No Colours Records is a Germanmail order andrecord label fromMügeln specialized inblack metal.[1]
No Colours Records mostly releases black metal records, but has also released records related to otherextreme metal genres such asthrash anddeath metal. Most releases appear both on CDs and as limited vinyl editions. Furthermore, the label sellsmerchandising articles such as T-shirts andembroidered patches.
The label's most well-known bands areInquisition,Graveland andNargaroth.[citation needed] No Colours has also released many ofRob Darken's side projects such asLord Wind andInfernum. Besidesneo-nazi bands such as Thor's Hammer from Poland, the label has also signed many apolitical bands likeWigrid and Suicidal Winds, so some are against an association to thefar-right.[citation needed]
Steffen Zopf founded No Colours Records in 1993 as a label and mail order for black metal records and merchandise.[1] Among his first releases areDimmu Borgir's first albumFor all tid[2] and most releases byGraveland after their departure from Lethal Records.[3] In 1996, the label released bothAbsurd's[4] andFalkenbach's debut albums. Absurd'sAsgardsrei EP was also financed by Zopf but released under the name "IG Farben Production".[5]
In 1999,Nargaroth, another controversial black metal band,[citation needed] was signed. On October 6, 1999, there was a raid by the German police.[6] Besides No Colours label,Christhunt Productions, and Darker Than Black—the former label of Absurd members Hendrik and Ronald Möbus—were also raided.[6]
In 2003, Finnish black metal bandSatanic Warmaster was signed to No Colours Records.[citation needed]
The year 2004 witnessed the US/Colombian bandInquisition signing No Colours Records. Inquisition later parted ways with the label.
Ukrainian pagan/National Socialist bandNokturnal Mortum was signed in 2005.[citation needed]
Rock Hard andSearchlight magazines see No Colours as a company serving theNSBM scene.[6][7]
German media also reported about the label while reporting about the mob attacks that occurred on August 19, 2007.[8] German newspaperTAZ reported the label was recommended as a "national mail order" in a Nazi internet forum.[9] Nevertheless, the saxonian Verfassungsschutz does not agree with that classification and denies observation.[9]
