Scion A/V Was One Of The COOLEST Metal Record Labels - Video

If you were alive between 2003 and 2016, I'm pretty willing to bet you remember the car brand Scion. Scion was an offshoot of Toyota based in North America that produced eight models of cars throughout their lifespan as a brand before being absorbed into Toyota in August 2016.

But I'm not here to talk about that. I'm here to talk about Scion's record label, Scion Audio Visual or Scion A/V. Or more specifically, the fact that a car brand put out incredible rock and metal releases from bands like Wormrot, and Enslaved, and Revocation, and Immolation, and Meshuggah and more.

Scion A/V also had an annual heavy metal music festival called Scion Rock Fest that was held between 2009 and 2014. The festivals had some really, truly insane lineups, including everyone from Mastodon, Neurosis, and High On Fire to Cannibal Corpse, Voivod, Morbid Angel, and Obituary, to Agalloch, Down, and Sleep... and the list goes on and on. You get the idea. Scion A/V really had its finger on the pulse of metal.

It is also worth noting right up top that some of these releases are still available online. Some of them have been reissued, both digitally and physically, and some you are really gonna have to hunt down some physical copies, possibly at some pretty great expenses.

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