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Earache Records is a Nottingham-based independent record label founded by Digby Pearson in 1986. Earache Records is mainly known for its death metal and grindcore releases from late-1980s to early-1990s by pioneering bands such as Napalm Death, Carcass, Entombed, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, among others.

Specialized in extreme metal, the record label also gave attention to other forms of heavy metal music, releasing records from industrial metal musical groups Godflesh and Pitchshifter, to the doom metal of Cathedral, and the stoner rock act Sleep, as well as avant-garde musicians such as Bill Laswell and John Zorn.

Catalog
This list is organized by catalog number, a roughly chronological number system established by the label and typically printed on or assigned to each official release. Earache Records releases its recordings in various formats, such as vinyl (which includes singles and EPs of 7, 10 and 12-inches; picture discs), cassette, CD, DVD, VHS, and DualDisc.