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'{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2017}} {{redirect|Metal Blade|the Mega Man weapon|Mega Man 2|and|Mega Man II (Game Boy)}} {{Refimprove|date=October 2010}} {{Infobox record label <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Music --> | name = Metal Blade Records | founded = 1982 | image = Metal Blade Records.jpg | image_size = | founder = [[Brian Slagel]] | status = Corporate | distributor = [[RED Distribution]] (US)<br />[[Warner Music Group]] (Outside the US)<br />[[Riot Entertainment]] (Australia)<br />[[Sony Music]] (CAN)<br />[[BMG Rights Management]] (Europe)<br />[[Diamante Music Group]] | genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[extreme metal]] | country = United States | location = [[Agoura Hills, California|Agoura Hills]], [[California]] | url = {{URL|http://www.metalblade.com/}} }} '''Metal Blade Records''' is a [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[record label]] founded by [[Brian Slagel]] in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in [[Agoura Hills, California]]. It also has offices in Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by [[RED Distribution]], and in Canada by [[Sony Music Entertainment]]. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Records]] in the United States from 1988 to 1993. ==History== Metal Blade Records was founded by [[Brian Slagel]], who at the time was a record store employee in suburban Los Angeles, as a way to increase the recognition of local metal bands. The label's first release was a compilation album called ''The New Heavy Metal Revue presents Metal Massacre'', and included [[Metallica]], [[Ratt]], and [[Black 'N Blue]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalupdate.com/interviewmetalblade.html |title=Features |publisher=metalupdate.com |accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref> Metal Blade artists that have appeared on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart include [[The Goo Goo Dolls]], [[Amon Amarth]], [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]], [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]], [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]], [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]], [[Slayer]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Fates Warning]] (the first Metal Blade band to have achieved this), [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]], [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]], [[Gwar|GWAR]], [[King Diamond]], [[Job for a Cowboy]], [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]], [[Armored Saint]], [[The Red Chord]], [[Unearth]], [[Between the Buried and Me]], [[Dirty Rotten Imbeciles|D.R.I.]], [[Corrosion of Conformity]] and [[Cattle Decapitation]]. From 1985 to 1998, Metal Blade had a sublabel called Death Records, which released recordings by, and signed bands like D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, Mission of Christ, School of Violence, Cryptic Slaughter, [[Mentors (band)|The Mentors]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Atheist (band)|Atheist]], Angkor Wat, Loss for Words, Dr. Know, Beyond Possession, and [[Dark Funeral]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/label/Death%20Records%20%283%29?sort=date%2Casc |title=Death Records (3) - CDs and Vinyl at Discogs |publisher=discogs |accessdate=August 15, 2012}}</ref> In 2010 Metal Blade Records joined the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]]. IronClad Recordings is an [[imprint (trade name)|imprint]].{{citation needed|date=November 2015|reason=what do they specialize in?}} On January 18, 2017 Metal Blade Records was inducted into the [[Hall of Heavy Metal History]] for their large contribution to the Heavy Metal library. Brian was inducted by special guest [[Kerry King]] of [[Slayer]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/scorpions-metal-blade-records-nominated-to-hall-of-heavy-metal-history-w457434|title=Scorpions Among Nominees for Hall of Heavy Metal History|accessdate=May 16, 2017}}</ref> On August 29, 2017, [[BMG Rights Management]] will publish ''The Sake of Heaviness: the History of Metal Blade Records'', a book on the label's history, co-written by Mark Eglington and the label's founder Brian