Nuclear Blast

record label · Donzdorf

Founded

1987

City

Donzdorf

Status as of 5 September 2026

active; Believe holds the majority since 2018

Connections

49 edges, 49 distinct neighbors · betweenness 0.151 (rank 2 of 371) · people and production 0.007 (rank 51)

Confidence

Medium · sources: [W] [WHA] [WMC] (register)

Markus Staiger's label: Master, Pungent Stench, Incubus, Atrocity, Monstrosity, Brutality, Resurrection, Hypocrisy, Dismember, Sinister, Gorefest, Kataklysm, In Flames, Dissection, Control Denied, Massacre's Resurgence, and since Monte Conner arrived in 2012 Suffocation, Immolation, Nile, Possessed, Behemoth, Gatecreeper and Cryptopsy.

Connections

People and personnel

• founderMarkus Staiger1987 to present
• staffMonte ConnerHead of A and R2012 to present

Labels, festivals, tours, collaborations

• collaborationRoadrunner RecordsMonte Conner moves between them2012
• collaborationMorrisound RecordingAtrocity, Monstrosity, Brutality, Resurrection1990 to 1993
• collaborationKamelotNoise Records, then Napalm1993
• released or signedMaster and Death StrikeMaster, among the label's first death metal albums1990
• released or signedVader2009 to present
• released or signedDeathThe Sound of Perseverance1998
• released or signedAtheistReissues2023
• released or signedMassacreResurgence2021
• released or signedSepultura2010s
• released or signedSadus2023 to 2024
• released or signedMacabre2020
• released or signedAtrocity1990
• released or signedCarcass2013 to present
• released or signedBrutality1993 to 1996
• released or signedIncubus and OpprobriumBeyond the Unknown1990
• released or signedExhorder2019 to present
• released or signedRevenant1991
• released or signedMalevolent Creation2007 to 2010
• released or signedTherion1996 to 2000s
• released or signedSuffocation2009 to present
• released or signedImmolationDescent (2026)2010 to present
• released or signedSinister1992 to 1998
• released or signedPungent Stench1990 to 1994
• released or signedCadaver2020 to present
• released or signedDismember1991 to 2008, 2022 to present
• released or signedParadise Lost2017 to present
• released or signedBrujeria2016 to present
• released or signedGorefest1992 to 2009
• released or signedDissection1995
• released or signedBenediction1990 to 2020
• released or signedMonstrosityImperial Doom1992
• released or signedResurrection1993
• released or signedIn Flames1996 to present
• released or signedMy Dying Bride2020 to present
• released or signedKataklysm1994 to present
• released or signedBehemoth2010s to present
• released or signedHypocrisy1992 to present
• released or signedCryptopsy2023
• released or signedDefiled1999
• released or signedNile2006 to 2019
• released or signedChildren of Bodom1999 to 2019
• released or signedBelphegor2005 to present
• released or signedControl Denied1999
• released or signedDecapitated2011 to present
• released or signedMisery Index2003
• released or signedDespised Icon2016 to present
• released or signedGatecreeperDark Superstition2024