Record Label

Relapse Records

American metal, hardcore/punk and experimental label founded by Matthew F. Jacobson. Styles include death metal, grindcore, metalcore, sludge, industrial, post-rock, synthwave, black metal, etc. Previous sublabels focusing on ambient/dark ambient include Release Entertainment and Desolation House. Series: Cult Classic, Relapse Singles Series. Beginning in 2016 new vinyl releases and reissues come with stickers having a 7 character code. The format is as follows: LPXXXXR. This is a stock keeping unit (SKU) code used by the label to distinguish vinyl color variants. This code should be added to the LCCN as an additional catalog number variant.