Continuing a prolific and highly acclaimed tradition in genre chronicalling, Rhino have turned to heavy metal. On October 2, they’ll unleashing a 4-disc box set simply titled The Heavy Metal Box in a limited edition package resembling an amplifier. In a clever nod to faux-metal legends Spinal Tap (whose “Big Bottom” is included on disc 3) there’s a turnable knob that will in fact go all the way to 11. The box is arranged chronologically and spans heavy metal’s history from 1968 to 1991, the genre’s first golden age.

Over 5 hours of music will be contained within the following 70 tracks:

Disc 1

In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida – Iron Butterfly
Summertime Blues – Blue Cheer
Easy Livin – Uriah Heep
Highway Star – Deep Purple
Billion Dollar Babies – Alice Cooper
Lost Johnny – Hawkwind
Bad Motor Scooter – Montrose
Working Man – Rush
Man On The Silver Mountain – Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow
Detroit Rock City – Kiss
The Ripper – Judas Priest
Cat Scratch Fever – Ted Nugent
Lights Out – UfO
Godzilla – Blue Oyster Cult
Demolition Boys – Girlschool
White Witch – Angel Witch
The Phantom Of The Opera – Iron Maiden
Neon Knights – Black Sabbath

Disc 2

Ace Of Spades – Motorhead
Am Evil? – Diamond Head
Nice Boys – Rose Tattoo
Attack Of The Mad Axeman -Michael Schenker Group
Denim And Leather – Saxon
Blitzkrieg – Blitzkrieg
Gangland – Tygers Of Pan Tang
Witching Hour – Venom
You’ve Got Another Thing Comin’ – Judas Priest
The Number Of The Beast – Iron Maiden
Star War – Raven
Say What You Will – Fastway
Black Funeral – Mercyful Fate
Animal (F**k Like A Beast) – W.A.S.P
Mean Streak – Y&T
Holy Diver – Dio
Queen Of The Reich – Queensryche
Whiplash – Metallica

Disc 3

Rock You Like A Hurricane – Scorpions
Metal Health – Quiet Riot
Into The Fire – Dokken
Balls To The Wall – Accept
Round And Round – Ratt
Wanna Rock – Twisted Sister
The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams -Hanoi Rocks
Big Bottom – Spinal Tap
Midnite Maniac – Krokus
I’ll See The Light, Tonight – Yngwie J. Malmsteen’s Rising Force
Crazy Nights – Loudness
Shake Me – Cinderella
Watch The Children Pray – Metal Church
To Hell With The Devil – Stryper
A Little Time – Helloween
Wrecking Crew – Overkill
Caught In A Mosh – Anthrax
Peace Sells – Megadeth
Disc 4
Still Of The Night – Whitesnake
Rock Me – Great White
Talk Dirty To Me – Poison
Bathroom Wall – Faster Pussycat
Hall Of The Mountain King – Savatage
Kiss Me Deadly – Lita Ford
Hail And Kill – Manowar
Trial By Fire – Testament
Welcome Home – King Diamond
South Of Heaven – Slayer
One – Metallica
Cult Of Personality – Living Colour
Youth Gone Wild – Skid Row
Cowboys From Hell – Pantera
Beg To Differ – Prong
Dead Embryonic Cells – Sepultura
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