Earache Records

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Earache Records
Founded	1985
Founder	Digby Pearson
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	ADA
Genre	Heavy metal thrash metal death metal extreme metal experimental hardcore punk hard rock
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Location	Nottingham, England
Official website	www.earache.com

Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing early grindcore and death metal records between the late 1980s and mid-1990s. Its roster has since diversified into more mainstream guitar music, working with bands such as Rival Sons, the Temperance Movement, Blackberry Smoke, Scarlet Rebels and the White Buffalo. The company also hosted the 'Earache Express' stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2017 and 'The Earache Factory' at Boomtown 2018. The label's logo is a homage to Thrasher magazine, as Pearson was a skateboard culture enthusiast.