{{Infobox record label | bgcolor = Red | name = KROD Records | image = | image_size = | founded = 2015 | founder = Jordan Calvi | genre = punk rock | country = France | location = Berlin, Germany | url =www.krodrecords.com }}
'''KROD Records''' is an independent punk rock record label based in Berlin, Germany. KROD Records was created in 2015 in Toulouse, France, and it is owned by Jordan Calvi. The label was named ''Keine Rose ohne Dornen'' at the beginning and it evolved into Krod quickly. The label currently has 11 active bands.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/label/860179-KROD-Records|title=KROD Records|website=Discogs}}</ref>
== History == KROD Records is a French punk rock independent record label created in Toulouse, France, in 2015 by owner Jordan Calvi. Shortly thereafter, Loïc Gauthey joined the team.
In 2016, KROD Records began to work with the French punk hardcore band Fire At Will to release Life Goes On album.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.puremzine.com/fire-at-will-release-new-video-life-goes-on/|title=Fire At Will release new video "Life Goes On"|website=Pure M}}</ref> They followed this up with the addition of Colour Me Wednesday<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/news/colour-me-wednesday-announce-spring-2017-uk-tour-with-lvl-up|title=COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY Announce Spring 2017 UK Tour with LVL UP|date=January 9, 2017|website=Pure Grain Audio}}</ref> from London<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punktastic.com/news/colour-me-wednesday-sign-with-krod-records/|title=COLOUR ME WEDNESDAY SIGN WITH KROD RECORDS|date=February 15, 2016|website=Punktastic}}</ref> and German band The Deadnotes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.feierwerk.de/konzert-kulturprogramm/detail/2017-03-13-get-better-get-worse-tour/|title=Get Better Get Worse Tour|date=March 13, 2017|website=Feierwerk|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.albumrock.net/actualite-decouverte--the-dead-notes-11141.html|title=Découverte: The Dead Notes|date=May 30, 2016|website=Album Rock}}</ref> to release a retrospective ep ''Anyone & Everyone'' followed by a full-length album ''I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face''.
In February 2017, they celebrated their second birthday with a show in Toulouse with Tiny Moving Parts, Trash Boat, Daylight and Skull Soda at Le Cri de la Mouette.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.breathingthecore.com/2016/12/news-krod-records-in-partnership-with.html|title=News: KROD RECORDS, in partnership with KROD CONCERTS will celebrate, on 16 February, its second birthday|date=December 26, 2016|website=Breathing The Core}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://puregrainaudio.com/news/tiny-moving-parts-trash-boat-and-more-to-play-krod-records-2nd-anniversary-show|title=TINY MOVING PARTS, TRASH BOAT and More to Play KROD Records' 2nd Anniversary Show|date=December 8, 2016|website=Pure Grain Audio}}</ref>
In May 2017, they announced the release of the second album ''Club Dragon'' from Hightower.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.altpress.com/features/entry/pop_punk_bands_from_europe|title=10 European pop-punk bands you need to know|last=Taylor|first=Scott|date=Jan 3, 2018|work=Alternative Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.w-fenec.org/infos/2017/07/01/40201.html|title=Hightower s'annonce|date=July 1, 2017|website=W-Fenec|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.punkanormalactivity.com/2017/05/27/hightower-release-music-video-for-new-single-the-party/|title=Hightower release music video for new single "The Party"|date=May 27, 2017|website=Punkanormal Activity}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> In June, they signed Dream Nails for the release of two singles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lagrosseradio.com/rock/webzine-rock/video-rock/p19223-dream-nails-diy.html|title=Dream Nails DIY|date=July 4, 2017|website=La Grosse Radio|language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.letsgethey.de/2017/06/25/dream-nails-deep-heat/|title=DREAM NAILS – DEEP HEAT|date=June 25, 2017|website=Hey Magazine}}</ref>
In the end of 2017, they add South Berkeley in their family.
In 2018, they celebrated their third anniversary in Berlin with Daggermouth, Hightower, The Deadnotes and Kill Her First.
