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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Earache Records is a heavy metal, blues and alt rock orientated record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA.

THIS SHOW SUCKS! (with Dave & Bruce) is a cutting edge Punk Comedy Podcast that has rewritten the rules of what a Podcast should be.  Created by Dave Scott and Bruce Wingate, half of the legendary 80's Hardcore Punk band ADRENALIN O.D.  The show, much like the music they played, is short, fast and funny.  The format is so unique that it is already creating a buzz among popular podcasters as being groundbreaking.  Expect big guests from the world of Punk, Comedy, Movies and Pop culture.  Expect lightning fast comedy for the A.D.D. Generation.  More than anything else... Expect the unexpected.

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KAIRA, вдохновляемые наследием славяно-арийской культуры, воспевающие с прошлого альбома легенды и сказания своего народа и подающие всё это в ATMOSPHERIC SYMPHO PAGAN METAL.
С 2006 года мы комбинируем различные стили металла на протяжении 7 альбомов. С альбома "Roots of Veles," взяли уверенный курс основного стиля. Концепция звучания проста - грубость, жесткая середина рифов, мелодичный женский вокал временами меняющийся на женский гроул и скрим.

New DIY Punk label based in SE, England.

Out Now:

BOC-01 - Burnt Out Compilation I - Digital Version - 25th Dec 2011.
Available for immediate download in a file type of your choice (MP3 320, FLAC, etc.) via the 'Digital Store' tab at the top of our timeline or from the following link: http://aworldwenevermade.bandcamp.com/album/burnt-out-compilation-i
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WABC-01 - WABC-12 - We Are Back! Compilation - Digital - 8th - 11th June 2012 (Co-release w/ Ungovernable Resistance, Agamenon Project, A World We Never Made & Death From Above) This is a joint solidarity project to promote unity, mutual aid and DIY music from crust, hardcore, power violence, hc punk & grind etc. Featuring over 100 underground DIY bands split across 12 volumes and it's now available for immediate download in a file type of you choice absolutely free in-which users are encouraged to re-post on other blogs and websites.
Available for immediate download in a file type of your choice (MP3 320, FLAC, etc.) via the 'Digital Store' tab at the top of our timeline or from the following link: http://aworldwenevermade.bandcamp.com/
More Info Here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/We-Are-Back-Compilation-DIY-Solidarity-Project/230331907084470

WWNM-01 - Skub Zero – Stay Lion - C28 Cassette + Vinyl Effect CDr - 23rd Mar 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records) "A while ago, Nate Zeroh made some electro-dub with weird vocals as a random project. It was heard and eventually turned into a band, which went through many changes before arriving at the point their are at now. So in line with their first mini-tour this tape contains the first demo of the current incarnation and also the original electro-dub tracks."
Check 'em out!: https://www.facebook.com/skub0
Check it out!: http://www.discogs.com/Skub-Zero-Stay-Lion/release/3460995
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CLEAVERS / CLOWNS Split 7" - 13th April 2012. (Co-release w/ Da Da Tunes / Our New Planet Records) Check it out!: http://www.discogs.com/Cleavers-2-Clowns-Cleavers-Eat-A-Gun/release/3596118
Buy it here!: http://aworldwenevermade.bigcartel.com/product/cleavers-clowns-split-7

NOISE COMPLAINT - Fuck Off And Thrash 7" - 7th July 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records, Suburban White Trash Records, Assault Skates & Plastic Fact Records) Check it out!: http://www.discogs.com/Noise-Complaint-Fuck-Off-And-Thrash/master/453966
Buy it here!: http://aworldwenevermade.bigcartel.com/product/noise-complaint-fuck-off-and-thrash-7-ep

GREED FORCE - A Lesson In Severity - Digital - 01 Aug 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records) Check 'em out!: https://www.facebook.com/greedforce
Get it here: http://aworldwenevermade.bandcamp.com/album/a-lesson-in-severity

HARRISON WILDE - Prologue - CDr - 23rd Aug 2012
Check him out: https://www.facebook.com/harrisonwildeacoustic
Check it out: http://www.discogs.com/Harrison-Wilde-Prologue/master/464645
Buy it here: http://harrisonwilde.bandcamp.com/album/prologue

Upcoming Releases:

WWNM-02 - Greed Force - 7 Inches Of Disappointment - 7" EP - Sept/Oct 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records & Suburban White Trash Records)
Check 'em out!: https://www.facebook.com/greedforce
Check it out!: http://greedforce.bandcamp.com/album/7-inches-of-disappointment

WWNM-03 - Greed Force - A Lesson In Severity - Tape - Nov/Dec 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records) Check 'em out!: https://www.facebook.com/greedforce
Check it out: http://aworldwenevermade.bandcamp.com/album/a-lesson-in-severity

BOC-01 - Burnt Out Compilation I - CD Version - Autumn 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records) More Info Here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/150651984968310/

BOC-02 - Burnt Out Compilation II - 2xCD / Digital - Xmas 2012. (Co-release w/ Anarchotic Records) More Info Here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/150651984968310/

DSC-01 - Dirty Squatters Compilation: Music For The Homeless - 2xCD / Digital - 2012/2013. More Info Here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Dirty-Squatters-Compilation-Music-For-The-Homeless/182840241808506/

Also Coming 2012 / 2013:
CROSS-EYED DRUNK - Demo,
CODE BLUE / OIZ II MEN Split 7",
ANTIBODIES - Full-length album,
BLATOIDEA - Full-length album,
SKUB ZERO - 8-10 track album,
SHITHOUSE / TDRS Split 7",
THE DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS - Full-length album,
MORE TBC.

Contact: aworldwenevermade@hotmail.co.uk

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