Deadline Music

Deadline Music Records is an American record-label imprint operated within the Cleopatra Records label group. Public reference material identifies Deadline as one of Cleopatra Records' sub-labels, alongside imprints such as Hypnotic Records, Goldenlane, Stardust, Purple Pyramid, and X-Ray Records. The available material does not establish a separate founding date, standalone corporate structure, headquarters beyond the United States, or an independent ownership arrangement for Deadline Music. The imprint should therefore be understood primarily as a catalog and branding unit within Cleopatra Records rather than as a fully documented independent label. Cleopatra Records was founded in January 1992 by Brian Perera and developed a catalog spanning gothic rock, deathrock, hard rock, heavy metal, electronic music, and reissues of previously out-of-print recordings. Its business has also included compilation projects, often built around cover versions performed by artists connected with the label. Because the supplied reference material describes Cleopatra's broader activities rather than a distinct Deadline-specific roster or discography, those group-level characteristics cannot be assigned exclusively to Deadline Music. No reliable source in the supplied material identifies Deadline Music's executives, current operating status, principal artists, flagship releases, geographic distribution, or current website. It is consequently best characterized as a specialist imprint whose identity and catalog activity are linked to the wider Cleopatra Records organization. Further research into release credits, catalog pages, label databases, and archived Cleopatra communications would be required to document its launch, genre focus, artist roster, and present-day activity in detail.

Deadline Music Records is identified in reference material as a sub-label of Cleopatra Records, Inc., an American independent record company founded in January 1992 by Brian Perera. The available sources do not provide a separate origin story for Deadline Music, including a launch year, founding personnel, initial release, or reason for the creation of the imprint. Its documented organizational context is Cleopatra Records' broader multi-imprint structure. Cleopatra has used multiple labels to organize releases across areas including gothic rock, deathrock, hard rock, heavy metal, electronic music, and archival or reissue programming. Deadline is listed among those associated imprints, but the supplied material does not distinguish which genres, artists, territories, or release series were specifically assigned to Deadline. It also does not establish whether the imprint remains active, has been absorbed into another Cleopatra label, or is used only for selected catalog releases. Cleopatra Records' wider catalog has included work by artists such as Gary Numan, Ministry, Christian Death, Switchblade Symphony, Information Society, Heaven 17, Missing Persons, and other acts associated with rock, electronic, gothic, industrial, and alternative music. Their inclusion in descriptions of Cleopatra's notable artists does not, by itself, demonstrate that they released recordings through Deadline Music, so they are not treated here as a Deadline-specific roster. The imprint's documented significance is therefore structural rather than biographical: it forms part of Cleopatra Records' portfolio of label identities. A fuller history would require authoritative release-level evidence showing Deadline-branded albums, artists, catalog numbers, distribution arrangements, and dates. Until such evidence is available, claims about the imprint's chronology, market position, and current operations should remain qualified.

• 1992

  Cleopatra Records is founded

  [1]Cleopatra Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Brian Perera founded Cleopatra Records in January 1992. Deadline Music Records is subsequently identified as one of the Cleopatra group's sub-labels, although the supplied sources do not date the imprint's establishment.

• Deadline is documented as a Cleopatra sub-label

  [1]Cleopatra Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Reference material lists Deadline among the sub-labels associated with Cleopatra Records, Inc. No independent launch date or catalog history is supplied.

A specialist record-label imprint within the Cleopatra Records group, with its independent brand profile and specific catalog focus not sufficiently documented in the supplied sources.

• Recordings

  Deadline Music recorded-music releases

  Deadline Music's documented product category is recorded music issued under the imprint's name within the Cleopatra Records organization. The supplied sources do not identify specific albums, artists, release dates, or catalog numbers, so this entry describes the format rather than asserting a particular discography.

• Catalog releases

  Deadline Music reissues and compilations

  Cleopatra Records is associated broadly with reissues of out-of-print music and compilation albums, including projects based on cover versions. Deadline is one of its listed imprints, but the available reference does not establish which reissue or compilation titles belong specifically to Deadline Music.

1. 1Cleopatra Recordsen.wikipedia.org