Believe-owned metal label Nuclear Blast, has appointed widely-respected executive Nathan Barley Phillips as Senior A&R for the label.
He joins Nuclear Blast via Believe, where he was Head of TuneCore UK since the start of 2018.
Barley Phillips was responsible for all operations and relationships with artists, managers and industry partners working with TuneCore in the UK.
Before joining TuneCore, Nathan Barley Phillips followed an early career as a musician and promoter.
He started heavy music label Basick Records in 2005, giving emerging UK artists such as Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow and Sleep Token their first commercial releases.
The Basick label signed and released music from the likes of Misery Signals, SikTh, Monuments, Skyharbor, Ion Dissonance, Devil Sold His Soul, Intervals, Heart Of A Coward and Napoleon among many others.
Basick Records was nominated three times in a row for the Metal Hammer Golden God ‘Best Indie Label’ Award (2016, 2017, 2018).
Nathan Barley Phillips also recently served four years (2014-2018) on the board of directors at the Association Of Independent Music (AIM) in the UK.
“I have a deep respect for the heritage of Nuclear Blast and I am relishing the task of signing and developing the new talent that will come to define the future legacy of the label.”
Nathan Barley Phillips
Nathan Barley Phillips said: “Getting the opportunity to join the Nuclear Blast family is a great honor for me.
“I grew up listening to pretty much every band on the roster and Nuclear Blast was a huge influence when I was starting my own label 15 years ago.
“I have a deep respect for the heritage of Nuclear Blast and I am relishing the task of signing and developing the new talent that will come to define the future legacy of the label.”
“We are thrilled to welcome Nathan to the Nuclear Blast team, with his strong background and experience. Nathan’s recruitment represents a great step forward in building the future of Nuclear Blast.”
Thorsten Freese, Believe
Thorsten Freese, Managing Director of Believe Germany, said: “We are building an international company to best serve artists at all stages of their career.
“At Nuclear Blast, we are actively building new teams across the world in our offices of Donzdorf, Los Angeles, Paris, Hamburg or London, in an effort to continue the signing of new talents and legacy acts, and the development of the best services for our artists, from A&R, to marketing, promotion or distribution.
“We are thrilled to welcome Nathan to the Nuclear Blast team, with his strong background and experience. Nathan’s recruitment represents a great step forward in building the future of Nuclear Blast.”
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