: The Forgotten Daughter | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR118 | Maths/Throats | Split | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR117 | Svalbard | Gone Tomorrow | Digital |
HRR116 | Svalbard | Svalbard | Digital |
HRR115 | MINE | Disappear | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR114 | Rough Hands | Rough Hands | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR113 | Monolith | A Votive Offering | Digital |
HRR112 | Brutality Will Prevail | Scatter the Ashes | Vinyl |
HRR111 | VA | Winter Spring 2013 Sampler | Digital |
HRR110 | Conan/Bongripper | Split | Vinyl |
HRR109 | Coliseum | Sister Faith | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR108 | This Is Hell | The Enforcer | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR107 | Last Witness | Saccharine/Less Than Zero | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR106 | Bastions | Bedfellows Part 1: The Bastard Son | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR105 | Strife | Witness a Rebirth | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR104 | MINE | MINE | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR103 | Throats | Throats (Repress) | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR102 | Full of Hell/Calm the Fire | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR101 | Hang the Bastard | 2009-2012 | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR098 | Kerouac | Heavy Hearted: Collected Recordings 2009-2011 | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR097 | Cutting Pink With Knives | Populuxxe (Reissue) | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR096 | run WALK! | Health | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR095 | Pariso | 2009-2011 Discography | Digital |
HRR094 | Desolated | Verse of Judas | Vinyl |
HRR093 | We'll Die Smiling | New Objectivity | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR092 | Nibiru | Earthbreeder | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR091 | Monolith | I, Misanthrope | Vinyl |
HRR090 | Last Witness | The Void | Digital |
HRR089 | Last Witness | Mourning After | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR088 | Crocus | Our Memories Dress Me in a Dead Lust | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR087 | Jackals/Grazes | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR086 | Goodtime Boys | Are We Now or Have We Ever Been | CD/Digital |
HRR085 | Brontide | Coloured Tongues/MFBT | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR084 | Will Haven | Voir Dire | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR083 | run WALK!/ Sirs | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR082 | Crossbreaker | Lows | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR081 | VA | Holy Hell Summer Sampler 2011 | Digital |
HRR080 | Make Do and Mend | Make Do and Mend | Vinyl |
HRR079 | Abolition | Abolition | Vinyl |
HRR078 | Daggers | Euphoria | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR077 | Rosa Valle | Holy Bermuda | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR076 | Brutality Will Prevail | Sleep Paralysis | CD |
HRR075 | End Reign | End Reign | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR074 | Witch Cult | Witch Cult | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR073 | Jackals/Self Loathing | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR072 | Brontide | Sans Souci | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR071 | Eisberg | Eisberg | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR070 | Gallops | Joust/Eukodol | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR069 | Rolo Tomassi | Eternal Youth | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR068 | Rolo Tomassi/Antares | Split | Vinyl |
HRR067 | Kerouac/Pariso | Split | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR066 | The Ergon Carousel | Dead Banks | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR065 | Slabdragger | Regress | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR064 | Grazes | Myths | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR063 | Cthulhu Youth | Inflatable World... | Cassette |
HRR062 | Cthulhu Youth | Cthulhu Youth | Cassette |
HRR061 | VA | Happy Holy Roar Mega Box | Cassette |
HRR060 | Kerouac | Cold and Distant, Not Loving | Vinyl |
HRR059 | Baptists | Black Dawn | CD |
HRR058 | Maths | Ascent | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR057 | Touche Amore | ...To The Beat of a Dead Horse | Vinyl |
HRR056 | run, WALK! | Instrumental EP | CD/Digital |
HRR055 | Throats/The Ergon Carousel | Kyuss Covers Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR054 | Hang the Bastard | Hellfire Reign | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR053 | Black Mass | S/T | CD/Digital |
HRR052 | Bastions | Island Living | Vinyl |
