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Eclipse Records is a indie rock record label based in Butler, New Jersey. The current president of the label is Chris Poland.

History
Eclipse Records was founded in 1997 by owner Chris Poland.

"Over the years, Eclipse has already managed to establish itself as a nationally-recognized record company capable of identifying and developing "hit" bands. This is probably best exemplified by it's slogan when we founded the label in 1997, "we may be a small label... but a piranha is a small fish". Despite the fact that Eclipse has certainly outgrown the "small" reference, we still tackle day-to-day business and artist development as a pack of piranhas would feast on a helpless animal attempting to cross the Amazon..."

- Eclipse Records Homepage

Eclipse Records releases few albums compared to other labels their size. President Chris Poland states that he believes that a record company should try to work on making each album "hit material", instead of putting out as many albums as possible to gain recognition.

In 2006, Eclipse released its current website. In the same month, they also "jumped the bandwagon" and made a MySpace profile.

Released Artists
The following artists have albums released with Eclipse Records.

Current

 * Alev
 * Disarray
 * Five Foot Thick
 * Megaherz
 * Run for Cover
 * Scum of the Earth, led by the former Rob Zombie guitarist "Riggs".

Former

 * Bobaflex
 * Cipher
 * Dirt Church
 * Mushroomhead