Rock of Angels Records

Rock of Angels Records, commonly styled as ROAR! Rock of Angels Records, is a Greek independent record label centered on hard rock and heavy metal. It was established in 2012 by Akis Kosmidis, a longtime fan of the genre, at a time when Greece had a particularly active heavy-metal community. The label initially concentrated on promoting younger Greek acts, giving emerging local bands a route to recorded releases and broader distribution. Alongside its work with developing artists, it licensed albums by better-known international performers, including Stryper and Operation: Mindcrime. The label’s catalogue has grown to more than 50 albums. Releases identified with the imprint include Sarissa’s Nemesis and Mean Streak’s Blind Faith, illustrating the label’s emphasis on traditional and melodic heavy metal as well as related hard-rock styles. Over time, Rock of Angels Records became a registered European trademark and developed from a narrowly focused label into one part of a larger independent-music business. In 2015, the operating company changed its name to Infinity Entertainment IKE as its activities expanded beyond the ROAR! label. The company acquired exclusive distribution rights for audio products from other independent labels and built a broader wholesale, retail, and licensing operation. Rock of Angels Records remained the in-house imprint for hard rock and heavy metal, while the company introduced or operated Growl Records as a sub-label for death metal and gothic metal. Distribution responsibilities are divided by territory and channel. Soulfood Music Distribution handles the label’s European distribution outside Greece and Cyprus, while Plastic Head’s Code7 operation handles distribution in Great Britain. Believe provides digital distribution. In Greece and Cyprus, Infinity Entertainment manages distribution for its own releases and for partner labels, supplying large retail chains such as Media Markt and Public Stores as well as specialist music shops. The company also operates online retail through the Music Megastore service. The wider business has held exclusive Greek distribution arrangements involving independent labels such as Nuclear Blast, SPV, AFM Records, and Frontiers Records. This expansion positioned Infinity Entertainment as a significant Greek distributor for independent recorded music, while ROAR! retained its identity as the company’s rock and metal label. The company also moved into event activity, organizing the Rock on the Beach open-air festival for the first time in September 2015. A separate collaboration with former Deep Purple and Rainbow singer Joe Lynn Turner and Greek winery Nico Lazaridi produced a wine marketed under the name Joe Lynn Turner – King of Dreams, demonstrating the broader entertainment and partnership activities associated with the company. The available reference material does not establish detailed current release activity, leadership beyond the founder, or a standalone official website URL.

Rock of Angels Records was founded in 2012 in Greece by Akis Kosmidis, who had been interested in hard rock and heavy metal since his youth. The original business was a focused record label operating under the ROAR! Rock of Angels Records name. Its early purpose was to market and support young Greek heavy-metal bands, reflecting the strength of the local scene, while also licensing recordings from better-known international artists and projects. The label gradually built a catalogue of more than 50 albums. Releases associated with the imprint include Sarissa’s Nemesis and Mean Streak’s Blind Faith. The catalogue and brand later received European trademark registration. Rather than remaining limited to Greek artist development, the business expanded into licensing and distribution, creating a broader infrastructure for independent music in the Greek market and abroad. In 2015, the company changed its corporate name to Infinity Entertainment IKE. The change reflected an expansion of purpose: the business had begun acquiring exclusive distribution rights for audio products released by other independent labels. The ROAR! name continued to serve as the company’s own hard-rock and heavy-metal label, while Growl Records was used for death-metal and gothic-metal material. The company’s distribution network developed on several levels. Soulfood Music Distribution became responsible for European distribution of the company’s own products outside Greece and Cyprus. In Great Britain, Plastic Head’s Code7 operation handled distribution, and Believe provided digital distribution. Infinity Entertainment itself managed wholesale and retail distribution in Greece and Cyprus, both for its own releases and for labels represented under exclusive arrangements. The company’s Greek distribution portfolio included agreements involving Nuclear Blast, SPV, AFM Records, and Frontiers Records, among others. Its products reached national retail chains such as Media Markt and Public Stores, smaller specialist music retailers, and customers through the Music Megastore online shop. This structure made the company more than a conventional imprint: it became an independent-label distributor with genre expertise and a local-market logistics network. The business also extended its activities into live events. In September 2015 it organized the first Rock on the Beach open-air festival. Another cross-category collaboration involved Joe Lynn Turner, formerly associated with Deep Purple and Rainbow, and Greek winery Nico Lazaridi. Together they created and distributed a wine named Joe Lynn Turner – King of Dreams. The available reference material confirms the label’s origin, catalogue direction, corporate expansion, distribution partnerships, and event activity, but does not provide a complete release chronology, a verified current executive roster, financial data, or a confirmed current website address.

• 2015

  Corporate expansion under Infinity Entertainment IKE

  [1]Rock of Angels Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  The operating business changed its name to Infinity Entertainment IKE as it expanded into exclusive distribution for independent labels; ROAR! remained the in-house rock and metal imprint.

• 2015

  First Rock on the Beach festival

  [1]Rock of Angels Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  The company organized the first Rock on the Beach open-air festival in September.

• 2012

  Label founded

  [1]Rock of Angels Recordsen.wikipedia.org

  Akis Kosmidis founded Rock of Angels Records in Greece to develop young Greek hard-rock and heavy-metal artists and license selected international releases.

An independent Greek rock and metal label and music-distribution platform that combines artist development, international licensing, physical and digital distribution, and genre-focused specialist retail.

• Hard rock and heavy metal recordings · 2012

  ROAR! Rock of Angels Records catalogue

  The core label catalogue consists of physical and digital releases by hard-rock and heavy-metal artists. The imprint began with a strong emphasis on young Greek bands and later incorporated licensed releases from established international acts. The catalogue is reported to contain more than 50 albums, including Sarissa’s Nemesis and Mean Streak’s Blind Faith.

• Death metal and gothic metal label

  Growl Records

  Growl Records is the company’s genre-specific sub-label for death metal and gothic metal. It complements the broader ROAR! imprint by giving more extreme and gothic-oriented releases a distinct label identity within the Infinity Entertainment structure.

• Music-related wine collaboration

  Joe Lynn Turner – King of Dreams

  This wine was created and distributed through a collaboration involving Joe Lynn Turner, a former singer associated with Deep Purple and Rainbow, and the Greek winery Nico Lazaridi. It represents a cross-category partnership connected with the company’s wider entertainment activities rather than a standard recorded-music release.

• 2015Rock on the Beach

  Greece

  Rock of Angels Records organized the first Rock on the Beach open-air festival in September 2015, extending the company’s role from recorded-music publishing and distribution into live music promotion.

  Outcome. The reference material confirms the inaugural event but does not document later editions or attendance results.

  Source

• 2015

  Expansion from label operations into independent-music distributionStrategy

  Background

  The company began acquiring exclusive distribution rights for audio products from other independent labels, making the original label-only structure too narrow for its expanding activities.

  Action taken

  The operating company adopted the name Infinity Entertainment IKE, retained ROAR! as its own hard-rock and heavy-metal imprint, and used Growl Records for death-metal and gothic-metal releases.

  Aftermath

  Infinity Entertainment developed a broader Greek distribution operation with physical retail, specialist-store, online, European, British, and digital distribution channels.

  Source

1. 1Rock of Angels Recordsen.wikipedia.org