About Blacklight Media
Blacklight Media is a hard rock and heavy metal label founded in February 2016 by celebrity chef Chris Santos in partnership with Brian Slagel, the legendary founder of Metal Blade Records. They launched the label with breakout band Good Tiger, a release that set the tone for the brand. Since their inception, Blacklight has unleashed records from a variety of artists across the spectrum of heavy music, perpetually seeking to bring more attention to those who deserve it in the underground.

Blacklight Media was always meant to be a label created to expose talent that has been concealed and deserves the recognition of a larger audience. They focus on working with high energy bands with forward thinking music. The label is currently aggressively building their presence in the metal scene in order to better serve their artists and lift up our community. With exciting recent signings including Capra, Nicolas Cage Fighter and RXPTRS, Blacklight Media is only going to keep expanding.

"Starting a label of my own is truly a dream come true," said Santos. "Music has always spoken to me in a visceral, instinctive way, and I'm hoping to curate a blend of hard rock and heavy metal that is unique in every way. Similar to my cooking, I hope the music our artists create will be engaging, well rounded, and sometimes whimsical."

About Chef Chris Santos
Chef Chris Santos is the Co-Founder and Executive Chef of Beauty & Essex Restaurants in the Lower East Side, at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas, and in Hollywood, CA. In addition to his three restaurants, he has been a series regular and sitting judge on Food Network’s hit series “Chopped” since its debut in 2008 and is a two-time “Chopped” champion himself. Santos has been featured on NBC’s TODAY Show, CBS’s Early Show, The Martha Stewart Show, and The Rachael Ray Show among many others. After nearly thirty years residing in New York City, Chef Santos now lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, Actress Natalie Makenna, and their two Frenchies Frankie & Gigi.