Mausoleum Records | |
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Parent company | Music Avenue Group |
Founded | 1982 |
Founder | Alfie Falckenbach |
Distributor(s) | Music Avenue Group |
Genre | Heavy metal |
Country of origin | Belgium |
Location | Bruxelles |
Official website | http://www.music-avenue.net/mausoleum/index.php |
Mausoleum Records is a Belgian-basedheavy metal label once considered by Billboard as "one of Europe's premier hard rock labels".
Alfie Falckenbach founded the Mausoleum Records label in 1982. Bands releasing material on the label included Anvil, Faithful Breath, Great White, Killer, L.A. Guns, Nazareth, Omen, Ostrogoth, Ian Gillan Band and Warlock. Celebrating its 30th Anniversary this year, Mausoleum Records was still going strong, and the artist roster consisted of established acts such as Molly Hatchet and Cinderella, in addition to new artists from around the world, including Hyades (Italy), Always Fallen (Belgium), Hills of Kings (Germany), Awaken (USA) and Grenouer (Russia).
The label used to be part of the Music Avenue Group of labels until Falckenbach's death in 2016 .