Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic death metal, grindcore and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. A record label is a brand created by companies that specialize in manufacturing, distributing and promoting audio and video recordings, on various formats including compact discs, LPs, DVD-Audio, SACDs, and cassettes. ... Mail order is a term which describes the buying of goods or services by mail delivery. ... Hardcore punk (or hardcore) is an intensified version of punk rock usually characterized by short, loud, and often angry songs with exceptionally fast tempos and chord changes. ... Melodic death metal is generally considered an offshoot of death metal. ... Grindcore is an extreme form of Heavy Metal related to Death Metal, but historically formed by combining elements of early Thrash Metal (which predated the advent of Death Metal) and Hardcore Punk. ... Black metal is a musical genre which emerged in the early 1980s predating the great expansion of heavy metal extreme genres. ... A tribute album is an collection of cover versions of a specific artists songs. ...

Nuclear Blast is widely respected as the top label for the melodic scene, along with fellow non-RIAA label Century Media. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a special interest group representing the U.S. recording industry, and the body responsible for certifying gold and platinum albums and singles in the USA. For more information about sales data see list of best selling albums and list of best selling... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ...

Nuclear Blast was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Their main office is still in Donzdorf, Göppingen. 1987 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Göppingen is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. ...

They release a series of compilation albums called "Death Is Just The Beginning".

Their music is featured in the box office failure movie Alone in the Dark. Movie poster for Alone in the Dark Alone in the Dark is a 2005 horror movie based on the popular video game of the same name. ...

Bands that NB had released

• Crematory
• Death
• Dimmu Borgir
• Edguy
• Hammerfall
• Helloween
• Hypocrisy
• In Flames
• Manowar
• Meshuggah
• Nightwish
• Primal Fear
• Steel Prophet
• Stratovarius
• Therion

Crematory is a gothic metal/death metal band formed in Westhofen, Germany in 1991. ... Death logo Death was an influential death metal band from North America, which was founded in 1983 and dissolved in 1999. ... Dimmu Borgir Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian melodic black metal band whose music has been in the charts in several Scandinavian countries and Germany. ... The band Edguy Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany. ... The band HammerFall (left to right: Stefan Elmgren, Anders Johansson, Joacim Cans (standing), Magnus Rosén, Oscar Dronjak) HammerFall is a Swedish power metal band assembled in 1993. ... Helloween is a German speed metal/heavy metal/power metal band founded in the early 80s by members of the two bands Ironfist and Powerfool. ... Hypocrisy is a metal band from Sweden. ... The band In Flames (from left to right): Björn Gelotte, Daniel Svensson, Anders Fridén, Peter Iwers, Jesper Strömblad In Flames is a Swedish melodic death metal band from the city of Gothenburg which is considered by many one of the referentials from the genre. ... Manowar Members from left to right: Karl Logan (guitar) Joey Demaio (bass) Eric Adams (vocals) Scott Columbus (drums of destruction) Manowar is an American heavy metal band from Auburn, New York, which formed in 1980. ... Meshuggah, named after the Hebrew (and not Yiddish as some think, including band members) word for crazy (the Yiddish term is meshugge), is a five-piece Scandinavian/tech metal band from Umeå, Sweden who use extended polymetric passages, complex drum patterns, odd time signatures, angular, dissonant guitar riffs, and harsh... Nightwish Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from the revision dated 2005-09-15, and does not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... Primal Fear is a German power metal/heavy metal band formed in 1997 by Ralf Scheepers (Vocals/Ex-Gamma Ray), Mat Sinner ( Bass and Vocals/Sinner), Stefan Leibing and Tom Naumann (Guitars). ... Band Members Stratovarius is a Finnish power metal/progressive metal band, known for its progressive and symphonic approach to the genre. ... Therion is the name the Greeks gave to the constellation the Romans named Lupus. ...

See also

• List of record labels

The following is a partial list of record labels, both past and present. ...

External link

• Nuclear Blast Records