HRR051 | Never Again | Year One | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR050 | VA | Happy Holy Roar Vol.4 | Cassette |
HRR049 | Brutality Will Prevail | Root of All Evil | CD/Vinyl/Digital |
HRR048 | Young Legionairre | Colossus/Iron Dream | Vinyl |
HRR047 | Lone Wolves | A True Discourse | CD |
HRR046 | Rolo Tomassi | Cosmology | Vinyl |
HRR045 | Gallops | Gallops | CD/Digital |
HRR044 | Jackals | S/T | Vinyl |
HRR043 | Last Witness | Give Up | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR042 | We'll Die Smiling | Avant-Garde | CD/Digital |
HRR041 | run, WALK! | IHTAWSICSSOEAOMITS | CD |
HRR040 | Never Again | Live at The Albert, Brighton | Cassette |
HRR039 | Antares | L'Espirit de l'escalier | CD/Digital |
HRR038 | Throats | S/T | CD/Vinyl |
HRR037 | PABH/Holy State | Split | Vinyl |
HRR036 | Manuscripts/Betty Pariso | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR035 | Trash Talk | East of Eden/Son of a Bitch | Vinyl |
HRR034 | Easy Hips/Dreamboats/Le Swing/Run, Walk! | New Roars on the Block | Vinyl |
HRR033 | Holy State/Brontide/The Tupolev Ghost/Shapes | Holy Monsters | Vinyl |
HRR032 | Rolo Tomassi/Throats | Split | Vinyl |
HRR031 | Livimorket | Dark Totality | CD/Digital |
HRR030 | VA | Happy Holy Roar Vol.3 | Cassette |
HRR029 | Holy State | Live | CD |
HRR028 | VA | Spring '09 Digital Sampler | Digital |
HRR027 | The Ghost of a Thousand | This is Where the Fight Begins | CD/Vinyl |
HRR026 | Maths | Descent | CD/Vinyl |
HRR025 | Rolo Tomassi | Untitled (Reissue) | CD |
HRR024 | Brontide | Brontide EP | Digital |
HRR023 | Cutting Pink with Knives | Discography | Digital |
HRR022 | Maths | Live Acoustic Medley | Digital |
HRR021 | Holy State | Holy State EP | Vinyl |
HRR020 | VA | Happy Holy Roar Vol. 2 | Cassette |
HRR019 | The Ergon Carousel | The Ergon Carousel | CD |
HRR018 | Devil Sold His Soul/Tortuga | Split | Vinyl |
HRR017 | Youves | Cardio-Vascular | CD/Digital |
HRR016 | Throats/The_Network | Split | CD |
HRR015 | Dananananakroyd | Sissy Hits | CD/Digital |
HRR014 | Mirror! Mirror! | Silicon Eyes/Wolfgang Bang | Vinyl |
HRR013 | Rolo Tomassi | Digital History/Beatrotter | Vinyl |
HRR012 | Maths/Throats | Split | CD |
HRR011 | Cutting Pink with Knives | Laser Hannon | Digital |
HRR010 | VA | Happy Holy Roar | Cassette |
HRR009 | Cutting Pink with Knives | St Mark/Airz | Digital |
HRR008 | Rolo Tomassi | Untitled (Reissue) | CD |
HRR007 | Cutting Pink with Knives | Populuxxe | CD |
HRR006 | Gallows | Demo | Vinyl |
HRR005 | Chariots | The Inner Life | CD/Digital |
HRR004 | Chronicles of Adam West | We Walk Unbalanced | CD/Digital |
HRR003 | Rolo Tomassi | Untitled | CD |
HRR002 | Bloody Panda/Kayo Dot | Split | Vinyl/Digital |
HRR001 | Phoenix Bodies | Raise The Bullshit Flag | CD/Digital |
For Christmas 2007 Holy Roar Records released a limited edition cassette tape compilation, "Happy Holy Roar!" featuring 20 previously unreleased/ self-released only songs by a variety of bands including some Holy Roar artists.[ citation needed ]
Since then, Holy Roar Records have released the following via cassette:
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In 2016, Holy Roar Records contributed an exclusive song to the Alcopop! Records Record Store Day release "Sensible Record Labels" Volume 2 compilation.
Cancer Bats are a Canadian hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario. To date, they have released seven studio albums and six extended plays; with their most recent LP, Psychic Jailbreak, having been released on 15 April 2022. The band is currently composed of lead vocalist Liam Cormier, drummer Mike Peters and bassist/guitarist Jaye R. Schwarzer. The band are also currently joined by touring guitarist Jackson Landry, following the departure of founding guitarist Scott Middleton in 2021. The members of Cancer Bats have also toured and recorded as a Black Sabbath tribute band under the name Bat Sabbath.
Rolo Tomassi are a British mathcore band formed in Sheffield in 2005. Their name is a reference to dialogue from the film L.A. Confidential. The band are known for their chaotic style and performances, and strong DIY ethic. They are currently signed to MNRK Heavy.
Hysterics is the debut album by Rolo Tomassi recorded in spring 2008 and released on 22 September 2008. The album is Rolo Tomassi's first release on Hassle Records and features all new tracks. The album received an exclusive first review from Thrash Hits, who awarded the album a maximum score. The band recorded a video for the song "I Love Turbulence" on 15 September.
Cosmology is the second album by Rolo Tomassi, released in 2010. The album was planned to be released on 19 April, but was pushed back by the record label, Hassle. The band had begun recording demos for the record in the first week of October 2009 and wasted no time in recording the tracks professionally in Los Angeles during the second and third weeks of the same month. The album was produced by Diplo.
