Metal Blade Records
Настоящее имя: Metal Blade Records
Independent heavy metal label started in Los Angeles, CA on February 1, 1982 by Brian Slagel.
Known for launching the careers of a number of popular metal bands including Metallica, Slayer, Cannibal Corpse, and many others.
Label Code: LC 06705 / LC 6705
US Label variants:
1982 to 1983
"Tan labels and axe with blood stains"
eg Slayer – Show No Mercy
Exception 1: "Black labels" available only on Metal Massacre compilation.
eg Metal Massacre
Exception 2: "Custom tan labels"
eg Bitch (2) – Damnation Alley
1984 to 1984
"Silver labels and axe with blood stains" were used only in 1984, pressings with this labels and 1982-1983 dates are actually 1984.
eg Witchkiller – Day Of The Saxons
Re-used in the Metal Blade Records Originals 2016 Slayer reissues.
eg Slayer - Show No Mercy
Exception: "Non 1984" some releases were sold in 1987, probably an old stock distributed in new sleeves.
eg Slayer – Haunting The Chapel
1985 to mid-1986
"White labels with chain, different axe and blood drops"
eg Celtic Frost – Morbid Tales
1985 to 1987
"White labels with chain, different axe and blood drops" + Combat as second label.
eg Hallows Eve – Tales Of Terror
Exception: "White labels without chain, different axe and blood drops" + Combat as second label.
eg Trouble (5) – The Skull
mid-1986 to early-1987
"White labels with chain, with old axe and blood drops and [u]underlined[/u] logo"
eg Slayer – Live Undead
1987 to 1988
"Black - red labels" + Enigma (4) as second label.
eg Lizzy Borden – Terror Rising
1988 to early-90s
"Razor labels"
eg Viking – Do Or Die
Metal Blade Records Inc.
5632 Van Nuys Blvd #1301
Van Nuys, CA 91401
USA
Mail: metalblade@metalblade.com
Metal Blade Records GmbH
Friedrichstraße 38
73033 Göppingen
Germany
Tel: +49-7161-304887-0
Fax: +49-7161-3543140
Mail: info@metalblade.de
Metal Blade Records Inc.
5737 Kanan Rd #143
Agoura Hills, CA 91301
USA
(Contact info now obsolete)
Metal Blade Records GmbH
Marstallstrasse 14
73033 Göppingen
Germany
(Contact info now obsolete)
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- Staupa Musica
- Phoenix Records (11)
- Ironclad Recordings
- Metal Classics Series
- Classics Series
- Metal Massacre
- Special Vinyl Collector's Edition
- Metal Classics
- Metal Blade Records Originals
- Special Anniversary Collector's Edition
- The Best Of Metal Blade
- Collector's Edition Picture Disc Series
- High Impact Recordings
- Metal Blade Vinyl Fan Edition
- Metal Blade Classics
- Vinyl Replica CD Collection Series
- Classic Series!
- No Wonder Records (2)
- Metal Blade Classics Limited Edition Vinyl Series
- Collectors Edition Colored Blood Splatter Vinyl
- Metal Blade Records 40 Anniversary 1982 - 2022
- Metal Blade Records Inc 25 (1982–2007)