Peaceville Records
Founded	1987
Founder	Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw
Distributing label	Snapper Music
Genre	Metal, crust punk (early)
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Official Website	www.peaceville.com

Peaceville Records is a British independent metal-oriented record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilized Society?, was also one-time drummer of Sore Throat) in 1987, in Cleckheaton, England. Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust and similar forms of metal influenced English hardcore punk. Hammy started running the label full time in 1988.

The label is therefore known for the connection between doom metal and the 1980s English crust punk scene.

However, the bands My Dying Bride, Anathema and Paradise Lost - known as the 'Peaceville Three' - have been the label's most recognizable traits since the 1990s. Peaceville also became known for its anti-major stance.

In November 2006, Hammy announced that he and co-manager Lisa Halmshaw would be leaving the label, and that Paul Groundwell of associated label Snapper Music would be taking over control[1].

Contents 1 Bands 2 Former bands 3 Compilations 4 See also 5 External links

[edit] Bands

• Abscess
• Barren Earth
• Bloodbath
• Darkthrone
• Gallhammer
• Katatonia
• Madder Mortem
• My Dying Bride
• Novembre
• Porcupine Tree
• The Provenance

[edit] Former bands

• Accidental Suicide
• Acrimony
• Agathocles
• Akercocke
• Anathema
• Atavistic
• At the Gates
• Autopsy
• Axegrinder
• Banished
• Baphomet
• Behemoth
• Blackstar
• The Blood Divine
• Chumbawamba
• Deviated Instinct
• Dominion
• Doom
• Drudge
• Electro Hippies
• G.G.F.H.
• Gold, Frankincense and Disk-Drive
• Insurrection
• Isengard
• Kong
• Lid
• Morta Skuld
• Opeth
• Paradise Lost
• Pentagram
• Pitchshifter
• Prophecy of Doom
• Ship of Fools
• Sonic Violence
• Therion
• Thine
• Vital Remains

[edit] Compilations

• A Vile Peace (1987)
• Vile Vibes (1990)
• Peaceville Volume 4 (1992)
• The Best of Peaceville (1995)
• Autumn Sampler '95 (1995)
• Under the Sign of the Sacred Star (1996)
• Peaceville X (1998)
• Peaceville Classic Cuts (2001)
• Peaceville Sampler 2002 (2002)
• New Dark Classics (2006)
• Metal Hammer (2006)
• 21 Years Of Doom, Death & Darkness (2008)

[edit] See also

• List of record labels

[edit] External links

• Official site
• Academy Music Studio, recording venue for many Peaceville artists