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Peaceville

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Peaceville Records is a British independent heavy metal record label. The label was founded by Paul "Hammy" Halmshaw (of the bands Instigators and Civilised Society) in Dewsbury, England, in 1987, who was also a one-time drummer of Sore Throat.

Originally a tape label releasing anarcho punk, the releases moved towards metal through crust punk and similar forms of metal-influenced English hardcore punk. Halmshaw started running the label full-time in 1988, although the original tape label incarnation was founded in 1981 as a vehicle for releasing Instigators demo cassettes. The label is therefore known for the connection between doom metal and the 1980s English crust punk scene. Sister labels 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' concentrated more on thrash metal (Deaf) and psychedelic electronica (Dreamtime).

In November 2006, after 25 years at the helm, Halmshaw announced that he and co-manager Lisa Halmshaw would be leaving the label to concentrate on new projects, and that his former assistant, Paul Groundwell, would be taking over general management duties, following the sale of the label to back catalogue specialists Snapper Music, who had distributed Peaceville since 2001.

(Read more at Wikipedia.)

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In Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore (p129-130), Peaceville label founder Hammy recalls the importance of Peel’s support for the fledgling label in the late 1980s, with radio exposure for LPs by early signings Electro Hippies and Doom:

”These were Peaceville’s second and fourth ‘real’ albums, and they sold like 6,000 copies each in the first week. John Peel gave them both a session, so he was playing them constantly on national radio. They became hip to mention in the media and things like that, and Peaceville had instantly become totally successful.”

Like Earache Records, Peaceville quickly became a Peel favourite as his show was reshaped by an explosion of new extreme music combining punk and metal. Hellbastard, Napalm Death and Pitchshifter were among the bands that recorded for both labels.

Sessions[]

(Bands with releases on the Peaceville (or its 'Deaf' and 'Dreamtime' sub-labels) who recorded Peel sessions, including when not on Peaceville, excluding those who only appeared on compilations. Please add more information if known).
- Peaceville band Hellbastard reportedly failed to record a Peel session only because singer/guitarist Scruff couldn't afford a phone.[1]

Plays[]

(Peel radio plays of single-artist releases on the Peaceville label. See below for various artist (v/a) compilations. Please add more information if known.)

1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
  • 25 April 1992: Baphomet: Boiled In Blood (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit)
  • 09 May 1992: Baphomet: Infection Of Death (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit)
  • 17 May 1992 (BFBS): Baphomet: Infection Of Death (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit) (Peaceville)
  • 22 May 1992: Baphomet: The Age Of Plague (LP - The Dead Shall Inherit) (JP: If it was possible for haemorrhoids to sing and play for you, I think they'd sound pretty much like that. Actually, it wasn't 'Leave The Flesh', I think I played you the wrong track - but it was perfectly fine.)
1996

Compilations[]

(Peel radio plays of variouos artist (v/a) compilations released by Peaceville, listed by date of first play. Please add more information if known.)

(LP - A Vile Peace)

(LP - Hiatus (The Peaceville Sampler))

(LP - Vile Vibes)

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