In December 2015, the four of us who ran Datathrash (Arnie/Abandoned on Fire, Chad/Optimus Chad, Kevin/d_strct/e.s.c., & Michael/Nestrogen) decided after some discussion that the label had run it's course and it was time to shut things down so we could all focus on our own projects. We knew some people would miss the label, but we were a little surprised by exactly how many people we had touched with the label and who reached out to us with farewell messages even going to the point where a group of artists simply wouldn't let us go out quietly and took it upon themselves to organize a compilation in memoriam of Datathrash. Thanks to SuperBustySamuraiMonkey for organizing this compilation of tracks and to all the artists who contributed, we are happy to now share them all with you. All good things must end someday, and we're truly honored to know that our work was appreciated by so many people. Thanks for making sure that the spirit of Datathrash can live on through music, even though the label itself has ended. Keep music evil. - Kevin
When Kevin and Michael joined us we had a killer staff that really got a lot of cool shit done (ya'll really should have bought that DVD that Kevin put together, it's super cool) even while we jabbered and argued and made obscene dick jokes behind the scenes. We just wore ourselves out trying to figure out how to keep growing and being a better resource for the artists that we liked to the point that we began to not be much help to anyone. I'm not sad about it. Trying hard to make something worthwhile is good way to burn out. I have no idea how we could have done things any differently.