METAL BLADE RECORDS' 20th Anniversary Box Set To Contain Rare And Unreleased Material

July 25, 2002

To commemorate Metal Blade Records' 20th year in the music business, a 20th Anniversary Box Set will be released, including tracks from many of the label's bands past and present, interviews, photos, and much more. The box set includes nine CDs and one DVD and is sure to be a must for any metal collector, young or old. Here is a list of just some of the extras that will be incorporated in the package:

* A history of Metal Blade Records entitled "Double Decades of Aggression" by renowned music journalist Martin Popoff.
* Q&A with Brian Slagel and METALLICA's Lars Ulrich by Clay Marshall.
* Band interviews by famous rock writer Götz Kühnemund, including those with MANOWAR, FATES WARNING, MERCYFUL FATE/KING DIAMOND, CANNIBAL CORPSE, ARMORED SAINT, GWAR, SIX FEET UNDER, FLOTSAM & JETSAM, and LIZZY BORDEN.
* Rare and unreleased tracks, including the following:

CANNIBAL CORPSE - "Sacrifice"
SIX FEET UNDER - "War Is Coming" (live version)
GWAR "Have You Seen Me?" (demo version)
ARMORED SAINT - "Shadows Of My Face"
KING'S X - "Groove Machine" (live version)
LIZZY BORDEN - "Zanzibar" (demo version)
FATES WARNING - "In Trance"
MERCYFUL FATE – "The Ripper”
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM - "Mr. Ridiculous"
BITCH – "Infatuation"
METALLICA – "Hit the Lights" (original version which was originally only on the first set of vinyl and has never been on CD)

* Rare and unreleased videos, such as:

ARMORED SAINT – "No Reason To Live" (live)
BITCH - "Live For The Whip" (live)
OMEN - "The Axeman" (live)
LIZZY BORDEN - "American Metal/Godiva" (live)
NASTY SAVAGE - "Gladiator" (live)
SACRED REICH - "Surf Nicaragua" (live)
CANNIBAL CORPSE - "Unleashing The Bloodthirsty" (live)
ARMORED SAINT - "Reign Of Fire" (live)

* Track by track description by Metal Blade's very own Brian Slagel
* A release history
* Album info and mini of the albums artwork
* Approximately 22 pages of color photos and covers
* A total of 140 tracks, 12 of which are rare or previously unreleased and 24 videos, 10 of which are rare or previously unreleased.

Find more on

Prev More News Next

Comments Disclaimer And Information

BLABBERMOUTH.NET uses the Facebook Comments plugin to let people comment on content on the site using their Facebook account. The comments reside on Facebook servers and are not stored on BLABBERMOUTH.NET. To comment on a BLABBERMOUTH.NET story or review, you must be logged in to an active personal account on Facebook. Once you're logged in, you will be able to comment. User comments or postings do not reflect the viewpoint of BLABBERMOUTH.NET and BLABBERMOUTH.NET does not endorse, or guarantee the accuracy of, any user comment. To report spam or any abusive, obscene, defamatory, racist, homophobic or threatening comments, or anything that may violate any applicable laws, use the "Report to Facebook" and "Mark as spam" links that appear next to the comments themselves. To do so, click the downward arrow on the top-right corner of the Facebook comment (the arrow is invisible until you roll over it) and select the appropriate action. You can also send an e-mail to blabbermouthinbox(@)gmail.com with pertinent details. BLABBERMOUTH.NET reserves the right to "hide" comments that may be considered offensive, illegal or inappropriate and to "ban" users that violate the site's Terms Of Service. Hidden comments will still appear to the user and to the user's Facebook friends. If a new comment is published from a "banned" user or contains a blacklisted word, this comment will automatically have limited visibility (the "banned" user's comments will only be visible to the user and the user's Facebook friends).