Record label
| Arising Empire | |
|---|---|
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| Parent company | Kontor Records |
| Founded | 2015 |
| Founder | Markus Staiger, Tobbe Falarz |
| Status | Active |
| Distributor(s) | Kontor Records (current) Warner Music Group (former) |
| Genre | |
| Country of origin |  Germany |
| Location | Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg |
| Official website | arising-empire |
Arising Empire is a German independent record label that focuses primarily on punk, rock, alternative, post-hardcore, and all forms and subsidiaries of metalcore music. It was first established in 2015 in Donzdorf, Baden-Württemberg.
History
Arising Empire was founded in 2015 by Nuclear Blast owner Markus Staiger and former "People Like You Records" manager Tobbe Falarz. It was, besides the former subsidiary company SharpTone Records, which was founded shortly after Arising Empire, a sub-label of Nuclear Blast. The distribution was taken on by Warner Music at the time. Most of the bands who were and still are signed to the label hail from Central Europe, Germany in particular, while some bands like Imminence, Royal Republic, and AVIANA that hailed from Sweden, Novelists and LANDMVRKS originally of France, as well as For the Fallen Dreams and Lionheart who hail from the United States, and One Morning Left of Finland.
The first set of bands, signed by the label were Amor, Imminence, Novelists, and GWLT.
The first release of the label was the album Souvenirs from the French progressive metalcore band Novelists, on 11 November 2015.
On June 22, 2020, during the height of COVID, Arising Empire was acquired by fellow German label Kontor Records, a subsidiary of the German-based media company Edel Music AG.
Current Artists
- ACCVSED
- Alleviate
- Any Given Day
- Annisokay
Aviana- AVRALIZE
- Awake the Dreamer
- Blacktoothed
Blood Command- The Butcher Sisters
The Dark- Defocus
- Doomcrusher
- Emil Bulls
- Engst
- Eyes Wide Open
- Floya
- For the Fallen Dreams
- From Fall to Spring
- Future Palace
Get the Shot- Half Me
Heart of a Coward
Kadinja (Hiatus)- LANDMVRKS
- Lionheart
- Madsen
- Mavis
- Of Virtue
- The Oklahoma Kid
One Morning Left- Our Hollow, Our Home
- Our Mirage
- Polar
- Resolve
- Revnoir
Sable Hills- TheCityIsOurs
- Thrown
To Kill Achilles- Tungsten
- VENUES
- Vianova
Vicious Rain
Former Artists
Active
- Cro-Mags
- GWLT
- Imminence
- Lovebites
- Novelists
- Peter and the Test Tube Babies
- Royal Republic
Spoil Engine- While She Sleeps
Disbanded
References
- ^ Wellinger, Renzo (13 July 2015). "Nuclear-Blast-Chef gründet neues Label Arising Empire" [Nuclear Blast boss founds new label Arising Empire]. Musikmarkt (in German). Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- ^ "Nuclear Blast Launches New Label Imprint, Arising Empire". Music Business Worldwide. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
- Stassen, Murray (22 June 2020). "Distributor Kontor New Media Acquires German Rock Label Arising Empire". Music Business Worldwide. Retrieved 25 January 2021.