Active Records / Axis Records discography

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After we had been trying to keep embarrassments like Kazjurol a secret from the world outside of Sweden, these bastards came an gave them a bloody record deal(!)
Thanx a lot assholes! Promoting Metal Masters like ANACRUSIS and CANDLEMASS only just barely makes up for it.

Anyway, Active Records was a sublabel to Music For Nations/Zomba Music Group. They started out as Axis Records but changed their name to Active Records after only a handful of releases. This should be their complete discography.

Albums start right below - their few EPs start down here.

Cat#	Artist	Title	Format	Year	Comment
AXIS LP1	London	Don't Cry Wolf	LP	1986	Issued under the label. Licensed from Metalhead Records.	Issued under the label. Licensed from Metalhead Records.
AXIS LP2	E-X-E	Stricken By Might	LP	1987	Issued under the label. Licensed from Shatter Records. The Axis CD circulating is a Greek bootleg. Review	Issued under the label. Licensed from Shatter Records. The Axis CD circulating is a Greek bootleg. Review
(LP) AXIS LP3 (CD) AXIS CD3	Candlemass	Nightfall	LP/CD	1987	Issued under the label. A 2nd pressing w/ the Active Records logo also exists.	Issued under the label. A 2nd pressing w/ the Active Records logo also exists.
AXIS LP4	Anacrusis	Suffering Hour	LP	1988	Issued under the label. CD on Metal Blade Records. (The Axis CD circulating is a Greek bootleg)	Issued under the label. CD on Metal Blade Records. (The Axis CD circulating is a Greek bootleg)
(LP) ACT LP5 (CD) ACT CD5	Artch	Another Return	LP/CD	1988
(LP) ACT LP6	Hexenhaus	A Tribute To Insanity	LP	1988	No official CD version exists on this label, only boots.	No official CD version exists on this label, only boots.
(LP) ACT LP7 (CD) ATV 7	Candlemass	Ancient Dreams	LP/CD	1988
ATV8	Atheist	Piece Of Time	LP/CD	1989
ATV9	Anacrusis	Reason	LP/CD	1990
ATV10	Excalibur	One Strange Night	LP/CD	1990
ATV11	Mezzrow	Then Came The Killing	LP/CD	1990
ATV12	Kazjurol	Dance Tarantella	LP/CD	1990
ATV13	Hexenhaus	The Edge Of Eternity	LP/CD	1990
ATV14	Obliveon	From This Day Forward	LP/CD	1990
ATV15	Nemesis	The Day Of Retribution	LP/CD	1990	Originally released as a MLP on Fingerprint Records in 1984 with different cover art. Here with 2 bonus tracks.	Originally released as a MLP on Fingerprint Records in 1984 with different cover art. Here with 2 bonus tracks.
ATV16	Count Raven	Storm Warning	LP/CD	1990
ATV17	Dyoxen	First Among Equals	LP/CD	1990
ATV18	Destiny	Nothing Left To Fear	LP/CD	1991
ATV19	Hexenhaus	Awakening	LP/CD	1991
ATV20	Atheist	Unquestinable Presence	LP/CD	1991
ATV21	Malteze	Count Your Blessings	CD	1990	Review	Review
ATV22	From The Fire	Thirty Days And Dirty Nights	LP/CD	1990
ATV23	Therion	Beyond Sanctorium	LP/CD	1992
ATV24	Antidote N.Y.C.	Viva Los Pendejos	CD	1992	Not Metal. Hardcore.	Not Metal. Hardcore.
ATV25	Rox Diamond	Rox Diamond	CD	1992
ATV26	Merciless	The Treasures Within	LP/CD	1992
ATV27	Tour De Force	Tour De Force	CD	1993
					Singles & EPs	Singles & EPs
(none)	Artch	Shoot To Kill/Reincarnation	Flexi	1988	Issued under the label. Free promo that came w/ an issue of Metal Forces.	Issued under the label. Free promo that came w/ an issue of Metal Forces.
12AX1	Candlemass	Samarithan	12" EP	1988	Issued under the label.	Issued under the label.
12 ATV 101	Excalibur	Carole Ann	12" EP	1990
12 ATV 102	Tilt	Something Wicked	12" EP	1990
ATV 103	It's Alive	Metalapolis	7"/CDS	1992

Compiled by DaN Edman. Additions by Thomas Bieri and Avenger.