Southern Lord is an American heavy metal record label that was founded in 1998 by Greg Anderson.

Before co-founding their own record label Greg Anderson and Stephen O'Malley were friends and bandmates in Thorr's Hammer and Burning Witch.

[2] Southern Lord released material by Anderson and O'Malley's latest band, Sunn O))) in 2002.

[3][4][5] The label's roster continued to grow with notable doom releases such as Warhorse's As Heaven Turns to Ash, Place of Skulls Nailed and With Vision, as well as albums from Anderson's band Goatsnake.

[6] Releases from Earth, Sunn O))) (including the heavily lauded Monoliths & Dimensions), and a series of Boris 7″s to go along with the album Smile took place at the end of the decade.