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[[File:Metal.jpg|thumb|Metal Blade logo]]
'''Metal Blade Records''' is a record label which was founded by [[Brian Slagel]] in 1982. It has offices in the USA, Germany was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the USA 1988–1992. Metal Blade artists that have appeared on the Billboard Top 200 chart include Amon Amarth, Trouble, The Black Dahlia Murder, [[Slayer]], [[Cannibal Corpse]], [[Fates Warning]] (the first Metal Blade band to have achieved this), Lizzy Borden, Anvil, Gwar, King Diamond, [[Job for a Cowboy]], Whitechapel, The Red Chord, and Unearth. The only Metal Blade artist to ever achieve gold or platinum record status while still with the record company was the Goo Goo Dolls who were ironically the only non-metal band ever signed to the label. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Simi Valley, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Canada, Germany, Japan, and the UK.
==Artists==
* Anterior
* Armored Saint
* As You Drown
* Austrian Death Machine
* Autumn
* Behemoth
* Believe]
* Beyond the Sixth Seal
* Bison B.C.
* Cataract
* [[Cattle Decapitation]]
* [[Cellador]]
* The Crimson Armada
* Darkness Dynamite
* Mercyful Fate
* Molotov Solution
* Neaer]
* The Arcane Order
* [The Ocean Collective
* One-Way Mirror
* Overcast
*[[Hirax]] (Active, with Black Devil Records)
*I Killed the Prom Queen (On Hiatus)
*[[In Battle]] (Active, with Nocturnal Art Production/[[Candlelight Records]])
*Incapacity (Active, with RAHW Productions)
*King's X (Active, with [[InsideOut Music]])
*Loss For Words (Inactive)
*Manowar (Active, with [[Magic Circle Music]])
*The Mentors (Active)
*Phoenix Mourning (Disbanded 2008)
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*Since the Flood (Disbanded 2008)
*[[Slayer]] (Active, with [[American Recordings]]/[[Sony Music Entertainment]])
*Starwood (Status Unknown)
*Symphorce (Active)
*Vader (Active, with [[Nuclear Blast]])
*Winter Solstice (Disbanded 2006)
*Yob (Active, with [[Profound Lore Records]])
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==External links==
* [http[Category://www.metalblade.com/ Official websiteRecord Label]]