Many stories have been told concerning this cult label

-  Here are the real facts -

 

Tragic Empire Distribution was created end of 1992, early 1993 by Phil Galliano.

To release his records, Tragic Empire used the name of EMBASSY Productions. It should have been called EMBASSY OF SATAN but a sect was at the time using this name.

Embassy Productions ONLY released:

Gorgoroth "Pentagram" debut album cd 

Vlad Tepes & Belketre "March to the Black Holocaust" split cd (limited and hand numbered to 1000)

Vlad Tepes "War Funeral March" mini cd (limited to 500 copies)

Mactatus "Blot" debut cd

The label went bankrupt in 1996/1997 (including Tragic Empire Distribution)

 

Notes:

Wild Rags (US) released a pirate version of Gorgoroth debut cd.

Gorgoroth "Pentagram" was re-published later by Malicious Records.

Mactatus "Blot" was re-released later by Napalm Records after being distributed by Nuclear Blast.

Mactatus "Blot" released by Embassy, had a different artwork cover.

Vlad Tepes/Belketre split cd was re-released later by Tragic Empire Rex (Dunno if the bands know about it!).

Vlad Tepes "War Funeral March" was re-released later by Tragic Empire Rex (Dunno if the band knows about it!)

Embassy Productions released GRAVELAND "1000 Swords" unofficially with the agreement of Rob Darken.

Later No Color Records re-released "1000 Swords".

Before ending their activities, Embassy had planned a split CD with the German band Persophone.

Tragic Empire Distr. was in talks with Euronymous (Mayhem) to become the French distributor of Deathlike Silence Productions.

Some of the first releases distributed by Tragic Empire Distribution were Samael first Lp, Burzum first Lp, Immortal first Ep and debut Lp.

All the CDs originally released by Embassy Productions are considered now as extremely rare.

Tragic Empire distr. has never released a record and has nothing to do with Tragic Empire Rex which is managed by someone else.

 

 

This information has been made from an old collection of Interviews of the bands signed with Embassy Prod and label's member founder.

MADE IN 2008

Dedicated to Øystein Aarseth

 Euronymous