The Music Cartel
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The Music Cartel was a record label based in Port Washington, New York
and active during the late 90s and early 00s. Many of their releases were also released in Europe on Rise Above Records
. It was founded in 1998 by former Earache Records
general manager Eric Lemasters. The Music Cartel folded in 2005.
Port Washington, New York
Port Washington is a hamlet and census-designated place in Nassau County, New York on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2010 Census, the community population was 15,846....
and active during the late 90s and early 00s. Many of their releases were also released in Europe on Rise Above Records
Rise Above Records
Rise Above Records is a London, England based independent record label owned by Lee Dorrian . It is named after a Napalm Death song from their EP Mentally Murdered. It was formed in the late 1980s and originally made to sell live releases by Napalm Death and S.O.B., but by 1991 had changed to cater...
. It was founded in 1998 by former Earache Records
Earache Records
Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
general manager Eric Lemasters. The Music Cartel folded in 2005.
Notable bands
- SleepSleep (band)Sleep is a stoner doom metal band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned critical and record label attention early in their career. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on heavy metal...
- Electric WizardElectric WizardElectric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...
- Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- SheavySheavy-Formation and name change:Sheavy formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in 1993, and originally performed under the name Green Machine. In 1994, the band discovered there was another band in the United States with the same name, so a decision was made to rename the band Sheavy...
- WitchcraftWitchcraft (band)Witchcraft is a Swedish hard rock band founded in 2000.-History:Magnus Pelander formed Witchcraft in 2000 in order to record a tribute to Pentagram's Bobby Liebling and Roky Erickson. The "No Angel or Demon" single was released in 2002 by Primitive Art Records which caught the ear of Lee Dorrian's...
Discography
- TMC001CD Industrial Fuckin Strength 2: Unleash the Brutality compilation CD
- TMC002CD Industrial Strength Anthology 1: The Lost Tracks compilation CD
- TMC003CD Transport League - Super Evil CD
- TMC004CD CodesevenCodesevenCodeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Their first "official" release , A Sense of Coalition gained popularity on college radio stations for a cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" Codeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in...
- A Sense of Coalition CD - TMC005CD I.D.K. - Till Death Do Us Part CD
- TMC006CD Leadfoot - Bring It On CD
- TMC007CD Peace, Love & Pitbulls - PLP3 CD
- TMC008CD Panacea - Twisted Designz CD
- TMC009CD Aura Anthropica - American Blindfold CD
- TMC010CD Lid - In the Mushroom CD
- TMC011CD Roachpowder - Viejo Diablo CD
- TMC012CD SleepSleep (band)Sleep is a stoner doom metal band from San Jose, California. Active during the 1990s, Sleep earned critical and record label attention early in their career. Critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes them as "perhaps the ultimate stoner rock band" and notes they exerted a strong influence on heavy metal...
- Jerusalem CD - TMC013CD Sounds from the Electronic Lounge compilation CD
- TMC014CD In the Groove compilation CD
- TMC015CD SheavySheavy-Formation and name change:Sheavy formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in 1993, and originally performed under the name Green Machine. In 1994, the band discovered there was another band in the United States with the same name, so a decision was made to rename the band Sheavy...
- The Electric SleepThe Electric Sleep-Track listing:#"Virtual Machine"#"Velvet"#"Destiny's Rainbow"#"Electric Sleep"#"Born in a Daze"#"Automaton"#"Savannah"#"Saving Me"#"Oracle"#"Stardust"#"Last Parade"...
CD - TMC016CD Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- Time Travelling Blues CD - TMC017CD Airport - Monostar CD
- TMC018CD ClawfingerClawfingerClawfinger is a rap metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. Clawfinger is known for aggressive but melodic music and tackling political and anti-racist themes in their songs.-Band history:...
- Clawfinger CD - TMC019CD Terra FirmaTerra Firma (band)Terra Firma is a Swedish stoner metal band which was formed by Fredrik Lindgren after leaving Unleashed and with Lord Chritus a.k.a. Christian Lindersson, who used to sing in the Swedish band Count Raven and Los Angeles based band Saint Vitus. Terra Firma would later break up and Fredrik would...
- Terra Firma CD - TMC019 Terra FirmaTerra Firma (band)Terra Firma is a Swedish stoner metal band which was formed by Fredrik Lindgren after leaving Unleashed and with Lord Chritus a.k.a. Christian Lindersson, who used to sing in the Swedish band Count Raven and Los Angeles based band Saint Vitus. Terra Firma would later break up and Fredrik would...