Slagel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/record-labels/7842177/metal-blade-records-will-release-a-book-on-their-iconic|title=BMG Will Release a Book on Metal Blade Records on Their Iconic History Later This Summer|accessdate=June 27, 2017}}</ref> ==Artists== ===Current=== {{Div col|cols=4}} * [[Abnormality (band)|Abnormality]] * [[Act of Defiance]] * [[Aeon (band)|Aeon]] * [[Allegaeon]] * [[Amon Amarth]] * [[Anaal Nathrakh]] * [[Anima (band)|Anima]] * [[Arch/Matheos]] * [[Armored Saint]] * Barn Burner * [[Battlecross]] * [[Behemoth (band)|Behemoth]] * Beverly Hellfire * Beyond the Shore * [[Beyond the Sixth Seal]] * [[Bison B.C.]] * [[Bitch (band)|Bitch]] * [[The Black Dahlia Murder (band)|The Black Dahlia Murder]] * [[Blood Stain Child]] * [[Bolt Thrower]] * [[Brainstorm (German band)|Brainstorm]] * [[Byzantine (band)|Byzantine]] * [[Candiria]] * [[Cannibal Corpse]] * [[Cataract (band)|Cataract]] * [[Cattle Decapitation]] * [[Charred Walls of the Damned]] * [[Church of Misery]] * [[Cut Up]] * [[Dawn of Ashes]] * [[Desaster]] * [[Destrage]] * [[The Devil's Blood]] * [[Dew-Scented]] * [[Disillusion (band)|Disillusion]] * [[Don Jamieson (comedian)|Don Jamieson]] * [[Downfall of Gaia]] * [[Ensiferum]] * [[Exumer]] * Facebreaker * [[Falconer (band)|Falconer]] * [[Fleshcrawl]] * [[Fleshwrought]] * Flotsam and Jetsam * Gehennah * [[Goatwhore]] * [[God Dethroned]] * [[Gwar|GWAR]] * Gypsyhawk * [[Hail of Bullets]] * [[Hammers of Misfortune]] * [[Hate Eternal]] * House of Heavy * [[If These Trees Could Talk]] * [[In Solitude]] * Intensus * [[Jim Florentine]] * [[Job for a Cowboy]] * [[King Diamond (band)|King Diamond]] * King of Asgard * Lay Down Rotten * [[Lightning Swords of Death]] * [[Lizzy Borden (band)|Lizzy Borden]] * [[Malefice]] * [[Mercyful Fate]] * [[Mother Feather]] * Mount Salem * Native Construct * [[Neaera (band)|Neaera]] * [[Negligence (band)|Negligence]] * [[The Ocean (band)|The Ocean Collective]] * [[Oh, Sleeper]] * One-Way Mirror * [[OSI (band)|OSI]] * [[Overcast (band)|Overcast]] * [[Paths of Possession]] * [[Pentagram (band)|Pentagram]] * Pilgrim * [[Poison Headache]] * Polluted Inheritance * [[Primordial (band)|Primordial]] * [[Psyopus]] * RAM * Razor of Occam * [[The Red Chord]] * Return to Earth * [[Revocation (band)|Revocation]] * Rivers of Nihil * Rose Funeral * Sacrifice * Satan's Wrath * [[Serpentine Dominion]] * [[Shai Hulud (band)|Shai Hulud]] * Sister * [[Six Feet Under (band)|Six Feet Under]] * [[Skyforger]] * [[Slough Feg]] * [[Soilent Green]] * [[System Divide]] * Theories * [[Tommy Giles Rogers, Jr.|Tommy Giles Rogers]] * [[Transatlantic (band)|Transatlantic]] * Trioscapes * Twitching Tongues * [[Týr (band)|Týr]] * [[Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats]] * [[Unearth]] * Visigoth * [[Vomitory (band)|Vomitory]] * [[Whitechapel (band)|Whitechapel]] * [[Wovenwar]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metalblade.com/us/news/metal-blade-records-signs-wovenwar/ |title=Metal Blade Records announce the signing of WOVENWAR featuring members of As I Lay Dying and Oh, Sleeper. |publisher=metalblade.com |accessdate=April 14, 2014}}</ref> {{Div col end}} ===Former=== {{refimprove section|date=February 2013}} {{Div col|cols=3}} * [[3 (American band)|3]] * Abiotic * [[The Absence]] * Across the Sun * A Love Ends Suicide (disbanded 2006) * Aeternam (active) * [[Aletheian]] * [[Anacrusis (band)|Anacrusis]] (active) * [[Ancient (band)|Ancient]] (active) * [[Anterior (band)|Anterior]] (disbanded 2012) * [[Anvil (band)|Anvil]] (active) * [[Angel Witch]] * Angel Blake (active, with Dynamic Arts Records) * The Arcane Order * [[John Arch]] (inactive) * [[Artch]] (active) * [[As I Lay Dying (band)|As I Lay Dying]] (on hiatus) * [[As You Drown]] * [[Austrian Death Machine]] (on hiatus) * [[Autumn (band)|Autumn]] * [[Believer (band)|Believer]] (active, Independent) * [[Between the Buried and Me]] (active, with Sumerian) * [[Beyond the Embrace]] (inactive) * Bitter End (disbanded 1992) * [[Born from Pain]] * [[Brain Drill]] * [[Callenish Circle]] (disbanded 2007) * [[Cellador]] * [[Chemlab]] (active) * [[Cirith Ungol (band)|Cirith Ungol]] (disbanded 1992) * [[Civilian Terrorists]] * [[Cradle of Filth]] (active, with [[Nuclear Blast]]) * [[The Crimson Armada]] (disbanded 2012) * [[The Crown (band)|The Crown]] (disbanded 2004, reformed in 2009) * [[Dance Club Massacre]] * [[Dark Funeral]] * [[Darkness Dynamite]] * [[Demiricous]] (active) * Diabulus