== Active KROD Records bands == * Atlas for Home * Back Garden Light * Back On Earth * Basement Gary * Between Bodies * Between Owls * Can't Bear This Party! * Chaos Commute * Colour Me Wednesday * Dream Nails<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://whtybpress.com/2017/06/05/uk-punk-band-dream-nails-joins-krod-records/|title=UK punk band DREAM NAILS joins KROD Records|date=June 5, 2017|website=WHTYB Press|access-date=June 19, 2017|archive-date=October 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014083458/https://whtybpress.com/2017/06/05/uk-punk-band-dream-nails-joins-krod-records/|url-status=dead}}</ref> * Droïd Fantôm * Elm Tree Circle * Homeground * Kill Her First<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lecridulynx.com/2016/04/14/le-cri-du-lynx-201-rock-radio-show-09-avril-2016/|title=Le Cri du Lynx # 201 KROD RECORDS|date=April 9, 2016|website=Le Cri du Lynx|language=fr}}</ref> * Liotta Seoul * Livingston * P.O. Box * Phantom Bay * Pluto The Racer * Quitters<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://screamformetoulouse.blogspot.fr/2016/03/lundi-7-mars-2016-happy-birthday-krod.html|title=HAPPY BIRTHDAY KROD RECORDS !!!|date=March 7, 2016|website=Scream For Me Toulouse|language=fr}}</ref> * The Kid Vs. Me * The Vernal * Topsy Turvy's * XO Armor * Yvet Garden
== Previous and affiliated KROD Records bands == * Adversity * Bloodsport * Cold Reading<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/stream-cold-reading-books-comfort/|title=Song Premiere: Cold Reading - Books & Comfort|date=July 11, 2017|website=New Noise Magazine}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://coldreading.net/2017/05/22/cold-reading-on-krod-records/|title=Cold Reading on Krod Records|website=Cold Reading}}</ref> * Earl Grey<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://switchbitchnoise.com/earl-grey-german-crossover-quintet-release-video-for-passing-time/|title=EARL GREY: German crossover quintet release video for 'Passing Time'|date=August 26, 2015|website=Switch Bitch Noise}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://newnoisemagazine.com/feature-earl-grey-talk-about-their-passing-time-album-artwork/|title=Feature: Earl Grey Talk About Their 'Passing Time' Album Artwork|date=September 30, 2015|website=New Noise Magazine}}</ref> * Fake Off * Fire At Will<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.idioteq.com/hardcore-bands-fire-at-will-and-raw-deal-announce-european-dates/|title=HARDCORE BANDS FIRE AT WILL AND RAW DEAL ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN DATES|date=October 17, 2016|website=Idioteq}}</ref> * Flèche * Forgive * Gibberish * Hell's Ditch * Hightower<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rockurlife.net/news/6138-hightower-nouvel-album-nouveaux-singles|title=HIGHTOWER : NOUVEL ALBUM, NOUVEAUX SINGLES|date=June 18, 2017|website=Rock Ur Life|language=fr}}</ref> * Makeshift Promise * Prey Drive * Raincheck * Resolve * Skull Soda * South Berkeley * The Deadnotes<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://weliveinhell.com/noticias/the-deadnotes-assina-com-a-krod-records|title=The Deadnotes assina com a KROD Records|date=May 27, 2016|website=We Live In Hell|language=pt}}</ref> * This Life
== Releases == {| class="wikitable sortable" !Catalog Number !Artist !Title !Format(s) !Release date |- |KRD001 |Quitters |Move On To Honest Things |LP |May 1, 2015 |- |KRD002 |Earl Grey |Passing Time |CD/LP |October 9, 2015 |- |KRD003 |Topsy Turvy's |I Expect Nothing and I'm Still Let Down |10" |October 16, 2015 |- |KRD004 |This Life |Stories of the Year |CD |October 14, 2015 |- |KRD005 |Fire At Will |Life Goes On |CD/LP |April 14, 2016 |- |KRD006 |Colour Me Wednesday |Anyone & Everyone |7" |July 12, 2016 |- |KRD007 |The Deadnotes |I'll Kiss All Fears Out Of Your Face |LP |October 7, 2016 |- |KRD008 |Adversity |Figure Out |DL |July 20, 2016 |- |KRD009 |Fake Off |Boréal |LP |October 27, 2016 |- |KRD010 |Raincheck |True Love |LP |March 24, 2017 |- |KRD011S |Cold Reading |Books & Comfort |DL |July 18, 2017 |- |KRD011 |Cold Reading |Sojourner |LP/DL |September 22, 2017 |- |KRD012S |Hightower |The Party |DL |May 22, 2017 |- |KRD012 |Hightower |Club Dragon |CD/LP |September 15, 2017 |- |KRD013 |Kill Her First |Born To Be Strong |DL |March 29, 2016 |- |KRD014S |Dream Nails |Deep Heat |DL |June 5, 2017 |- |KRD015S |Dream Nails |DIY |DL |June 28, 2017 |- |KRD016 |Kill Her First |Kill Her Sexismracismhomophobia First |DL |February 5, 2014 |- |KRD017 |Makeshift Promise |I'm Not As Good As I Thought |DL |April 24, 2014 |- |KRD018 |Gibberish |Between Timid And Timbuktu |DL |July 22, 2016 |- |KRD019 |Skull Soda |Sleep Hunt Through The Mirror |DL |January 15, 2018 |- |KRD020S |Dream Nails |Tourist |DL |October 13, 2017 |- |KRD020 |Dream Nails |Dare To Care |DL |October 27, 2017 |- |KRD021S |South Berkeley |Tiny Rascals |DL |October 27, 2017 |- |KRD023 |Elm Tree Circle |The Good Life |CD/DL |May 11, 2018 |- |KRD023S1 |Elm Tree Circle |Feel The Burn |DL |February 9, 2018 |- |KRD023S2 |Elm Tree Circle |The Lease |DL |March 9, 2018 |- |KRD023S3 |Elm Tree Circle |Unleaded |DL |April 13, 2018 |- |KRD024 |Prey Drive |Tabula Rasa |DL |April 6, 2018 |- |KRD025 |Colour Me Wednesday |Counting Pennies in the Afterlife |LP/DL |May 15, 2018 |- |KRD026TAPE |Hightower/Daggermouth |Last Minute Split |Tape |April 21, 2018 |}
== Krod Records Crew == * Jordan Calvi – Owner/Label manager<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lesreveriespunkrock.blogspot.fr/2017/02/jordan-de-krod-records-til-bon-gout.html|title=Jordan de KROD records A T'Il Bon Goût ?|date=February 1, 2017|website=Les Rêveries|language=fr}}</ref> * Loïc Gauthey – Label Assistant
== See also == * List of record labels
== References == {{reflist|30em}}
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