Did you know Games Workshop had a record label in the 1990’s? Checkout the track that may have inspired the Slaaneshi troop favorite.
Back in the early 1990’s GW began to diversify its activity, such as combining gaming with music. Games Workshop set up their own label, Warhammer Records, and went about signing hard-rock acts such as Wraith and D-Rok to it.
D-Rok also collaborated with the death metal band Bolt Thrower, whose Warhammer 40,000-themed album Realm of Chaos was released on a different label.
Games Workshop even published D-Rok’s tour schedule in White Dwarf 148!
Courtesy of Peter Alexander
Their sound is a bridge of the styles between the end of the 1980’s and beginning of the 1990’s. It would not sound out of place on any old sci-fi or heck even the first Transformers movie. You may have even heard some of their tracks playing in GW stores, and have not even paid any mind to it.
Via the YouTube OP Feric Jaggar
“Noise Marines” is the first track from D-Rok’s mythical album “Oblivion” produced by Warhammer Records Ltd (Games Workshop) in 1991.
About the Author: Rob Baer
Rob Baer
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Founded Spikey Bits in 2009
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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.
Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls.
Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.
Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.
With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.
While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.