in Musica * Dildo Lickers * Dr. Know (active) * [[D.R.I. (band)|Dirty Rotten Imbeciles]] (active) * [[Eidolon (band)|Eidolon]] (on hiatus) * Element Ethan (active, with [[Roadrunner Records]]) * [[Enthroned]] * Epicurean * [[Epidemic (band)|Epidemic]] * [[Evergreen Terrace (band)|Evergreen Terrace]] (active, with [[Rise Records]]) * Eryn Non Dae * Fate (disbanded 2009) * [[Fates Warning]] (active, [[Inside Out Music]]) * Forever in Terror (active, with In-Demand Records) * [[Flotsam and Jetsam (band)|Flotsam and Jetsam]] (active, Driven Music Group) * [[Fragments of Unbecoming]] * Fueled by Fire (active) * [[Galactic Cowboys]] (disbanded 2000) * [[Gaza (band)|Gaza]]{{citation needed|date=February 2013|reason=no mention in band's wikipedia article; unable to locate at "past artist" tab at http://www.metalblade.com/us/artists/}} * Glorior Belli (active, with Agonia Records) * [[Goo Goo Dolls]] (active, with [[Warner Bros. Records]]) * Hatchet * [[Haunted Garage]] * [[Hecate Enthroned]](active Crank Music Group) * [[Helstar]] (active, with [[AFM Records]]) * [[Hirax]] (active, with Black Devil Records) * [[I Killed the Prom Queen]] (active, with Epitaph Records) * If Hope Dies * [[Impious]] * [[In Battle]] (active, with Nocturnal Art Production/[[Candlelight Records]]) * In Ruins (inactive) * Incapacity (active, with RAHW Productions) * [[Into the Moat]] * [[Jacobs Dream]] * Junk Monkeys (disbanded 2003) * [[King's X]] (active, with [[Inside Out Music]]) * Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (disbanded 2010) * [[Lazarus A.D.]] (disbanded 2015 <ref>{{cite web|url=http://loudwire.com/lazarus-a-d-drummer-ryan-shutler-dead/|title=Lazarus A.D. Drummer Ryan Shutler Dies|date=May 18, 2015|publisher=[[Loudwire|loudwire.com]]|accessdate=June 24, 2016}}</ref>) * [[Liege Lord]] (disbanded 1990) (reformed 2013) * [[Lord Belial]] (disbanded) * Loss For Words (inactive) * [[Manowar]] (active, with [[Magic Circle Music]]) * Machinemade God (disbanded 2008) * [[Mentors (band)|Mentors]] (active) * [[Molotov Solution]] (on hiatus) * Mourn Thy Passing (disbanded 1996) * [[Omen (band)|Omen]] (active, with [[DSN Music]]) * Phoenix Mourning (disbanded 2008) * [[Powerwolf]] (active, now signed to [[Napalm Records]]) * Predator (disbanded 1988) * [[Pyrithion]] * Ravage * [[The Red Death]] * [[Rigor Mortis (band)|Rigor Mortis]] * [[The Rotted]] * Those Who Lie Beneath (active) * [[Sacred Reich]] (active, with [[Hollywood Records]]) * [[Sacrifice (band)|Sacrifice]] (active) * Shining Fury (active, independent) * Since the Flood (disbanded 2008) * [[Slayer]] (active, with [[Nuclear Blast]]) * [[Sonic Reign]] * [[Spock's Beard]] (active, independent) * Starwood (Status Unknown) * [[Symphorce]] (disbanded 2011) * Tactics (disbanded 1999) * Talas (inactive) * [[Taramis]] (disbanded 1993)<ref name="McFarlane">McFarlane, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040803180958/http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=709 'Taramis'] entry. Archived from [http://www.whammo.com.au/encyclopedia.asp?articleid=709 the original] on August 3, 2004. Retrieved March 21, 2013.</ref> * [[This Ending]] * [[Thought Industry]] * Torchbearer (active, with Vic Records) * [[Torture Killer]] (active, with Dynamic Art Records) * [[Tourniquet (band)|Tourniquet]], (active, with Pathogenic Records) * [[Trigger the Bloodshed]] * [[Trouble (band)|Trouble]] (active, with [[Century Media Records]]) * [[Vader (band)|Vader]] (active, with [[Nuclear Blast]]) * [[Viking (band)|Viking]] (disbanded 1990, reformed 2011, currently unsigned) * [[Voivod (band)|Voivod]] (active, with [[Relapse Records]]) * We are the End * [[Winter Solstice (band)|Winter Solstice]] (disbanded 2006) * [[Woe of Tyrants]] * [[Yob (band)|Yob]] (active, with [[Profound Lore Records]]) {{Div col end}} ==See also== * ''[[Metal Massacre]]'' * [[List of record labels]] *[[Megaforce Records]] == References == {{reflist|30em}} ==External links== * {{official website|http://www.metalblade.com}} * [https://www.youtube.com/metalbladerecords Official YouTube Channel] * [http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/2002/September25_2_34_2.html Interview with Brian Slagel on Metal Blade, HitQuarters Sep 2002] [[Category:American record labels]] [[Category:Record labels established in 1982]] [[Category:Heavy metal record labels]] [[Category:1982 establishments in the United States]]'