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Before Metal Blade Records, Brian Slagel worked at Oz Records & Tapes from Jan 1981 – Jan 1983, total 2 years and 1 month. He worked with buyer Dec 1981 – Jan 1983 and Heavy Metal buyer Jan 1981 – Jun 1982.
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New Heavy Metal Revue #3, p20, Oct/Nov 1981
Oz Records & Tapes
4873 TOPANGA CANYON BLVD. WOODLAND HILLS, CA. 91364
(213) 887-5662
(213) 887-ΞΞΞΞ
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- New Heavy Metal Revue #4, p2, Dec 1981
The fanzine The New Heavy Metal Revue (TNHMR) was from Jul 1981 – Jul 1982:
Editor/Publisher
Brian Slagel
Writers/Contributing Journalists
John Kornarens
Leslie Lea – Assistant Publisher
Steve Thomson – Contributing Photographer and Journalist
Diane Kornarens
Jay Reynolds
John Watson
Ian Sutherland
Wade Brooks
Tony Shelley
Photographs
Jack Lue
Kathy Posell
Cover Photo – Ross Halfin
Distribution
Greenworld
Important
Sounds Good Imports
Disc Trading
Special Thanks
Oz Records (Jim, Tim & John, Alan, Steve, &Reffer Dog)
Bert Van Haarlem
Sylvie Simmons & Sounds
Steve Rooyackers
Ron Quintana
All Valley Printing (Stan Shapiro)
Maren Slagel
Fire Sign Ltd (Steve Loeb & Ezra Cook)
Zomba Music Publishers
Mike Corcione
Special Forces: Bricker (Capitol)
Title | Cover | Published | Pages |
TNHMR Volume I, Number One |  | July ’81 | |
TNHMR Number Two |  | Aug-Sept 1981 | |
TNHMR Number Three |  | Oct-Nov 1981 | Page 20 |
TNHMR Number Four |  | December 1981 | Page 24 |
TNHMR Number Five |  | January 1982 | |
TNHMR Number Six |  | February 1982 | Page 24 |
TNHMR Number Seven |  | March 1982 | |
TNHMR Number 8 |  | April 1982 | Page 24 |
TNHMR Number 9 |  | June/July 1982 | Page 24 |
Metal Blade Records is a record label founded byΒ in February 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, in Canada by Sony Music Entertainment and worldwide by Warner Music Group. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the United States from 1988 to 1993.
Was 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 (14 Jun 1982), and included Metallica, Ratt, and Black ‘n Blue.
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. On August 29, 2017, BMG Rights Management published 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. They have their T-shirt and other merchandise. Try to have the correct chronologically release dates, month and year.
- Brian Slagel was born (Tue 14 Feb 1961)
- Oz Records & Tapes (Jan 1981 – Jan 1983)
- Heavy Metal buyer (Jan 1981 – Jun 1982)
- buyer (Dec 1981 – Jan 1983)
- Brian Slagel had 20th birthday (Sat 14 Feb 1981)
- TNHMRΒ Volume I, Number One (Jul 1981) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number Two (Aug – Sept 1981) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number Three (Oct – Nov 1981) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number Four (Dec 1981) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number Five (Jan 1982) fanzine
- Brian Slagel had 21st birthday (Sun 14 Feb 1982)
- Metal Blade Records founded (Feb 1982)
- TNHMRΒ Number Six (Feb 1982) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number Seven (Mar 1982) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number 8 (Apr 1982) fanzine
- TNHMRΒ Number 9 (Jun – Jul 1982) fanzine
- TNHMR presents Metal Massacre, MBR 1001 (Mon 14 Jun 1982) first recording
- Brian Slagel had 22th birthday (Mon 14 Feb 1983)
- One Foot In Hell, MBR 1062 (Tue 12 Aug 1986) record
- The Best of Metal Blade β Volume 2 (1987) record
- Metal Blade Records β 20th Anniversary (TueΒ 22 Oct 2002) record
- The First Decade (Nov 2005) book + record
- Metal Blade Records β 30th Anniversary (Sat 21 Apr 2012) record
- Frazetta Picture Disc (Fri 22 Apr 2016) record
- For the Sake of Heaviness (Tue 29 Aug 2017) record
Skipping Frost and Fire (1981), King of the Dead (1984) and Paradise Lost (1991), because they are originally released by other records. But Metal Blade has re-released the CU recordings later on.
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