Metal Blade Records

Basic Information

• Category: heavy metal music
• Website: http://www.metalblade.com

Evidence and Sources

• Metal Blade Records — Official Site (official)

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• Data status: Enriched
• Profile completeness: Source-backed profile (74/100)
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• Recorded profile date: 2026-04-21

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AI summary

The noise began 31 years ago…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.

Available profile information

• Official website is captured for entity disambiguation.
• 1 official source linked for verification.

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