News•August 30, 2005 5:18 PM ET•5,969 views

Metal Blade Records signs Cellador

Metal Blade Records has officially announced the signing of Omaha, NE melodic speed/power metal band Cellador. According to the label, the group's demo was passed onto Metal Blade president Brian Slagel via members of The Black Dahlia Murder. According to Slagel, "I am truly excited about our latest signing, Cellador. They are a young band with incredible musicianship and songs. We have been looking just for this type of band who mix the old school metal with a fresh attitude." Cellador guitarist Chris Petersen had this to say: "We are very proud and excited to be welcomed to the Metal Blade family. With its current roster and unprecedented history of dedication and integrity, it is with great honor and gratitude that we have been chosen and given the opportunity to represent true American melodic speed metal on one of the biggest labels in the world of metal. Their past success and dedication is only a greater source of inspiration now for us to press forth with pushing true metal to its extreme. Look out for us!!" Formed in 2004, the band will enter the studio in December to record their Metal Blade debut, which should hit stores next spring. In the interim, you can check out some of their material here.

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a_hoarce_of_corse 8/30/2005 2:22:47 PM

first.

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pham 8/30/2005 2:23:34 PM

first post

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a_hoarce_of_corse 8/30/2005 2:25:26 PM

Don Pham.

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mydixiewrecked 8/30/2005 2:26:57 PM

be cooler if mr. dickinson wasn't making special performances

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a_hoarce_of_corse 8/30/2005 2:29:02 PM

amen. fcking dickingson. sheesh.

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fsovercrooks 8/30/2005 2:51:13 PM

melodic speed....???

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humanityisthedevil 8/30/2005 2:58:51 PM

wow... sounds exactly like dragonforce, they even bite their lyrics

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hardware 8/30/2005 3:24:01 PM

I liked the name Cellar Door better.

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notorious_dob 8/30/2005 3:35:41 PM

formed in 2004 and already on metal blade... wtf

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oopsbrokemyhip 8/30/2005 3:55:05 PM

omg

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sharkxpunch 8/30/2005 4:07:13 PM

AMERICAN METALLLLL...this shit blows.

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dracula 8/30/2005 4:28:42 PM

cellador is incredible. wait till you pussies see this stuff live.although many of you care less about composition, and more about meat headed mosh breaks. Fans of metal in its true form should take notice. This shit is no joke.

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thisheartscoma 8/30/2005 4:56:30 PM

Metal Blade has released some decent shit this year.

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thisheartscoma 8/30/2005 4:57:15 PM

then again,...this band doesnt seem to be that good. Their donnie darko inspired name makes me want to swallow my own vomit.

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deadwithfear 8/30/2005 5:04:48 PM

no dice for these assfcks

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jca 8/30/2005 8:08:51 PM

no give a shit ever

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DenyThisFlesh 8/30/2005 8:10:43 PM

never heard until now, but this is pretty good

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xonexwingedxangelx 8/30/2005 8:51:42 PM

they need better vocals

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gorebuzz 8/31/2005 1:12:24 AM

wow just what we need, more melodic speed metal. when are people gonna stop acting like it's still 93' and put out something interesting.

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Selvin 8/31/2005 1:28:32 AM

Decent stuff.

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yourcityliesindust 8/31/2005 7:12:20 AM

Pretty cool stuff

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Graveheart 9/1/2005 4:19:59 AM

Wow, just what we need, more dime a dozen hardcore geeks getting all angsty on the internet with their elitist views.

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stabface 9/2/2005 6:19:54 PM

fckthat metalkids are way more elist then hardcore kids. cellador? I think there needs to be a website where they enter a band name and see if it passes the suck test

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shats_dad 2/11/2006 1:19:41 AM

lame......

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