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BRC 1900 Venom - At War with Satan
BRC 1901 Metallica - Kill 'em All
BRC 1902 Anthrax - Fistful of Metal
BRC 1903 Exciter - Violence & Force
BRC 1904 Raven - All for One
BRC 1905 Trouble - s/t (Psalm 9)
BRC 1906 Slayer - Show no Mercy
BRC 1907 Venom - Welcome to Hell
BRC 1908 Venom - Black Metal
BRC 1909 Metallica - Ride the Lightning
BRC 1910 Overdrive - Swords and Axes
BRC 1911 Tokyo Blade - Midnight Rendez-Vous
BRC 1912 MainEEaxe - Shout it Out
BRC 1913 Eric Steel - s/t
BRC 1914 Sortilege - Metamorphose
BRC 1915 Sortilege - Metamorphosis
BRC 1916 Grave Digger - Heavy Metal Breakdown
BRC 1917 Avenger - Blood Sports
BRC 1918 Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade
BRC 1919 Omen - Battle Cry
BRC 1920 Jaguar - Power Games
BRC 1921 Tysondog - Beware of the Dog
BRC 1922 Axewitch - Visions of the Past
BBRC 1923 Warfare - Pure Filth
BRC 1924 Warlord - And the Cannons of Destruction Have Begun
BRC 1925 Voivod - War and Pain
BRC 1926 Thrust - Fist Held High
BRC 1927 Savage Grace - Master of Disguise
BRC 1928 Jag Panzer - Ample Destruction
BRC 1929 Venom - Possessed
BRC 1930 Slayer - Hell Awaits
BRC 1931 Trouble - The Skull
BRC 1932 Fates Warning - Night on Bröcken
BRC 1933 Metal Church - s/t
BRC 1934 Bathory - s/t
BRC 1935 Grave Digger - Witch Hunter
BRC 1936 Exciter - Long Live the Loud
BRC 1937 MainEEaxe - Going for Gold
BRC 1938 Torch - s/t
BRC 1939 Exodus - Bonded By Blood
BRC 1940 Megadeth - Killing is my Business...and Business is Good
BRC 1941 Oz - III Warning
BRC 1942 Destruction - Infernal Overkill
BRC 1943 Torch - Electrikiss
BRC 1944 Abattoir - Vicious Attack
BRC 1945 TKO - In Your Face
BRC 1946 Laaz Rockit - City's Gonna Burn
BRC 1947 Lizzy Borden - Love You to Pieces
BRC 1948 Hallow's Eve - Tales of Terror
BRC 1949 Oz - Fire in the Brain
BRC 1950 Nasty Savage - s/t
BRC 1951 Kreator - Endless Pain
BRC 1952 Warrant - The Enforcer
BRC 1953 Tyrant - Legions of the Dead
BRC 1954 Thrasher - Burning at the Speed of Light
BRC 1955 Bathory - The Return...
BRC 1956 Agent Steel - Skeptics Apocalypse
BRC 1957 Gravestone - Back to Attack
BRC 1958 Running Wild - Branded & Exiled
BRC 1959 Iron Angel - Hellish Crossfire
BRC 1960 Liege Lord - Freedom's Rise
BRC 1961 Restless - We Rock the Nation
BRC 1962 Tyrant - Mean Machine
BRC 1963 Fates Warning - The Spectre Within
BRC 1964 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion
BRC 1965 Possessed - Seven Churches
BRC 1966 Helloween - Walls of Jericho
BRC 1967 Stormwitch - Tales of Terror
BRC 1968 Savatage - Sirens
BRC 1969 Tokyo Blade - Blackhearts and Jaded Spades
BRC 1970 Living Death - Metal Revolution
BRC 1971 Omen - Warning of Danger
BRC 1972 Kreator - Pleasure to Kill
BRC 1973 Voivod - Rrröööaaarrr
BRC 1974 Iron Angel - Winds of War
BRC 1975 Tyran Pace - Long Live Metal
BRC 1976 Sound Barrier - Speed of Light
BRC 1977 Destruction - Eternal Devastation
BRC 1978 Sodom - Obsessed by Cruelty
BRC 1979 Paul Di'Anno's Battlezone - Fighting Back
BRC 1980 Jag Wire - Made in Heaven
BRC 1981 Tony MacAlpine - Edge of Insanity
BRC 1982 Lizzy Borden - The Murderess Metal Road Show
BRC 1983 Détente - Recognize No Authority
BRC 1984 Fifth Angel - s/t
BRC 1985 Flotsam & Jetsam - Doomsday for the Deciever
BRC 1986 Cryptic Slaughter - Convicted
BRC 1987 MacAlpine, Aldridge, Rock, Sarzo - Project: Driver
BRC 1988 Chastain - Ruler of the Wasteland
BRC 1989 Racer X - Street Lethal
BRC 1990 Vinnie Moore - Mind's Eye
BRC 2001 Mercyful Fate - The Beginning
BRC 2002 Infernäl Mäjesty - None Shall Defy
BRC 2003 Aggression - The Full Treatment
BRD 2900 Raven - Live at the Inferno
BAM 1001 Raven - Break the Chain
BAM 1002 Venom - Canadian Assault
BAM 1003 Hellhammer - Apocalyptic Raids
