Retroactive Records
{{short description|American independent record label}}
{{Infobox record label
| name = Retroactive Records
| founded = {{Start date|2002}}
| founder = Matt Hunt
| distributor = Brutal Planet Distribution (US)
Cargo Twilight (DE)
Plastic Head (UK)
Season of Mist (FR)
Metalzone (Belgium)
| genre =Christian metal, heavy metal, hard rock, Christian rock
| country = United States
| location = Keokuk, Iowa
| website = {{URL|www.retroactiverecords.net}}
}}
Retroactive Records is an independent record label in Keokuk, Iowa.
The label was founded in 2002 by Matt Hunt, who had previously operated a small label called Magdalene Records. Originally intended to reissue classic Christian metal, the label has since grown to sign new artists, release original albums by those artists,"Diary of a Mattman", Heavens Metal, Feb/Mar 2005, Issue #73, p14,15 & 20 and release other genres of music.{{cite web|url=http://www.heartofmetal.net/t7977-an-interview-with-matthew-hunt-retroactive-records |title=2008 Interview with Matt Hunt |publisher=Heartofmetal.net |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23}} They have also started and acquired several smaller labels.{{cite web|url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/retroactive-records-secures-distribution-in-family-christian-stores/ |title=Retroactive Records secures distribution in Family Christian Stores|accessdate=January 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916121641/http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/retroactive-records-secures-distribution-in-family-christian-stores/ |archivedate=September 16, 2012 }}
Artists
The following{{cite web |url=http://firestreamvault.com/main/index.php?go=showcat&sort=DESC&type=withlabel&label_id=8 |title=Firestream Music Vault - Retroactive Records |publisher=Firestreamvault.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} represents a list of bands with albums both released and re-released on Retroactive. Bands with re-releases only on Retroactive are indicated with a {{dagger}}.
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- Antestor
- Armaggedon{{dagger}}
- Arnion
- Barnabas{{dagger}}
- Believer{{dagger}}{{cite web|url=http://thewhippingpost.tripod.com/retroactiverecordsinterview.htm |title=2005 Interview with Matt Hunt |publisher=Thewhippingpost.tripod.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23}}
- Boarders
- Brainchild (Circle of Dust){{dagger}}
- Bride
- Broken Silence
- Children of the Day{{dagger}}
- Circle of Dust{{dagger}}
- Commissioned
- Daniel Amos{{dagger}}
- Deliverance
- Eloi{{dagger}}
- Emotion
- Encryptor
- Faith Factor
- Fasedown
- Fearful Symmetry
- Final Axe{{dagger}}
- Fires of Babylon
- Grave Robber
- Guardian{{dagger}}
- Haven{{dagger}}
- Heaven's Rage{{dagger}}
- Hero
- His Witness
- Hortor
- Jacob's Dream
- Jommy Hotz
- Jupiter VI
- King James{{dagger}}
- Kreyson
- Liberty n' Justice
- Living Sacrifice with Scott Albert
- Lifesavers Underground, aka LSU
- Lust Control
- Main Line Riders
- MASS{{dagger}}
- Menchen
- Messiah{{dagger}}
- My Silent Wake
- Philadelphia{{dagger}}
- Randy Stonehill{{dagger}}
- Redeemer
- Regime
- Resurrection Band{{dagger}}
- Rev Seven
- Rex Carroll
- Rivera Bomma{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=184778 |title=SYMPHONY X Bassist Featured On New RIVERA BOMMA Album - Jan. 12, 2013 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23}}
- Rosanna's Raiders{{dagger}}
- Saint
- Sardonyx{{dagger}}
- Saviour Machine{{dagger}}
- Servant{{dagger}}
- Seventh Seal
- Siloam{{dagger}}
- SinDizzy
- Six Feet Deep{{dagger}}
- Struggle{{dagger}}
- Stairway{{dagger}}
- Sweet Comfort Band{{dagger}}
- The Lead
- The Rise
- The Seventh Power
- Titanic
- Ulf Christiansson
- Ultimatum
- Vision
- Whitecross
- X-Sinner
- Zion{{dagger}}
}}
Imprints
- Born Twice Records
- Bombworks Records
- GospoMusic
- Watergrave Records
See also
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://retroactiverecords.net/ Retroactive Records]
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Category:American independent record labels