KROD Records is an independent punk rock record label based in Berlin, Germany. KROD Records was created in 2015 in Toulouse, France, and it is owned by Jordan Calvi. The label was named Keine Rose ohne Dornen at the beginning and it evolved into Krod quickly. The label currently has 11 active bands.[1]

KROD Records
Founded2015
FounderJordan Calvi
Genrepunk rock
Country of originFrance
LocationBerlin, Germany
Official websitewww.krodrecords.com

History

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KROD Records is a French punk rock independent record label created in Toulouse, France, in 2015 by owner Jordan Calvi. Shortly thereafter, Loïc Gauthey joined the team.

In 2016, KROD Records began to work with the French punk hardcore band Fire At Will to release Life Goes On album.[2] They followed this up with the addition of Colour Me Wednesday[3] from London[4] and German band The Deadnotes[5][6] to release a retrospective ep Anyone & Everyone followed by a full-length album I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face.

In February 2017, they celebrated their second birthday with a show in Toulouse with Tiny Moving Parts, Trash Boat, Daylight and Skull Soda at Le Cri de la Mouette.[7][8]

In May 2017, they announced the release of the second album Club Dragon from Hightower.[9][10][11] In June, they signed Dream Nails for the release of two singles.[12][13]

In the end of 2017, they add South Berkeley in their family.

In 2018, they celebrated their third anniversary in Berlin with Daggermouth, Hightower, The Deadnotes and Kill Her First.

Active KROD Records bands

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  • Atlas for Home
  • Back Garden Light
  • Back On Earth
  • Basement Gary
  • Between Bodies
  • Between Owls
  • Can't Bear This Party!
  • Chaos Commute
  • Colour Me Wednesday
  • Dream Nails[14]
  • Droïd Fantôm
  • Elm Tree Circle
  • Homeground
  • Kill Her First[15]
  • Liotta Seoul
  • Livingston
  • P.O. Box
  • Phantom Bay
  • Pluto The Racer
  • Quitters[16]
  • The Kid Vs. Me
  • The Vernal
  • Topsy Turvy's
  • XO Armor
  • Yvet Garden

Previous and affiliated KROD Records bands

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Releases

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Catalog Number Artist Title Format(s) Release date
KRD001 Quitters Move On To Honest Things LP May 1, 2015
KRD002 Earl Grey Passing Time CD/LP October 9, 2015
KRD003 Topsy Turvy's I Expect Nothing and I'm Still Let Down 10" October 16, 2015
KRD004 This Life Stories of the Year CD October 14, 2015
KRD005 Fire At Will Life Goes On CD/LP April 14, 2016
KRD006 Colour Me Wednesday Anyone & Everyone 7" July 12, 2016
KRD007 The Deadnotes I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face LP October 7, 2016
KRD008 Adversity Figure Out DL July 20, 2016
KRD009 Fake Off Boréal LP October 27, 2016
KRD010 Raincheck True Love LP March 24, 2017
KRD011S Cold Reading Books & Comfort DL July 18, 2017
KRD011 Cold Reading Sojourner LP/DL September 22, 2017
KRD012S Hightower The Party DL May 22, 2017
KRD012 Hightower Club Dragon CD/LP September 15, 2017
KRD013 Kill Her First Born To Be Strong DL March 29, 2016
KRD014S Dream Nails Deep Heat DL June 5, 2017
KRD015S Dream Nails DIY DL June 28, 2017
KRD016 Kill Her First Kill Her Sexismracismhomophobia First DL February 5, 2014
KRD017 Makeshift Promise I'm Not As Good As I Thought DL April 24, 2014
KRD018 Gibberish Between Timid And Timbuktu DL July 22, 2016
KRD019 Skull Soda Sleep Hunt Through The Mirror DL January 15, 2018
KRD020S Dream Nails Tourist DL October 13, 2017
KRD020 Dream Nails Dare To Care DL October 27, 2017
KRD021S South Berkeley Tiny Rascals DL October 27, 2017
KRD023 Elm Tree Circle The Good Life CD/DL May 11, 2018
KRD023S1 Elm Tree Circle Feel The Burn DL February 9, 2018
KRD023S2 Elm Tree Circle The Lease DL March 9, 2018
KRD023S3 Elm Tree Circle Unleaded DL April 13, 2018
KRD024 Prey Drive Tabula Rasa DL April 6, 2018
KRD025 Colour Me Wednesday Counting Pennies in the Afterlife LP/DL May 15, 2018
KRD026TAPE Hightower/Daggermouth Last Minute Split Tape April 21, 2018

Krod Records Crew

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  • Jordan Calvi – Owner/Label manager[24]
  • Loïc Gauthey – Label Assistant

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "KROD Records". Discogs.
  2. ^ "Fire At Will release new video "Life Goes On"". Pure M.
  3. ^ "COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY Announce Spring 2017 UK Tour with LVL UP". Pure Grain Audio. January 9, 2017.
  4. ^ "COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY SIGN WITH KROD RECORDS". Punktastic. February 15, 2016.
  5. ^ "Get Better Get Worse Tour". Feierwerk (in German). March 13, 2017.
  6. ^ "Découverte: The Dead Notes". Album Rock. May 30, 2016.
  7. ^ "News: KROD RECORDS, in partnership with KROD CONCERTS will celebrate, on 16 February, its second birthday". Breathing The Core. December 26, 2016.
  8. ^ "TINY MOVING PARTS, TRASH BOAT and More to Play KROD Records' 2nd Anniversary Show". Pure Grain Audio. December 8, 2016.
  9. ^ Taylor, Scott (Jan 3, 2018). "10 European pop-punk bands you need to know". Alternative Press.
  10. ^ "Hightower s'annonce". W-Fenec (in French). July 1, 2017.
  11. ^ "Hightower release music video for new single "The Party"". Punkanormal Activity. May 27, 2017.
  12. ^ "Dream Nails DIY". La Grosse Radio (in French). July 4, 2017.
  13. ^ "DREAM NAILS – DEEP HEAT". Hey Magazine. June 25, 2017.
  14. ^ "UK punk band DREAM NAILS joins KROD Records". WHTYB Press. June 5, 2017.
  15. ^ "Le Cri du Lynx # 201 KROD RECORDS". Le Cri du Lynx (in French). April 9, 2016.
  16. ^ "HAPPY BIRTHDAY KROD RECORDS !!!". Scream For Me Toulouse (in French). March 7, 2016.
  17. ^ "Song Premiere: Cold Reading - Books & Comfort". New Noise Magazine. July 11, 2017.
  18. ^ "Cold Reading on Krod Records". Cold Reading.
  19. ^ "EARL GREY: German crossover quintet release video for 'Passing Time'". Switch Bitch Noise. August 26, 2015.
  20. ^ "Feature: Earl Grey Talk About Their 'Passing Time' Album Artwork". New Noise Magazine. September 30, 2015.
  21. ^ "HARDCORE BANDS FIRE AT WILL AND RAW DEAL ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN DATES". Idioteq. October 17, 2016.
  22. ^ "HIGHTOWER : NOUVEL ALBUM, NOUVEAUX SINGLES". Rock Ur Life (in French). June 18, 2017.
  23. ^ "The Deadnotes assina com a KROD Records". We Live In Hell (in Portuguese). May 27, 2016.
  24. ^ "Jordan de KROD records A T'Il Bon Goût ?". Les Rêveries (in French). February 1, 2017.