A musician, producer, and record label owner, Mike Hill contributes his life to independent music.

Hill's path begain in the hardcore scene of the early 90's. While playing in various bands, he co-founded the legendary Salad Days Studios with Brian McTernan. Salad Days would become a cornerstone of the Boston underground, recording works by bands such as Isis, In My Eyes, Piebald, Jejune, Ten Yard Fight and American Nightmare.

In 1997, Hill founded avant-hardcore band Anodyne and relocated to New York shortly after. Between 1997 and 2005, under Hill's command, Anodyne released two full-length albums, two EPs, three 7-inches, and numerous compilation tracks, and played an estimated 450 shows in North America and Europe. Combining a diehard work ethic with complex, intense musicality, Anodyne would earn worldwide acclaim as a prolific, uncompromising force in extreme music.

In New York, Hill continued his production work out of various studios -- among them, The Lodge, Atomic Recordings, Translator Audio, and his own project studio, The Red Room -- engineering and mixing recordings by Hot Cross, Burnt By The Sun, Premonitions Of War, Lickgoldensky, and more.

2004 saw Hill channel his passion and experience into the foundation of his own independent record label, Black Box Recordings. From Day One, the mission was clear: to utilize his DIY hardcore punk approach in order to release music by the best new extreme bands. A completely self-financed label, BBR now has more than ten releases in its growing catalog, including music by Anodyne, Black Army Jacket, Engineer, The Wayward, Tombs, and more.

Ending Anodyne in 2005, Hill began work on a new band, Versoma, with members and ex-members of Hot Cross, Lickgoldensky, and Orchid. Versoma bore one EP, a critically hailed collection of dark, melodic songs which paved the way for Hill's current musical focus, Tombs. Tombs' self-titled debut EP, released in fall 2007 on Black Box Recordings, was hailed by Rock Sound Magazine as "a punishing yet subtly melodic fusion of doom, hardcore and twisted alt-rock" and earned comparisons to Swans, My Bloody Valentine, and Unsane.

Hill is currently writing Tombs' debut full-length and preparing for North American and European tours in 2008. In addition to Tombs, Hill pursues other musical projects, including King Generator, a collaboration with Municipal Waste drummer Dave Witte, and Vasilek, a one-man production focusing on electronic music and sound construction. He continues his production work and and is currently branching out into film work, creating sound constructions for a collaboration with SSD Films.