- Spiral Guru Pic Disc 7" - TMC020CD Plastique - Empire of the Black Suns CD
- TMC021CD Electric WizardElectric WizardElectric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...
- Come My Fanatics...Come My Fanatics...Come My Fanatics... is the second album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in 1997, and is widely viewed as a landmark in the history of the doom metal genre...
CD - TMC022CD Mammoth Volume - Mammoth Volume CD
- TMC023CD CodesevenCodesevenCodeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Their first "official" release , A Sense of Coalition gained popularity on college radio stations for a cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" Codeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in...
- Division of Labour CD - TMC024CD Clusterfuck compilation CD
- TMC025CD Zenith - Flowers of Intelligence CD
- TMC026CD Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- Frequencies from Planet TenFrequencies From Planet TenFrequencies from Planet Ten is the debut album by rock band Orange Goblin. It was released in 1997 by Rise Above Records. In 2002 it was reissued as a double CD coupled with their second album, Time Travelling Blues . The reissue version contains two bonus tracks, both taken from their Man's Ruin...
CD - TMC027CD Headcase - Mushiness CD
- TMC028CD Leadfoot - Take a Look CD
- TMC029CD Hangnail - Ten Days Before Summer CD
- TMC030CD Magick Rock Vol. 1Rise 13Rise 13: Magick Rock Vol. 1 is a compilation CD of stoner rock and doom metal bands; including Goatsnake, Orange Goblin, Sheavy, Spirit Caravan, and Unida...
compilation CD - TMC031CD CathedralCathedral (band)Cathedral are a doom metal band from Coventry, England. The group forged a link between early doom metal and a 1990s extreme metal aesthetic, making doom slower and heavier. Their debut album, Forest of Equilibrium, is considered a classic of the genre. They later on changed their doom style,...
- In Memoriam CD - TMC032CD SallySally (band)Sally is an American Indie rock band from Chicago, Illinois.- Biography :Sally was formed in 2003 by Charlie Deets and Melissa Neis. Their friend, Jeff Shafar later joined the band on drums...
- Sally CD - TMC033CD ClawfingerClawfingerClawfinger is a rap metal band from Sweden and was one of the earliest bands to adopt this sound. Clawfinger is known for aggressive but melodic music and tackling political and anti-racist themes in their songs.-Band history:...
- Two Sides CD - TMC034CD Hans Platzgumer - Datacard
- TMC035CD/LP Mammoth Volume - Noara Dance CD/LP
- TMC036CD/LP Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- The Big BlackThe Big BlackThe Big Black is the third full-length album by Orange Goblin released in 2000 on Rise Above Records. The LP version, along with the US domestic CD, was released by The Music Cartel. In 2004 Rise Above re-released the album and included a bonus track, a cover of Black Sabbath's "Into the Void"...
CD/LP - TMC037CD SheavySheavy-Formation and name change:Sheavy formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in 1993, and originally performed under the name Green Machine. In 1994, the band discovered there was another band in the United States with the same name, so a decision was made to rename the band Sheavy...
- Celestial Hi-FiCelestial Hi-Fi-Track listing:# "Hyperfaster" # "What's Up Mr. Zero" # "Stingray Part II" # "Solarsphere" # "Strange Gods, Strange Altars" # "Celestial Hi-Fi" # "At The Mountains Of Madness" # "Persona"...
CD - TMC038CD Sea of GreenSea of GreenSea of Green were a Toronto-based rock band combining elements of metal and psychedelia into their sound. The band was formed in 1999 by Travis Cardinal, Eric Kuthe on bass, and Chris Bender. On their final album, Chemical Vacation, drummer Matt Dowd was introduced to the line-up...
- Northern Lights CD - TMC039CD The Bronx Casket Co.The Bronx Casket Co.The Bronx Casket Co. is a band from New York City. They were formed in 1998 by Overkill bassist D.D. Verni, initially as a means to explore different musical interests.- History :...
- The Bronx Casket Company CD - TMC040CD DreadnaughtDreadnaught (heavy metal band)Dreadnaught is a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia. The group was formed out of the remnants of some Tasmanian bands including Fridge from Launceston who recorded an album in 1994....
- Down to Zero CD - TMC041CD FirebirdFirebird (band)Firebird is a British blues-rock power trio founded by Bill Steer in 1999. The music style, reminiscent of seventies rock bands such as Cream, is a radical departure from Steer's previous work with grindcore pioneers Napalm Death and death metal band Carcass....
