Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records is one of the hallmarks of the indie metal scene.
The Los Angeles-based
label was founded in the early 80's by Brian Slagel, at least
in part as a vehicle to record something by a favorite band of his,
the then-unknown
Metallica.
And so the
Metal Massacre series was born, unquestionably the best
unsigned metal band compilation series ever, with the list of bands
first recording on a Metal Massacre album reading as a Who's Who
of 80's metal:
Fates Warning,
Slayer,
Voivod,
Armored Saint,
the list goes on and on.
Metal Blade Records itself, of course, signed several of these
bands and
flourished as a result,
eventually becoming a worldwide entity it is today, in fact its
European signings are now the backbone of the label.
Catalog of Metal Blade Records:
| Catalog # |
Band |
Album |
|
MBR 1001
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre
|
|
MBR 1002
|
Bitch |
(EP) Damnation Alley
|
|
MBR 1003
|
Demon Flight |
(EP) Dead Of The Night
|
|
MBR 1004
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre II
|
|
MBR 1004
|
Warlord |
Deliver Us
|
|
MBR 1006
|
Savage Grace |
(EP) The Dominatress
|
|
MBR 1007
|
Bitch |
Be My Slave
|
|
MBR 1008
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre III
|
|
MBR 1009
|
Armored Saint |
(EP) Armored Saint
|
|
MBR 1010
|
Obsession |
(EP) Marshall Law
|
|
MBR 1011
|
Witchkiller |
(EP) Day Of The Saxons
|
|
MBR 1012
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre IV
|
|
MBR 1013
|
Slayer |
Show No Mercy
|
|
MBR 1014
|
Pandemonium |
Heavy Metal Soldiers
|
|
MBR 1015
|
3rd Stage Alert |
(EP) 3rd Stage Alert
|
|
MBR 1016
|
Satan |
Court In The Act
|
|
MBR 1017
|
Silver Mountain |
Shakin' Brains
|
|
MBR 1018
|
Trouble |
Assassin 12"
|
|
MBR 1019
|
Trouble |
Psalm 9
|
|
MBR 1020
|
Lizzy Borden |
(EP) Give 'Em The Axe
|
|
MBR 1021
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre V
|
|
MBR 1022
|
V/A |
Total Destruction
|
|
MBR 1023
|
Warlord |
Lost And Lonely Days / Aliens
|
|
MBR 1024
|
Slayer |
(EP) Haunting The Chapel
|
|
MBR 1025
|
Fates Warning |
The Spectre Within
|
|
MBR 1026
|
Voivod |
War And Pain
|
|
MBR 1027
|
Omen |
Battle Cry
|
|
MBR 1028
|
Hellhammer |
(EP) Apocalyptic Raids
|
|
MBR 1029
|
Warlord |
And The Cannons Of Destruction Have Begun
|
|
MBR 1030
|
Mad Max |
Rollin' Thunder
|
|
MBR 1031
|
Dark Heart |
Shadows Of The Night
|
|
MBR 1032
|
Thrust |
Fist Held High
|
|
MBR 1033
|
Celtic Frost |
Morbid Tales
|
|
MBR 1034
|
Attacker |
Battle At Helms Deep
|
|
MBR 1035
|
Sye |
Turn On The Fire
|
|
MBR 1036
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre VI
|
|
MBR 1037
|
Slayer |
(EP) Live Undead
|
|
MBR 1038
|
Tyrant |
Legions Of The Dead
|
|
MBR 1039
|
Destruction |
(EP) Sentence Of Death
|
|
MBR 1040
|
Slayer |
Hell Awaits
|
|
MBR 1041
|
Trouble |
The Skull
|
|
MBR 1042
|
Hallows Eve |
Death And Insanity
|
|
MBR 1043
|
Lizzy Borden |
Love You To Pieces
|
|
MBR 1044
|
Sodom |
(EP) In The Sign Of Evil
|
|
MBR 1045
|
Hirax |
Raging Violence
|
|
MBR 1046
|
Nasty Savage |
Nasty Savage
|
|
MBR 1048
|
Celtic Frost |
(EP) Emperor's Return
|
|
MBR 1049
|
Mark Edwards |
Code Of Honor
|
|
MBR 1051
|
Fates Warning |
The Spectre Within
|
|
MBR 1052
|
Pandemonium |
Hole In The Sky
|
|
MBR 1053
|
Cryptic Slaughter |
Convicted
|
|
MBR 1054
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre VII
|
|
MBR 1055
|
Bloodlust |
Guilty As Sin
|
|
MBR 1056
|
Predator |
Easy Prey
|
|
MBR 1057
|
Sound Barrier |
Speed Of Light
|
|
MBR 1058
|
Juggernaut |
Baptism Under Fire
|
|
MBR 1059
|
Sentinel Beast |
Depths Of Death
|
|
MBR 1060
|
Lizzy Borden |
(EP) Give 'Em The Axe
|
|
MBR 1061
|
V/A |
Best Of Metal Blade Volume 1
|
|
MBR 1062
|
Cirith Ungol |
King Of The Dead
|
|
MBR 1063
|
Flotsam & Jetsam |
Doomsday For The Deceiver
|
|
MBR 1066
|
Deaf Dealer |
Keeper Of The Flame
|
|
MBR 1068
|
Detente |
Recognize No Authority
|
|
MBR 1069
|
Krank |
Hideous
|
|
MBR 1070
|
Hallows Eve |
Death And Insanity
|
|
MBR 1071
|
Exxplorer |
Symphonies Of Steel
|
|
MBR 1072
|
Warlord |
Thy Kingdom Come
|
|
MBR 1073
|
Sodom |
Obsessed By Cruelty
|
|
MBR 1074
|
Destruction |
Eternal Devastation
|
|
MBR 1075
|
Savage Grace |
After The Fall From Grace
|
|
MBR 1076
|
Hirax |
Hate, Fear And Power
|
|
MBR 1077
|
V/A |
Speed Metal
|
|
MBR 1079
|
Cities |
Annihilation Absolute
|
|
MBR 1080
|
Heretic |
(EP) Torture Knows No Boundaries
|
|
MBR 1081
|
V/A |
Metal Massacre VIII
|
