Tag Archives: Metal Blade Records

Candiria release “Mereya” from forthcoming concept album

Posted by on August 25, 2016

Today’s a pretty great day if you’re not a fan of 4/4 metal. First we got a brand new Meshuggah song, and Candiria just released a song from their forthcoming album, as well as given out some information about what we can expect from it. While They Were Sleeping, which will be out on October 7th […]

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My first metal shirt – Abnormality bassist Josh Staples

Posted by on July 13, 2016

My First Metal Shirt is a regularly-occurring feature on Metal Insider where we talk to people involved in metal about the first-ever metal T-shirt they owned, their memories about it,  and hopefully, a picture of them in it. This week’s installment comes from Josh Staples, the bassist of Massachusetts death metal band Abnormality. My first Death Metal shirt […]

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Album by Album: Revocation’s David Davidson runs down discography, essential tour items

Posted by on June 23, 2016

  On July 22nd, Boston thrash/death metal mainstays Revocation will release their sixth full-length album, Great Is Our Sin. The record is their second on Metal Blade, following an independent release, a trio of albums on Relapse and an EP for Scion/AV. With the variance in labels over the past eight years and with the band’s […]

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Cattle Decapitation premiers very NSFW video for “Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot)”

Posted by on May 19, 2016

The San Diego based deathgrind band Cattle Decapitation have, somehow, raised the bar for disgustingly brutal videos once again with the release of the CENSORED version of “Clandestine Ways (Krokodil Rot),” from their most recent album The Anthropocene Extinction, released via Metal Blade Records. Yes, the video is censored, still NSFW, and still very disgusting. […]

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Poison Headache name mystery member, debut new song

Posted by on May 3, 2016

Last week, we wrote about Poison Headache, and while we enjoyed the band’s brand of metallic hardcore from their first song, “Sin Eater,” the band’s sound was nearly overshadowed by the fact that they had a member that they weren’t about to reveal. Given that they were on Metal Blade, and from San Diego, it didn’t […]

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Remember When: Wovenwar’s Nick Hipa “competed” on ‘Billy On The Street’? He does! [Exclusive]

Posted by on April 29, 2016

It’s not that often when metal creeps its way into mainstream pop culture. So when metal/hard rock acts do actually pop up in beloved sitcoms, dramatic films, cartoons or even reality series, it’s kind of awesome. So in the weekly column Remember When, Metal Insider recalls the most random instances of metal’s elite appearing in front […]

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Six Feet Under pay tribute to Iron Maiden, Judas Priest on new ‘Graveyard Classics’ release

Posted by on April 14, 2016

There are bands that obviously shaped the extreme metal sound we know nowadays, like Judas Priest or Iron Maiden. It’s undeniable the influence of the classic heavy metal bands in today’s music and some have set some time and effort to pay their respect to them, like death metal outfit Six Feet Under and their […]

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Byzantine signs with Metal Blade Records

Posted by on March 31, 2016

Nobody beats the Byz! And now Byzantine has become even more indestructible, having just signed a worldwide deal with Metal Blade Records. Byzantine’s last two albums, including last year’s well received To Release is to Resolve, were self-released and crowdfunded. Now the West Virginian metal titans are preparing to release their sixth album in 2017 […]

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Amon Amarth release music video for ‘At Dawn’s First Light’

Posted by on March 15, 2016

“At dawn’s first light, run for your lives.” Amon Amarth, the Swedish melodic death outfit known for their heavy use of viking imagery has released a music video for the song ‘At Dawn’s First Light.’ This is the second song to be released off their upcoming studio album Jomsviking, the first being ‘First Kill.’ The […]

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Metal Blade to release ‘Metal Massacre 14’ compilation

Posted by on March 3, 2016

Back in the days before the internet existed, labels had to rely on traditional promotion to get the word out on their bands and that included a lot of press coverage from magazines, mailing orders, tape trading and compilations. When Metal Blade Records was born back in 1982, the label released their first compilation album […]

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