Metal Massacre

Metal Massacre is the name of a series of compilations of the American record label Metal Blade Records.

Genesis

Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, 1981 worked in a record store in Los Angeles. At his request, he was given permission by the owner, in addition to coming from the U.S. albums to be allowed to provide imports such as the publications of Iron Maiden. This additional offer attracted strong interest of buyers who made Slagel on the active metal scene in Los Angeles attention with bands like Ratt, Malice or Steeler. So shortly afterwards, he founded a fanzine called The New Heavy Metal Revue and developed the idea of ​​this scene with a compilation titled Metal Massacre imagine.

Slagel, who possessed now have very good contacts with the bands in Los Angeles, asked to come from his point of view in question groups, whether they want to contribute. One of the conditions was, however, that in any record label they are currently under contract, why Mötley Crüe on Metal Massacre I was not represented as originally planned. With borrowed money Slagel was 1982 5000 copies of Metal Massacre I press that sold out very quickly. Originally intended as a supplement to his fanzine brought one of the distributors Slagel on the idea of ​​Metal Massacre bring out as a series. He should provide the music distribution company would press and distribute the LPs. This is considered the trigger for the establishment of the label Metal Blade.

The suggestions for possible bands won Slagel for the first issues through tape -trading and attending concerts. Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield of Metallica sent Slagel a demo of Hit the Lights, on the Lloyd Grant, a young Jamaican guitar player who had responded to a newspaper advertisement, nor the guitar solos played, although Mustaine was already in the band. Served as the grounds that Hetfield and Ulrich Grants solos simply found better. In 1983 he saw Slayer as the opening act of Bitch and was so overwhelmed that he took the first band on the third edition of the sampler. Among the bands whose success is based on a contribution to the sampler, including Armored Saint, Voivod or Fates Warning.

Since then, under the name Metal Massacre total of 13 samplers were published, the last in 2006.

The Sampler

Metal Massacre I ( 1982)

Metal Massacre II ( 1982)

Metal Massacre III (1983 )

Metal Massacre IV (1984 )

Metal Massacre V ( 1984)

Metal Massacre VI (1985 )

Metal Massacre VII (1986 )

Metal Massacre VIII ( 1987)

Metal Massacre IX ( 1988)

Metal Massacre X ( 1989)

Metal Massacre XI ( 1991)

Metal Massacre XII ( 1995)

Metal Massacre XIII ( 2006)

Unlike the previous 12 publications on this sampler was the idea of bands in the foreground, who had already released one album with Metal Blade.

Notes

Swell

• Clay Marshall: Metal Blade Records - 20th Anniversary. In: Billboard Magazine. April 20, 2002, pp. 27ff.
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format Eric German: Behind the Screams 2: Interview with Brian Slagel. metalupdate.com, accessed October 3, 2009 (English).
• Template: Internet resource / maintenance / access date not in ISO format Metal Massacre. No Life 'Til Metal, accessed on 5 October 2009 ( English).

• Compilation (Music)
• Album ( Metal)
• Albums series