BORE

The indie label Ferret Music is known for propelling some of the most successful 2000s metalcore artists into the spotlight. And they're back.

Filmed in Kansas City this past spring.

The founders of Ferret Music — the hardcore label that delivered early releases from Killswitch Engage, Converge, Every Time I Die, Zao and more — are relaunching the imprint in 2026 and have announced both a run of upcoming represses and the signing of two new acts: BORE and Wounded Touch. The news arrives from founder Carl Severson — also of New Jersey metalcore outfit Nora — who confirmed Ferret’s upcoming plans. He’d founded the imprint in the Nineties, and filled their catalogue releases from Converge, ETID, In Flames, The Devil Wears Prada, Poison the Well, Madball, Shadows Fall and many more. Warner Music Group assumed control of the catalogue in 2010, which led Severson and then Ferret co-owner Paul Conroy to form Good Fight Entertainment Per a press release, the new era of Ferret brings Severson to his hardcore roots “at a time when heavy music is once again thriving at a grassroots level that is driven by community, discovery, and a renewed appetite for authenticity.” “I started Ferret as a way to be more a part of hardcore,” he explains in a statement. “My friends all had talent and were in a band (Endeavor) and I wanted to do more than carry things to contribute to what they were doing. It was a passion that turned into a life and into a career. “For the vast majority of its initial existence I worked with my friends, worked with bands we loved listening to and it was just honestly an adventure. We grew and eventually saw behind the curtain and ventured beyond it. Things changed. My friends didn’t, and we still love listening… So here we are.” The new signees include the Long Island, New York-based BORE, who have been together since 2018 and most recently delivered the Feral album in 2025. Ferret was a label we always looked up to,” guitarist Danny Kopij adds in a statement, noting that records like ETID’s Hot Damn! are coded in his group’s collective DNA. “So, to get to be a part of the Ferret family, let alone to get to be here for the revival is nothing short of the honor of a lifetime. Looking forward to this next chapter of our band and to get to do it Ferret Style. “Most of our childhoods were shaped by the Ferret catalogue, so we’d have been championing this return out of sheer excitement regardless,” Wounded Touch vocalist Nick Holland adds, further describing Ferret as the “holy grail label of our youth. “But to instead get to be directly involved as boots on the ground for the return of Ferret and count ourselves among the pantheon of genre defining records released under that name is a validation that can’t be bought, traded or diminished.” Though ETAs on new music from BORE and Wounded Touch are TBD, Ferret Music have announced a slate of upcoming vinyl represses. This includes a 20th anniversary pressing of metalcore act Remembering Never s 2006 album God Save Us. The release restores the full-length’s original artwork and adds an extra track. You can pre-order a Revolver-exclusive copy of God Save Us on “Gold/Olive/Black” vinyl, limited to 250 copies, in our shop.

An archive interview with Cancer Bats following the release of their second full-length album, Hail Destroyer

Ferret Music, the influential independent label known for shaping the landscape of 2000's metalcore, born of a love for punk, hardcore and metal, has officially made its return — marking one of the most anticipated revivals in the heavy music world. At its peak, the label served as a launching pad f...