21st Circuitry was a record label based in San Francisco, United States that was founded in early 1991 and released electronic body music, electro-industrial, industrial rock and similar styles of music. Bands that were signed to or distrubited material through the label included Covenant, Unit:187, Hate Dept., Xorcist, Templebeat, Non-aggression Pact and New Mind. In 1999, 21st Circuitry was bought-out by Metropolis Records. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in producing, manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and sometimes video recordings (especially music videos), on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Nickname: The City by the Bay Official website: http://www. ... Electronic body music (EBM) is a musical genre combining elements of industrial music and electronic dance music. ... Industrial rock is a musical genre which is a fusion of industrial music and rock music. ... The members of Covenant. ... Squigg, Seibold and Marc Greco of Hate Dept. ... Xorcist is the name of an American musical group whose output has ranged from industrial, electronic body music, ambient, ethereal, and gothic music. ... Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the industrial, EBM, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres. ...