|
'''Century Media Records''' adalah sebuah [[perusahaan rekaman]] independen dengan kantor pusat di [[Jerman]] dan cabang-cabang di AS, [[Brazil]], [[Australia]], [[Perancis]], [[Italia]], [[Swedia]], dan Inggris. Didirikan pada [[1988]], mereka telah menerbitkan album-album oleh [[Nevermore]], [[Blind Guardian]], [[Cryptopsy]], [[Iced Earth]], [[Lacuna Coil]], dan [[Shadows Fall]]. Kebanyakan terbitan mereka ber[[genre musik|genre]] [[power metal]], [[death metal]], dan [[black metal]]. Album-album Century Media Records antara lain adalah:
{{unreferenced|date=August 2006}}
*[[ Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]] ▼{{infobox record label
| image = [[Image:Century_Media_logo.gif]]
| founded = 1988
| distributor = [[Caroline Distribution]] (US)
| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Metal music|Metal]]
| country = [[United States|US]]
| url = http://www.centurymedia.com/
}}
'''Century Media Records''' is an [[independent record label|independent]] [[heavy metal music|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.
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 (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 (band)|Arch Enemy]], [[Children of Bodom]], and [[God Forbid]].
== 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" (which held true to the fact that Century Media was an "all-purpose, multi-genre label").
Albums that had been released under the ''Century Black'' moniker:
▲*[[Arcturus (band)|Arcturus]]
:*''Aspera Heims Symfonia''
*[[Borknagar]]
:*''Kronet Til Konge''
:*''Monumental Possession''
*[[Emperor (band)|Emperor]]
:*''Wrath of the Tyrant''
:*''In the Nightside Eclipse''
:*''Anthems to the Welkin at Dusk''
*[[Gorgoroth (band)|Gorgoroth]]
:*''Pentegram''
:*''Antichrist''
:*''Under the Sign of Hell''
*[[Mayhem (band)|Mayhem]]
:*''Live in Leipzig''
:*''De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas''
*[[Sacramentum]]
:*''The Coming of Chaos''
*[[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]]
:*''Nemesis Divina''
*[[Ulver]]
:*''Nattens Madrigal''
==Abacus RecordsPranala luar ==
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]]
==External links==
* [http://www.centurymedia.com/ Official site]
* [http://www.metallian.com/interviewbarbieri.htm Online Interview]
* [http://www.abacusrecordings.com/ Abacus Recordings site]
{{mayhem}}
[[Category:American record labels]]
[[Category:Independent record labels]]
[[Category:Heavy metal record labels]]
[[Category:Rock record labels]]
[[Category:Record labels established in 1988]]
[[Category:Black metal record labels]]
[[de:Century Media]]
[[en:Century Media Records]]
| 