Frontiers Label Group Launches BLKIIBLK Records

Italy-headquartered Frontiers Label Group has launched BLKIIBLK Records, its metal and extreme music offshoot. Veteran A&R exec Mike Gitter will lead the label, as well as serving as the Global Head of A&R for Frontiers Label Group.

Good ear:

• Gitter has previously occupied A&R roles with Century Media, Roadrunner, Razor & Tie and Atlantic.

• He has signed and worked with acts such as Ice T’s Body Count, Killswitch Engage, Bad Religion, Starset and Lorna Shore.

• His first signings at BLKIIBLK are Bay Area thrashers Forbidden, legendary New York hardcore act Cro-Mags, Oregon’s Unto Others and Cleveland’s Nunslaughter.

Structure:

• Frontiers Label Group is now split into three distinct identities: Frontiers Music Srl (rock), FLG (alternative), and BLKIIBLK (metal).

• Founded by Serafino Perugino in 1996, Frontiers has issued nearly 2000 releases by artists such as Whitesnake, Def Leppard, Journey, Skunk Anansie and Electric Light Orchestra.

What they said:

• Mike Gitter: “I’m proud to announce my joining the Frontiers Label Group team and helming BLKIIBLK. Frontiers is a company of passion. The mission statement is simple: to establish BLKIIBLK as a force on the heavy and extreme music spectrum that spans the gamut from the mainstays and driving forces of the genre to the most modern of metal to the grimiest of the underground. The common denominator is pushing boundaries with records and bands that are nothing short of vital, no matter what stage in their career.”