{{short description|American independent record label}} {{Infobox record label | name = Retroactive Records | founded = {{Start date|2002}} | founder = Matt Hunt | distributor = Brutal Planet Distribution (US)<br/>Cargo Twilight (DE)<br/>Plastic Head (UK)<br/>Season of Mist (FR)<br/>Metalzone (Belgium) | genre =Christian metal, heavy metal, hard rock, Christian rock | country = United States | location = Keokuk, Iowa | website = {{URL|www.retroactiverecords.net}} }}
'''Retroactive Records''' is an independent record label in Keokuk, Iowa.
The label was founded in 2002 by Matt Hunt, who had previously operated a small label called Magdalene Records. Originally intended to reissue classic Christian metal, the label has since grown to sign new artists, release original albums by those artists,<ref name="HM Mag Inverview">"Diary of a Mattman", Heavens Metal, Feb/Mar 2005, Issue #73, p14,15 & 20</ref> and release other genres of music.<ref name="2008 Interview">{{cite web|url=http://www.heartofmetal.net/t7977-an-interview-with-matthew-hunt-retroactive-records |title=2008 Interview with Matt Hunt |publisher=Heartofmetal.net |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23}}</ref> They have also started and acquired several smaller labels.<ref name="HM Mag">{{cite web|url=http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/retroactive-records-secures-distribution-in-family-christian-stores/ |title=Retroactive Records secures distribution in Family Christian Stores|accessdate=January 20, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120916121641/http://www.hmmagazine.com/2010/11/retroactive-records-secures-distribution-in-family-christian-stores/ |archivedate=September 16, 2012 }}</ref>
== Artists ==
The following<ref name="FS Vault">{{cite web |url=http://firestreamvault.com/main/index.php?go=showcat&sort=DESC&type=withlabel&label_id=8 |title=Firestream Music Vault - Retroactive Records |publisher=Firestreamvault.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23 }}{{dead link|date=April 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> represents a list of bands with albums both released and re-released on Retroactive. Bands with re-releases only on Retroactive are indicated with a {{dagger}}.
{{columns-list|colwidth=12em| * Antestor * Armaggedon{{dagger}} * Arnion * Barnabas{{dagger}} * Believer{{dagger}} * Boarders * Brainchild (Circle of Dust){{dagger}} * Bride * Broken Silence * Children of the Day{{dagger}} * Circle of Dust{{dagger}} * Commissioned * Daniel Amos{{dagger}} * Deliverance * Eloi{{dagger}} * Emotion * Encryptor * Faith Factor * Fasedown * Fearful Symmetry * Final Axe{{dagger}} * Fires of Babylon * Grave Robber * Guardian{{dagger}} * Haven{{dagger}} * Heaven's Rage{{dagger}} * Hero * His Witness * Hortor * Jacob's Dream * Jommy Hotz * Jupiter VI * King James{{dagger}} * Kreyson * Liberty n' Justice * Living Sacrifice with Scott Albert * Lifesavers Underground, aka LSU * Lust Control * Main Line Riders * MASS{{dagger}} * Menchen * Messiah{{dagger}} * My Silent Wake * Philadelphia{{dagger}} * Randy Stonehill{{dagger}} * Redeemer * Regime * Resurrection Band{{dagger}} * Rev Seven * Rex Carroll * Rivera Bomma<ref name="RB">{{cite web|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=184778 |title=SYMPHONY X Bassist Featured On New RIVERA BOMMA Album - Jan. 12, 2013 |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date= |accessdate=2013-06-23}}</ref> * Rosanna's Raiders{{dagger}} * Saint * Sardonyx{{dagger}} * Saviour Machine{{dagger}} * Servant{{dagger}} * Seventh Seal * Siloam{{dagger}} * SinDizzy * Six Feet Deep{{dagger}} * Struggle{{dagger}} * Stairway{{dagger}} * Sweet Comfort Band{{dagger}} * The Lead * The Rise * The Seventh Power * Titanic * Ulf Christiansson * Ultimatum * Vision * Whitecross * X-Sinner * Zion{{dagger}} }}
== Imprints == ===Born Twice Records=== Among the records that have seen a re-release on the Born Twice label are ''Shotgun Angel'' by Daniel Amos on Born Twice Records BTR7783,<ref>Cross Rhythms, Sunday 16th February 2014 - [https://crossrhythms.co.uk/products/Daniel_Amos/Shotgun_Angel_Collectors_Edition/148990/ Daniel Amos - Shotgun Angel (Collector's Edition)]</ref> and the self-titled album by The Exkursions,<ref>Cross Rhythms, Thursday 10th April 2014 - [https://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Exkursions/The_Exkursions_Legends_Remastered_Vol_3/148983/ The Exkursions - The Exkursions (Legends Remastered Vol 3)]</ref> both in 2011.<ref>Discogs - [https://www.discogs.com/label/388196-Born-Twice-Records Born Twice Records, Releases]</ref> Christian punk band, the Bill Mason Band had their 1979 ''No Sham!'' album re-released that year.<ref>''Down the Line Magazine'', 13 Feb 2025 - [https://www.downthelinezine.com/cue/bill_mason_band The Christian Underground Encyclopedia, Bill Mason Band]</ref><ref>'' Down The Line Magazine'', February 2012 - [https://downthelinezine.com/reviews/bill-mason-band-no-sham/ REVIEWS, Bill Mason Band – No Sham! by Matt Crosslin]</ref> Christian rock band Vision recorded their album ''Streetfighter'' in 1986. It was never released until Born Twice Records released it in 2011.<ref>Dead to Self Radio - [https://deadtoselfradio.com/album.php?artist=Vision&album=Streetfighter Streetfighter]</ref>
===Others=== * Bombworks Records * GospoMusic * Watergrave Records
== See also ==
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links ==
* [http://retroactiverecords.net/ Retroactive Records]
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Category:American independent record labels Category:Heavy metal record labels Category:Rock record labels