– January thirtieth, 2023 –
The final word Heavy Steel museum options artifacts from Slayer, Metallica, Deep Purple, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Skinny Lizzy and lots of extra!
Tickets HERE!
Steel Blade Information is happy to announce that its Las Vegas, NV based mostly museum, beforehand solely open on the weekends, will now be open EVERY DAY. Contained in the museum, followers will have the ability to wander the halls of heavy steel historical past, collected all through the life and profession of Steel Blade’s founder and Chairman/CEO, Brian Slagel. You’ll see objects like outdated promo supplies, outdated present flyers from the Sundown Strip and past, plaques, props from excursions and music movies, authentic promotional photographs from bands’ album releases, authentic paintings from bands’ cowl artwork, merch, gear, and so, a lot extra.
For a greater thought of what the museum holds, try these movies which provide a fast tour by means of the museum with Steel Blade’s very personal, Brian Slagel.
Pt 1 HERE | Pt 2 HERE
And whereas out and about in Las Vegas, be certain to cease by Steel Blade Information‘ retailer on the Vintage Mall Of America. Stuffed with Steel Blade collectibles and out-of-print objects that may’t be discovered wherever else, followers can go to the placement to get their repair of uncommon vinyl, t-shirts, CDs and extra. (Vintage Mall of America 9151 S Las Vegas Blvd # 344 Las Vegas, NV 89123 – instructions HERE)
About Steel Blade Information:
Based upon proprietor Brian Slagel‘s enduring drive to search out nice bands and get their music out to as many individuals as attainable, since 1982 Steel Blade has introduced wave after wave of highly effective, modern, and infrequently genre-defining music to the ever-hungry steel lots. It’s this ethos that has seen Steel Blade construct up a shocking and numerous catalog, climate the assorted storms going through any impartial label, and in an age of declining file gross sales boast probably the most profitable years of its existence because it celebrates its fourth decade.
Steel Blade Information launched Metallica, Slayer, Armored Saint, Fates Warning, GWAR, Cannibal Corpse, Amon Amarth, Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Homicide, Cattle Decapitation, and dozens extra style giants, shaping 4 many years and counting of exhausting rock, steel, and excessive music tradition. Brian Slagel labored as a file retailer clerk when he based Steel Blade in 1982, reserving a spot for a younger Lars Ulrich on his Steel Bloodbath compilation sequence. Steel Blade grew from humble beginnings in Los Angeles to develop into a world powerhouse, promoting thousands and thousands of albums whereas remaining fiercely impartial. In 2017, Slayer‘s Kerry King inducted the label into the Corridor of Heavy Steel Historical past. Slagel‘s For the Sake of Heaviness: The Historical past of Steel Blade Information arrived the identical yr.
In 2022 Steel Blade Information celebrated its fortieth Anniversary by means of two stay exhibits in Las Vegas – one that includes Killswitch Interact and one other that includes Sacred Reich. Along with these two packed stay exhibits/events, the label reissued its first launch, the compilation album Steel Bloodbath, plus specifically branded fortieth Anniversary small batch vodka and rum, and a West Coast type IPA beer. Brian Slagel additionally noticed the discharge of his second ebook, Swing of the Blade: Extra Tales from Steel Blade Information that was launched on Could ninth and was met with rave opinions from followers and press alike. One fan on Good Reads known as the ebook “a sentimental journey by means of Brian’s steel origin-story recollections from his deep and extensive perspective as founding father of Steel Blade that I loved very a lot” whereas MetalTalk.web wrote that “Swing Of The Blade is an endearing, sincere, and satisfying journey into the deeper world of Brian Slagel, the primary man behind the legendary Steel Blade Information…that is very a lot Brian in his personal phrases, recounting tales from the early days of Steel Blade by means of to a short post-pandemic epilogue, the place he expresses his remorse that the ebook hasn’t coincided with the fortieth anniversary of the label.” To spherical out the celebration, Brian Slagel opened up the label’s assortment of heavy steel memorabilia to followers in Las Vegas, NV, marking the opening of the official Steel Blade Information Museum that’s open each Saturday.
The celebrating rolled over into 2023 and in October AXS TV picked up and premiered the Denise Korycki documentary of Steel Bloodbath: The Story Behind the Legendary Album. Filled with all-star interviews, uncommon photographs, the movie tells the story of the groundbreaking 1982 Steel Bloodbath vinyl compilation-a sonic celebration of the burgeoning Los Angeles Steel scene, which helped launch the careers of iconic acts Metallica and Ratt, and in the end led to the start of the legendary impartial file label Steel Blade Information. The movie boasts priceless commentary and anecdotes from Steel Blade founder Brian Slagel and his buddy and collaborator John Kornarens, two metalheads with a dream who made Steel Bloodbath a actuality; in addition to Metallica members Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield; Ratt frontman Stephen Pearcy; and Black N’ Blue singer Jamie St. James, amongst many others.
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