Great White North Records

Great White North Records
Founded	1999
Founder	Rémi Côté and Stephan Bélanger
Status	Defunct
Genre	Extreme metal, heavy metal
Country of origin	Canada
Location	Sainte-Julie, Quebec, Canada
Official website	http://www.gwnrecords.com/ (inactive)

Great White North Records was a Canadian independent record label founded in 1999 and dissolved in 2006. It was founded by Rémi Côté and Stephan Bélanger and focused on promoting metal. Though the label released music by bands from around the world, it was a notable outlet and supporter of Canadian metal.

History

Over the course of its existence GWN had a European outlet in the Netherlands (Great White North Records Europe) which manufactured select GWN releases for its own market, a French distribution office (GWN Records France) and spawned two sub-labels: Grind It! Records (for grindcore and crust) and Demÿsteriis (for black metal and other dark music).^[1] Productions Nouvelle France was also started with partner's in France, specializing in French rock and punk. In late 2003 the European outlet separated from the Canadian branch due to "differences in company politics."^[2]

On December 3, 2003 Rémi opened a record store in Montreal called Profusion: Le Metal Store. The record label operations were run out of the same offices.^[3] In March 2006, Rémi Côté decided to leave Great White North Records to "concentrate on [his] store, [his] traveling addiction and various new projects."^[4] That July, only a few months later, Great White North closed.^[5] Côté went on to start Prodisk, which continues to release Canadian metal.

Discography

GWN releases

Cat#	Group	Title	Format	Canadian Release Date	European Release Date	Notes
GWN 001	Ghoulunatics	Mystralengine	CD	1999	n/a	Not released in EU.
GWN 002	Suffocate	Exit 64[6]	CD	August 2000		Originally released on Erebos Productions in 1998.
GWN 003	Necrology	Malignancy Defined[7]	CD	March 2001	February 14, 2001[8]
GWN 004	Merlin	They Must Die[9]	CD	December 4, 2000	May 29, 2001[8]
GWN 004	Merlin	They Must Die	CD	2004		Reissued with new artwork.
GWN 005	Asgard	Cold Season[10]	CD	February 15, 2002
GWN 006	Diachronia	XX's Decline	CD	April 2001	October 2001	Slightly different artwork between EU and CAN.[8]
GWN 007	C of E	Protect Me From What I Want	CD	January 2002
GWN 008	Divina Enema	Under Phoenix Phenomenon	CD	September 15, 2003
GWN 009	Obliveon	Greatest Pits	CD	May 2002
GWN 010	Soulforge	Duality	CD	2002
GWN 011	Merlin	Brutal Constructor	CD	2004
GWN 012	Aggression A.D.	Forgotten Skeleton	CD	2004
GWN 013	Paroxysm	Revelation is Denied	CD	August 15, 2004[11]		An enhanced reissue was released in February 2006.
GWN 014	Brief Respite	Lullaby To The Moon	CD	April 20, 2005
GWN 015	The Mass	Towards Darkness	CD	December 2005
GWN 016	Mind Eclipse	Utopia: Formula of God	CD	2005
GWN 017	CortisoL	Meat	CD	December 3, 2005
GWN 018	Fuck the Facts	Collection of Splits 2002-2004	CD	April 28, 2006
GWN 019	Aggression	The Full Treatment	CD	2005		Reissue
GWN 020	Collapse	Destroying by Design	CD	February 17, 2006
GWN 021	Talamyus	As Long as it Flows	CD	October 2005
GWN 023	Hellacaust	Inevitable dementia	CD	April 2006
GWNMC007	C of E	Day By Day[12]	Enhanced CD Single	2001		1 audio track + 1 video
GWNUBR1	Various	Great White North 2K5	CD	February 2005

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Canceled releases

These releases were slated for release in 2006, however, they never materialized before the label dissolved.

Group	Title	Format	Planned Release Date	Notes
Various	Profusion Volume 1	CD	January 2006	Later released by Prodisk/Profusion.
Paroxysm	Revelation Is Denied	CD	February 2006	Currently unreleased. Reissue with bonus video.
Gorguts	Live In Rotterdam	CD	March 2006	Later released by Prodisk.
Obliveon	From This Day Forward	CD	March 2006	Later released by Prodisk. Reissue with bonus content.
Thy Flesh Consumed	Pacified by Oceans of Blood	CD	April 2006	Later released by CDN Records in November.
Fuck the Facts	Stigmata High-Five	CD	May 2006	Later released by Relapse Records in August.
Towards Darkness	Solemn	CD	May 2006	Later released by Twilight Foundation in December 2007.
Obliveon	Nemesis	CD	June 2006	Later released by Prodisk. Reissue with bonus content.
Cortisol	S-12	CD	June 2006	Later released by Prodisk in October.
Gorguts	Live At The Whiskey	DVD	December 2006	Currently unreleased.
Various	Le Brotherhood	DVD	January 2006	Currently unreleased.

Grind It! releases

Cat#	Group	Title	Format	Release Date	Notes
GIT-001	Merlin	Deathkoteque[15]	CD	October 2001	Remastered. Originally on cassette only.
GIT-00?	Trails of Anguish	Relentless Abhorrence of Misery's Grievance	CD	2002	Originally self-released by the band in 1999.
GIT-002	Aphasia	Arcane In Thalassa[16]	CD	January 2002
GIT-004	Divina Enema	At The Conclave	CD	2002	Originally released in 2000 on Eldrich Music.
GIT-005	BK 49	Join the Dead	CD	2003
GIT-006	Dahmer	The Studio Sessions: Discography	CD	2003
GIT-007	Fuck the Facts	Backstabber Etiquette	CD	2003
GIT-008	Fistfuck	23 Songs In The Same Hole	CD	2004
GIT-009	Fistfuck / Aberrant	Split CD	CD	2005

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Demÿsteriis Releases

Cat#	Group	Title	Format	Street Date YYYY-MM-DD
MYS 001	The Eternal Blade	The Eternal Blade	CD	2005-03
MYS 002	Funerarium	Noces Chimiques	CD	2005

External links

• Interview with owners
• Info for Prodisk
• Interview

References

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