- Firebird CD - TMC042CD Shallow - 16 Sunsets in 24 Hours CD
- TMC043CD Roachpowder - Atomic Church CD
- TMC044CD Electric WizardElectric WizardElectric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...
- DopethroneDopethroneDopethrone is the third full-length album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released in 2000 through Rise Above Records and re-released by the same label in 2004 and 2007 with an extra song....
CD - TMC045CD Sea of GreenSea of GreenSea of Green were a Toronto-based rock band combining elements of metal and psychedelia into their sound. The band was formed in 1999 by Travis Cardinal, Eric Kuthe on bass, and Chris Bender. On their final album, Chemical Vacation, drummer Matt Dowd was introduced to the line-up...
- Time to FlyTime to FlyTime to Fly was the first full-length album from Toronto-based rock band Sea of Green, released on the Music Cartel label in 2001. The album was produced by '70s producer Nick Blagona who has worked with the likes of Deep Purple, The Police, and Rush amongst others.-Track listing:#"Annihilation" –...
CD - TMC046CD Sloth - The Voice of God CD
- TMC047CD Deride - Scars of Time CD
- TMC048CD Hangnail - Clouds in the Head CD
- TMC049CD Mammoth Volume - Single Book of Songs CD
- TMC050CD Lenny DeeLenny DeeLeonard George DeStoppelaire , better known as Lenny Dee, was a virtuoso organist who played many styles of music. His record albums were among the most popular of easy listening and space age pop organists of the 1950s through the early 1970s. His signature hit, Plantation Boogie, charted as a...
- IFS3: 667 Neighbor of the Beast 2CD - TMC051CD Sons of OtisSons of OtisSons of Otis are a stoner rock/doom band from Toronto, Canada. Sons of Otis was formed by Ken Baluke in Toronto sometime around the years 1992 and 1993. Strongly influenced by the underground heavy music of the time , their first release, "Paid To Suffer", came out in 1994...
- Songs for Worship CD - TMC052CD Goliath - Gate CD
- TMC053CD The Bronx Casket Co.The Bronx Casket Co.The Bronx Casket Co. is a band from New York City. They were formed in 1998 by Overkill bassist D.D. Verni, initially as a means to explore different musical interests.- History :...
- Sweet Home Transylvania CD - TMC054CD Lenny DeeLenny DeeLeonard George DeStoppelaire , better known as Lenny Dee, was a virtuoso organist who played many styles of music. His record albums were among the most popular of easy listening and space age pop organists of the 1950s through the early 1970s. His signature hit, Plantation Boogie, charted as a...
- Ruff Beats Records One Step Back 2CD - TMC055CD Grand Magus - Grand Magus CD
- TMC056CD The Sabians - Beauty for Ashes CD
- TMC057CD Supersuckers - Splitsville 1Splitsville 1A split album by the American rock and roll bands Supersuckers and Electric Frankenstein. It was originally released in 2002.-Track listing:Supersuckers:#"Then I'm Gone"#"Shit Fire"#"Devil's Food"#"Kid's got it Comin'"...
CD - TMC058CD Mammoth Volume - Early Years CD
- TMC059CD Brant BjorkBrant BjorkBrant Bjork is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, who is a drummer, producer, guitarist and one of the more notable figures in the stoner rock and Palm Desert scenes.-Early career and Kyuss:...
- Brant Bjork & the OperatorsBrant Bjork & the OperatorsBrant Bjork and the Operators is the self-titled album by desert rocker Brant Bjork. Though, it is credited as "Brant Bjork and the Operators" it is basically his second solo album with Brant singing, and playing most instruments. He is joined by friends to lend guitar and vocals, namely Mathias...
CD - TMC060LP Electric WizardElectric WizardElectric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...
- Let Us PreyLet Us PreyLet Us Prey is the fourth album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard. It was released through Rise Above Records in 2002, and was the last album to feature Electric Wizard's original line-up....
LP - TMC061CD Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- Coup de GraceCoup de Grace (Orange Goblin album)Coup De Grace is the fourth full-length album by Orange Goblin released in 2002 on Rise Above Records.-Track listing:# "Your World Will Hate This" - 1:57# "Monkey Panic" - 3:42# "Rage of Angels" - 4:26# "Made of Rats" - 5:36# "Whiskey Leech" - 4:01...
