Metal Blade

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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.

A music starved kid named Brian Slagel, killing time in suburban Los Angeles, gets sick of watching the local metal scene being ignored by the major labels. Working days at legendary metal emporium Oz Records and nights putting together one of the first metal fanzines, The New Heavy Metal Revue, Slagel asks some distributor friends if they’d be interested in circulating a compilation of unsigned bands if he put it together. The distributors said yes and Metal Blade Records was born. Of course it wasn’t quite that simple. Putting in long 17 hour days between Oz and Metal Blade, Slagel pieced together the bands that would grace the label’s first release - The New Heavy Metal Revue presents Metal Massacre. Metallica, Ratt and Black ‘N’ Blue were just a few of the willing locals. Except before Metal Massacre, Metallica didn’t exist.

So now for over 25 years Metal Blade Records has been setting the trend in heavy metal music without compromising it’s underground beginnings. Brian Slagel and Metal Blade Records have without a doubt had a major role in developing the American metal scene since day one and remains one of the most essential sources of metal music today.

1	As I Lay Dying – Nothing Left	3,069
2	As I Lay Dying – An Ocean Between Us	2,803
3	Amon Amarth – Death in Fire	2,475
4	Slayer – Jesus Saves	2,439
5	As I Lay Dying – The Sound Of Truth	2,399
6	Slayer – Bloodline	2,353
7	Amon Amarth – Runes to My Memory	2,338
8	As I Lay Dying – The Darkest Nights full track	2,335
9	As I Lay Dying – Forsaken	2,255
10	As I Lay Dying – Within Destruction	2,158

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Cavaleras_Ghost wrote:
last week

Metalheads who hate every one !

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AiEnma wrote:
last month

Amon Amarth!

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dequis wrote:
last month

These guys could update amon amarth's last album...

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Dead-Poetic wrote:
October 2008

;D fuck!

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Peppsy606 wrote:
September 2008

Check out my new song "Wake Me Up".Its energetic as hell. :) http://www.last.fm/music/Percy+Mejhagen Thanks. /Percy

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super_ruben09 wrote:
September 2008

Charts need moar Amon Amarth.

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olarte20 wrote:
September 2008

Hola gente, un saludo a todos. Os pego el myspace d mi banda para que le echeis un vistazo y comneteis lo que os apetezca. http://www.myspace.com/mutedmetal Vuestra opinion vale mucho, sabeis de lo que hablais. Gracias.

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alejandros69 wrote:
September 2008

As I Lay Dying rape this label's charts

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I-Shot-The-Sher wrote:
August 2008

i like turtles

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SeiFeR_HxC wrote:
August 2008

ITE MISSA EST, French Deathcore, 2 NEW SONGS ONLINE !!!!! http://www.myspace.com/itemissaest Enjoy !!

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PigFucker911 wrote:
July 2008

Es el unico sello que le pone la pata a Relapse !!!!

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Andrepresto wrote:
June 2008

Chainsaw Disaster (From Brazil) http://www.myspace.com/chainsawdisaster

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PittMosh_HCF wrote:
June 2008

www.myspace.com/hardcorefanatics

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PrecisionTime wrote:
June 2008

Amon Amarth \m/

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[deleted-user] wrote:
May 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Metalheads+who+hate+every+one+%21
[deleted-user] wrote:
April 2008

awesome label \m/
[deleted-user] wrote:
April 2008

http://www.last.fm/group/Metalheads+who+hate+every+one+%21
Beavis1579 wrote:
April 2008

www.myspace.com/thalliumol

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Beavis1579 wrote:
April 2008

http://www.lastfm.de/music/Thallium+%28Melodic+Death+-+Metal+aus+Oldenburg%29

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Dr2psycopath wrote:
April 2008

This label wins... and how the fuck as i lay dying is even over cannibal corpse, the black dahlia murder or job for a cowboy... as i lay dying is very generic metalcore

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