Deadline Music Records
| Deadline Music | |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Cleopatra Records |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Founder | Brian Perera |
| Distributor(s) | The Orchard |
| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal, metalcore, punk rock |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Location | Los Angeles, California |
| Official website |
cleopatrarecords |
Deadline Music is a record sub-label wholly owned and operated by Cleopatra Records. Deadline was founded at the turn of the century during a revival of 1980s glam/hair metal bands in which there were new albums Quiet Riot, White Lion, Warrant, Cinderella, Bret Michaels, and L.A. Guns. The label produced a series of compilations, including This Is Hair Metal, More '80s Hair Metal, and the box set Hollywood Rocks!.
Deadline released an album by Queensrÿche in April 2013. The band had split into two factions with founding vocalist/frontman Geoff Tate leading a new group of musicians while the remaining members carried on with a new vocalist. Dubbed "The Heaviest Rÿche Ever", Tate's version of the band included longtime guitarist Kelly Gray plus Quiet Riot bassist Rudy Sarzo and AC/DC drummer Simon Wright. This group recorded and released Frequency Unknown. Los Angeles hard-rockers Bulletboys also released a new album, Elefanté, in 2015
In 2014, Deadline teamed with Canadian Thor for deluxe edition reissues of his early albums on both CD and vinyl, including 1985's Only the Strong, 1982's Lighting Strikes Again, and the 1977 debut album Keep the Dogs Away. Metal Avenger, Thor's first album of new material for Deadline, arrived in 2016, and included guest appearances by Henry Rollins, Fast Eddie Clarke, Cheetah Chrome, and Jay Jay French.
In 2016, Deadline released a deluxe box set by Twisted Sister consisting of previously unreleased live performances from the band's early days.