CD - TMC062CD CodesevenCodesevenCodeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Their first "official" release , A Sense of Coalition gained popularity on college radio stations for a cover of Don Henley's "The Boys of Summer" Codeseven was formed in 1995 as a melodic hardcore band in...
- The Rescue CD - TMC063LP Sons of OtisSons of OtisSons of Otis are a stoner rock/doom band from Toronto, Canada. Sons of Otis was formed by Ken Baluke in Toronto sometime around the years 1992 and 1993. Strongly influenced by the underground heavy music of the time , their first release, "Paid To Suffer", came out in 1994...
- Untitled 10" - TMC064CD The Last Drop - Where Were You Living a Year from Now? CD
- TMC065CD Rebirth of the Heavy compilation CD
- TMC066CD Deride - First Round Knockout CD
- TMC067CD SheavySheavy-Formation and name change:Sheavy formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in 1993, and originally performed under the name Green Machine. In 1994, the band discovered there was another band in the United States with the same name, so a decision was made to rename the band Sheavy...
- SynchronizedSynchronized (album)-Track listing:# "Firebird350" # "Last of the V8 Interceptors" # "Next Exit to Vertigo" # "Part of the Machine" # "Synchronized" # "Invasion of the Micronauts" # "Kill Queens Go Disco" # "Ultraglide"...
CD - TMC068CD Lenny DeeLenny DeeLeonard George DeStoppelaire , better known as Lenny Dee, was a virtuoso organist who played many styles of music. His record albums were among the most popular of easy listening and space age pop organists of the 1950s through the early 1970s. His signature hit, Plantation Boogie, charted as a...
- IFS4 - Chillin Is Killin 2CD - TMC069CD Murder 1 - On High CD
- TMC070CD Sea of GreenSea of GreenSea of Green were a Toronto-based rock band combining elements of metal and psychedelia into their sound. The band was formed in 1999 by Travis Cardinal, Eric Kuthe on bass, and Chris Bender. On their final album, Chemical Vacation, drummer Matt Dowd was introduced to the line-up...
- Chemical Vacation CD - TMC071CD Rondellus - Sabbatum: A Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath CD
- TMC072CD Unearthly Trance - Season of Seance, Science of Silence CD
- TMC073CD UfomammutUfomammut-History:Hailing from Italy, Ufomammut released their first album, Godlike Snake under Beard of Stars Records in 2000. This was followed in 2004 by the release of Snailking, their second full length release. Snailking has since been reissued by Supernatural Cat Records in 2009. In 2007 the band...
- Snailking CD - TMC074CD The Sabians - Shiver CD
- TMC075CD Dust to Dust - Sick CD
- TMC076CD Dirty Rig - Blood, Sweat and Beer CD
- TMC077CD/LP Grand Magus - Monument CD/LP
- TMC078CD Orange GoblinOrange GoblinOrange Goblin are a stoner metal band from the United Kingdom that formed in 1995. The band's lineup currently consists of singer Ben Ward, guitarist Joe Hoare, bassist Martyn Millard, and drummer Chris Turner.-History:...
- Thieving from the House of GodThieving from the House of GodThieving from the House of God is the fifth full-length album by Orange Goblin released in 2004. "Just Got Paid" is a ZZ Top cover.-Track listing:# "Some You Win, Some You Lose" - 3:19# "One Room, One Axe, One Outcome" - 5:29# "Hard Luck" - 2:30...
CD - TMC079CD Rebirth of the Heavy Vol. II compilation CD
- TMC080CD WitchcraftWitchcraft (band)Witchcraft is a Swedish hard rock band founded in 2000.-History:Magnus Pelander formed Witchcraft in 2000 in order to record a tribute to Pentagram's Bobby Liebling and Roky Erickson. The "No Angel or Demon" single was released in 2002 by Primitive Art Records which caught the ear of Lee Dorrian's...
- Witchcraft CD - TMC081CD Electric WizardElectric WizardElectric Wizard are a stoner metal band from Dorset, England that formed in 1993. The band have since recorded seven albums, at least three of which are now considered to be landmarks of their genre: their self-title debut, Electric Wizard, Come My Fanatics..., and Dopethrone...
- We LiveWe LiveWe Live is the fifth album by the doom metal band Electric Wizard, and the first recorded with the band's second line-up. Due to the addition of second guitarist Liz Buckingham, the songs are more complex than their previous work....
CD - TMC082CD Unearthly Trance - In the Red CD