Various Artists
The Heavy Metal Box
4CD (2007)
Housed in a faux Marshall amp head that goes up to 11 (a cheeky nod to Spinal Tap), this four-disc Rhino box set presents a wildly eclectic look at heavy metal in its various permutations, ranging from glammed-up hard rock to fierce, pummeling thrash. Beginning with late-1960s proto-metal act Iron Butterfly (the organ-tinged "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida") and closing with a '90s track by the revered Brazilian ensemble Sepultura (the rumbling "Dead Embryonic Cells"), the collection covers a lot of ground, making time for the opera-like drama of power metal (see Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast" and Helloween's "A Little Time") and the lusty rock of the leather-loving variety ( Spinal Tap's gleefully lewd "Big Bottom" and Poison's "Talk Dirty to Me"). While some may balk at having Great White and Slayer on the same disc, the strength of the compilation is in its diversity, which proves that metal is far from an easily definable genre.
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Tracklist::
CD1
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. Richie 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 Öyster Cult - Godzilla
15. Girlschool - Demolition Boys
16. Angel Witch - White Witch
17. Iron Maiden - Phantom Of The Opera
18. Black Sabbath - Neon Knights
CD2
01. Motörhead - 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 & Leather
06. Blitzkrieg - 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. Fastaway - Say What You Will
13. Mercyful Fate - Black Funeral
14. W.A.S.P. - Animal (Fuck Like A Beast)
15. Y&T - Mean Streak
16. Dio - Holy Diver
17. Queensryche - Queen Of The Reich
18. Metallica - Whiplash
CD3
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 & 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
CD4
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 & 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. Pront - Beg To Differ
16. Sepultura - Dead Embyonic Cells
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