Tragic Hero Records
Tragic Hero Records | |
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Founded | 2005 |
Founder | Tommy LaCombe, David Varnedoe, Jason Ganthner |
Distributor(s) | ADA (through East West) |
Genre | Metalcore, post-hardcore, rock, heavy metal |
Country of origin | United States |
Location | Raleigh, NC |
Official website | www |
Tragic Hero Records is an independent record label founded in Raleigh, North Carolina, in March 2005[1] to represent the growing metalcore and post-hardcore scene of North Carolina. The label was founded by Tommy LaCombe, David Varnedoe, and Jason Ganthner. Alesana was the first band the label signed.[1] Among Tragic Hero's best-known signees are Motionless in White, who later signed with Fearless Records, and then with Roadrunner Records, Strawberry Girls and A Skylit Drive, who reached No. 64 on the Billboard 200; Alesana, who later signed with Fearless Records, Letlive, who later signed with Epitaph Records, The Afterimage, who broke up and reformed as Brand of Sacrifice, and He Is Legend, who signed with Tragic Hero after several successful full-lengths on other labels.[2]
Current artists
- Dwellings
- Set to Stun
- Soleo
- Girl Cologne
Alumni artists
- A Skylit Drive
- Akissforjersey
- A Faylene Sky
- Alesana (Revival Recordings)
- Aethere (Stay Sick Recordings)
- The Afterimage
- Armor For The Broken
- The Artificials (DIY)
- Avant Garde
- Bad Luck
- Boxbomb
- The Body Rampant
- Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
- Called To Arms
- Chasing Safety (Outerloop Records)
- Confide (band)
- Crossfaith (Razor & Tie)
- The Dead Rabbitts
- Deathblow
- Delusions
- Earthists.
- Eternal Void
- ERRA (UNFD)
- Everyone Dies in Utah
- Eyes Like Diamonds
- Fele Gonzalez
- The Fight Between Frames
- Finch
- Ghost of a Fallen Age
- Graves of Valor
- Greeley Estates
- He is Legend (Spinefarm Records)
- Invent Animate (UNFD)
- I Set My Friends On Fire
- Illuminate Me
- In Dying Arms
- In Other Words
- It's Like Love
- Iwrestledabearonce (Artery Recordings)
- Kelsey and the Chaos
- Keyes
- Knives Exchanging Hands
- Letlive
- Miracle At St. Anna
- Moments Till Fall
- The Morning Of
- Motionless In White (Roadrunner Records)
- My Hero Is Me
- Nevada Rose
- Nights
- The Northern
- Northern Ghost
- Outlands
- Pathways
- PVRIS (Warner Records)
- Roseview
- Save Us From The Archon
- Scapegoat (Zestone Records)
- Secret Eyes (InVogue Records)
- Set Sights
- Sleep City
- Sirens and Sailors (Artery Recordings)
- Sky Eats Airplane
- Strawberry Girls
- Telescreen
- To Speak of Wolves (Solid State Records)
- This Romantic Tragedy
- Us, From Outside
- Vesuvius
- We Are Defiance
- VALLEYS
- We Are Giant
- Wearing Thin
- Whitney Peyton
- Wrath and Rapture
- Yearling
- The Young Electric
- Your Name In Vain
References
- ^ a b Company Profile: Tragic Hero Records. Alternative Press 250 (May 2009), p. 40.
- ^ AbsolutePunk Interview: Tragic Hero Records. Absolutepunk.net [1]