Editing Southern Lord Records

{{short description|American record label}}
{{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music -->
| name = Southern Lord
| image_name  = Southern Lord logo.gif
| image_size  = 250px
| parent      = <!-- parent company, such as "[[Warner Music Group]]" -->
| founded     = April 1998
| founder     = [[Greg Anderson (musician)|Greg Anderson]]
| status      = <!-- leave blank unless "Inactive" or "Defunct" -->
| distributor = [[Caroline Distribution|Universal Music/Virgin]] (United States), [[Southern Records|Southern]] (Europe)
| genre       = <!-- please don't add subgenres --> [[Extreme metal]], [[experimental music|experimental]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[hardcore punk]]
| country     = United States
| location    = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]]
| url         = {{url|http://www.southernlord.com/}}
}}

'''Southern Lord''' is an American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] record label that was founded in 1998 by [[Greg Anderson (musician)|Greg Anderson]]. It initially specialized in [[experimental metal]]: particularly [[doom metal]], [[stoner rock]], and [[drone metal]].  The label later expanded its line-up to include artists from [[black metal]], [[hardcore punk]] and [[crust punk]] bands.

==History==
Before co-founding their own record label [[Greg Anderson (guitarist)|Greg Anderson]] and [[Stephen O'Malley]] were friends and bandmates in [[Thorr's Hammer]] and [[Burning Witch]]. The pair formed a new band named [[Sunn O)))]] in 1998 and moved to [[Los Angeles]]. They started Southern Lord as a way to have control over the releases of their own recordings.<ref>{{cite web |title=About |url=https://southernlord.com/about/ |website=Southern Lord Recordings |access-date=7 January 2021 |date=13 February 2018}}</ref>

Southern Lord's first release was the CD version (previously released as a cassette) of Thorr’s Hammer‘s ''Dommedagsnatt--'' a doom/death metal album with Norwegian lyrics. The second release was: Burning Witch‘s ''Crippled Lucifer--'' a compilation CD of the band's first two EPs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Burning Witch |url=https://southernlord.com/band/burning-witch/ |website=Southern Lord Recordings |publisher=Southern Lord |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=10 January 2018}}</ref>

Southern Lord released material by Anderson and O'Malley's latest band, [[Sunn O)))]] in 2002. Sunn O))) was later reviewed several times by [[Ben Ratliff]] of [[The New York Times]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Two Bands, a Million Decibels (Published 2009) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/24/arts/music/24sunno.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=23 September 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Review: In 'Kannon,' From Sunn O))), Brevity and Austerity (Published 2015) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/03/arts/music/review-in-kannon-from-sunn-o-brevity-and-austerity.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=2 December 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Ratliff |first1=Ben |title=Think You Know Loud? Try Throbbing Sound as the Body Vibrates (Published 2012) |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/09/04/arts/music/power-of-the-riff-festival-with-sunn-o-in-brooklyn.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=11 January 2021 |date=3 September 2012}}</ref>

The label's roster continued to grow with notable doom releases such as Warhorse's ''As Heaven Turns to Ash,'' Place of Skulls ''Nailed and With Vision,'' as well as albums from Anderson's band Goatsnake. It also expanded its musical palate releasing music by: Darkest Hour, Orcustus, and Dave Grohl‘s side project [[Probot]].<ref name=BandcampDaily>{{Cite web|url=https://daily.bandcamp.com/label-profile/20-years-of-southern-lords-dark-and-heavy-art|title = 20 Years of Southern Lord’s Dark and Heavy Art|last=Moores|first=JR|website=[[Bandcamp Daily]]|publisher=[[Bandcamp]]date=9 March 2018|accessdate=11 September 2022}}</ref>

The band Earth joined the Southern Lord family in 2005—continuing Southern Lord's involvement in drone and doom music.<ref name=BandcampDaily/>

