Hydra Head was founded in 1993 as a distribution company while Turner was still in high school.
[1] In 1995, he moved to Boston to attend art school, when he was handed a Vent demo, whose seven-inch would be the first record released on Hydra Head.
[1] The label grew to accommodate local bands such as Roswell, Corrin, Piebald and Converge, and after Turner graduated from college in 1999, it became a full-time endeavour.
[2] In late 2012, Turner announced that Hydra Head's operation would begin winding down; the label intended to continue distributing old material, but not taking on any new releases.
[6] Bands such as Cave In, Pelican, Isis, Botch and Converge have released records on Hydra Head.