To commemorate the fine 30th Anniversary of metal’s most venerable and storied label, Metal Blade Records, the writers of BraveWords.com have gotten their metalheads together and come up with a list of the Top 30 coolest, most legendary, rockingest, most influential, most deserving of fame and notoriety, releases founder/CEO Brian Slagel and crew have issued since forging the fire way back in mom’s garage in 1982. As has become tradition ‘round here, we are presenting them – through January and February – in reverse order, leading eventually to the penultimate slab of iron ever to carry an esteemed Metal Blade catalogue number.

22) GWAR – Scumdogs Of The Universe (1990)

By Greg Pratt

You know, it’s strange to look back and think any GWAR album is really a classic. But on their second, and first for Metal Blade, the band really were on to something special. The inclusion of their classic ‘Sick Of You’ tune helps, but really it was all about the timing: the world was ready for a band like GWAR at this point (or, at least, the pockmarked pocket of the world that we all resided in was). Crazy how much I spun this as a young lad when it came out, but, silly as it was, the planets were aligned, and GWAR had arrived.

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Top 30 Metal Blade Releases Of All Time

#30) FALCONER – Falconer (2001)

#29) KING’S X – Black Like Sunday (2003)

#28) LETHAL – Programmed (1990)

#27) SACRIFICE – Apocalypse Inside (1993)

#26) CANNIBAL CORPSE – Kill (2006)

#25) THE RED CHORD - Fed Through The Teeth Machine (2009)

#24) THE CROWN – Deathrace King (2000)

#23) VADER – Revelations (2002)

#22) GWAR – Scumdogs Of The Universe (1990)