Releases from Earth, Sunn O))) (including the heavily lauded ''[[Monoliths & Dimensions]]''), and a series of [[Boris (band)|Boris]] 7″s to go along with the album ''Smile'' took place at the end of the decade.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ilistensoyoudonthaveto.com/2011/03/21/doom-to-drone-to-diversity-a-profile-of-los-angeles-extreme-experimental-label-southern-lord-records/|title = 安全加密检测}}</ref>

==Notable artists==
===Current===
{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|
* [[A Storm of Light]]
* [[Agrimonia (band)|Agrimonia]]
* [[All Pigs Must Die (band)|All Pigs Must Die]]
* [[Baptists (band)|Baptists]] 
* [[Blast (American band)|BL'AST]]
* [[Black Breath (band)|Black Breath]]
* [[Black Cobra (band)|Black Cobra]]
* [[Burning Love (band)|Burning Love]]
* [[Burning Witch]]
* [[Darkest Hour (band)|Darkest Hour]]
* [[Eagle Twin]]
* [[Earth (American band)|Earth]]
* [[Excel (band)|Excel]]
* [[Goatsnake]]
* [[High Command (band)|High Command]]
* [[High on Fire]]
* [[Jesus Piece (band)|Jesus Piece]]
* [[Loincloth (band)|Loincloth]]
* [[Pelican (band)|Pelican]]
* [[Poison Idea]]
* [[Power Trip (band)|Power Trip]]
* [[Ruin (punk band)|Ruin]]
* [[Sunn O)))]]
* [[Today Is the Day]]
* [[Unsane (band)|Unsane]]
* [[Wolfbrigade]]
* [[Xibalba (band)|Xibalba]]
}}

===Former===
{{Columns-list|colwidth=18em|
* [[The Accüsed]]
* [[Attila Csihar]]
* [[Boris (band)|Boris]]
* [[Capricorns (band)|Capricorns]]
* [[Church of Misery]]
* [[Clown Alley (band)|Clown Alley]]
* [[Corrosion of Conformity]]
* [[Craft (metal band)|Craft]]
* [[Early Graves]]
* [[Earthride]]
* [[Electric Wizard]]
* [[Final Warning]]
* [[From Ashes Rise]]
* [[Gore (band)|Gore]]
* [[Grief (band)|Grief]]
* [[Graves at Sea]]
* [[The Hidden Hand (band)|The Hidden Hand]]
* [[Internal Void]]
* [[Khanate (band)|Khanate]]
* [[Lair of the Minotaur]]
* [[Nachtmystium]]
* [[Nails (band)|Nails]]
* [[Nick Oliveri and the Mondo Generator|Mondo Generator]]
* [[Nortt]]
* [[Nuclear Death]]
* [[The Obsessed]]
* [[Off! (band)|Off!]]
* [[Om (band)|Om]]
* [[Orcustus]]
* [[Oren Ambarchi]]
* [[Outlaw Order]]
* [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]]
* [[Place of Skulls (band)|Place of Skulls]]
* [[Probot (band)|Probot]]
* [[Saint Vitus (band)|Saint Vitus]]
* [[Sleep (band)|Sleep]]
* [[Striborg]]
* [[Teeth of Lions Rule the Divine]]
* [[Thorr's Hammer]]
* [[Thou (American band)|Thou]]
* [[Thrones (band)|Thrones]]
* [[Trap Them]] 
* [[Twilight (band)|Twilight]]
* [[The Want (NJ band)|The Want]]
* [[Warhorse (doom metal band)|Warhorse]]
* [[Weedeater (band)|Weedeater]]
* [[Scott Weinrich|Wino]]
* [[Winter (metal band)|Winter]]
* [[Wolves in the Throne Room]]
* [[Xasthur]]
}}

== See also ==
* [[Southern Lord Records discography]]
* [[Lists of record labels]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.southernlord.com Official site]
* [http://www.diskant.net/talentspotter/southern-lord/ Interview with Greg Anderson about the label]
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[[Category:American record labels]]
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[[Category:Doom metal record labels]]
[[Category:Heavy metal record labels]]
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