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Brian Slagel

Las Vegas
As seen in: 100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal, Apple Podcasts, Louder
CEO at @metalblade, hockey fan, metalhead, author, host of @100metalsongs creative consultant Into The Void on @hulu
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Brian Slagel discusses Swing of the Blade: More Stories from Metal Blade Records

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By Brian Slagel, Mark Eglinton, Kerry King
| booksoup.com
Swing of the Blade follows Brian Slagel's critically acclaimed 2017 book, For the Sake of Heaviness, which delivered a compelling inside look at how a metal-obsessed California teen built Metal Blade Records into the preeminent international home of heavy music. Rabid readers demanded more anecdotes, more bands, and more of Slagel's musical wisdom. With Swing of the Blade, he delivers.
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‎Talk Is Jericho: Eagles High – The Top 10 Iron Maiden Album Opening Tracks on Apple Podcasts

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By Chris Jericho, Merlin Alderslade Verified, Brian Slagel, Bruce Dickinson, Blaze Bayley, Adrian Smith, Paul Stanley Verified, Gene Simmons, Nicko McBrain, Janick Gers
| Apple Podcasts
Metal Blade Records founder Brian Slagel and Merlin Alderslade from Metal Hammer return to rank Iron Maiden opening songs! They’ve got their Top 10 selected and count them down in a spirited debate that’s filled with great trivia about songwriting, recording, and concerts. Do any songs from the Blaze Bayley era make the cut? And how did the return of Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith affect their respective lists?
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For The Sake of Heaviness

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By Lars Ulrich, Brian Slagel, Mark Eglinton
| ipgbook.com
The story of Metal Blade Records is the story of Brian Slagel-a metal-obsessed Southern California kid who launched a fanzine and landed a record store job before cobbling together what he assumed would be a one-off compilation of fledgling bands from the L.A. scene. Released in 1982, the Metal Massacre LP included the debut recordings of local groups such as Steeler, Malice, Ratt, and Metallica.
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