Century Media Records
Founded	1988
Distributing label	Caroline Distribution (US)
Genre(s)	Rock, Metal
Country of origin	US
Website	Official site of Century Media Records

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Background

Century Media Records is an independent metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, the head office in Germany, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. Century Media was founded in 1988 and has gone on to start the careers of such famous bands as Nevermore, Blind Guardian, Cryptopsy, Iced Earth, Lacuna Coil, and Shadows Fall. They specialize in power metal, death metal, and black metal, as well as some related sub-genres. A number of artists listed are licensed to Century Media for the American market from labels mostly based in Europe. Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that emerged as a defined musical style in the 1970s, having its roots in hard rock bands which, between 1969 and 1974,[1] mixed blues and rock music to create a hybrid with a thick, heavy, guitar-and-drums-centered sound, characterised... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nevermore is a North American progressive metal band from Seattle, Washington assembled in 1991 from the ashes of the power metal band Sanctuary. ... A Blind Guardian ticket for the live performance in Belgrade, Serbia. ... Cryptopsy is a brutal/technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ... Iced Earth is an American heavy metal band that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal and NWOBHM. // The central figure of Iced Earth is rhythm guitarist and songwriter Jon Schaffer, who formed the band under the name Purgatory in Indiana in 1984. ... Lacuna Coil is a metal/gothic band from Milan, Italy. ... Shadows Fall is a five-piece metal band group originating from Springfield, Massachusetts. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that evolved out of thrash metal during the early 1980s. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ...

The label’s two biggest bands are Lacuna Coil and Shadows Fall. Lacuna Coil’s 2002 album, Comalies, became Century Media’s first act to crack the Billboard Top 200 chart 2 years after its release. Shadows Fall’s 2004 album, The War Within, set a new milestone for the label with a Top 20 debut on the Billboard Top 200 and also debuted at No. 1 on the Independent Albums chart, having sold 250,000 copies since its release. Lacuna Coil's latest album, Karmacode, has sold over 200,000 copies since it’s release. Other notable artists on the label that have also made appearances on the Billboard Top 200 include Arch Enemy, Children of Bodom, and God Forbid. Lacuna Coil is a metal/gothic band from Milan, Italy. ... Shadows Fall is a five-piece metal band group originating from Springfield, Massachusetts. ... Comalies is an album by the Gothic metal band Lacuna Coil originally released October 8, 2002 on Century Media. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ... The War Within is also a 2005 movie, The War Within (film). ... Karmacode is the fourth full-length album by Italian gothic metal band Lacuna Coil, released on March 31st 2006 in several countries in Europe, April 3rd in the UK and other European countries, April 4th in North America, and April 5th in several other European countries. ... Arch Enemy is a Swedish melodic death metal band, formed in 1995 by ex Carcass guitarist Michael Amott. ... Children of Bodom is a metal band from Espoo, Finland. ... God Forbid is a metalcore quintet from East Brunswick, New Jersey which was formed in 1998. ...

Century Black

During the mid to late 1990s, Century Media had a label off-shoot called Century Black, which served to be the "Miramax Films of 'black metal", releasing or re-releasing hard-to-find black metal albums that normally would be near impossible to find on American shores (usually released under smaller labels such as Malicious Records or Candlelight Records). By 2000, the plug was pulled on Century Black, seeing as more than a few bands under that label either moved on to other labels, changed their musical direction, or became part of the actual "Century Family". Miramax Films was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ... Candlelight Records is a record label in Europe and the United States that has covered major artists such as Opeth, Vader, and Emperor. ...

Abacus Records

Abacus records is an imprint of Century Media, signing mostly metalcore bands.

See also

• List of record labels
• Century Media Records artists
• Abacus Recording artists
• List of Century Black Albums

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External links

• Official site
• Online Interview
• Abacus Recordings site