SPV GO BYE-BYE

It’s always sad to see any metal label, let alone a reputable one, bite the dust. But you can’t say SPV didn’t have it coming. SPV put out plenty of quality records over the years, but it seems like recently we received in inordinately high amount of promos from head-scratchingly obscure European bands on SPV; I’m thinking, “these make you guys money? ok then…” After all, it is a business.

So is SPV really going away or what? Here’s the money quote in a recently released lengthy statement from the label:

“An ongoing international artist relationship and export business is planned…”

Translation: the label will continue on selling their catalog and repacking their most popular albums in special editions, box sets, compilations and greatest hits collections. And why not? It’s easy money. Sad to see the core label go, though.

-VN