About this imprint
Metal Blade Records is included in this music label directory with a US territory association. The source classifies its type as Imprint.
Source note: heavy/extreme metal
Also known as
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Associated release artists
Showing 80 of 582 credited artists. Explore the sourced release pages below for more credits.
Release credits do not imply a current signing or an exclusive artist roster.
Selected releases
4596 sourced releases in this catalogue. This is a partial collection, sorted by title; it is not a complete discography or a latest-release feed.
- The Day of Retribution →
Release date: 1990
- The Dead Ones →
Release date: 2026-01-15
- The Deceived →
Release date: 2014-08-19
- The Deceivers →
Release date: 2024-05-03
- The Deceivers →
Release date: 2024-05-03
- The Deceivers (Instrumental) →
Release date: 2024-05-03
- The Design →
Release date: 2005-03-08
- The Design ↗
Release date: 2005Release genres: mathcore · Genre source ↗
- The Devil Thinks I’m Sinking →
Release date: 2017-09-06
- The Dhampir →
Release date: 2022-04-21
- The Dominatress →
Release date: 1983-08
- The Dominatress ↗
Release date: 1983-08
- The Doomsday Clock →
Release date: 2018-06-26
- The Doomsday Clock / Catacombs →
Release date: 2018-07-06
- The Downside →
Release date: 2000-02-15
- The Downside →
Release date: 2000-02-22
- The Dregs →
Release date: 2007-07-10
- The Dress →
Release date: 2025-03-06
- The Dungeons Are Calling →
Release date: 2002-04-23
- The Dungeons Are Calling →
Release date: 1994-11-22
- The Dungeons Are Calling →
Release date: 2002-04-22
- The Dungeons Are Calling ↗
Release date: 1984-03-22Release genres: death metal · heavy metal music · power metal · speed metal · Genre source ↗
- The Edge of Eternity →
Release date: 1990
- The Eldritch Dark ↗
Release date: 2013-05-27
Artists linked to this entry
210 artists have a direct label association in Wikidata. These statements may be historical; they do not confirm a current contract or a release credit.
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- Abiotic ↗
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- Abnormality ↗
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- Accuser ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Across the Sun ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Act of Defiance ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Aeon ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Aletheian ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alex Masi ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Alex Webster ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Allegaeon ↗
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- Amon Amarth ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Anacrusis ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Ancient ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Angkor Wat ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Anterior ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Arch / Matheos ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Armored Saint ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Artch ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Artillery ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- As You Drown ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Atomic Opera ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Austrian Death Machine ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
- Autumn ↗
Period not specified · Statement source ↗
Founders
1 founding relationships reported by MusicBrainz. Dates describe the founding event, not a period of employment or a current role.
- Brian Slagel →
Founding date not specified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
Recording contracts
26 sourced relationships. These source records may be historical and do not confirm a current roster or contract.
- Abiotic →
Start: 2012-04 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Abnormality →
Start: 2015-10-15 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Aeternam →
Start: 2009-05 · End: 2012 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Burn Eternal →
Start: 2026 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Candiria →
Start: 2015-09-24 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Cattle Decapitation →
Start: 2002 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Cryptic Shift →
Start: 2021-07-15 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Cult of Lilith →
Start: 2020-03 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Dawn of Ashes →
Start: 2010-01-08 · End: 2012 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Destrage →
Start: 2013-09-23 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Goo Goo Dolls →
Start: 1987 · End: 1997 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Hamferð →
Start: 2017-09-27 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Intronaut →
Start: 2019 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Killswitch Engage →
Start: 2018-06-04 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Raven Black Night →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Revocation →
Start: 2014-04 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Rivers of Nihil →
Start: 2012-12 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Rose Funeral →
Start: 2008-04 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Skyforger →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Surcease →
Dates not specified · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- The Ocean →
Start: 2005 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Tombs →
Start: 2016-08-16 · End: 2017 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Trouble →
Start: 1984 · End: 1988 · Marked as ended in the source · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
- Whitechapel →
Start: 2007-10 · No end flag in the source; current status unverified · MusicBrainz relationship source ↗
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