Record label owners are certainly well known within the music industry, but the average fan has no idea who owns or runs the label of their favorite artist. That's pretty much the case in metal music ...

In celebration of the 40th anniversary of Metal Massacre, Metal Blade Records is reissuing the widely influential 1982 compilation that featured tracks from local Los Angeles groups, including a then ...

Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel just announced a new book, Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records. The book is the follow-up to Brian Slagel’s 2017 book For the Sake of ...

Show us a record label more important to the definition and evolution of heavy metal than Metal Blade Records, and we’d still be skeptical. From launching the careers of thrash’s biggest acts to ...

"The noise began 23 years ago. A music starved kid named Brian Slagel, killing time in suburban LosAngeles, gets sick of watching the local metal scene being ignored by the major labels. Working days ...

Many industrial companies are considering switching from metal-blade cutting tools to ceramic-blade cutting tools as the latter become more available and more popular. Unfortunately, hasty web ...

Wind turbines deliver environmentally friendly electricity. Yet the fiber-reinforced plastics often used in very large rotor blades are almost impossible to recycle. Not so with steel blades: since ...