Metal Mind Productions (MMP) was a Polish record label founded in 1987. The label focused on rock and heavy metal. MMP was also the publisher of the Polish edition of Metal Hammer, the largest and the oldest heavy metal magazine. As a concert agency, it was an organiser of Metalmania, the largest heavy metal event in Central Europe, and it organised over 1000 concerts, including Monsters of Rock in Poland, 1991.
Metal Mind Productions over the years became the subject of criticism from such bands as Malevolent Creation, Enter Chaos, Behemoth and Moonlight among others, for releasing unauthorized records and lack of professionalism.http://muzyka.interia.pl/szukaj/news/malevolent-creation-kontrowersje-wokol-dvd,471838 They purchased rights for several albums from Empire Records that include titles from such bands as Totem, Sammath Naur, Dissenter, Deivos, Archeon, Spinal Cord, Demise, Naumachia, and Pyorrhoea. and re-released them in 2007 and 2008 although the musicians were not informed about the deal and were unable to contact Metal Mind.
Metal Mind had a licensing deal with Music for Nations from the 1990s until its closure in 2004. That deal included releases by such bands as Candlemass, Thrasher, Dispatched and Paradise Lost among others. It also had a distribution and licensing deal with Century Media Records that included releases by such bands as Sentenced, Death, Cryptopsy, Arch Enemy, Strapping Young Lad, Jag Panzer, The Gathering, Bloodbath and Massacre among others.
In 2006 Metal Mind Productions signed a multi-licensing deal with Roadrunner Records for their back catalogue. The selection of bands included Solitude Aeturnus, Willard, Trojan, Atrocity, Crimson Glory, Front Line Assembly, Violent Force, Acrophet, Amen, Atrophy, Heathen, Realm, Xentrix, Defiance, Disincarnate, Pestilence, Last Crack, Znowhite, Sadus, Toxik, Bulldozer and Gorguts.
In 2008 the label signed a similar deal with Nuclear Blast for their back catalogue. The selection of bands include Brutallity, Control Denied, Darkane, Disbelief, Dismal Euphony, Destruction, Theatre of Tragedy, Stormwitch, Darkseed, Disharmonic Orchestra, Gardenian, Primal Fear, Farmer Boys, Horde, Hypocrisy, Impulse Manslaughter, Macabre, Mortification, Night in Gales, Slaughter, Abomination, Warhammer and Winter.
On other various licenses Metal Mind Productions released albums by artists such as Ankh, Anvil, Art Rock, Astharoth, Bang Tango, Bank, Blaze Bayley, Believer, Warlock and Wilczy Pająk among others.
In 2010 label founder Tomasz Dziubiński died of neoplasm.
Metal Mind Productions was declared bankrupt in March 2025.
Bands Current
2TM2,3 After... Agressiva 69 Alastor Andareda Anti Tank Nun Apostolis Anthimos Believe Budzy i Trupia Czaszka Caamora Ceti Chemia Clive Nolan Cochise Coria Corruption Doogie White & La Paz Doogie White Elvis Deluxehttp://www.magazyngitarzysta.pl/muzyka/newsy/12275-elvis-deluxe-w-metal-mind.html Elżbieta Mielczarek Exlibris Grube Ryby Hellectricity Jan "Kyks" Skrzek Janusz Niekrasz Band J. D. Overdrive Kasa Chorych Kat Kruk Krzak Laboratorium Leash Eye Mech Minerals Mr Gil Noko One Million Bulgarians Ordinary Brainwash Opprobrium Osada Vida Pampeluna Panzer X Paul Di'Anno Satellite SBB Speculum Sui Generis Umbra Śląska Grupa Bluesowa Turbo TSA WAMI (White Appice Mendoza Iggy) Will Wallner & Vivien Vain Via Mistica
Former
Acid Drinkers Aion (disbanded) Akurat Ani DiFranco Anal Stench (disbanded) Anathema Arena Armia Artillery Artrosis Asgaard Batalion d'Amour Behemoth (Poland only) Bright Ophidia Carpathian Forest Ciryam Cemetery of Scream Chainsaw Closterkeller Cree Dance on Glass (disbanded) Dark Tranquillity (Poland only) Darzamat Decapitated Dezerterhttp://muzyka.interia.pl/wiadomosci/news/dezerter-i-metal,525301,44 Delight (disbanded) Desdemona Dies Irae (disbanded) Dragon (disbanded) Elysium (disbanded) Enter Chaos (disbanded) Enslaved Final Conflict Frontside Gordon Haskell Gorgoroth Grave Grzegorz Kupczyk Hate Hedfirst Hetman Hunter Homo Twist Horrorscope Izrael Jadis John Porter Józef Skrzek Killjoy Lizard Luna Ad Noctum Love De Vice Łzy Mess Age (disbanded) Michael Schenker Group Mietek Blues Band Moonlight (disbanded) Moonspell Naamah (disbanded) NeraNature NewBreed Obituary Onslought Oddział Zamknięty Overhead Pain Pallas Patrycja Markowska Pendragon Perfect Retribution Rotting Christ RPWL Sacriversum (disbanded) Serpentia Shadowland Shakin' Dudi Sirrah StrommoussHeld Tenebrosus (disbanded) The No-Mads Thy Disease Tinyfish Tomasz Mars Tuff Enuff Vader (Poland only) Vital Remains WU-HAE Złe Psy Ziyo
See also Metal Hammer Metalmania List of record labels
References
External links Official website Metal Mind Records at Discogs Article about Metal Mind's Reissue Series Article about Metal Mind's Thrash Metal Reissue Series