Metal Massacre 1

Metal Massacre (Series) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 3, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metal Blade
• ASIN: B000001C6Y
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,112 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings

1. Chains Around Heaven

2. Live for the Whip

3. Captive of Flight

4. Octave

5. Death of the Sun

6. Dead of the Night

7. Fighting Backwards

8. Kick You Down

9. Hit the Lights

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Top buy!, May 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Metal Massacre 1 (Audio CD)

This is a great CD. Although being different from the original US release, it still is really good. There are only nine songs on the album, but there are very few which aren't really good, if you catch my drift. "Chains Around Heaven", "Octave", "Dead Of The Night" and "Hit The Lights" are my ultimate fave's on the disc although the Malice songs aren't bad either. However, since alot of these bands (if not all) were unsigned artists at the time, the sound quality is basically rather demo-ish. This actually adds to the coolness of the disc, though. Each artist is pretty different from each other, but this CD, unlike some other compilations, sounds pretty much like any other good heavy album when you play it as a whole from start to finish. I'd recommend this to anyone just as a listen. It probably serves as a good cornerstone for early eighties US metal. However, listen to some of the tracks before you buy just so you know what you're getting into. I would personally really love to get hold of a copy of the original US copy of this record with the first version of "Hit The Lights" on it, since the version on this CD is a later version with better quality, so if anyone out there knows where I can get an original or a copy, then please mail me and make my day! The reason I got this in the first place was because of the Metallica demo of "Hit The Lights". It shows that Metallica is the most powerful band on this record by far. I also think that's what the rumour was when this album first came out in 1981!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Straightening of Facts, August 2, 2006

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Doomrock "Live for metal" (ME) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Metal Massacre 1 (Audio CD)

Just to clear up some of the wild info here about the Metallica "Hit the Lights" track - James did sing on this song, but the vocal delivery is almost a mimic of Sean Harris' style, as the primary influence of the band was Diamond Head. Getting the spot on the record was the catalyst for Metallica, as Lars was able to bait James into starting a band with him with the slot Lars's friend Brian Slagel (Metal Blade mastermind) had saved.

Lead guitars are not performed by Dave Mustaine, but instead by session player Lloyd Grant.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars good start for many early thrashers, April 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Metal Massacre 1 (Audio CD)

this is a good collection of early 80's speed metal. The track of interest is, of course, metallica's, as they're the only band in the album to achieve any real commercial success. Their track, an earlier mix than appeared on their debut album kill em all, did feature dave mustaine on lead guitar (its also rumoured that he actually was on some songs off kill em) , but not vocals (as some reviewers incorrectly stated). Though this collection is rough around the edges, it provides a sample of metallica, and the entire genre of thrash metal, in its infancy.