Emanzipation (EMZ) was founded by Michael H. Andersen in 1991 in Næstved, Sjælland as a fanzine, and released four issues in the period 1992 to 1994.
In 1993 Emanzipation Productions was created and the first release on the label was Italian death metal band Euthanasia’s “Casssette EP 1994”. In 1995 the Danish death metal Iniquity signed to EMZ, and in 1996 the label did a license deal with Diehard Records (now closed down).
In the years 1996 to 2000 EMZ released 8 albums with Swedish death metal bands Taetre and Centinex, Greek death metal band Exhumation, Finnish goth metal band Charon, Danish goth rockers Point of View Secondhand and before mentioned Iniquity.
Since 1997 EMZ a sub-label of Mighty Music. In 2000 EMZ went on hiatus.
Emanzipation Productions relaunched in May 2020 as an underground record label dedicated to old school extreme metal.
Distributiors: SPV GmbH (in Germany), DC Norden / Target Group ( in Denmark), Hells Headbangers Records (in the USA), Plastic Head Distribution (rest of the world), The Orchard (worldwide digital distribution)
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