Heavy Metal began as a subgenre of Rock ‘n Roll in the late 1960s. Blending Psychedelic, Acid, and Blues Rock and turning the volume up several notches, the music was louder and more powerful than anything that had come before. Initially, many artists from the late 1960s and early 1970s who are considered pioneers of Heavy Metal merely played Hard Rock and the style we think of today as Metal came towards the end of [...]

Formed in 2014 in Los Angeles, California, Teenage Wrist is an alternative rock band founded by Marshall Gallagher (vocals / guitar), Anthony Salazar (drums), and Kamtin Mohager (vocals / bass). Influenced by shoegaze, grunge, and other forms of ‘90s alternative rock, the group’s members focused on writing their own material and released their debut EP, DAZED, in 2015. The band’s popularity began to grow, and they began to attract attention from various label. After the [...]

AMPED™ Welcomes New Label Compound Interest to the family!Compound Interest was founded by Brian Shafton in 2021. During his decade long tenure as VP of Sales, Shafton cut his teeth during the golden era of hip hop at Priority Records (NWA, Ice Cube, Master P, Dr. Dre, Jay-Z, Friday soundtrack, etc...). Shafton leveraged that success as he formed his own company, RBC Records in 2002. RBC Records had two divisions to it. The first segment [...]

Singer, songwriter, and musician Miya Folick was born and raised in Santa Ana, California. After graduating from high school in 2007, she studied acting at New York University for two years before heading back to the West Coast and graduating from the University of California in 2011. Initially interested in theater, she refocused her attention on music and released her first EP, STRANGE DARLING, in 2015. Her following began to grow with the release of [...]

Over the years, the Heavy Metal genre has added many sub-genres to its universe. From Doom Metal to Thrash Metal, from Death Metal to Black Metal, and from Speed Metal to Power Metal, there’s a genre of Metal to satisfy any mood. Sludge Metal – which has also been called Sludge Doom – is a unique blending of Hardcore Punk and Doom Metal, yet it is performed at a slower tempo, which enables distorted, down-tuned [...]