Youves are an English dance-punk quintet from Nuneaton, formed in 2003. The band consists of lead vocalist Stephen Broadley, guitarists Michael King and Alex Wiezak, bassist Luke Neale and drummer Paul Wechter. The band's sound is an energetic mixture of punk, dance and new wave, which is characterized by an emphasis on percussion with polyrhythmic qualities and a quirky sometimes described as 'violent' but simplistic duel between guitars with a danceable edge.
This is the complete discography of the British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi.
Eternal Youth is the first compilation album by the British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi. The first of these two CDs showcases their material from split extended plays and EPs, while the second disc is composed of early demos, remixes and acoustic tracks. The album was released on Destination Moon records, Rolo Tomassi's own record label. A triple vinyl version of the album was released on 16 April 2011 for Record Store Day through Holy Roar Records. The vinyl pressing was limited to 1,000 copies; 600 on black 200 on tri-colour and 200 on grey/green.
Hassle Records is an independent record label that was created by Chris Baker in the year 2005.
Astraea is the third studio album by British mathcore band Rolo Tomassi. It was released on 5 November 2012 in the United Kingdom through Destination Moon, the band's own record label. In interviews, the band described the composition of the album as being much more accessible and direct than their previous albums, while retaining the technical and experimental elements of their typical sound. The album was produced by Jason Sanderson, the producer of Rolo Tomassi's first album Hysterics. This is the band's first release with Chris Cayford and Nathan Fairweather in their line-up after the departure of Joseph Thorpe and Joe Nicholson.
Grievances is the fourth studio album by English experimental band Rolo Tomassi. The album was released on 1 June 2015 through Holy Roar Records and Ipecac Recordings.
Svalbard are a British post-hardcore band from Bristol, England. Formed in 2011 by co-lead vocalists and guitarists Serena Cherry and Liam Phelan with drummer Mark Lilley, the band's line-up has featured bassist Matt Francis since 2020. Primarily exhibiting a post-hardcore and post-metal sound, the band's style features elements of black metal, crust punk, post-rock and shoegaze.
Brontide is a British instrumental rock band formed in 2008, featuring members who were also members of I Was a Cub Scout, La Roux, Rolo Tomassi, and Dua Lipa's band. They released two albums before splitting up in 2017. In August 2024, the band reformed and released new material.
Time Will Die and Love Will Bury It is the fifth studio album by English experimental rock band Rolo Tomassi, released on 2 March 2018 by Holy Roar Records.
When I Die, Will I Get Better? is the third studio album by British post-hardcore band Svalbard, released on 25 September 2020. Recorded in February 2020 with long-time producer Lewis Johns, the album incorporates more of a shoegaze-influenced sound in contrast to Svalbard's previous album It's Hard to Have Hope (2018), as well as more clean singing, vocal harmonies, and complex instrumental parts. Lyrically, it discusses themes of mental health, with a focus on depression and suicide, as well as feministic topics including domestic abuse, online sexism and objectification. It was Svalbard's only album with bassist Alex Heffernan.
Where Myth Becomes Memory is the sixth studio album by English experimental rock band Rolo Tomassi, released on 4 February 2022 by MNRK Heavy.
One Day All This Will End is the debut studio album by British post-hardcore band Svalbard, released on 25 September 2015 through Holy Roar Records. The band's first release after signing with the label in January 2015, it was recorded between March and April 2015 at the Ranch Production House in Southampton with producer Lewis Johns.
It's Hard to Have Hope is the second studio album by British post-hardcore band Svalbard, released on 25 May 2018 by Holy Roar Records. The album was recorded in September 2017 at The Ranch Production House in Southampton with producer Lewis Johns. Primarily displaying a post-hardcore and post-metal sound, it expands on the heaviness and melodic tendencies of their debut album One Day All This Will End (2015). Its lyrics address various social and political topics including unpaid internships, revenge porn, feminism, abortion, animal welfare, sexual assault and long-term illness. It was Svalbard's only album with bassist Adam Parrish.
Heriot are a British metalcore band. The band was formed in Swindon in 2014 by drummer Julian Gage, bassist and vocalist Jake Packer and guitarist Erhan Alman; in 2019, guitarist and vocalist Debbie Gough joined the band. Originally a "doomcore" outfit, the band became known for their genre-blending sound, drawing from various metal and non-metal subgenres. The band is named after Anglo-Saxon-era death duty tax, and medieval motifs are seen throughout their artwork and videos.
Church Road Records is a British independent record label, founded in 2017. It is co-run by Sammy Urwin and Justine Jones, both of Employed to Serve. Originally founded as a mail-order distribution label, it was established as a proper record label in September 2020.
Pupil Slicer are a British mathcore band from London, currently signed to Prosthetic Records.
Interviews with Alex Fitzpatrick of Holy Roar Records