Philip Anselmo compiled his past and present side projects into his new record label, Housecore Records. Anselmo signs bands that he feels “are extreme in their own way, a fresh listen for a person dying for something new in music.” The bands featured on Housecore retain the production rights to their music, allowing total artistic freedom.

The inspiration came from Anselmo’s New Orleans home in the early and mid-1990s. It had a special creative energy that produced Down and Superjoint Rit...