Noise Records

Noise Records
Parent company	Modern Music Records GmbH (1983–2001), Sanctuary Records Group (2001–2007), BMG Rights Management (2016–present)
Founded	1983
Founder	Karl-Ulrich Walterbach
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	Noise International Century Media Records Sanctuary Records Group
Genre	Heavy metal, extreme metal
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Berlin
Official website	noiserecords.net

Noise Records is a German heavy metal record label founded in 1983 by German music industry personality Karl-Ulrich Walterbach as an expansion of his company Modern Music Records. It was sold to the Sanctuary Records Group in 2001 and ceased any activity in 2007 due to the bankruptcy of Sanctuary. The Noise catalogue was consequently acquired by Universal Music Group later on. In April 2016, BMG Rights Management, which had acquired Sanctuary Records in 2013, announced that it would revive the Noise Records label.^[1]