Massacre Records is an independent record label based in Abstatt, Germany, specializing in bands from the heavier genres of metal.

Associated with Massacre Records are the marketing and music wholesale company Metal Merchant,[1] the sub-labels Blue Rose Records[2] and Gutter Records, dedicated to the singer/songwriter genre and German metal respectively, and the music publisher Sylvian Music.

Massacre Records also distributes albums for the gothic metal label MCM Music.

The most well-known artists published on Swanlake include Skyclad, Atrocity, Theatre of Tragedy, and Liv Kristine.

[4] The best-selling albums released by Massacre Records are: Velvet Darkness They Fear and Aégis by Theatre of Tragedy, and Werk 80 by Atrocity.