Metal Massacre


Metal Massacre is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as the Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Possessed and more.

History

In 1981, Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the '80s and early '90s he continued to release more volumes of the compilations. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. Metal Massacre XIII differed from the previous releases which featured primarily unsigned bands, containing mostly established bands on the Metal Blade roster.

''Metal Massacre'' – 1982

First pressing

  1. "Cold Day in Hell" – Steeler – 4:17
  2. "Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
  3. "Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
  4. "Tell the World" – Ratt – 3:16
  5. "Octave" – Avatar – 3:48
  6. "Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
  7. "Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
  8. "Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
  9. "Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
  10. "Hit the Lights" – Metallica – 4:25

    Second pressing

  11. "Chains Around Heaven" – Black 'n Blue – 3:45
  12. "Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
  13. "Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
  14. "Tell the World" – Ratt – 3:16
  15. "Octave" – Avatar – 3:48
  16. "Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
  17. "Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
  18. "Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
  19. "Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
  20. "Hit the Lights" – Metallica – 4:12

    Third pressing

  21. "Chains Around Heaven" – Black 'n Blue – 3:45
  22. "Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
  23. "Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
  24. "Octave" – Avatar – 3:48
  25. "Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
  26. "Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
  27. "Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
  28. "Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
  29. "Hit the Lights" – Metallica – 4:12
  1. "Lesson Well Learned" – Armored Saint – 2:51
  2. "Mind Invader" – 3rd Stage Alert – 3:51
  3. "Rivet Head" – Surgical Steel – 3:03^
  4. "Shadows of Steel" – Obsession – 4:31
  5. "Scepters of Deceit" – Savage Grace – 3:45
  6. "No Holds Barred" – Overkill* – 4:12
  7. "Lucifer's Hammer" – Warlord – 3:18
  8. "Such a Shame" – Trauma** – 2:53
  9. "It's Alright" – Dietrich – 3:26
  10. "Inversion" – Molten Leather – 4:04
  11. "Kings" – Hyksos – 6:11
  12. "Heavy Metal Virgin" – Aloha*** – 3:01

    ''Metal Massacre III'' – 1983

  13. "Aggressive Perfector" – Slayer – 3:29
  14. "Riding in Thunder" – Bitch – 3:57
  15. "Armageddon" – Tyrant* – 5:14
  16. "Piranahs" – Medusa – 2:11
  17. "Bite the Knife" – Test Pattern – 5:25
  18. "Blitzkrieg" – Black Widow – 2:56
  19. "Mrs. Victoria" – Warlord – 5:55
  20. "Let's Go All the Way" – Virgin Steele – 3:12
  21. "Fire and Wind" – Sexist – 3:00
  22. "Hell Bent" – Znowhite – 1:49
  23. "The Kid" – Marauder – 3:01
  24. "Fist and Chain" – La Mort – 2:37

    ''Metal Massacre IV'' – 1983

  25. "The Alien" – Sacred Blade – 3:39
  26. "Cross My Way" – Death Dealer – 3:40
  27. "The Last Judgement" – Trouble – 5:03
  28. "Taken by Force" – Sceptre – 2:44
  29. "Speed Zone" – Zoetrope – 2:41
  30. "Forbidden Evil" – War Cry – 4:37
  31. "Screams from the Grave" – Abattoir – 3:24
  32. "I Don't Want to Die" – Witchslayer – 4:59
  33. "Rod of Iron" – Lizzy Borden – 4:29
  34. "Fear No Evil" – August Redmoon – 3:52
  35. "Destructer" – Thrust – 4:13
  36. "Medieval" – Medieval – 3:19

    ''Metal Massacre V'' – 1984

  37. "Torture Me" – Omen – 3:26
  38. "Condemned to the Gallows" – Voivod – 5:09
  39. "Call on the Attacker" – Attacker – 3:35
  40. "Nightmare" – Future Tense – 3:50
  41. "Death Rider" – Overkill – 3:52
  42. "Soldier Boy" – Fates Warning – 6:20
  43. "The Brave" – Metal Church – 4:27
  44. "Destroyer" – Lethyl Synn – 3:27
  45. "The Warrior" – Final Warning – 3:49
  46. "Crucifixion" – Hellhammer – 2:50
  47. "Marching Saprophytes" – Mace – 4:07
  48. "End of Time" – Jesters of Destiny – 3:20

    ''Metal Massacre VI'' – 1985

  49. "Swing of the Axe" – Possessed – 3:50
  50. "XXX" – Nasty Savage – 5:26
  51. "Executioner" – Steel Assassin – 5:02
  52. "Tear Down the Walls" – Mayhem – 5:44
  53. "Easy Way Out" – Hades – 4:46
  54. "Metal Merchants" – Hallow's Eve – 4:27
  55. "Bombs of Death" – Hirax – 2:01
  56. "Fountain Keeper" – Pathfinder – 3:52
  57. "Welcome to the Slaughterhouse" – Dark Angel – 5:22
  58. "Concrete Cancer" – The Obsessed – 3:16
  59. "En Masse – Stand or Die" – Martyr – 5:10

    ''Metal Massacre VII'' – 1986

  60. "Impulse" – Heretic – 4:18
  61. "Sentinel Beast" – Sentinel Beast – 5:20
  62. "I Live, You Die" – Flotsam and Jetsam – 6:19
  63. "Rented Heat" – Krank – 4:09
  64. "Backstabber" – Mad Man – 2:53
  65. "Widow's Walk" – Détente – 2:20
  66. "High 'n' Mighty" – Commander – 4:16
  67. "In the Blood of Virgins" – Juggernaut – 4:13
  68. "Reich of Torture" – Cryptic Slaughter – 2:33
  69. "The Omen" – Have Mercy – 4:18
  70. "The Awakening" – Titanic – 4:42
  71. "Troubled Ways" – Lost Horizon – 4:31

