History Creator / TheArtisanEra

* ButtMonkey: Nick Padovani of Equipoise and Kossuth is the de facto perennial target of good-natured ribbing on the page. Whenever there is an Equipoise-related post on the group, you can expect to see at least one or two trash-related comments, and if you are ''really'' lucky, someone may dig up the infamous "Blocked" (an old photo of Nick that was Photoshopped to resemble the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' version of ComicBook/TheJoker, complete with a cursive "Blocked" across his forehead) image that Elijah Whitehead created many moons ago.

This changed in 2014, when a revamped Inferi reemerged with ''The Path of Apotheosis'', their third full-length. The album picked up a surprising amount of buzz, and Low's own side project Oubliette also put out a full-length on the label that year. 2015 brought another release from A Loathing Requiem that attracted far more attention than their first one, in addition to their first proper signing with Enfold Darkness. While 2016 was a fairly uneventful year for the label, Pugh and Low were quietly working on Inferi in the background. This all changed in 2017, when the label began to grow with multiple new signings outside the UsefulNotes/{{Nashville}} metro area, including several established acts with Music/InanimateExistence and Augury, while the establishment of The Artisan Era Society on Facebook also accelerated its rise by creating what would become the hub and defining tastemaker for the modern tech scene.

This changed in 2014, when a revamped Inferi reemerged with ''The Path of Apotheosis'', their third full-length. The album picked up a surprising amount of buzz, and Low's own side project Oubliette also put out a full-length on the label that year. 2015 brought another release from A Loathing Requiem that attracted far more attention than their first one, in addition to their first proper signing with Enfold Darkness. While 2016 was a fairly uneventful year for the label, Pugh and Low were quietly working on Inferi in the background. This all changed in 2017, when the label began to grow with multiple new signings outside the Nashville metro area, including several established acts with Music/InanimateExistence and Augury, while the establishment of The Artisan Era Society on Facebook also accelerated its rise by creating what would become the hub and defining tastemaker for the modern tech scene.

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* ButtMonkey: Nick Padovani of Equipoise and Kossuth is the de facto perennial target of good-natured ribbing on the page. Whenever there is an Equipoise-related post on the group, you can expect to see at least one or two trash-related comments, and if you are ''really'' lucky, someone may dig up the infamous "Blocked" (an old photo of Nick that was Photoshopped to resemble the ''Film/SuicideSquad'' version of the Joker, complete with a cursive "Blocked" across his forehead) image that Elijah Whitehead created many moons ago.

* TropeCodifier: For the modern tech scene. While there was something of a tech scene before the label came along, it had no real culture - it was just a bunch of like-minded bands who often shared fanbases and usually found their way onto the same labels (primarily Willowtip and Unique Leader Records). The Artisan Era and particularly the corresponding Facebook group, on the other hand, formed their cultural hub - while the culture ''has'' changed to some degree to be less meme-driven (as the moderators began cracking down on excessive memeposting once it became clear that it was starting to turn into a meme group), playing most styles of tech at this point means that you will likely be associating with the label in some fashion.

* TrueCompanions: While they are not currently signed to the label, Archspire is effectively part of the label due to their close ties and similar mindset, and their own rise to the fame around the end of the 2010s roughly paralleled the label's own.

The Artisan Era is an American extreme metal label that specializes in TechnicalDeathMetal. Once just a vehicle for [[Music/{{Inferi}} Malcolm Pugh]] to self-release his solo project A Loathing Requiem after Inferi fell apart, the label grew beyond everyone's expectations into a fast-rising boutique label with numerous critically-lauded releases and a devoted fanbase that effectively serves as the epicenter of the late 2010s tech scene.