UNREST RECORDS

In early 2003, we opened a punk/metal record store and screen printing facility in the heart of Edmonton, Alberta named Octopus Ink Records. We serviced the wholesale merchandise needs of many local bands with shirts, hoodies, buttons, stickers, and also offered a large selection of music / merchandise from around the world in our retail store front. Many of our screen printing customers were close friends in bands looking for an outlet to manufacture compact discs & vinyl, and so…Unrest Records was born. Our label subsequently began releasing albums for wholesale/retail distribution, paired with a service to manufacture merchandise for bands.

Unrest Records specializes in all aspects of punk, crust, D-beat, thrash and grindcore with a top caliber VINYL, CD, TAPE and SHIRT catalogue of the best underground bands from around the world. After a decade plus of trial and error, punk posting, piggy backing and the help of other labels / distros abroad helping us to handle mail outs, Unrest now has USA / EU offices in place as we approach 100 albums. With no signs of letting up, we will continue releasing records to create awareness of talented bands that would otherwise go unheard.

In order to help spread our catalogue to the far reaches of the earth, Unrest Records has collaborated with like minded individuals and their respective companies to fortify its distribution network into the USA, Europe, Japan, South America and Mexico. We’d like to use this opportunity to thank everyone we have worked with over the years helping to keep this dream alive, because we couldn’t have done it without you all!!

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