“Grindcore really resonated with Americans. Our bands were being noticed before they’d even gone over there”: the ear-splitting history of Earache Records, the label that changed metal

Napalm Death in 1990.

Few metal labels have been as influential as Earache Records. The Nottingham, UK-based company was pivotal in shaping the extreme metal scene via albums from the likes of Napalm Death, Morbid Angel, Entombed, Godflesh and countless others. In 2013, label founder Digby Pearson looked back on the history of metal’s most ground-breaking label.  

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