Distort Entertainment is a Canadian independent record label based in Toronto, Ontario.
[1] The label specializes in bands performing hardcore punk-derived music, including Alexisonfire, Cancer Bats and Johnny Truant, but its sister division Distort Light has also released less aggressive rock bands such as Bend Sinister.
Formed by Greg Below, (concert promoter and owner of Distort Productions) and Mitch Joel, (music journalist and publicist) in early 2002, Distort began by producing New Jersey's Step Kings' third release, 3 The Hard Way.
The label's slogan "Listen Harder" was soon formed and showed Distort's specialization in heavy music.
[2] Now quite established, Distort Entertainment is a well-known Canadian label, and back some of the most respected bands in the heavy music industry.