Candlelight Records (Ihsahn, Vision Of Disorder, etc.) have been acquired by Spinefarm Records, who themselves are owned by the Universal Music Group. Candlelight owners Edward Christie and Steve Beatty sent a company email announcing the move and said of their decision to walk away:
“It’s been a great ride and we are immensely proud of what we have achieved in those years. We have enjoyed working with [all the artists] and it has been great to have made some genuine friendships along the way. We have released some amazing music, some of which can genuinely be termed as classics of their genres, a major achievement. We have also released some records that were received so badly that frankly people thought we were insane, but we liked them and we thought they should be heard.”
A copy of the email has been obtained by Blabbermouth, who have republished a number of details from it.