Open Wound is a British Noise and Industrial label run by Trevor Ward, also a founding member and one half of The Grey Wolves.
Open Wound has its roots in a tape label named Sol Niger.
Ward started a label called Industrial Warfare, Convulsive Beauty and -finally- Open Wound.
Open Wound was replaced by a relaunched Strength Through Awareness Branch: "23rd September 2008 - Let it be known that Strength Through Awareness Branch replaces the label name - Open Wound. Ive been aware for quite a while that the name id been using for my label since about 1990 was being used by others (labels / groups / shops / books / etc). In the end enough was enough and i decided to ditch Open Wound in favour of an old label name i hadnt used since the 1980s - Strength Through Awareness Branch. STAB is back (to basics) and ready to take on some more industrial underground operations.
