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'80s Metal Is Alive and Well, Pt 2

Posted on July 29, 2007

metalbox.jpgAs previously reported, '80s metal continues to enjoy an unprecedented resurgence. Those crafty trendspotters at Rhino are well aware of this trend and will issue the massive 70-track Heavy Metal Box set on October 2.

The four-disc set will (mostly) feature classic headbanging anthems from Kiss, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Pantera and Sepultura (to name only a few). In a nod to Spinal Tap—whose song "Big Bottom" is included in the set—the faux-amp box features an authentic, turnable Marshall knob allowing you to literally turn it up to 11. Nothing says metal like twisting an amp knob, right? Noted journo Mick Wall penned liner notes for the set, which will retail for $64.98. Metal purists will no doubt question the inclusion of songs from Rush, Poison and Living Colour. Let the debate begin!

Disc 1:
01. Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida
02. Blue Cheer - Summertime Blues
03. Uriah Heep - Easy Livin
04. Deep Purple - Highway Star
05. Alice Cooper - Billion Dollar Babies
06. Hawkwind - Lost Johnny
07. Montrose - Bad Motor Scooter
08. Rush - Working Man
09. Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow - Man On The Silver Mountain
10. Kiss - Detroit Rock City
11. Judas Priest - The Ripper
12. Ted Nugent - Cat Scratch Fever
13. UFO - Lights Out
14. Blue Oyster Cult - Godzilla
15. Girlschool - Demolition Boys
16. Angel Witch - White Witch
17. Iron Maiden - The Phantom Of The Opera
18. Black Sabbath - Neon Knights

Disc 2:
01. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
02. Diamond Head - Am I Evil?
03. Rose Tattoo - Nice Boys
04. Michael Schenker Group - Attack Of The Mad Axeman
05. Saxon - Denim And Leather
06. Blitzkreig - Blitzkrieg
07. Tygers Of Pan Tang - Gangland
08. Venom - Witching Hour
09. Judas Priest - You've Got Another Thing Comin
10. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast
11. Raven - Star War
12. Fastway - Say What You Will
13. Mercyful Fate - Black Funeral
14. W.A.S.P - Animal (F**k Like A Beast)
15. Y&T - Mean Streak
16. Dio - Holy Diver
17. Queensryche - Queen Of The Reich
18. Metallica - Whiplash

Disc 3:
01. Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane
02. Quiet Riot - Metal Health
03. Dokken - Into The Fire
04. Accept - Balls To The Wall
05. Ratt - Round And Round
06. Twisted Sister - I Wanna Rock
07. Hanoi Rocks - The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams
08. Spinal Tap - Big Bottom
09. Krokus - Midnite Maniac
10. Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force - I'll See The Light, Tonight
11. Loudness - Crazy Nights
12. Cinderella - Shake Me
13. Metal Church - Watch The Children Pray
14. Stryper - To Hell With The Devil
15. Helloween - A Little Time
16. Overkill - Wrecking Crew
17. Anthrax - Caught In A Mosh
18. Megadeth - Peace Sells

Disc 4:
01. Whitesnake - Still Of The Night
02. Great White - Rock Me
03. Poison - Talk Dirty To Me
04. Faster Pussycat - Bathroom Wall
05. Savatage - Hall Of The Mountain King
06. Lita Ford - Kiss Me Deadly
07. Manowar - Hail And Kill
08. Testament - Trial By Fire
09. King Diamond - Welcome Home
10. Slayer - South Of Heaven
11. Metallica - One
12. Living Colour - Cult Of Personality
13. Skid Row - Youth Gone Wild
14. Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
15. Prong - Beg To Differ
16. Sepultura - Dead Embryonic Cells

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