Trustkill Records

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Trustkill
Trustkill

Trustkill Records is an American record label that started as a hardcore punk fanzine in April of 1993. It started releasing hardcore, metal and rock records in 1994.

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[edit] Distribution

On January 9, 2007, Trustkill signed a deal for exclusive distribution in North America with Fontana, which is under the Universal Music Group umbrella. Trustkill is also distributed by SPV (Europe), Shock (Australia), JVC/Howling Bull (Japan), David Gresham (South Africa), and Liberation (Brazil).

[edit] Controversies

[edit] Hopesfall

After their breakup at the beginning of 2008, Hopesfall began releasing negative comments about Trustkill including "I hate Trustkill and its owner. Hahahaha. He's not the reason we broke up but I (we) do hate him."[1] The band claimed to be $20,000 in debt due to Trustkill's President, Josh Grabelle, and also claimed that Trustkill "ripped off the band" by removing songs from their final album Magnetic North without discussing with the band first. The album was recorded, mastered, and ready to be released when the songs were removed by Trustkill. Hopesfall later released a downloadable file containing b-sides and demos from Magnetic North. In an interview on Ryans Rockshow, drummer Jason Trabue stated that Grabelle added Hopesfall to Warped tour in 2005, then two weeks into the tour Grabelle stopped paying for the bus. The band had to take out a loan to pay the driver and get home.[2] In the same interview, Trabue stated that Grabelle "pretty much owed every band on that label money."

In response to these issues, Grabelle stated that, "[Trabue] does not speak a shred of truth... I heard those guys got into some pretty hardcore drugs... and they are just miserable."[1]

[edit] Bleeding Through

In 2007 Bleeding Through suggested to Trustkill that they would like to release a reissue of their 2006 release The Truth but the idea was rejected for various reasons. In 2008 Trustkill reissued The Truth with bonus tracks and a bonus DVD of which the band had no knowledge of. Bleeding Through believes that the reissue is a "fast and overt attempt to pay some bills."[3] Bleeding Through also had issues with Trustkill and their upcoming new album Declaration. Trustkill violated the band's contract by letting them enter the studio in March 2008 and only funding less than 25% of the recording costs, the rest was payed via loans from the lead singer's father and the band's management. Bleeding Through commented on the current state of the label, "Trustkill no longer employs his sales guy, his art director or his publicist. 'Trustkill' is now Josh and one employee in his basement, as far as we can tell."[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Trustkill responds to Hopesfall accusations Retrieved on June 6, 2008
  2. ^ Ryans Rockshow interview with Hopesfall Retrieved on June 6, 2008
  3. ^ a b Bleeding Through Reveal Truth About Trustkill Records, Announce Song Titles For New Album Retrieved on June 6, 2008