Nuclear Blast

For Dummy Magazin - February 2010

Nuclear Blast is the world's most successfull, independent Heavy Metal label. Their office is located somewhere in the Southern German province. In that way Nuclear Blast is typical for the German metal scene that has always be bigger outside of the big cities. It was founded by Markus Staiger in the late 1980's as a small fan label. Today Nuclear Blast is an icon in the the Heavy Metal scene just like Iron Maiden or the Wacken Festival in Nothern Germany.