Dec 17 2008
Koch Records slowly becoming a major player in the metal market.
In the not so distant past when Hatebreed inked a deal with Koch Records I kind of scratched my head a little bit. That just didn’t make my list of logical labels I figured they would head to once they were free to shop. Well Koch then goes and gets In Flames signed, another pretty heavy solid pickup. Well i am reading through some news earlier and i see that two bands i enjoy quite a bit have new albums coming out in the first half of 2009,High On Fire and Throwdown. I hit the links to get the details only to find out that they both have new deals and are releasing their new albums through Koch. Looks like Koch is pretty serious about getting the metal department going. Another thing that excites me is the fact that V.O.D, the mighty Vision Of Disorder have a new DVD lined up through Koch and it just so happens they are also working on a new album that I can only assume will come out on Koch as well. That’s a pretty stacked lineup of bands they have managed to snag so far and they also have OTEP and Straight Line Stitch on the class role as well. Kind of nice to see another label paying a little attention to the harder stuff and keeping some talented bands signed up with a home. Good for Koch records and good for us when these new albums drop.
