100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal

Brian Slagel

Booking Overview

This is a weekly music-history interview show focused on heavy metal and hard rock, typically featuring musicians, record producers, music journalists, photographers, and other metal-connected professionals. Credible pitches include established or rising metal artists, producers and engineers, genre historians, music authors, and knowledgeable performers or comedians with a strong metal connection; booking difficulty is medium because the show mixes accessible specialists with prominent industry figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 101

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.8/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 1.5M subscribers

Instagram: 569.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

metalblade@metalblade.com

tracyv@metalblade.com

heather@metalblade.com

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Host

Brian Slagel - Founder and CEO of Metal Blade Records, a major independent heavy metal record label.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Musicians, producers, recording engineers, music journalists, authors, photographers, and other professionals with direct expertise in heavy metal or hard rock and a meaningful connection to the featured song, artist, recording, or scene.

Required Achievements:

Performing or recording with established metal and hard rock acts, Producing or engineering notable heavy music albums, Publishing books or journalism about metal history, Documenting influential artists or scenes through photography or media, Building recognized expertise or a professional career in heavy music

Recent Guest Discussions

Martin Popoff - Historical Context, Facts, And Critical Perspective On Enter Sandman.

Jay Ruston - The Production Of Metallica's Enter Sandman.

Brian Lew - Photographing Metallica And Documenting The Early Bay Area Thrash-metal Scene.

Martin Popoff - Historical Context And Critical Perspective On Evil.

Mark Lewis - The Production Of Mercyful Fate's Evil.

Recent Topics

Music, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Music Production, Music History

Episodes

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100 Songs that Define Heavy Metal

Iron Maiden - "Hallowed Be Thy Name"

October 05, 2026

Iron Maiden - "Hallowed Be Thy Name" from the album "Number of the Beast" released in the US March 22, 1982 and in the UK March 29, 1982 This episode is officially the last in line, the number one song that defined heavy metal, the favorite song of our host, Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel. To discuss this song, he invited back on the show the only person who might be as big of a Maiden fan as he is: musician/actor/wrestler/podcast host Chris Jericho. Check out the unedited video v...

Rainbow - "Stargazer / A Light in the Black"

September 28, 2026

Rainbow - "Stargazer / A Light in the Black" from the album "Rising" released May 17, 1976. Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel welcomes back to the show radio and TV host Eddie Trunk to discuss Brian's second favorite song of all time (which is actually two songs that he just can't separate): Rainbow's "Stargazer" and "A Light in the Black". They also discuss the entire Rainbow catalogue, and how they both found their way to the band, and of course, remember their friend Ronnie James Dio...

Metallica - "Enter Sandman"

September 21, 2026

Metallica - "Enter Sandman" Released as a single on July 29, 1991. The music video was released July 30, 1991 and the album "Metallica" (AKA "The Black Album") was released August 12, 1991. Metal Blade Records CEO Brian Slagel discusses Metallica's "Enter Sandman" and catches up with his old friend Brian Lew who photographed Metallica extensively in the early days, and his work is part of the documentary "Murder in the Front Row" and the book of the same name. Brian also discusses the pr...

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