Nuclear Blast

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Nuclear Blast
Parent company	Believe Digital
Founded	1987
Founder	Markus Staiger
Status	Active
Distributor(s)	AMPED Distribution Alternative Distribution Alliance BMG Rights Management Warner Music Group
Genre	Heavy metal hard rock hardcore punk extreme metal
Country of origin	Germany
Location	Donzdorf, Germany
Official website	nuclearblast.de

Nuclear Blast Records is a German record label with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. It was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Donzdorf. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by thrash metal, melodic death metal, grindcore, industrial metal, power metal and black metal bands, as well as tribute albums. It also distributes and promotes post-hardcore/metalcore labels SharpTone Records; another post-hardcore/metalcore label, Arising Empire, was in Nuclear Blast portfolio until its acquirement by Kontor New Media in 2020.

In October 2018, French independent label Believe Digital acquired a majority stake in Nuclear Blast.^[1]