Mortification Records

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Mortification Records
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Founded 2006
Founder Alex Julien
Distributing label Abrdiged Pause Recordings
Genre Ambient
Black Metal
Dark Ambient
Ethereal
Country of origin United States (former)
Canada (present)

Mortification Records is a record label founded by Alex Julien, in Middlesex County, New Jersey in 2006, but has since moved to Montreal, Quebec. The record label was founded to accommodate some of the releases by bands his surroundings, but has grown to release an entire catalog of bands from France, Canada, and USA.

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[edit] History

[edit] Foundations

In the summer of 2006, Alex was fond of a band from his local area and decided he would create his own label to help out the band and get their releases out officially. In October of that year, a number of small side projects were asked to be released on the label. In order to start getting the label's name out there, online downloads were made available before any professionally pressed material was made.

[edit] Mortified Studio

In January, he started to use his equipment to record the new material that would be released on the label. This would become known as the "Mortified Studio Sessions". Quality was improving, and use of effects were being considered, as well as a more professional outlook on the music itself. In February, the first impact on the label occurred. The release of Vision Éternel's first EP. This marked the beginning of Mortification Records' underground notability.

[edit] New Label

In November 2007, Mortification Records started working on a side label named "Mortified Productions". The label would release a new line of catalog numbers, and would be professionally pressed. The search for new artists as well as compilations of already signed artists began to take shape. However in February 2008, the idea was aborted, and replaced by Mortification Records' merging under the ownership of Abridged Pause Recordings, a new label which would feature a totally different catalog. This would allow to keep Mortification Records as an online based digital label and build Abridged Pause into a store based label.

[edit] Artists

[edit] Current Roster

  • Vision Éternel
  • Vision Lunar
  • Vision Sufferance

[edit] Past Roster

  • Gallia Fornax
  • Vision Solitude

[edit] Catalog

Cat. Num. Band Release Date Format
MT001 Vision Sufferance Vision Sufferance 2006/10/02 Tape
MT002 Vision Solitude Vision Solitude 2006/10/04 Tape
MT003 Vision Lunar Vision Lunar 2006/10/06 Tape
MT004 Vision Lunar Lunar Sky 2006/11/05 Tape
MT005 Vision Lunar Black Moon 2006/12/06 Tape
MT006 Vision Lunar Luna Borea 2007/01/03 Tape
MT007 Vision Lunar Luna Maria 2007/02/02 Tape
MT008 Vision Éternel Seul Dans L'obsession 2007/02/14 CD
MT009 Vision Lunar Luna Nebula 2007/03/03 Tape
MT010 Gallia Fornax Gallia Fornax 2007/03/05 Download
MT011 Gallia Fornax Gloria Regnum 2007/03/05 Download
MT012 Vision Lunar Luna Pluvia 2007/11/24 Tape
MT013 Vision Sufferance Forthcoming Travels 2007/11/30 CD
MT014 Vision Éternel Un Automne En Solitude 2008/02/14 CD

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