Mike Riddick

THE LABEL

Metalhit.com launched in early 2008, committed to representing extreme heavy metal music from quality bands and artists from around the world. The first of its kind, Metalhit.com is a record label publishing and licensing bands directly to the digital music market, though performing as a traditional record label in the capacity of promotion and adequate representation of its artists.

METALHIT Interview at A.N.U. Society METALHIT Interview at Metal Perspective
METALHIT Interview at Alcoholocaust METALHIT Interview at The Big Take Over

DISTRIBUTION

The label also performs as a distribution point for a consortium of other underground extreme metal music labels seeking to make their releases and bands accessible to a global digital music market. Our label partners include:

Red Stream Records Sevared Records Stygian Crypt Productions Hammer of Hate
No Sign of Life Lacerated Enemy Rec. DeathGasm Records Crematorium Records
Negative Existence Metalbolic Records Bizarre Leprous Productions Goregiastic Records
NHR Records Black Plague Records Naga Productions Seven Kingdoms
Counter Attack Productions Tarot Productions Pagan Records Xtreem Music
Knightmare Recordings Stellar Winter Records Alles Stenar Inferna Profundus Rec.
Paragon Records Folter Records Firebox Records Agonia Records
Adipocere Records Unholy Design Vrykoblast Productions Confused Productions
Displeased Records      

BACKGROUND

Owner, Mike Riddick, has been a fan of metal since his youth and began involvement with the underground death and black metal scenes in 1992. Mike, and his twin brother, Mark, are well noted for their artistic contributions to the underground metal community via their music packaging and merchandising designs for various bands and labels over the years. Their work has been profiled in magazines like PIT, Terrorizer and Metal Hammer. Mike also has a background in operating a traditional record label, The Fossil Dungeon, exploring gothic and ethereal sounds for more than seven years. In addition to this, the brothers play in a variety of internationally published bands in a spread of various independent music scenes.