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Combat Records was an American independent record label from New York City. The label was home to predominantly metal and punk rock acts including Megadeth, Circle Jerks, Nuclear Assault, OZ, Death, Dead Brain Cells, Possessed, Crumbsuckers, Agnostic Front, Agent Steel, Dark Angel, Heathen, Zoetrope and Exodus. ==History== Combat Records was the "in house" heavy metal label for the independent powerhouse distributor Important Record Distributors. Important had several offices in the United States that promoted and sold Combat's releases. Important Records was also home to Megaforce Records in the mid-1980s and produced Metallica's ''Kill 'Em All'' and ''Ride the Lightning'' (prior to Metallica's transfer to Elektra Records), Anthrax's ''Fistful of Metal'' and many other early Megaforce releases. In mid-1986, the Noise label signed a deal with Combat to distribute records in the US. Noise represented the bands Voivod, Celtic Frost, Helloween and Running Wild). Neat also signed with Combat, bringing Venom, Raven to the US, while Metal Blade brought Slayer and Trouble.〔 Usually releases were issued in joint venture with the Combat logo. The label signed thrash metal band Megadeth to a contract in November 1984. The band released ''Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!'', their first album, in 1985. Capitol Records signed Megadeth in 1985, obtaining the rights from Combat to Megadeth's second album, ''Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?''. The Combat logo appeared on the back of every Megadeth album on Capitol up through ''Countdown to Extinction''. Megadeth's album ''Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good!'' is one of the highest selling albums released by Combat Records with more than 200,000 copies sold. The label had distribution deals with Music for Nations and Under One Flag for European releases of their catalog. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Combat Records」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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