BAM 1004 Destruction - Sentence of Death
BAM 1005 Slayer - Haunting the Chapel
BAM 1006 Tokyo Blade - Madame Guillotine
BAM 1007 Celtic Frost - Morbid Tales
BAM 1008 Parasite -s/t
BAM 1009 Strike - s/t
BAM 1010 Helloween - s/t
BAM 1011 Ruthless - Metal Without Mercy
BAM 1012 Savatage - The Dungeons are Calling
BRSX 101 Wasp - Animal (f**k like a Beast)
BRSX 102 Celtic Frost - Emperor's Return
BRSX 103 Celtic Frost - Tragic Serenades
THIS IS A FAN PAGE ONLY, ITS PURPOSE IS INFORMATION AND NETWORKING FOR THOSE INTERESTED IN BANZAI RECORDS:
1. THIS LABEL IS OBSOLETE AND INACTIVE
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3. I DO NOT OWN THE RIGHTS TO ANY OF THE SONGS POSTED HERE, THEY ARE FOR REFERENCE PURPOSE ONLY!!!
That being said, the page is UNDER CONSTRUCTION! Stay tuned.
Banzai Records was a canadian record label active in the '80s. They were mainly licensing heavy metal albums that weren't domestically available in Canada. So most of what was on Metal Blade / Megaforce Records, Neat Records, Noise Records, Roadrunner, etc, would be released in Canada thru Banzai Records, via Polygram distribution. Michel Meese, founder and president of Banzai Records, had an immense knowledge of the metal scene, and a great feel for the canadian market. By seeing which imported albums were good sellers, the ones he chose to release on Banzai were always well recieved. Artists represented by Banzai Records included Venom, Anthrax, Metallica, Voivod, Raven and Slayer, to name a few.
Although the label had the rights to distribute most of the albums, a few are believed to be bootlegs. First pressed at 1000 copies, re-prints were ordered depending on popularity. Very few ever made it past 10,000 copies. But many of them were sold as cassettes, since it was the medium of choice back then, in the golden age of walkmans! A notable exception is Metallica. Both of thier Banzai releases were the only ones to reach gold status in Canada, at 50,000 copies each.
Banzai's business address, 1238 Crescent Street, Montreal, was also the home of the biggest heavy metal record store in Montreal called Rock en Stock. Banzai stopped their activities at the end of the '80s, and Rock en Stock closed shop at the end of the '90s, after a raid on bootlegged cds.
(THIS INFORMATION WAS WRITTEN BY DANIEL DULUDE AND IS USED WITH PERMISSION. CHECK OUT HIS BANZAI RECORDS SITE FOR MORE: CLICK HERE)
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BRC 1901 Metallica - Kill 'em All BRC 1902 Anthrax - Fistful of Metal BRC 1903 Exciter - Violence & Force BRC 1904 Raven - All for One BRC 1905 Trouble - s/t (Psalm 9) BRC 1908 Venom - Black Metal BRC 1909 Metallica - Ride the Lightning BRC 1911 Tokyo Blade - Midnight RendezVous BRC 1912 MainEEaxe - Shout it Out BRC 1915 Sortilege - Metamorphosis BRC 1918 Tokyo Blade - Night of the Blade BRC 1919 Omen - Battle Cry BRC 1921 Tysondog - Beware of the Dog BBRC 1923 Warfare - Pure Filth BRC 1932 Fates Warning - Night on Brocken BRC 1933 Metal Church - s/t BRC 1936 Exciter - Long Live the Loud BRC 1937 MainEEaxe - Going for Gold BRC 1939 Exodus - Bonded By Blood BRC 1940 Megadeth - Killing is my Business...and Business is Good BRC 1951 Kreator - Endless Pain BRC 1957 Gravestone - Back to Attack BRC 1959 Iron Angel - Hellish Crossfire BRC 1962 Tyrant - Mean Machine BRC 1964 Celtic Frost - To Mega Therion BRC 1966 Helloween - Walls of Jericho BRC 1967 Stormwitch - Tales of Terror BRC 1988 Chastain - Ruler of the Wasteland BRC 1989 Racer X - Street Lethal BRD 2900 Raven - Live at the Inferno BAM 1002 Venom - Canadian Assault BAM 1005 Slayer - Haunting the Chapel BAM 1006 Tokyo Blade - Madame Guillotine
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