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Metal Blade Records history by Dan Slessor:
Founded upon owner Brian Slagel's enduring drive to find great bands and get their music out to as many people as possible, since 1982 Metal Blade has brought wave after wave of powerful, innovative, and often genre-defining music to the ever-hungry metal masses. It is this ethos that has seen Metal Blade build up a stunning and diverse catalogue, weather the various storms facing any independent label, and in an age of declining record sales boast the most successful years of its existence as it strides into its fourth decade.

What perhaps makes this achievement all the more notable is the fact that Slagel never even intended to start a label. Working in an LA record store and writing for various publications, Slagel was acutely aware that many great bands in the local metal scene were being ignored, and he decided to release a compilation of tracks drawn from these ranks. "There were a lot of really good bands and I was just bummed out that nobody could hear them. It just seemed like I could help them out and have some fun at the same time, and that compilation was the first Metal Massacre," he states. Collating tracks from then unknown bands including Ratt, Bitch, Cirith Ungol, and Metallica amongst others, the compilation sold out immediately. "How important is Metal Blade to our career? They're only the reason we are enjoying the worldwide success we have today," states Metallica's James Hetfield. "Without Brian's openness to some raunchy teens with a crap sounding cassette tape we would be who knows where, and playing who knows what!" With the popularity of the tape spurring Slagel on, the first seeds of Metal Blade were sown. "After the success of those compilations I just started putting out records of bands that I was friends with, but without ever really intending it to be a label at all," he explains. "After I put out four or five releases I started to feel like something was happening, and I decided to quit the record store and quit college and see where it went."

Battling through the first few lean years, when the label consisted solely of Slagel working out of his mom's poorly ventilated garage in the San Fernando Valley, it gradually grew in both revenue and stature. Within a few years Metal Blade would go on to release the debuts of Slayer, Armored Saint, Trouble, and Corrosion Of Conformity amongst others, fanning the flames of the burgeoning metal scene and launching careers of bands that would go onto reap global success. "Without Metal Blade, there is a damn good chance we never would've made it out of L.A," says Slayer's Kerry King. "That was the one bit of luck we needed. You can be the most awesome band on the scene, and if no one notices you, you don't catch on. And Brian Slagel is still one of the biggest metalheads I know!" This genuine love and devotion to metal is central to the relationship many of the artists have with Metal Blade, and King Diamond credits much of its relevance and strength to this passion. "I refer to it as having 'boots on the ground'," the mighty Dane states. "It's not like a major label where some people might be into what you're doing but a lot of them just see it as a job – there's a genuine love for metal there. Through staying true to that and doing their own thing they've carved out a very specific niche that they control, and as an artist it's wonderful to be a part of that."over the years. Clearly without those people we couldn't do what we do, and to everyone out there who has helped us along by being a fan we are so very grateful to you."

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    Οι Anna’s Shoe δημιουργήθηκαν στην Πάτρα στα μέσα του 2010. Εκείνη την περίοδο , ο Χρήστος ( ο κιθαρίστας )  , είχε υλικό – γραμμένο και ετοιμοπαράδoτο- αλλά κανέναν  να το «παίξει» μαζί... οπότε μπήκε στη διαδικασία να βρεί μέλη ώστε να φτιάξει την δικιά του μπάντα.
    Σε εκείνο το σημείο λοιπόν σκέφτηκε τον Δημήτρη ο οποίος είχε μπει εμβόλιμος σε μια προηγούμενη μπάντα του ακριβώς και λίγο πιο πριν την... τελευταία στιγμή.Ακούγοντας το υλικό ο Δημήτρης δέχθηκε χωρίς δεύτερη σκέψη και το μόνο που είχε απομείνει , ήταν να βρεθεί ο κατάλληλος drummer.
…Περνάει κάποιο διάστημα ακρόασης ικανοτήτων απο επιδέξιους drummers αλλά επειδή τα όρια και οι επιλογές είχαν αρχίσει να στενεύουν, ο Χρήστος πίεσε τον Μήτσο να σκεφτεί κάποιον ο οποίος θα ήταν ο ένας και μοναδικός και έτοιμος για αυτό το project.-Και ναι! Ο Δημήτρης σκέφτηκε έναν ψηλό που δουλεύαν μαζί στο παρελθόν...τον Θύμιο.
    Είναι στο τηλέφωνο λοιπόν ο Θύμιος με τον Μήτσο και ενώ φαίνεται λίγο  διστακτικός αρχικά ο πρώτος, τελικά δέχεται μιας και εκείνη την περίοδο δεν είχε κάτι καλύτερο να κάνει.
    Μετά από ένα χρόνο περίπου ( αφού υπήρχαν ανάμεσα γιορτές και δαίμονες ) οι Anna’s Shoe είχαν την παρθενική τους εμφάνιση σε ένα rock bar της Πάτρας και έπειτα ακολούθησαν κι άλλα...δυνατά live perfomances κυρίως στην Πάτρα.
    Με τον ερχομό του 2014 οι Anna’s Shoe ξανασμίγουν , έπειτα απο μία διακοπή που υπήρξε στην μπάντα για κάποιο χρονικό διάστημα , και έχοντας στο παρασκήνιο ένα demo με τίτλο « Anna’s Shoe – Live » , έρχονται στο προσκήνιο με νέα κομμάτια
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Anna's Shoe formed in Patras in 2010. At that time, Christ,the mad guitar guy, found himself with a ton of written material and no one to get to play it with so he immediatelly started looking for members to create his own band. That's when he thought of Dimitri, a bass-for-hire that had filled in at the last moment in a gig of his. Upon hearing his work, Dimitri accepted at once and the only thing left was for the two of them to find a drummer. 
It would be a cruel month of auditioning but then, during an alcohol induced epiphany, Dimitri thought of a drummer that used to work with in the past, Tall Tim. Upon calling him, Tim seemed a little reluctant but accepted anyway ,as he had nothing better to do. 
After almost a year of painfull practise the band finally had its first live in a local club followed by a couple more... 
So that's it... We are still creating, jamming, and performing.

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