A catalog outlives its storefront
In a 2020 interview, Guido Heijnens said the Karmageddon chapter ended in 2006 after the problems behind the 2003 restructuring had been resolved. He described the label as still alive but largely inactive in new releases. Hammerheart returned under its earlier name in 2010. A label profile now marks Karmageddon closed, while discographies and specialist reviews continue to preserve its release credits.
That sequence describes the public label history; it does not tell us that every recording stopped circulating or that all rights moved together. A name can disappear from new sleeves while remaining in edition databases, review archives and collector records.
What an independent archive can do
This site cannot replace the label, the musicians, a rights holder or a collector’s firsthand copy. It can bring scattered references into one readable path, explain why a release appears under several imprints and point readers back to the underlying sources. A catalog credit is evidence of an edition listing, not a claim about who owns the recording now.
That is a modest role, but a useful one. An archive is strongest when it makes discovery easier and its limits easy to see: dates can vary by edition, database records can conflict and historic addresses should not be treated as current contact details.
