Necropolis Records was a record label founded in 1993, providing to be one of the sole American homes for extreme black metal at that time. The label's roster included artists such as The Black, Incantation, Witchery, Rotten Sound, Babylon Whores, Dissection and Impaled. The label was put on ice indefinitely during 2003 when its label founder decided to move on to other industries. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... See also: 1993 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1993 Record labels established in 1993 other events of 1993 list of years in music 1990s in music // January 8 - The U.S. Postal service issues an Elvis Presley stamp. ... Black metal is a type of extreme heavy metal music that started in the early 1980s. ... Incantation is a US death metal band that was formed by John McEntee and Paul Ledney in 1989. ... Witchery is a Swedish thrash metal band, formed by former members of Satanic Slaughter in 1997. ... Rotten Sound is a finnish grindcore band formed in 1993. ... Babylon Whores is a band from Finland, founded in 1994 by Ike Vil and Ewo Meichem. ... Dissection was a well-known Swedish black metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nödtveidt. ... Since 1997, the dank corners of the city of Oakland, California have been subject to the brutality of a group out of their minds. ... See also: 2003 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2003 Record labels established in 2003 other events of 2003 list of years in music 2000s in music // January - following an investigation by The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry and London detectives, police raids in England and the Netherlands...

Controversy

Necropolis has been pulled into a few legal disputes with bands over lost royalties and cutting corners with packaging and contracts. They would often times refuse to pay for bands album artwork, for the type of packaging they requested. They would even take peoples money and never send the merchandise. Their most notable conflict is with the Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, over the North American release of their 2002 album Diabolis Interium. To this day, Dark Funeral is still battling Necropolis, which was the reason it took them quite a while to release their latest album. Dark Funeral is a black metal band from Sweden. ... See also: 2001 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 2001 Record labels established in 2001 other events of 2001 list of years in music 2000s in music // January 1 Comeback of Guns N Roses in House of Blues Hum disbands. ... Diabolis Interium is the third LP by Swedish black metal band Dark Funeral, released in 2001. ...

Other bands to have disputes with Necropolis include: Maze of Torment (who later in order to release "The Unmarked Graves" signed onto Hellspawn Records founded by Dark Funeral Members), ...

See also

• List of record labels