Infestdead Records

Infestdead Records is an independent record label from India, founded in 2012 by Rik Namchoom of the metal band Unholy Maunder. The label is identified as the first metal-focused record label from Northeast India, giving it a regional role in the development and promotion of heavy metal outside the country’s main commercial music centers. Its documented activity includes distribution in India for Sons of Malice, a 2012 album by the British New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Savage. The label’s recorded personnel also indicate a broader production and artist-relations function: Rik Namchoom was listed as producer, Dika Rante as co-producer and sound engineer, Aditya Jarial as A&R, Kallol Bordoloi as assistant A&R, and Chintan Zalani as public-relations manager. Available reference material is concentrated around the label’s 2012 launch period and does not establish a complete later discography, ownership structure, headquarters, financial profile, or current operating status. Infestdead Records is therefore best characterized as a specialized independent metal label whose documented importance lies in its Northeast Indian origin and its role in bringing international heavy-metal releases to the Indian market.

Infestdead Records emerged in 2012 as an independent metal label in India. It was founded by Rik Namchoom, a member of the band Unholy Maunder, and is described in reference material as the first metal record label from Northeast India. That distinction places the label within the growth of India’s underground and independent heavy-metal infrastructure, particularly in a region less associated with the country’s mainstream recorded-music industry. The available record does not provide a detailed account of the label’s financing, office location, corporate registration, or release strategy, but it identifies a team covering production, engineering, artist relations, and public relations. The label’s best-documented release activity involved the Indian distribution of Sons of Malice, a 2012 album by Savage, a British band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. This activity suggests that Infestdead Records was not limited to recordings by local artists; it also served as an India-facing channel for international metal repertoire. Distribution of the Savage album gave the label a connection to established British heavy-metal catalogues while reinforcing its specialist genre identity. A personnel listing updated in August 2012 named Rik Namchoom as producer and Dika Rante as co-producer and sound engineer. Aditya Jarial was listed in A&R, supported by Kallol Bordoloi as assistant A&R, while Chintan Zalani handled public relations. Taken together, these roles indicate an organization designed to combine release production with talent identification and promotion rather than operate solely as a retail distributor. Publicly available reference material is limited and primarily describes the label at the beginning of its existence. It does not document a complete catalogue, subsequent ownership changes, later executives, financial results, major advertising campaigns, or a confirmed current operating status. Consequently, Infestdead Records is most reliably understood as a historically notable independent Indian metal label founded in 2012, with a documented regional identity and at least one international distribution credit.

• 2012

  Infestdead Records is founded

  [1]Infestdead Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Rik Namchoom of Unholy Maunder establishes the independent label in India, with the label described as the first metal record label from Northeast India.

• 2012

  Indian distribution of Sons of Malice

  [1]Infestdead Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Infestdead Records distributes Savage's Sons of Malice in India, linking the new label to a British NWOBHM release.

• 2012

  Initial operating team documented

  [1]Infestdead Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  A personnel listing updated in August identifies production, sound engineering, A&R, assistant A&R, and public-relations functions within the label.

A specialist independent heavy-metal label associated with Northeast India and the promotion and distribution of metal recordings.

• Album distribution · 2012

  Sons of Malice

  Sons of Malice is a 2012 album by the British New Wave of British Heavy Metal band Savage. Infestdead Records is documented as having distributed the album in India, making it the label's clearest recorded distribution credit and an example of its role in connecting Indian metal listeners with an international release.

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