This is actually a tricky one in a "who was the chicken and who was the egg"-scenario. But first off, lets take a closer look at the logo's, because as you can see they are not 100% the same, more like 90% maybe. The L on both logo's are different. On the left we got a capitol and on the right we have a minuscule.
This is the case; The movie "Mausoleum" was released in 1983, but according to Metal-archives "Mausoleum Records" released their first LP in 1982 (The same year they state it was founded) and according to Discogs it was released in 1981? We are talking about the re-release of Barón Rojo's great album "Volumen Brutal".
But I believe this to be incorrect and that "Mausoleum Records" actually took their logo from the horror flick. Why? Because their catalog numbers was SKULL 83** or SKULL 83*** (Some starts of with BONE or FIST etc, to add to the confusion) which I think you should read as 83 = founding year, ** = release order. So if that's the case, logic would suggest that Killer's "Ready for Hell" (SKULL 8301) is their first release, followed by Killer's second album "Wall of Sound" (SKULL 8302), both re-releases from 1981 / 1982.
But we also have this little hick-up with the two L's. The whole logo was done with capital letters from the beginning, but due to copyrights reasons (?) "MAUSOlEUM Records" decided to cut of the floor to the L and stretch out the E? It's not that far fetched, right?
One last nail in the coffin though. What's stated as their first release is the english version of "Volumen Brutal" and of course is entitled "Brutal Volume". For this release its catalog number is "SKULL 8327", but "Mausoleum Records" also re-released the album in it's original language with the catalog number "SKULL 8326". So... Is it that ignorant to think that maybe these two releases came out around the same time? And was in fact their 26th and 27th releases?
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