To Live A Lie

American Independent record label based in Raleigh, North Carolina

Record label

To Live A Lie

Founded| 2005
Founder| Will Butler
Genre| Rock, Powerviolence
Country of origin| United States
Location| Raleigh, North Carolina
Official website| www.tolivealie.com

To Live A Lie is an American Independent record label, based in Raleigh, North Carolina, founded in 2005 by Will Butler.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

The label has released albums by bands such as Magrudergrind, ACxDC, Agathocles, Godstomper, WVRM, Unholy Grave, XBRAINIAX, Despise You, Suffering Luna and Backslider. Some of the artists, who recorded for the label include Assholeparade, Torch Runner, Funeral Chic, Nashgul and Sex Prisoner.[7]

## History

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The record label was founded in 2005 and it debuted in August 2005, with a split 7-inch featuring California's Godstomper and Maryland's Magrudergrind.[1]

In January 2014, the company organized its inaugural festival, To Live A Lie Records Fest in Raleigh, which was also attended by Sex Prisoner and Assholeparade.[8]

In 2020, the label started to be the exclusive mailorder of 625 Thrashcore.[9]

In December 2021, the label helped set up and host two memorial shows for John Rivera from Headfirst Records/Punks On Paper alongside 533 Uprisings, Paul Genet, Bitter Melody Records, and Caroline Weiss [10] .[11]

## Notable artists

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* Agathocles
* Amps for Christ
* Assholeparade
* ACxDC
* Bastard Noise
* Beartrap
* Despise You
* Dry Socket
* Gasp
* Gel
* Magrudergrind
* Sex Prisoner
* Suffering Luna
* Spy
* Torch Runner
* Pig City
* Regional Justice Center
* Unholy Grave
* Venomous Concept
* Violencia
* XBRAINIAX

## Discography[7]

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Year | Albums(s) | Artist(s)

