Metal Blade Records

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.

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)

• TNHMR Volume I, Number One – July ’81
• TNHMR Number Two – Aug-Sept 1981
• TNHMR Number Three – Oct-Nov 1981
• TNHMR Number Four – December 1981
• TNHMR Number Five – January 1982
• TNHMR Number Six – February 1982
• TNHMR Number Seven – March 1982
• TNHMR Number 8 – April 1982
• TNHMR Number 9 – June/July 1982

Title	Cover	Published	Pages Links
TNHMR Volume I, Number One		July ’81
TNHMR Number Two		Aug-Sept 1981
TNHMR Number Three		Oct-Nov 1981	Page 20 CU Online The Corroseum
TNHMR Number Four		December 1981	Page 24 CU Online The Corroseum
TNHMR Number Five		January 1982
TNHMR Number Six		February 1982	Page 24 CU Online The Corroseum
TNHMR Number Seven		March 1982	CU Online
TNHMR Number 8		April 1982	Page 24 CU Online The Corroseum
TNHMR Number 9		June/July 1982	Page 24 CU Online The Corroseum

Metal Blade Records is a record label founded by 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.

• Metal Blade Records founded Feb 1982
• The New Heavy Metal Revue presents Metal Massacre (label MBR 1001) originally released 14 Jun 1982
• One Foot In Hell (label MBR 1062) originally released 12 Aug 1986

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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