Megaforce Records has been the record label for numerous bands in the heavy metal and/or thrash genres and also rock genres, including Metallica, Anthrax, Testament, S.O.D., King's X, Warren Haynes, The Disco Biscuits, Nile and have recently signed with Ministry, Bad Brains, Rose Hill Drive, Less Than Jake, and Mushroomhead, among others.
Megaforce Records began in 1982 as the home for the recordings of Metallica, since nobody would sign the band. Since then, Megaforce has gone on to release the recordings of many others in the rock and metal worlds. Megaforce Records is distributed in the USA through Sony BMG Music Entertainment/ RED Distribution. Megaforce also operates a substantial distribution network through MRI Associated Labels, its sister company, which has released albums by guitar wizard Robert Randolph, Andrew Bird, Fiery Furnaces, Medeski Martin & Wood, Dinosaur Jr., among others.