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2005 | A Killer Combo | Godstomper, Magrudergrind
2005 | Rhino Charge | Rhino Charge
2005 | Sixty Two Trax Of Thrash | Magrudergrind
2006 | Sick Life / Gate To Unholy Grave | Archagathus, Unholy Grave
2006 | Split | I Object, F.P.O.
2006 | Example | AxRxMx*, Final Draft
2006 | Skate Attack! - Vol. 1 | Various
2006 | Four Bands To Drain Your Pool | Badeatinghabits, NoComply, A.N.S., Rat Byte
2006 | Are You Okay? | XBRAINIAX, NoComply
2006 | Terminal Youth | Terminal Youth
2006 | First Lesson | l.e.ä.r.n.
2007 | Mehkago N.T.  | Mehkago N.T.
2007 | Crazed Development  | Athrenody
2007 | Alexandra's End / Mincing The Fascist  | Agathocles, SMG
2007 | War, Hate, & Misery | Bloody Phoenix
2007 | Back To Hatevolution | Proletar
2008 | Final Draft | Final Draft
2008 | 2003 - 2007 Recordings  | F.P.O.
2008 | TLAL Three Year Sampler | Various
2008 | Kakistocracy / Nux Vomica | Kakistocracy, Nux Vomica
2008 | Slaughter-Extinction / Ucuz Can Pazarı  | Archagathus, Sakatat
2008 | Mesrine / P.L.F.*  | Mesrine, P.L.F.
2009 | Party By The Slice / ¡Malparido! | Party By The Slice, ¡Malparido!
2009 | A Product Of Six Cents II | Various
2009 | An International Grindcore Gathering Illegal Grinding | Various
2009 | Hail Fastcore | XBRAINIAX
2009 | Show Us The Meaning Of Haste | Hummingbird Of Death
2009 | Deathrats  | Deathrats
2009 | To Live A Lie Records 2010 Sampler | Various
2009 | Arctic Choke | Arctic Choke
2009 | Split | Mondo Gecko, D9
2010 | To Live A Lie Records 2010 Sampler | Various
2010 | Demo  | Disciples Of Christ
2011 | To Live A Lie Expanding Sampler | Various
2011 | To Live A Lie Records 2012 Sampler | Various
2011 | The Amazing End Of Everything | Don Garnelli
2011 | A Painful Split | Capitalist Casualties, No Comply
2012 | Committed To The Ground | Torch Runner
2012 | Sleep Eradication | Beartrap
2012 | Six Brew Bantha | Six Brew Bantha
2012 | Blood Filled Bong | Suffering Luna
2012 | Catheter / MassGrave | Catheter, MassGrave
2013 | Planet Of Pestilence | Mindless
2013 | Childhater | Total Fucking Destruction
2013 | Antichrist Demoncore / Magnum Force / Sex Prisoner | Antichrist Demoncore, Magnum Force, Sex Prisoner
2013 | Make 'Em Suffer | The Kill
2013 | Last Words | Last Words
2013 | Eschaton | Seasick
2013 | Abuse | Abuse
2013 | Suppression / NoComply | Suppression, NoComply
2014 | Discography 03-13 | Antichrist Demoncore
2014 | To Live A Lie - Volume II | Various
2014 | Cave State | Cave State
2014 | Weltschmerz | Chest Pain
2014 | Chula Violence | Impulse
2014 | Vermin Prolificus | Fistula
2014 | Intravenously Commodified | Six Brew Bantha
2015 | Sin Without Doubt | Holder's Scar
2015 | Grind In The Mind | The Afternoon Gentlemen
2015 | Fiction Monger | ACxDC
2015 | Postcard | ACxDC
2016 | 2008-2013 | Backslider
2016 | Demo 2009 | Sex Prisoner
2016 | Backbreaker  | Impulse
2016 | Hatred Swarm | Funeral Chic
2016 | Softcore | Sick Shit
2016 | The Primate's Advantage | Chest Pain
2016 | Savage / Loathing | Loathing, Savage
2016 | Triac / Sick/Tired  | Triac, Sick, Tired
2016 | Heartache  | WVRM
2016 | Cárcava  | Nashgul
2016 | Ulterior Motives | Lowhangers
2016 | Life Of Crime  | Goolagoon
2017 | Split | Beartrap, Hummingbird Of Death
2017 | Deadbeat / BOAK | Deadbeat, BOAK
2017 | Cave State / Concussive | Cave State, Concussive
2017 | Death Dealer  | Flash Out
2017 | Sex Prisoner / Harm Done | Sex Prisoner, Harm Done
2017 | Kill Them...All | The Kill
2017 | Deconstruct | Oxidant
2017 | Burnout  | Burnout
2017 | Despise You / Coke Bust | Despise You, Coke Bust
2017 | 2009 - 2016 | Magnum Force
2017 | Fluoride | Fluoride
2017 | The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989 | Crom
2017 | Hot Summerian Nights | Crom
2017 | Forbidden Techniques | Hummingbird Of Death
2017 | Can You Hear The Wind Howl  | WVRM
2017 | Marxbros & Travølta | Marxbros, Travølta
2017 | Sore For Days Demo 96  | Gasp
2017 | Impediment | Sidetracked
2017 | Demo  | Faim
2018 | Demolition | Realize
2018 | Antichrist Demoncore / Goolagoon | Antichrist Demoncore, Goolagoon
2018 | Blight  | Sixbrewbantha
2018 | World Of Inconvenience | Regional Justice Center
2018 | Roman Numeral One | Bruised Ego
2018 | The Undeserving Cassette | God's America
2018 | To Live A Lie Volume III | Various
2018 | Split | Reeking Cross, Escuela
2018 | Third | MOOM
2018 | Silenced | Tired Of Everything
2018 | Agathocles / Slund | Agathocles, Slund
2018 | Primal Code | Burnout
2019 | Terminal Decline | Pig City
2019 | One Party System  | Neckbeard Deathcamp, Terminal Nation
2019 | Disentanglement | Fluoride
2019 | Hollowed Out | Sidetracked
2019 | Humans Are Actual Pain | Beyond Pain
2019 | Future Shocks | Glue Traps
2019 | Painmaker | Brainxtoilet
2019 | Old Man | Calques
2019 | Ugly | Betrayal
2019 | Needle | Needle
2019 | Crypt Hammer | Crypt Hammer
2019 | Last Laugh | No/Más
2019 | Demo II | Regional Justice Center
2019 | No Light Below | Joy
2019 | Split | Slund, Sick Shit
2019 | A Demonstration of Mankind's Supremacy | Mediated Form
2019 | Don't Remember Me For This | Timelost
2019 | In Tinnitus We Crust | Travølta
2019 | The First Two Years | World Peace
2020 | Surge | Bas Rotten
2020 | Stardonas | Gasp
2020 | Hindsight | Life's Torment
2020 | 2009-2019: 10 Años de Poderviolencia | Chulo
2020 | 4-Way Split | Neckbeard Deathcamp, Closet Witch, Racetraitor, Haggathorn
2020 | Definition Of Insanity | Human Obliteration
2020 | Split  | Sidetracked, Suppression
2020 | Indoctrination  | Escuela Grind
2020 | Internal Bleeding  | No Question
2020 | Gel  | Gel
2020 | Life Is Pain Life Is Shit  | Livid
2020 | Gentrified Swamp  | Leachate
2020 | Behind The Blade | Tired Of Everything
2020 | Demo 2020 | Fading Signal
2020 | The Oracles Of Death | Antichrist Demoncore
2020 | Split | Sidetracked, The Seeker
2020 | Satan Is King | Antichrist Demoncore
2020 | Uniform Repression | Peace Test
2020 | Split | Fuck On The Beach, Endless Swarm
2020 | Very Best Of Antichrist Demoncore | Antichrist Demoncore
2020 | Shitstormtrooper | Shitstormtrooper
2020 | Service Weapon | Spy
2020 | Chaos In Tejas 2011 | Capitalist Casualties
2020 | Dweller | Sidetracked
2020 | Split | Fuck On The Beach, Noise Nihilist
2021 | Despair Anthems | Executioner's Mask
2021 | Split | Knoll, Autolith
2021 | Habitual Offender | Spy
2021 | Split | Trappist, Hetze
2021 | Sincere Flattery Vol. 1 | Various
2021 | Sincere Flattery Vol. 2 | Various
2021 | Drome Triler Of Puzzle Zoo People | Gasp
2021 | The Crossroads Of Agony / Cliff Parade | Bastard Noise, Amps for Christ
2021 | Shiver | Dry Socket
2021 | The Future Is Yours | Death Toll 80k
2021 | Gushing Interest | Timelost
2021 | Subservient | Con Artist
2021 | Scag | Scag
2021 | Atropello | Campaña Del Terror
2021 | Split | Antichrist Demoncore, Pig City
2021 | Post-Human Godhood | Cryptic Void
2021 | tinge. | Ixias
2021 | West Side Horizons | Despise You
2022 | East Coast Powerviolence | NoComply
2022 | Under Attack | Under Attack
2022 | Greyhound | Greyhound
2022 | Global Grindcore Alliance Vol 2.0 | Chulo
2022 | Cry Now, Cry Later | Eärthdögs
2022 | Glory Be To The Bomb | Obsolete Man
2022 | Bleak Future / Voglio Un Po | Life's Torment, God's America
2022 | Backlash / Grateful | Life's Torment, Ugly
2022 | Split | No Comply, Sidetracked
2022 | Pry | Peace Test
2022 | Power To The People | Herida Profunda
2022 | The Second Raid | Houkago Grind Time
2022 | To The Max | No Comply, They Live
2022 | Psychic Rot | Backslider
2022 | The Rain In Endless Fall | Prayer For Cleansing
2022 | Post Collapse Cannibal Fantasy | Deliriant Nerve
2022 | Cortadas | Corvo
2022 | Split | Teething, Nashgul
2022 | The Kids Are Alright | Venomous Concept, Under Attack
2022 | Organic | Rot
2022 | Arahant | Hogg
2022 | ばすこ | Basuko
2023 | Night People | Endorphins Lost
2023 | Dragged | Dragged
2023 | The Cocaine Wars 1974-1989 Remastered | Crom

