Ferret Music, the label that played a huge part in the influential movement of hardcore and metalcore in the 2000s, is well and truly back.
Founded by Carl Severson, who has now reclaimed the name and catalogue from Warner Music, the label was home to many of the benchmarks in heavy music, from Disembodied to The Devil Wears Prada, Ice Nine Kills to Killswitch Engage. Giving some of the biggest bands in the world currently a place to cut their teeth, the intent within its return is clear. Continue to nuture and develop the new breed.
Carl had this to say about the news, explaining, “I started Ferret as a way to be more a part of hardcore. My friends all had talent and were in a band (Endeavor, Ferret 01) and I wanted to do more than carry things to contribute to what they were doing. It was a passion that turned into a life and into a career. For the vast majority of its initial existence I worked with my friends, worked with bands we loved listening to and it was just honestly an adventure. We grew and eventually saw behind the curtain and ventured beyond it. Things changed. My friends didn’t, and we still love listening… So here we are.”
And that’s not all, as the first two bands of the new era have also been revealed.
They are Long Island’s BORE and Michigan’s Wounded Touch.
BORE’s Danny Kopij had this to say:
“Ferret was a label we always looked up to. From Cult Classic to Hot Damn! to A Great Artist to Versions and so on, the music that Carl, Rick and everyone else curated over the years became intertwined with our musical DNA. So to get to be a part of the Ferret family, let alone to get to be here for the revival is nothing short of the honor of a lifetime. Looking forward to this next chapter of our band and to get to do it Ferret Style.”
Whilst Wounded Touch’s Nick Holland had this to say:
“Any time someone has asked us “who would your ideal label be to sign to,” we always would include Ferret to not only be smartasses, but out of legitimate sincerity as they were always the holy grail label of our youth. Most of our childhoods were shaped by the Ferret catalogue, so we’d have been championing this return out of sheer excitement regardless. But to instead get to be directly involved as boots on the ground for the return of Ferret and count ourselves among the pantheon of genre defining records released under that name is a validation that can’t be bought, traded or diminished. We’ll do everything in our power to earn the privilege of being asked to be a part of it and to be at the forefront of this return.”
Additonally, Ferret have kicked off their rebirth with a repress of some special releases from its catalogue.
They are Remembering Never’s ‘God Save Us’ and Torn Apart’s ‘The Fifty-Ninth Session’. There are also represses of two releases from the Good Fight Music catalogue, the imprint in which Carl has been working since Ferret, and those are Old Wounds’ ‘Suffering Spirit’ and Racetraitor’s ‘Creation and the Timeless Order of Things’
You can pick all four up from right here.
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