Nuclear Blast, also known as Nuclear Blast Records, is an independent music label founded by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf, Germany in 1987. Originally focused on Hardcore Punk, the label is best known nowadays as primarily a publisher and distributor of Heavy Metal music.
In 2018, Nuclear Blast was acquired by French indie label Believe.
One of the "big two" of European heavy metal along with Austria-based Napalm Records.
Bands currently or most recently signed to Nuclear Blast with pages on this wiki:
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- Aborted
- The Adicts
- After Forever (Self-Titled Album only; defunct)
- Alcest
- All Shall Perish (defunct)
- Amaranthe
- Anthrax (EU only)
- Arsis (US only)
- As I Lay Dying
- Avantasia
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- Kataklysm
- Korpiklaani
- The Kovenant (defunct)
- Kreator
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- Machine Head
- MaYaN
- Ministry
- Mnemic (defunct)
- Municipal Waste
- My Dying Bride
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- Rage (Band)
- Re Vamp (defunct)
- Rob Zombie
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- Sabaton
- Savatage (United States only)
- Scar Symmetry
- Sepultura
- Slayer (defunct)
- Slipknot
- Soilwork
- Soulfly
- Suffocation
- Sylosis
- Symphony X
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Bands that have previously released albums through Nuclear Blast:
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- Candlemass
- Cathedral (Band)
- Chimaira (Resurrection and The Infection)
- Clawfinger
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- Danzig
- Destruction
- Dismember
- Dissection (Storm of the Light's Bane only)
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- Gorgoroth (Destroyer through Twilight of the Idols)
- Grave Digger
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- Tankard
- Theatre of Tragedy (2000-2005)
- Tiamat
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- Within Temptation (Hydra only)