Willowtip Records Discography

Willowtip Records Discography

Willowtip Records is an American independent record label based in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, that specializes in extreme metal. Jason Tipton, who founded Willowtip Records in the late 1990s, owns the label. Their roster features bands from several countries, including Belgium, Canada, Germany, Finland, Italy and Sweden. The label's first release was a 7-inch split extended play (EP) between Creation Is Crucifixion and Fate of Icarus, in 1999. Later that year, Willowtip released the Circle of Dead Children's full-length debut, Starving the Vultures. In 2002, the label released an EP of the "hydro-grind" band Cephalic Carnage; a single 19-minute track entitled Halls of Amenti. The following year, Willowtip released Ion Dissonance's debut Breathing Is Irrelevant. In an interview, Jason Tipton stated that one of the Willowtip's most significant releases, is the 2004 re-issue for Necrophagist's Onset of Putrefaction; as the band and record label experienced some difficulties to get the rights back for the album.

Bands such as Misery Index, Leng Tch'e, Capharnaum, Arsis, Neuraxis, Alarum, and Rotten Sound have released records through the label. Willowtip has also co-released records with labels, such as Earache Records, Candlelight Records—both for European distribution—and The Netherlands' Neurotic Records; the last one partnership is for North American-only distribution by Willowtip as a distributor.