Drakkar Entertainment GmbH, also called Drakkar Records or Drakkar Publishing, is a German record label with its headquarters in Witten. It is a joint venture with Bertelsmann Music Group and in no way related to the french underground black metal label "Drakkar Productions". Image File history File links Drakkar_ent. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... It has been suggested that Electronica be merged into this article or section. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... For other uses, see Witten (disambiguation). ... BMG (Bertelsmann Music Group) is one of the six divisions of Bertelsmann. ...

History

Originally Kopec Music Publishing, Drakkar Entertainment was founded in 1986 by Bogdan Kopec. It initially only handled publishing, but in 1986, when Kopec changed the name to "Drakkar Promotion", he also expanded its services to include management, booking, and merchandising. The company later signed German metal bands such as Coroner, Raven, Running Wild, and Sodom. See also: Musical groups established in 1986 Record labels established in 1986 // 1986 - Goo Goo Dolls are formed in Buffalo, New York. ... Coroner is a Swiss thrash metal band. ... Raven is a band associated with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, that formed in 1975. ... Running Wild is one of a few German heavy metal bands to emerge in the early/mid 1980s (along with Helloween, Gamma Ray, Rage, Blind Guardian, Grave Digger, etc). ... Sodom is a German thrash metal band formed in 1981. ...

In 1992, the company joined forces with Bertelsmann Music Group to become "DRAKKAR Promotion Musikverlag GmbH". At the same time, another company, "G.U.N. Records GmbH" was created. This second company became so successful that Kopec, who felt overworked, decided to sell his shares to BMG. He then closed the merchandising, booking, and trading departments of Drakkar Promotion, and founded "Drakkar Records". His original company became "Drakkar Entertainment GmbH".

Drakkar Entertainment now has four divisions:

• Drakkar Classic, a label publishing rock and metal with orchestral accompaniment.
• Drakkar Records, their metal label.
• e-Wave Records, their electronic label.
• Edition Drakkar, their publishing company.

Artists

• De/Vision
• Diablo
• Eternal Tears of Sorrow (until 2006)
• Gothminister
• Haggard
• Karelia
• The Killer Barbies
• Letzte Instanz
• Lordi
• Los Los
• Loudness
• Lumsk
• Nightwish (until 2004)
• Rebellion
• Twisted Sister
• Xandria
• Zeraphine

De/Vision is a German synthpop musical group. ... Diablo is a Finnish Melodic Death Metal band, formed in 1995 as Diablo Brothers. ... Eternal Tears of Sorrow (commonly abbreviated to EToS) is a Finnish Symphonic death metal band. ... Gothminister are a gothic/industrial band from Norway. ... Haggard is a German symphonic metal band founded in 1991. ... 1997 The album cover; Alex Huntley in the center The Karelia was a Scottish band formed by current Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos, known at the time as Alex Huntley. ... The Killer Barbies is a Spanish punk band fronted by singer/guitarist Silvia Superstar (real name: Silvia López). ... Letzte Instanz, founded in Dresden, Germany in 1996, is a German rock band particularly noted for their use of the violin and cello. ... Lordi is a hard rock / heavy metal band from Finland, and winner of the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest. ... This article is about the heavy metal band Loudness. ... Lumsk, 2005 Lumsk is a Folk Metal band from Trondheim, Norway. ... Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. ... Rebellion is a German heavy-metal band. ... Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band from New York City. ... Xandria is a band, founded in Bielefeld, Germany, in 1997. ... Zeraphine are a German alternative rock band formed in 2000 featuring former members of acclaimed goth rock band, Dreadful Shadows. ...

External links

• Official site of Drakkar Entertainment, contains both an English and German version.
• Drakkar archive website run by Drakkar Entertainment, which gives a description of the history of the label listed here. It's mostly in German, but an English version is available.