Hydra Head

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Hydra Head Records is an independent record label which specializes in music, founded in New Mexico by Aaron Turner (the frontman of Isis) in 1993. It has two imprints; Hydra Head Noise Industries, which specializes in and music, and another entitled Tortuga Records.

Hydra Head was founded in 1993 as a distribution company while Aaron Turner was still in high school. In 1995, he moved to Boston, Massachusetts to attend art school, when he was handed a Vent demo, whose seven inch would be the first record released on Hydra Head. The label grew to accommodate local bands such as Roswell, Corrin, Piebald and Converge, and after Turner graduated from college in 1999, it became a full-time endeavour. Hydra Head recently relocated to Los Angeles, California from their former home in Boston, Massachusetts.

Some of the bands signed to the label include Cave In, Pelican, Xasthur, Kayo Dot, Boris, and Jesu. Its discography includes Botch, Khanate, and Harkonen, who were all signed to Hydra Head prior to their respective disbandings.
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