## See also

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* Music portal
* United States portal

* List of record labels
* List of independent record labels

## References

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1. ^ a b C. Reed, Bryan (January 22, 2014). "As its owner matures, so do the motives driving the Raleigh punk label To Live A Lie Records". Indy Week.
2. ^ Kamiński, Karol (February 10, 2016). "To Live A Lie Records: 10th Anniversary interview". IDIOTEQ.com.
3. ^ "Raleigh hardcore bands Last Words and Abuse. ready new LPs for To Live a Lie Records". Indy Week. May 9, 2013.
4. ^ Reveron, Sean (January 20, 2015). "TO LIVE A LIE RECORDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY! TORCH RUNNER & SEX PRISONER NOW SHOWING!". CVLT Nation.
5. ^ "To Live a Lie Records". Allmusic. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
6. ^ Yoe, Adam (July 11, 2018). "Tired of Everything, Silenced (To Live A Lie Records, 2018)". NoEcho.net.
7. ^ a b "To Live A Lie (Discography)". Discogs. Retrieved March 8, 2023.
8. ^ "Highlights from Raleigh's inaugural To Live A Lie Records Fest". Indy Week. January 15, 2014.
9. ^ "Ordering - 625 Thrashcore". 625 Thrashcore. March 8, 2023.
10. ^ "Undying, Prayer For Cleansing, & more to play benefit show". Lambgoat. March 8, 2023.
11. ^ "A Revisionist History in the Life of John Rivera:Undying, Prayer For Cleansing, Catharsis, Codeseven". Facebook. March 8, 2023.

## External links

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* Official website
* To Live A Lie at AllMusicF