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Metal Blade Records
record label ยท Los Angeles
- Founded
- 1982
- City
- Los Angeles
- Hub region
- Los Angeles
- Status as of 5 September 2026
- active
- Connections
- 25 edges, 25 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.045 (rank 11 of 371) · people and production 0.000 (rank 332)
- Confidence
- High · sources: [W] [MBC] [DNS] (register)
Brian Slagel's label signs Nasty Savage in 1985 and Cannibal Corpse in July 1989 as its first death metal band, and keeps it for life; Six Feet Under, Atheist's Elements, God Dethroned, Vader, Behemoth, Immolation, Hate, Whitechapel, Monstrosity and 200 Stab Wounds follow.
Connections
People and personnel
- founderBrian Slagel1982 to present
Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations
- collaborationMorrisound RecordingNasty Savage, Cannibal Corpse, Six Feet Under1985 to 1998
- collaborationSavatagePar Records, then Atlantic in 19851983
- released or signedNasty SavageNasty Savage1985
- released or signedVader2000 to 2005
- released or signedAtheistPiece of Time United States release; Elements1990, 1993
- released or signedKing Diamond2000s
- released or signedBolt Thrower1998 to 2005
- released or signedFleshcrawl1996 to present
- released or signedCannibal CorpseThe label's first death metal band1989 to present
- released or signedBroken Hope1993
- released or signedImmolation1996 to 2000
- released or signedMonstrosityScreams from Beneath the Surface2026
- released or signedGod Dethroned1996 to present
- released or signedHate2019 to present
- released or signedBehemoth2000s
- released or signedAmon Amarth1998 to present
- released or signedSix Feet Under1995 to present
- released or signedCattle Decapitation2004 to present
- released or signedHate Eternal2000s
- released or signedThe Black Dahlia Murder2003 to present
- released or signedThe Absence2005
- released or signedJob for a Cowboy2005 to present
- released or signedWhitechapel2007 to present
- released or signed200 Stab Wounds2024