MFN Music For Nations Vinyl Records discography

  This section of the Vinyl Record Collectors Guide is the complete discography of records released by the record company: "Music For Nations", see also Roadrunner Records

  "Music for the Nations (MFN)" 1983-2004 was a London, UK based record company who produced Thrash Metal bands like: Anthrax, Dearly Beheaded , Exodus, METALLICA. Other bands recording for MFN included: Acid Drinkers , Amplifier , Anathema , Apes Pigs and Spacemen , Battleaxe , Cradle of Filth , Dispatched , Entombed , Godflesh , InMe , Lost Horizon , Opeth , Paradise Lost , Rox, Spiritual Beggars , Three Days Grace , Tigertailz

Label & Catalogno Band/Performers - Album Title Year Country

MFN 1

VIRGIN STEEL - Self-Titled ( 1982 Europe ) New Web-Page

"Virgin Steele" the 1982 self-titled debut album by the American Hard Rock and Heavy Metal band Virgin Steele. Also the first album released by the record company "Music For Nations" with catalognr "MFN 1"

MFN 3
Tank - This Means War

TANK - This Means War ( 1983 France )

"This Means War" is the third album by British heavy metal band Tank, released in 1983. On this album, the line-up expanded to a four-piece, with the addition of second guitarist Mick Tucker, former member of the NWOBHM band "White Spirit". Thanks to Tucker's songwriting contributions and to the sound expanded by an extra guitar, the band changed their music in comparison with their previous albums with longer, more melodic compositions, which helped differentiate Tank from Motörhead, the band they were often compared to.  

MFN 7
METALLICA - Kill 'Em All

METALLICA - Kill 'Em All ( 1983 France )

"Kill 'Em All" is debut of Metallica. It was recorded in only two weeks on a small budget. Only 1500 copies were initially printed.

Music For Nations MFN 12 KUT 109

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W.A.S.P - Animal (F**K Like a Beast) ( England )
MFN 12 KUT 124
Agent Steel - Mad Locust Rising

AGENT STEEL - Mad Locust Rising ( 1986 England ) New Web-Page  

This is the original "Music For Nations" release of Agent Steel's second album "Mad Locust Rising". "Mad Locust Rising" has been re-issued in 1999 by "Century Media"

MFN 14 P
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ANTHRAX - Fistful of Metal ( 1984 UK )
MFN 15
HELLION - Self-Titled MLP
HELLION - Self-Titled ( Mini-LP, 1983 USA )

MFN 19

MANOWAR - Hail to England

MANOWAR - Hail to England

"Hail to England" is often considered the best of the "classic" era of Manowar and was known to interest more English fans, due to its name.

MFN 20
HELSTAR - Burning Star
HELSTAR - Burning Star ( 1984 USA )
MFN 27
METALLICA - Ride The Lightning

METALLICA - Ride The Lightning ( 1984 England ).

Ride the Lightning is often hailed by fans as a classic of the thrash metal genre,

Music For Nations MFN 44

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EXODUS - Bonded By Blood ( 1985 Made in France )New Web-Page 

This album "Bonded By Blood" is the debut/first full-length album by the American Thrash Metal band "Exodus".

Music For Nations – MFN 46 P

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MEGADETH - Killing is my Business and Business is Good 12" Picture Disc New Web-Page   

  This is the Picture Disc version "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!" the debut album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. It was originally released in 1985 on Combat Records. The album's artwork, featuring a plastic skull with tinfoil, was not intended to be the original artwork. Mustaine wanted a picture of Megadeth mascot Vic Rattlehead on the cover, however the studio lost the artwork, so they improvised the low-budget replacement.

MFN 47
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EXCITER - Long Live The Loud
MFN 60P
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METALLICA - Master of Puppets Picture Disc
MFN 60 DM
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METALLICA - Master of Puppets Audiophile 45rpm Double LP ( 1986 USA )
MFN 61
EXCITER - Unveiling the Wicked
EXCITER - Unveiling the Wicked ( 1986 France )
MFN 65
RIO - Sex Crimes
RIO - Sex Crimes ( 1986 England )
MFN 66
Agent Steel
AGENT STEEL- Unstoppable Force ( 1986 USA )

Music For Nations MFN 68

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ROGUE MALE - Animal Man ( 1986 England )

Animal Man is the second full length album recorded by the Rogue Male band

 

MFN 71
Music For Nations - The Singles Album
VARIOUS ARTISTS - Music For Nations - The Singles Album ( 1986 USA )
MFN 73
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HELLION - Screams in the Night ( 1987 England )
MFN 75
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HEATHEN - Breaking The Silence ( 1987 England )
MFN 76
ZOETROPE - A Life of Crime
ZOETROPE - A Life of Crime ( 1987 USA )
MFN 77
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EXODUS - Pleasures for the Flesh ( 1987 England )

MFN 82

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HELLION - Postcards from the Asylum ( 1988 England )

 

MFN 86

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KING KOBRA - III Uncensored Inner Sleeve ( 1986 England )

This album released in 1988 , was the first and last album by the Edwards, Michael-Phillips, Northrup, Hart and Appice line-up of King Kobra.

 

Relativity, Music For Nations MFN 87

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IMPELLITTERI - Stand in Line ( 1988 England )

 

 

MFN 90
Exodus - Fabulous Disaster

EXODUS - Fabulous Disaster ( 1988 France )

  "Fabulous Disaster" is the third album by Exodus. UK label Music for Nations released the album in 1988, but in the USA, it was released in January 1989 by Combat/Relativity Records. In 1999, Century media remastered and reissued the band's first three albums in Europe only. This was Tom Hunting's last album with Exodus .

MFN 99
WARP DRIVE - Gimme Gimme
WARP DRIVE - Gimme Gimme
MFN 203
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DEARLY BEHEADED - Temptation ( 1996 England )
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EXODUS - Bonded by Blood

EXODUS - Bonded by Blood ( 1985 )

This album "Bonded By Blood" is the debut/first full-length album by the American Thrash Metal band "Exodus"

Music for Nations RR 9789
Rogue Male - First Visit

ROGUE MALE - First Visit ( 1985 Netherlands )

"First Visit" is the debut / first album by the British Heavy Metal band (NWOBHM) "Rogue Male", it was produced by Steve James and released in 1985.

Music For Nations 12 KUT 103

ROX - Krazy Kutz / Sweet Sixteen

ROX - Krazy Kutz / Sweet Sixteen ( 1983 France )

This mini-album "Krazy Kutz / Sweet Sixteen" is by Rox a NWOBHM Heavy Metal band from Manchester

 

PKUT 105
METALLICA - Jump In The Fire Shaped Picture Disc
METALLICA - Jump In The Fire Shaped Picture Disc