Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. It is based in Los Angeles, California and started in 1997 with a distribution deal through Metal Blade Records. It is now an independent label with its own worldwide distribution. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Death metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal. ... Hardcore punk (usually referred to simply as hardcore/hXc) is a subgenre of punk rock which originated in the United States of America in the late 1970s. ... Heavy metal (sometimes referred to simply as metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. ... Metalcore (also known as hardcore metal) is a fusion genre, mixing elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. ... Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music, one of the extreme metal subgenres that is characterised by its high speed and aggression. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Nickname: Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates: State California County Los Angeles County Incorporated April 4, 1850 Government  - Type Mayor-Council  - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D)  - City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo  - Governing body City Council Area  - City  498. ... See also: 1996 in music, other events of 1997, 1998 in music, 1990s in music and the list of years in music // Events January 9 - David Bowie performs his 50th Birthday Bash concert (the day after his birthday) at Madison Square Garden, with guests Frank Black, The Foo Fighters, Sonic... Metal Blade Records is an independent record label which was founded in 1981 by Brian Slagel. ...

Current Prosthetic Records bands

• The Acacia Strain
• All That Remains
• Beneath the Massacre
• Burn in Silence
• Byzantine
• Cannae
• Crematorium
• The Esoteric
• The Funeral Pyre
• Gojira
• Infernaeon
• Kylesa
• Light This City
• The Minor Times
• Reflux
• Skeletonwitch
• Through the Eyes of the Dead
• Wolf
• Yakuza
• Year of Desolation

The Acacia Strain is a four-piece metalcore band based out of Chicopee, Massachusetts, USA. The band is currently signed to Prosthetic Records. ... For the Fozzy album, see All That Remains (album). ... Beneath the Massacre is a hardcore band from Montreal, Canada. ... Burn In Silence is a band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ... Byzantine is a thrash/groove metal band hailing from Chareleston, WV, who also have a few Meshuggah influences. ... Cannae is a band from Boston, Massachusetts. ... Cremation is the practice of disposing of a corpse by burning. ... An editor has expressed a concern that the subject of the article does not satisfy the notability guideline for Music. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... Gojira is a French progressive death metal band. ... Kylesa is a metal band from Savannah, Georgia. ... Light This City is a thrash metal band from San Francisco, CA. They combine the speed of Bay Area thrash with melody of European death metal. ... Through the Eyes of the Dead is a gore-flick inspired deathcore band from Florence, South Carolina. ... Wolf is a Swedish heavy metal band. ... Yakuza is a progressive heavy metal/hardcore band, formed in Chicago in 1999. ...

Past Prosthetic Records bands

• Blackstar Rising
• Breach
• Caliban
• Canvas
• Goatsnake
• Himsa
• Invocation of Nehek
• Lamb of God
• Life in a Burn Clinic
• Spite
• Stitch

Blackstar is a British heavy metal band, formed as a retooling of the band Carcass in 1995 but without Bill Steer. ... Caliban, a metalcore-band, was formed in Hattingen, Germany in 1997 under the name Never Again. ... Canvas is a rock band from Austin, Texas. ... Goatsnake are an American doom metal band, formed from the ashes of The Obsessed. ... Himsa is an American metalcore band hailing from Seattle, Washington. ... Lamb of God is a Grammy-nominated five-piece groove metal[1]/metalcore band from Richmond, Virginia, formerly known as Burn the Priest. ...

See also

• List of record labels

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External links

• Official website
• Prosthetic Records at MySpace