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On September 11, 2012, Turner announced the "imminent demise of Hydra Head Records", stating that Hydra Head would take its first steps into shutdown "this December, at which point we are cutting off new releases from the label." The label would continue to stay operational, maintaining its back
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to attend art school. In late 1995, he was handed a demo by Wichita Kansas band Vent. That seven-inch single would be the first record released on Hydra Head. The label grew to accommodate local bands such as Roswell, Corrin,
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In a 2018 interview, Turner expressed disinterest in doing Hydra Head as a full-time label again, saying that "...it would mean me stopping a lot of other things that I’m currently doing, and I don’t want to do that."
203:. Turner announced he was winding the label down in 2012. In 2020, the label removed its catalog from Spotify and returned its album rights back to several artists. 1543: 277: 1548: 1159: 1553: 345:, respectively, to help reissue their back catalogs. A press release on Botch's signing with Sargent House stated that Hydra Head folded in 2020. 1015: 990: 1186: 1041: 808: 1427: 882: 1129: 749: 256: 774: 1211: 861: 498: 211:
Hydra Head was founded in 1993 as a distribution company while Turner was still in high school. In 1995, he moved to
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As of April 2022, the label continued to sell its remaining stock via Bigcartel.com.
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catalogue to pay off its "rather sizeable debts." The label released
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The Hydra Head office in Los Angeles was closed in May 2013.
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Index

Hydrahead

Aaron Turner
Redeye Distribution
Extreme metal
hardcore punk
experimental
noise
industrial
www.hydrahead.com
independent record label
extreme metal
New Mexico
Aaron Turner
Isis
experimental
noise music
Boston
Piebald
Converge
Los Angeles, California
Boston, Massachusetts
Cave In
Xasthur
Kayo Dot
Boris
Jesu
Its discography
Botch
Khanate

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