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Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded in 1981 by
Brian Slagel. It has offices in the USA, Germany, and Japan. The label
is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music Entertainment/RED
Distribution. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Records in the USA
1988–1992.
Metal Blade artists that have appeared on the Billboard Top 200 chart
include As I Lay Dying, The Black Dahlia Murder, Slayer, Cannibal
Corpse, Fates Warning (the first Metal Blade band to have achieved
this), GWAR, King Diamond, Job for a Cowboy, 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.
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