Catalyst Records

"Catalyst Records is dedicated to maintaining the spirit of the hardcore music scene, by remaining DIY, and by promoting bands that fit with the ideals of the label, not just because they will sell records. Catalyst is a label that still believes that hardcore is as much about communication, hopes and ideals as it is about music. We believe that without the music, the ideals remain; but that without the ideals the vitality of hardcore is missing. Music on its own is merely entertainment, on some levels hardcore is entertainment, but it is our hope that it is also something more.

Catalyst Records is a label dedicated to more than just releasing records. Catalyst is also about ideas and the meaning behind the music, such as straight edge, veganism, feminism, the DIY concept, as well as fighting intolerance and injustice. Knowledge is power."
-Catalyst Records