Yet Napalm Records’ folk metal focal point never strayed and the label continued helping bands like KORPIKLAANI, GLITTERTIND, TÝR, and ALESTORM achieve international notoriety. With these releases, Napalm Records was able to widen its audience and soon felt encouraged to expand the variety of bands it would support. Later on, LEAVES’ EYES, ELIS, MIDNATTSOL, KATRA, and EDENBRIDGE have also managed to join this illustrious group. Within the gothic metal genre, THE SINS OF THY BELOVED, SIRENIA, and TRISTANIA were able to create quite a stir and successfully establish themselves among the best. Over the course of the years, Napalm Records searched for new talent and expanded its roster considerably by adding doom, power, symphonic and gothic metal to their ever-growing list.
Never shying away from unexplored paths of innovative musical styles and genres, the label supported artists that would later become known as the legendary pioneers and originators of the Pagan/Folk Metal genres, including the revered VINTERSORG and FALKENBACH. Although both managed to create a style all of their own, SUMMONING in particular was most successful in taking their unique atmospheric style way past the European borders to reach an unbelievable level of notoriety on an international level.īut Napalm Records didn’t stop there. In the beginning, Napalm Records focused mainly on the black metal releases of bands like ABIGOR and SUMMONING. As of today, Napalm has released more than 600 albums – many of which have reached cult status. Fans of the heavier genres have long come to know the name "Napalm Records". What started out as a one-person operation in a cramped living-room, became one of the biggest record labels of the independent scene. Over twenty years ago, a story of success began in the Austrian town of Eisenerz.
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