Season of Mist

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This article is about the French record label. For the Sandman comic, see The Sandman: Season of Mists.

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Season of Mist
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Founded 1996
Founder Michael S. Berberian
Distributor(s) EMI (Worldwide)
Genre Various brands of metal
Country of origin France – United States
Location Marseille – France
Official website www.season-of-mist.com

Season of Mist is an independent record label and record distributor with subsidiaries in France and the United States. The record label was founded in 1996 by Michael S. Berberian in Marseille, France. From the start releasing black metal, pagan metal and death metal records, the label moved on to releasing albums of avant-garde metal, gothic metal and punk bands as well. The label has two offices, one in Marseille, France and one in Philadelphia, U.S..

Season of Mist has a partnership with EMI Music who distribute the label's releases worldwide.[1][2]

Music

From the beginning, Season of Mist focused on releasing more extreme metal records by stylistically diverse bands like Oxiplegatz, Bethzaida and Kampfar. With the signing of Norwegian legends Mayhem in 1999 the label's profile clearly shifted towards black metal and attracted internationally renowned artists like Carpathian Forest, Rotting Christ, Arcturus and Solefald, with the latter two representing a marked progressive and avant-garde side to Season of Mist.

While staying close to its black metal roots with the creation of the Season of Mist Underground Activists division in 2007, the label widened its musical range and added to its black, death, doom (Saint Vitus) and thrash metal roster bands playing progressive death metal (Morbid Angel, Cynic, Atheist, Gnostic, Gonin-ish), sludge (Kylesa, Outlaw Order), industrial metal (Genitorturers, The CNK, Punish Yourself), hard rock (Ace Frehley), gothic rock (Christian Death), mathcore (The Dillinger Escape Plan, Psykup), garage rock (1969 Was Fine), modern metal (Dagoba, Eths, Trepalium, Black Comedy) and metalcore (Eyeless, The Arrs).

History

Season of Mist was formed in 1996, while founder Michael S. Berberian was completing his scholarships in "International Economics Sciences" initially, according to Berberian, as a way around the compulsory national military service in France. Since his graduation the label has become a full-time job for Michael and achieved a steady growth with Season of Mist now employing 20 members of staff. In the year 2002 Season of Mist also started out as a distributor for the French territory, which meanwhile includes other metal labels like Metal Blade Records, Spinefarm Records or Napalm Records on their roster.

Season of Mist's name originates from A Midsummer Night's Dream, the play by William Shakespeare.

Roster[3]

North American roster

Bands signed on a license deal with Season of Mist for exclusive release in North America.

Distributed labels

Fellow record companies distributed in France by Season of Mist.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.carolinedist.com/
  2. ↑ http://www.emimusic.com/tag/season-of-mist/
  3. ↑ http://www.season-of-mist.com/bands

External links

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