RELEASES     

PROGRESS RED LABELS


PRL001 - 1992
DOUBT
PROFIT
DELETED
The first release on Progress; the debut of Danish Doubt. Musically sort of Cro-mags/Suicidal Tendencies area. Too bad this band never had time to rehearse, and thank God this release has been out of print for a long time!

PRL002 - 1992
KONKHRA
STRANDED
DELETED

First release of death/thrash heavyweight champions Konkhra. A mini-album consisting of fresh recorded songs and songs from their Malgrowth demotape. This CD was never ment to be officially sold. Stranded was more or less used for promotional purposes only and has been out of print for a decade.

PRL003 - 1992
DOUBT
BENEFIT
Their full-length did not exactly hit the charts. The band consisted of members of the Progress Magazine staff (see elsewhere).
A strange crossover-coctail, a mix of Rollins Band meets R.H.C.P. -shaken, not stirred! Artwork by Chicago-based tattoo-artist Guy Aitchison.


PRL004 - 1992
MACERATION
A SERENADE OF AGONY
FIRST EDITION
DELETED
The first version of A Serenade Of Agony had a pretty strange cover. Artwork did not really match the music and album-concept. Years later when the EFA-version hit the streets artwork had been changed to the better (see below).

PRL004 - 1992
MACERATION
A SERENADE OF AGONY
SECOND EDITION
This cd was released in '92 but to this day it remains a classic in the category of melodic death metal. Featuring members of Invocator and Dan Swanö from Edge Of Sanity.

PRL005 - 1992
V/A
F.Y.W.F.D.
VOL. 1
Compilation 1. of unsigned Danish death-metal bands! Featuring early recordings of bands like DETEST, ILLDISPOSED, GERONIMO, CYBORG and INIQUITY.
Track-list: Detest "Gathering Of Darkness", Illdisposed "Reversed", Exhaust "Time Of Pleasure", Agonize "The Disclosure", Geronimo "Bastards Will Pay", Corrosive "Rain", Cyborg "Cybernetic Orgasm", Disaster Area "The Orign Of Species", Dark Region "Into Revelation", Iniquity "Torn", Moratorium "No", Avoid "Dreamland", Caustic "Deeds Of Perfection", Iconoclasm "Beyond Life", Abattoir "The Pain Of Life". Foreword by Jacob Hansen (Invocator). Photo; Geronimo


PRL006 - 1993
ILLDISPOSED
FOUR DEPRESSIVE SEASONS
FIRST EDITION
DELETED
First version of Four Depressive Seasons was only released in 500 copies. When Progress signed the license deal with Nuclear Blast in the early 90s the German label asked for new and improved artwork. The band changed their logo as well.

PRL006 - 1993
ILLDISPOSED
FOUR DEPRESSIVE SEASONS
SECOND EDITION
Four Depressive Seasons so far and still going beserk. Violence got a new name when this release it the streets. Illdisposed will rip out your guts, and leave you to die bleeding from your wounds. You don't get death metal much more brutal than this.

PRL007 - 1993
V/A
F.Y.W.F.D.
VOL. 2
Compilation 2. of unsigned Danish death-metal bands! Featuring early recordings of bands like FROZEN SUN, SACRIFICIAL, DOMINUS and MORDOR (later Exmortem).
Track-list: Frozen Sun "Defect Dimension Of Souls", Nations Of Death "Distorted", Sacrificial "Edmund A Butler's Tale", Infernal Death "Psychotic Thoughts", Assail "Flames", Golem "Mindwanderer's Song", Cyanotic "Eclipsed Existence", Pugnacity "Autocratic Infection", Dominus "Into The Gods", Human "Dependency", Ceremony "The Rhapsody", Mordor "In Command", Fallen Angel "Circle Of Stones", Solid Pain "Premutural Burial", Beyond Serenity "Mind Of Despair", Morfeus "Where No Dreams Reach". Foreword By Anders Lundemark (Konkhra).
Photo; Frozen Sun



PRL008 - 1993
V/A
ALL SORTS
DELETED
International metal/hardcore compilation featuring bands like Ancalagon (France), Meatlocker (US), Physical Attraction (Sweden), Trend (Denmark) and Eidetic (Denmark). After the release of this album Progress signed Meatlocker, Physical Attraction and Trend. (Photo; Eidetic)


PRL009 - 1993
KONKHRA
S.A.D.
The second release from Diehard's best selling band of all times. S.A.D. paved the way for Konkhra's succesful way into the metal scene. Very intense and groovy death metal, wrapped in a very cool production thanx to the almighty Sunlight Studios.
Cover artwork by Michael Kvium.

PRL009LP - 1993
KONKHRA
S.A.D. (LP)
VINYL

PRL010 - 1993
DETEST
DORVAL
This is old-school!!! Refreshing and well produced gothic doom/metal, a classic release under the PRL label.

PRL011 - 1994
MEATLOCKER
TRIANGLE OF PAIN
Hardcore for fans of Biohazard, Cro-mags, Leeway and the likes! Meatlocker was in fact labelmates with Biohazard back in the early 90s when both bands were signed to US-label Maze/Kraze. The MCD "Triangle Of Pain" was recorded at Morrisound Studios, Tampa/Florida, and offers "in your face" hardcore, strength and attitude!


PRL12 - 1994
ILLDISPOSED
RETURN FROM TOMORROW
FIRST EDITION
DIGIPACK
DELETED


First version of Return From Tomorrow was limited to only 500 copies and released in digi-pack.

PRL12 - 1994
ILLDISPOSED
RETURN FROM TOMORROW
SECOND EDITION
JEWELBOX
Since the beginning of the 90's, when they were a 100% underground band, ILLDISPOSED have made a name for themselves with most Metal fans and a lot of people within the trade of extreme music because of an uncompromising style. The band has toured Denmark and parts of Europe in '95, '96 '98 and 2002. Time after time these 5 lads of Aarhus fill the venues. Several concert organizers find that ILLDISPOSED is the most successful Danish Metal band. (The Metal Observer)
Return From Tomorrow track-list:
Depersonalisation
Return From Tomorrow
On Death And Dying
Darkness Weaves With Many Shades
Nuclear Blast license version of "Return From Tomorrow" included two bonus tracks
(later released on "Helvede", see elsewhere).

PRL13 - 1994
V/A
THE VERY BEST OF…
This selection of the very best from the Progress Red Labels series was at the same time the last release in the series.
Track-list:
Illdisposed "Return From Tomorrow" - Meatlocker "Violent World"
Detest "Inhaled Through The Body" - Konkra "Lucid Dreams"
Trend "Childhood Memories" - Dominus "Into The Gods"
Illdisposed "Inherit The Wind" - Iniquity "Retorn"
Maceration "Transmogrified" - Doubt "Profit"
Konkhra "Daybreak" - Doubt "The Benefit Of The Doubt". Photo; Konkhra