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eBay.com (2) Metal compilations have been pumped out in extraordinary numbers since around 1980, but few are worth paying for and listening to regularly. K-Tel put out a comp of mainstream metal called Masters of Metal, a pointless collection of stuff you could find at any Kmart store: KISS, Scorpions, Y&T. Th...

Brian Slagel is beloved in heavy metal circles for his work with Metal Blade, the record label he founded in 1982. Throughout its history, the label has released influential albums by everyone from Slayer and Fates Warning to Cannibal Corpse and As I Lay Dying...

Metal Blade label head Brian Slagel and NHL.com's Shawn Roarke have teamed up to co-host 'Metal Misconduct,' an NHL-themed radio show. The show is available at HardRadio.com and via iTunes as a podcast. Slagel and Roarke co-host the program, which will include interviews with musicians and athletes, as well as music selected by Slagel himself...

Ever wonder what a label president looks for when signing bands? Metal Blade founder Brian Slagel admitted there is no specific formula for cherry-picking bands and that it's a case-by-case basis when he decides to slap his label logo on a release...

Metal Blade's Brian Slagel isn't some 'suit' making decisions behind a big desk in a corner office. He's a metal fan done good, and chances are you'll see him at a metal show, decked in a black T-shirt sporting the logo of one of the bands signed to his label...