Different sources answer different questions
A label’s current history page is strongest for how the company describes itself today. A contemporary announcement can document what a deal was said to cover at the time. A discography database can help identify a specific pressing. None of these sources does every job equally well.
For example, the current Hammerheart history page gives the label’s own account of its 1995 origins. The Metal Archives profile supplies a Karmageddon-era catalog and describes a later closure. A 2003 news report records the reorganisation. Read together, these sources create a more careful outline than any single page.
Keep uncertainty visible
Dates can refer to an album, a physical edition or a database’s best available estimate. Ownership can change. A forum post can be useful but should not silently stand in for a contract or official statement. Good archive writing names its source and makes the scope of each claim clear.
This site links directly to the records behind its summaries. Where the evidence is thin, the language stays modest. The goal is not to close every question; it is to leave a trail someone else can verify.
