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Dreamt Music
Dreamt Music
Parent company	Facedown Records
Founded	2007-2013
Genre	Hard rock, classic rock, Christian alternative rock, Christian rock
Country of origin	US
Location	Fallbrook, California
Official website	Dreamt Music at the Wayback Machine (archive index)

Strike First Records
Strike First Records
Parent company	Facedown Records
Founded	2003-2014
Founder	Jason Dunn
Genre	Metalcore, post-hardcore, hardcore punk, deathcore
Country of origin	US
Location	Fallbrook, California
Official website	strikefirstrecords.com at the Wayback Machine (archived July 27, 2013)

Facedown Records
Facedown Records
Founded	1997
Founder	Jason Dunn
Genre	Christian hardcore, Christian metal, Christian rock
Country of origin	United States
Location	Fallbrook, California
Official website	facedownrecords.com

Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California, that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands (Christian and secular) with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No Innocent Victim drummer Jason Dunn^[1] in 1997,^[2]^[3] the label started small with a number of 7" record releases by Overcome, Dodgin Bullets, and Born Blind. As the label grew, it was able to sign artists for full album deals. xDISCIPLEx released material on Facedown, as well as Figure Four and Point of Recognition. The label also signs straight edge groups such as xDEATHSTARx and xLooking Forwardx.

Bands like Seventh Star and Nodes of Ranvier released well-received records through the label, but it was the release of Turn It Around by Comeback Kid (featuring members of Figure Four) that really brought the label more notice. Comeback Kid toured behind that album for the following two years, eventually leaving Facedown to sign with Victory Records.

Strike First Records

Strike First Records is Facedown's imprint label, which provides label services for smaller bands, and sometimes acts as a "Facedown training ground"; some Strike First bands, such as Bloody Sunday, Kingston Falls, Call to Preserve, and War of Ages have since moved to Facedown.^[4] All of Strike First's releases are limited edition physical issue, and are made using no plastic, from recycled cardboard.^[1]

Dreamt Music

Late in 2007, the label announced a new imprint, the rock-based Dreamt Music.^[5] Dreamt Music focuses more on Christian Alternative and Classic Rock unlike its Christian Metal counterparts Facedown and Strike First Records. See Dreamt Artists for list of Dreamt Music signed artists.

Facedown Fest

Since 2000,^[3] the label also hosts an annual two-day "Facedown Fest" in southern California.^[6] The rock festival is usually made up of the entire Facedown and Strike First rosters. It has been the site of final performances by xDisciplex A.D., and xDEATHSTARx, Seventh Star, and served as the introduction of xLooking Forwardx to Facedown fans, prior to the band signing with the label. The popularity of the Fest has grown,^{[citation needed]} and in November 2005, an additional two days were held in Annapolis, Maryland for the convenience of those in the eastern part of the U.S. who cannot easily make it to California. For 2017's Facedown Fest, and to celebrate their 20th anniversary, the label is hosting the festival as a three-day event, with old acts such as A Plea for Purging, Bloodlined Calligraphy and xLooking Forwardx and new acts such as Nothing Left and Comrades. The 20th anniversary had many notable acts, including Impending Doom, Sinai Beach, Gideon, Hands and War of Ages.^[7]

Roster

Current

American Arson
Bloodlines
Confessions of a Traitor
Cultist
Deathbreaker
Dens
Everything in Slow Motion
Fallstar
Fleshkiller
For All Eternity
HolyName
Meadows
Northlander
Nothing Left
War of Ages
Weathered
What We Do in Secret

Past

A Hope for Home (unsigned)
A Plea for Purging
Abel (Dreamt Music)
Ace Augustine (Strike First Records) (previously signed to Red Cord Records)
Anchor
Alove for Enemies (members in Letter to the Exiles)
Altars (unsigned)
Anam Cara (member also in Twelve Gauge Valentine)
Ark of the Covenant (unsigned)
As Hell Retreats (signed to Ain't No Grave Records)
Attalus
Bloodlined Calligraphy (Strike First Records)
Bloody Sunday
Brutal Fight (Strike First Records)
Born Blind
The Burial
Call to Preserve
Ceasefire
Clear Convictions (Strike First Records) (unsigned)
Colossus
Comeback Kid (currently signed to Victory Records)
Comrades
Counting The Days (Strike First Records)
The Deal (reunited in November 2008)
Demise of Eros (Strike First Records; one member went on to join Once Nothing and Haste the Day)
Dogwood (currently on Roadside Records)
Dynasty (unsigned)
Dodgin' Bullets
Earth from Above
Extol
Falling Cycle (one member went on to join Sinai Beach)
Figure Four (two members are also in Comeback Kid)
Flee the Seen
For Today (previously signed to Nuclear Blast Records)
Gideon (currently on Equal Vision Records)
The Great Commission (signed to Ain't No Grave Records)
Hands (Shane Ochsner in Everything in Slow Motion)
Hanover Saints (one member in Union Hearts)^[8]
Hit The Deck (Strike First Records)
Hope for the Dying
Immortal Souls (signed to Rottweiler Records)
Impending Doom (signed to E1 Music^[9])
In Due Time (Strike First Records)
Indwelling (members now in Overcome)
Inked in Blood
In the Midst of Lions
Jesus Wept (Strike First Records)
Kingston Falls
Leaders (last show on June 27, 2015)
Letter to the Exiles
Means
Messengers (unsigned, members in Modern Pain, Heretic, Hollow Point, Never In Ruin)
My Epic (currently signed to Tooth And Nail Records)
No Innocent Victim
Nodes of Ranvier
Nothing Til Blood (Strike First, unsigned)
One-21
Opposition of One (Strike First Records)
Onward to Olympas (one member went on to join Forevermore)
Overcome
Point of Recognition
Poured Out
The Redemption Song (Strike First Records)
The Rekoning
Remove the Veil
Rival Choir (formerly Mouth of the South)
Saving Grace
Seventh Star
Shapes Stars Make (Dreamt Music) (currently unsigned)
Silence the Epilogue (Strike First Records)
Sinai Beach
Sleep for Sleepers (Dreamt Music) (member in The Wandering Tree)
Sleeping Giant
Symphony in Peril
Take It Back! (Currently signed to Wrong Ones Records)
This Runs Through (members are now in Sleepwave and To Speak of Wolves)
Through Solace
Thieves & Liars (Dreamt Music)
Those Who Fear
Today Forever (Strike First Records)
Torn in Two (changed their name to Red Red, playing local shows)
Trauma (Strike First Records)
We the Gathered (Strike First Records)
Within (Strike First Records)
Wrench in the Works
xDEATHSTARx
xDISCIPLEx A.D. (members went on to form Jesus Wept)
xLooking Forwardx
Your Memorial

References

^ ^a ^b "Company Profile: Facedown Records". Alternative Press 251 (June 2009), p. 38.
^ Sciarretto, Amy (April 13, 2010). "Interview with Facedown Records founder, Jason Dunn". Noisecreep. Retrieved August 13, 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Why Christian rock label Facedown Records' 20th anniversary is going to be big". San Gabriel Valley Tribune. May 9, 2017. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
^ "Strike First Records - Artists". Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved February 18, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ New Imprint Label from Facedown Records. Decapolis, November 16, 2007.
^ "Facedown Fest 2013". facedownrecords.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.
^ Distefano, Alex (May 12, 2017). "Five Must See Bands at Facedown Fest This Weekend". OC Weekly. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
^ Jones, Brandon (August 12, 2017). "Introducing: Union Hearts". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
^ wookubus (March 16, 2011). "Impending Doom Sign With eOne Music". Theprp.com. Retrieved April 3, 2015.