Metal Blade Records
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| Metal Blade Records | |||
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| Founded | 1981 | ||
| Founder(s) | Brian Slagel | ||
| Distributing label | Sony BMG Music Entertainment/ RED Distribution (US) WEA (Outside the US) | ||
| Genre(s) | Metal | ||
| Country | US | ||
| Web address | http://www.metalblade.com/ | ||
Metal Blade Records is an independent record label which was founded in 1981 by Brian Slagel. It has offices in the USA, Germany and Japan. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music Entertainment/ RED Distribution.
Current bands signed on Metal Blade Records include: The Absence, Amon Amarth, Ancient, John Arch, Armored Saint, As I Lay Dying, Behold... The Arctopus, Beyond the Embrace, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse, Cellador, Goatwhore, Into The Moat, Bolt Thrower, 3, King Diamond, The Ocean Collective, Unearth, Winter Solstice, Vader, Tourniquet, Fates Warning, Jacob's Dream, Neal Morse, Mortification, Ed Gein, Lizzy Borden and Six Feet Under.
Bands formerly on this label include: Cirith Ungol, Betsy, Bitch, Omen, Slayer, Epidemic, Galactic Cowboys, Goo Goo Dolls, GWAR, Lamb of God, Skrew, Spock's Beard, Immolation, King's X and Mercyful Fate.
Metal Blade artists that have appeared on the Billboard Top 200 chart include As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Cannibal Corpse and Unearth.
See also
External links
- [Official Metal Blade Records USA Homepage]
- [Official Metal Blade Records Germany Homepage]
- [Official Metal Blade Records Japan Homepage]
- [Interview with Metal Blade's Brian Slagel for online fanzine Metallian]]
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