Metal Blade Records artists

Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman, drummer Dave Lombardo. and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Metallica, Megadeth, and Anthrax. Slayer's current lineup comprises King, Araya, drummer Paul Bostaph, and guitarist Gary Holt, who initially joined as a touring musician in 2011 before joining the band permanently after Hanneman's death in 2013; the drummer Jon Dette is a former member of the band.

American death metal band

British extreme metal band

Swedish melodic death metal band

Polish extreme metal band

Polish death metal band

Swedish musical group; hard rock band

Ensiferum (Latin: , n adj., meaning "sword bearing") is a Finnish folk metal band from Helsinki. The members of the band label themselves as "melodic folk metal". The group has released nine studio albums.

Swiss metal band

American metalcore band

Danish heavy metal band

American progressive metal band

English musical group; rock band

Danish musician

American death metal band

American rock band

Faroese folk metal band

American melodic death metal band

Swedish doom metal band

German medieval metal band

Canadian heavy metal band

British metal band

American thrash metal band

American deathcore band

American deathgrind band

English death metal band

multinational progressive rock supergroup

American progressive metal band

Skyforger is a metal band from Latvia which was formed in 1995 out of the remains of doom metal band Grindmaster Dead.

American heavy metal band

American death metal band

Batushka (Cyrillic spelling: Батюшка) is a Polish black metal band based in Białystok founded by Krzysztof Drabikowski in 2015. Their music and lyrics, which are written exclusively in Church Slavonic language, are inspired by the Eastern Orthodox Church. The band members wear religious habits and Eastern Orthodox schemas during live performances to conceal their identities. In contrast with many other black metal bands, they use eight-string guitars.

Norwegian black metal band

Irish extreme metal band

British heavy metal band

American death metal band

American progressive metalcore band

American doom metal band

American thrash metal band

American crossover thrash band

American progressive rock band

Danish thrash metal band

Australian deathcore band

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American death metal band

Swedish power metal band

American heavy metal band

Japanese melodic death metal band

Vio-lence is an American thrash metal band formed in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Throughout its career, they have released demo tapes, three EPs and three studio albums. Vio-lence is best-known for their association with the 1980s Bay Area thrash metal scene, and often credited as one of the leading lights of the second wave of the genre.

band from the Netherlands

American thrash metal band

American heavy metal band

Dutch death metal band

American heavy metal band

Swedish metal band

Goatwhore is an American blackened death metal band formed in New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1997, known for their songs' lyrical themes of Satanism. Their sound is said to be "distinctly southern".

Swedish musical group; death metal band

English rock band

Australian metalcore band

Italian power metal band