- Archaic North Entertainment Official Domain -

- IN THE BEGINNING -

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Angry Archaic North Entertainment was essentially founded in 2002, when Mark Howitt decided to book a local show in Sudbury, Ontario for the band Fleshcraft in which he was vocalist and lyricist. After doing a few more shows he decided to help other touring bands out by booking shows for them as well. It wasnt until 2004 that ANE was doing shows on a regular basis in Sudbury. Archaic North also founded the annual Sudbury Metal Feast event which has become a Northern Ontario tourist attraction since its conception. In 2005, the first tours were booked for Fleshcraft and many new contacts were made, however in 2005 Fleshcraft was put on hold due to personal problems and a new band was formed from its ashes in the form of Wolven Ancestry.

Since then, Wolven Ancestry has toured the US and Canada with more stops intended for the future. It was during this time that the birth of Archaic North Records began. With their main band and several side projects from Mark and Darren including Fractal Generator, Darkblood, Aastyra and Amaranth, it was decided that a record label was needed to bring the masses this Northern art. In August 2007, Archaic North Entertainment released its first album, Wolven Ancestry - The Wrath of Gaia. The album was praised in many nations as being a solid black metal effort and the band is releasing its follow up album in 2009. In 2008, a second band was signed to ANE in the form of Empyrean Plague. Quite possibly Ontarios longest running active black metal band, their debut ANE release "Ancestral Embers Shall Burn" shows the band using strong folk elements amidst their unique black metal sound. With both artists planning a mass scale attack for 2009, there is no doubt that the wrath of Archaic North is upon us.

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- THE RISE OF ARCHAIC NORTH -

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Angry Archaic North Entertainment was originally intended to be strictly a booking agency, however with the birth of Wolven Ancestry, the decision to finally put the idea of incorporating a record label into the mix came to life. During this process, the label booked several tours of Canada and the US including The Annihilation From The North Tour (Wolven Ancestry, Nefastus Dies), Eastern Canadian Decimation Tour (Estuary, Goreaphobia, Lapidate), Bloodletting The East Tour (Incantation, Funerus, Deamon), and the final tour of 2008 being The Looming Cold of Autumn Tour (Woods of Ypres, Wolven Ancestry). More tours are in store for the future so keep checking in for updates.

2007-2008 also saw many local shows for Sudbury including Ensiferum, Rotting Christ, Kalmah, Sigh, Cryptopsy, Origin, Impaled Nazarene and many more. All the events were great and it seems like the Sudbury Metal scene is strong and well.

Another big event to happen to Archaic North in 2008 was the affiliation of Darrens studio Sardonic Moon Studios. His studio work has helped many bands achieve solid sounding albums and is also a strong point of the label. The second band to sign to ANE was Empyrean Plague, a black metal band from North Bay, Ontario. Their album "Ancestral Embers Shall Burn" was produced by Darren at his studio and the final product adds yet another strong release to the labels catalogue. For more samples on his studio work, please visit the Sardonic Moon link in the links section.

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- A Year of Epic Darkness - 2009 -

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With 2009 in the history books, Archaic North Entertainment is hard at work preparing for future releases and reviewing demo materials by artists. There will be more artist signings as well as extensive tours from Wolven Ancestry and Empyrean Plague to support their latest releases.

2009 saw the 5th annual Sudbury Metal Feast event. Macabre and Beneath the Massacre headlined to a strong local bill, which showcased many up and coming local bands in the Sudbury area as well as other provincial greats. Weekly Saturday shows called Sudbury Metal Saturdays were booked throughout the later half of the year at the Asylum, the basement bar of the Serbian centre however after lack of attendance we decided to pull the plug on the operations and focus more on the record label.

2009 was a huge year for Archaic North, as it accomplished Worldwide distribution from Century Media for all of its releases, and 2010 will bring many more great metal releases from an ever growing label.

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- The forecast for 2010... -

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Empyrean Plague Archaic North will be busy signing new artists in 2010, as well as massively expanding its distribution selection. A Canadian Metal compilation is also expected to be released by late Spring so keep in tuned for that release and much more. Sudbury Metal Feast 2010 will be the 6th annual event and will display a nice line up of underground talent.

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For a complete history of events hosted by Archaic North Entertainment,

- CLICK HERE -

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