The Mess Lab

The Mess LabIndependent Record Label

We create worlds, sounds and chaos.

An independent imprint releasing original work across electronic, progressive metal, screamo/hardcore and West Coast hip-hop.

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Velvet Voltage

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Velvet Voltage in magenta and cyan stage light, hair streaked with neon

Velvet Voltage

EDM / Hard Synth/ Screamo/Metalcore

Born where an electrical storm met a data storm.

Blackwater House at night, the Hero and Halcyon band symbol above it

Hero and Halcyon

Progressive Punk/Metal

Suites over singles.

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Voltcrown — #1 on SharePro

September 11, 2026

Voltcrown — #1 on SharePro

Voltcrown is #1 this week on the SharePro indie chart. Hero and Halcyon (The Mess Lab) from Three Hold The Strings Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7lW0ur9WBY Chart https://www.sharetopros.com/musiccharts.php A Mess Lab release therealmesslab.com press@therealmesslab.com

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Voltcrown — official video

September 4, 2026

Voltcrown — official video

The official video for “Voltcrown” is up. Opening track off Three Hold The Strings by Hero and Halcyon. The current lives inside me. Watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7lW0ur9WBY Stream the album: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/5g2QvrwKTj09N36Dnjo7yq Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/three-hold-the-strings/6804639190 Performed by Hero and Halcyon A Mess Lab release therealmesslab.com press@therealmesslab.com

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I Bleed Where You Belong — official video

September 4, 2026

I Bleed Where You Belong — official video

The official video for I Bleed Where You Belong is up. Velvet Voltage. From She Screams in Stereo. Watch: https://youtu.be/P3mCx4-bm00 The mattress is a grave. The red is the only proof anything happened. Stream the album: Spotify https://open.spotify.com/album/6xEQMpluag6Phh0HB4Z4SM Apple Music https://music.apple.com/us/album/she-screams-in-stereo/6806942741 SoundCloud https://soundcloud.com/missvelvet-64669624/i-bleed-where-you-belong Written by Hoblivion Graves Performed by Velvet Voltage A Mess Lab release therealmesslab.com press@therealmesslab.com

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She Screams in Stereo

Velvet Voltage

Velvet Voltage returns with She Screams in Stereo, ten songs about the wreckage after the fact — grief that will not stay buried, love that already spent itself, and what is left. This time she brings her own band.