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The 30 best Metalabel releases of 2025
"Best" is a false construct, but these are things we really, really like
60 Creators
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A Thousand Forests
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Allie Eve Knox
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Avi Solomon
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Barry Stone
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Becoming Press
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Benjamin Earl
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Benn Gabriner
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Bogna Konior
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ceramicism
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Chia Amisola
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Cory Arcangel
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danielle paterson
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Dragan Espenschied
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Eileen Ahn
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Elliott Cost
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Emmett Palaima
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empowa
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Enrique H
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Eva & Franco Mattes
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Garry Ing
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Howard Rheingold
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Jackie Liu
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Jason Reed
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Jazsalyn
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Julio Correa
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Justin Gignac
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Kay Curley
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KGD
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Kristina Wong
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Kristoffer Tjalve
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Lance Weiler
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Laura Coombs
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Laurel Schwulst
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Lavisha Jain
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Leïth Benkhedda
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Livia Foldes
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Liz Barr
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McKenzie Wark
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Meg Miller
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Meghna Rao
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Melissa Gira Grant
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Mindy Seu
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Mistress Harley
Molly Prentiss
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Qiujiang Levi Lu
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Reza Hasni
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Ruby Bailey
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Samantha Cole
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Sarah Friend
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Soda Jerk
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Tibor
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TOURIST Label
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Traceloops
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Ven Qiu
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VÉRITÉ
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VNS Matrix
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WTTDOTM
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Zachary Kai
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Zahra Stardust
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Zeopatra
30 Releases
Our debut issue traces LAST HUMAN’s roots, from eerie prototypes at Lincoln Center to glitch-laden mobile rituals. Dive into neurothrillers, post-cinema, and AI resistance as we explore a decaying web of synthetic identity, broken interfaces, and the horror of a world where reality no longer loads.
Released by
Last Human Collective
Free
"Legal Structures for Creative Practices" is an illustrated zine designed for creative entrepreneurs that unpacks the pros, cons, and nuances of various legal structures to help choose the one that will best suit their unique practice. View the digital zine at: AThousandForests.com
Released by
A Thousand Forests
Free
Get detailed Notion templates for all the exercises in the Artist's Way book. ⋆౨ৎ˚⟡˖ ࣪ Unlock your higher creativity with the self-guided 12 week program in the Artists Way written by Julia Cameron. Join artists like Doechii, Alicia Keys, Bella Hadid, and more in the creative transformation guided by these exercises.
Released by
EMPOWA
$5
First Lights are stars that nobody has ever seen before. Through a process done in consultation with research astronomers around the world, the excess and unimportant stars of astronomy are collected, printed, folded, and sealed completely blindly, so that when you open up a First Light, you become the first person in the world to witness it.
Released by
WTTDOTM
$30
Presenting, the sonic architecture of my artist project, uploaded to 10 deconstructed, fragile USBs with an accompanying essay dissecting their meaning. While all of the stems, original demos and commentary are available on my website (veriteofficial.com) for purchase or theft, these will be the only physical manifestations.
Released by
VÉRITÉ ARCHIVE
$1+
Cory Arcangel, MY_PHOTO, 2024-2025 is a virtual 3 1/2 inch floppy disk (downloadable as an ISO file system image) containing 36 cloudscape JPEGs snapped by Arcangel on his Sony FD Mavica MVC-FD75 Digital Still Camera from the terrace of his apartment in Stavanger, Norway. Released by Arcangel Surfware (SRF-064).
Released by
Arcangel Surfware
$35.95
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Boom and Dust depicts a 40-mile stretch of highway between Midland and Odessa, Texas. This roadway serves as the backbone of the extraction industry in the Permian Basin. We made hundreds of photographs from the back of a pickup truck of the unrelenting scroll of mancamps, pumpjacks, and oil outfitters collectively known as the "Petroplex."
Released by
Folding Table Books Co-Op
$10+
How has technology shaped and been shaped by sexuality? This 700+ page artist book gathers anecdotes, artworks, and historical artifacts that reveal the pervasive and perverted origins of our digital tools. UPDATE: Due to shipping delays, USA-orders will ship by early-Dec; international-orders are shipping now.
Released by
The Dark Forest Collective
$35+