    ''Metal Massacre VIII'' – 1987

  72. "Ignorance" – Sacred Reich – 3:50
  73. "Hellbound" – Viking – 2:58
  74. "Keeper of the Flame" – Overlorde – 4:07
  75. "Violence Is Golden" – Fatal Violence – 4:58
  76. "Spare No Lives" – Tactics – 2:43
  77. "Nothing Left" – Sanctum – 4:26
  78. "Into the Darkness" – Gargoyle – 3:44
  79. "Death Awaits You" – Ripper – 5:43
  80. "Take 'Em Alive" – E.S.P. – 3:53
  81. "Intimate with Evil" – Wargod – 4:46
  82. "Deadly Kiss" – L.S.N. – 2:58
  83. "Bullets" – Cobalt Blue – 3:34
  1. "We Want You" – Banshee
  2. "Old World Nights" – Oliver Magnum
  3. "Wasteland" – Toxik
  4. "Blood Under Heaven" – Dissenter
  5. "Random Violence" – Redrum
  6. "Definitive Apology" – Pedifile
  7. "Needle Damage" – Chaos Horde
  8. "Dehumanize" – Faith or Fear
  9. "Midnight Madman" – The Wrath
  10. "Children of War" – Overdose
  1. "Sick or Sane?" – Betrayal
  2. "Typhoid Mary" – Solitude
  3. "Mirage of Blood" – Murdercar
  4. "The Secret" – Confessor
  5. "Egyptian Falcon" – Dan Collette
  6. "Infected" – Nihilist
  7. "Visions in Secret" – R.O.T.
  8. "Mercy" – Wench
  9. "The Fourth Dimension" – Slaughter
  10. "Stayed Up 4 Daze" – I.D.K.

    ''Metal Massacre XI'' – 1991

  11. "Shipwrecked with the Wicked" – Mystic Force
  12. "Circle of Fools" – Epidemic
  13. "Dementia by Design" – Forte
  14. "Authority Lies" – My Victim
  15. "Tormented Souls" – Havoc Mass
  16. "The Dream Turns to Dread" – Divine Right
  17. "The Great Escape" – Ministers of Anger
  18. "Resurrected" – Dominance
  19. "Sorcery of the Wicked" – Mortal Reign
  20. "Eternal Call" – Nightcrawler
  21. "Bad Habits" – Harum Scarum
  22. "Consumed by Hate" – Chemikill
  23. "Excuses" – Tynator
  24. "The Monkey Beat-Man" – Spudmonsters

    ''Metal Massacre XII'' – 1995

  25. "Paingod" – Paingod – 4:02
  26. "Sweething" – Crisis – 3:45
  27. "Exhume Her" – Pist.On – 4:14
  28. "Godlessness" – Avernus – 7:37
  29. "Det Glemte Riket" – Ancient – 6:56
  30. "The Allknowing" – Level – 5:12
  31. "Wolf" – Tipper Gore – 3:55
  32. "Rain Dance" – Gunga Din – 3:52
  33. "Cry to Heaven" – Divine Regale – 3:58
  34. "#3" – Pervis – 3:01
  35. "Anti " – And Christ Wept – 4:03
  36. "The Wounded" – Amboog-a-Lard – 4:52
  37. "Human Harvest" – Eulogy – 4:57
  38. "Twodegreesbelow" – Overcast – 4:48
  39. "Arizona Life" – Big Twin Din – 3:13

    ''Metal Massacre XIII'' – 2006

  40. "Leaving All Behind" – Cellador
  41. "Miasma" – The Black Dahlia Murder
  42. "Shadow of the Reaper" – Six Feet Under
  43. "Swarm" – Torture Killer
  44. "Vagrant Idol" – Demiricous
  45. "Alien Angel" – 3
  46. "The Killchain" – Bolt Thrower
  47. "Dead Before I Stray" – Into the Moat
  48. "Fixation on Plastics" – The Red Chord
  49. "Sterling Black Icon" – Fragments of Unbecoming
  50. "Bleed the Meek" – Paths of Possession
  51. "From Your Grave" – The Absence
  52. "Sigma Enigma" – God Dethroned
  53. "The Pursuit of Vikings" – Amon Amarth
  54. "Kiss Me Now Kill Me Later" – Machinemade God
  55. "One with the Ocean" – The Ocean
  56. "His Imperial Victory" – And the Hero Fails
  57. "Cult" – Gaza
  58. "Echo of Cries" – End It All

    ''Metal Massacre XIV'' – 2016

  59. "The Traveller" – Metalian
  60. "Until Then...Until the End" – Noctum
  61. "Bell of Tarantia" – Gatekeeper
  62. "The Demented Force" – Assassin's Blade
  63. "Denim Attack" – Cobra
  64. "The Siege of Jerusalem" – Stone Dagger
  65. "Will of the Ancient Call" – Crypt Sermon
  66. "The Ripper in Black" – Savage Master
  67. "No Tomorrow" – Outcast
  68. "Brothers" – Corsair
  69. "Cold Cold Ground" – Walpyrgus
  70. "Final Spell" – Visigoth
  71. "Into Depths" – Ravencult