Spinefarm Records is a Finnish independent record label focusing mainly on heavy metal artists. It is a subsidiary of Universal Music Group. History Spinefarm Records was originally founded in 1990 by Riku Pääkkönen as a mail-order distribution company for rock and heavy metal albums and singles, but later became a record label for Finnish acts such as Nightwish, Children of Bodom, and Sonata Arctica. In 1999, a sub-label titled Spikefarm Records was started by Sami Tenetz from Thy Serpent. Since 2002, Spinefarm has been part of Universal Music Group, but operates as an independent business unit. In autumn 2007, Spinefarm launched in the UK, starting with re-issuing deluxe versions of the first five Nightwish albums, including the Over the Hills and Far Away EP. At the start of 2016, it was announced that Spinefarm Records had acquired Candlelight Records. On 18 August 2017, Spinefarm Records announced the global launch of sub-label Snakefarm Records. Snakefarm has since signed Tyler Bryant & The Shakedown and more. The label's focus genres are roots rock, blues rock, and country. Today, Spinefarm Records has offices in New York, London, and Helsinki. Bands Spinefarm Music Group consists of three sub-labels: Spinefarm Records (mainstream heavy metal and hard rock), Candlelight Records (extreme metal, black metal, and death metal), and Snakefarm Records (country, blues, and southern rock). Spinefarm 36 Crazyfists Airbourne Amaranthe Amberian Dawn Amorphis Anti-Flag Atreyu Beherit Barathrum Beto Vázquez Infinity Billy Talent The Black League Bob Malmström Brother Firetribe The Browning Bullet for My Valentine Celesty Charon Children of Bodom ChthoniC Creeper Crow Mother D'espairsRay (UK only) Dark Tranquillity Darkwoods My Betrothed Dayseeker Dayshell Dead by April Dead Poet Society Diablo Swing Orchestra DragonForce Dragonlord Dreamtale Eilera Electric Wizard Emigrate Employed to Serve End of You Entheos Eternal Tears of Sorrow Finntroll Five Finger Death Punch (US only) For My Pain Hangman's Chair He is Legend Hevein Helloween (UK only) In Mourning Jettblack Kalmah Killing Joke Kiuas Kobra and the Lotus The Kovenant Lullacry Machinae Supremacy Metsatöll Mucc (UK only) myGRAIN My Passion My Ticket Home Nightwish Nonpoint Norther One Morning Left Pain Confessor Puppy Reckless Love Rotten Sound Saint Asonia Santa Cruz Satyricon Saul Seether Sentenced Sethian Shining (Nor) Shining (Swe) Sinergy Slaves to Gravity Sleep Token Soen Sonata Arctica Swallow the Sun Tarja Turunen Tarot Throne of Chaos Thy Serpent To/Die/For Toothgrinder The Treatment Turbowolf Twilightning Von Hertzen Brothers Voodoo Six Warmen Venom VRSTY