Heavy Metal

Double 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Includes digital download. The Black Album is one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed records of all time, with global sales of over 35 million, and contains a series of unrelenting singles, "Enter Sandman," "The Unforgiven", "Nothing Else Matters,"Wherever I May Roam," and "Sad But True." Remastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering and overseen by executive producer Greg Fidelman.

Tracks

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Enter Sandman (Remastered)
• 2 Sad But True (Remastered)
• 3 Holier Than Thou (Remastered)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 The Unforgiven (Remastered)
• 2 Wherever I May Roam (Remastered)
• 3 Don't Tread on Me (Remastered)
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Through the Never (Remastered)
• 2 Nothing Else Matters (Remastered)
• 3 Of Wolf and Man (Remastered)
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 The God That Failed (Remastered)
• 2 My Friend of Misery (Remastered)
• 3 The Struggle Within (Remastered)

Limited 180gm vinyl LP pressing. Digitally remastered edition of Metallica's 1983 debut album. Kill 'Em All is regarded as a groundbreaking album for thrash metal because of its precise musicianship, which fuses New Wave of British Heavy Metal riffs with hardcore punk tempos. Its musical approach and lyrics were markedly different from rock's mainstream of the early ‘80s and inspired a number of bands who followed in similar manner. Metallica is easily one of the best, most influential heavy metal band of the '80s. Responsible for bringing the genre back to Earth, the bandmates looked and talked like they were from the street, shunning the usual rockstar games of metal musicians during the early '80s. They expanded the limits of thrash, using speed and volume not for their own sake, but to enhance their intricately structured compositions.

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Vinyl LP pressing. 2003 digital re-master of the Australian rockers' seventh album. Released in July, 1980, Back in Black was the first AC/DC album recorded without former lead singer Bon Scott, who died in February of that year. Back in Black was the first album to feature vocalist Brian Johnson, formerly of Geordie. Producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange, who had previously worked with AC/DC on Highway to Hell, was again brought in to produce. The album was recorded at Compass Point Studios in Nassau, Bahamas, and Electric Lady Studios in New York, where the album was also mixed.

AC/DC Back in Black Track Listing:

1. Back in Black - 4:13
2. Hells Bells 5:09 
3. Shoot to Thrill - 5:14
4. Givin the Dog a Bone - 3:30
5. What Do You Do for Money Honey - 3:33
6. Rock & Roll Ain't Noise Pollution - 4:12
7. Let Me Put My Love into You - 4:12
8. You Shook Me All Night Long - 3:28
9. Shake a Leg - 4:03
10. Have a Drink on Me - 3:57

Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction on 180g Vinyl LP From Universal Records 

Legendary 18x Platinum Debut from Axl Rose, Slash, and Co. One of Most Raw, Exciting Rock Albums in History: 1987's Appetite for Destruction Includes "Sweet Child O' Mine"

One of the most prolific debut albums of all time, and a record that changed the face of music, Guns N' Roses' Appetite for Destruction is a revelatory portrait of the gritty underground of Los Angeles from one of the most notorious bands in history and still sounds as raw and dangerous as ever. The blistering guitar interplay of Slash and Izzy Stradlin provides the ultimate backdrop for Axl Rose's signature rasp. From "Paradise City" to "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "Welcome to the Jungle," the record brims with a brutal integrity that without question will always stand as the predominate document of the band's ever-growing legend. Reissued here on 180g vinyl LP for the first time in two decades. 

Guns 'N Roses Appetite for Destruction Track Listing:

1. Welcome to the Jungle
2. It's So Easy
3. Nightrain
4. Out Ta Get Me
5. Mr. Brownstone
6. Paradise City
7. My Michelle
8. Think About You
9. Sweet Child O' Mine
10. You're Crazy
11. Anything Goes
12. Rocket Queen

Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is the second studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 19, 1986. The project was originally handled by Combat Records, resulting in the first mix of the album being co-produced by Randy Burns. Capitol Records then bought the rights to the album and hired another producer, Paul Lani, to mix it himself. The album's front cover, featuring the band's mascot Vic Rattlehead, was created by Ed Repka. The recording of the album was difficult for the band because of the ongoing drug issues the members had at the time. This was the last Megadeth album to feature drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland, who were fired shortly after the album's promotional tour. The title track, noted for it's politically conscious lyrics, was released as the album's lead single. Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? is regarded as a thrash metal classic and as an album that gave prominence to extreme metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die and Martin Popoff's Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time. The album has been reissued several times over the years. In 2004, the album was remixed and remastered by Megadeth front man Dave Mustaine, with extensive liner notes detailing the album's background. In 2011, the three different versions were reissued as part of the album's 25th anniversary celebration. All of them, with the exception of the 2004 mixes, feature new remastering.

Tracks

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Wake Up Dead 3:37
• 2 The Conjuring 5:00
• 3 Peace Sells 4:05
• 4 Devils Island 5:02
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Good Mourning / Black Friday 6:39
• 2 Bad Omen 4:03
• 3 I Ain't Superstitious 2:42
• 4 My Last Words 4:44

First-Time Ever Vinyl Release of Multi-Platinum Collection: Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits 180g 2LP Spans 1986-1993, Includes "Sweet Child O' Mine," "Civil War," and 14 More Classics

Guns N' Roses' 2004, multi-platinum best of compilation hits vinyl for the first time! Previously only available digitally and on CD, Greatest Hits is available here on audiophile 180g 2LP. The vinyl edition also features the band's single "Shadow of Your Love," which hit No. 5 on the Mainstream Rock chart. Originally recorded in December 1986, the song made its debut on the 2018 box set Appetite For Destruction. In 2004, Greatest Hits reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200 and in 2007 hit No. 1 on the Catalog Albums chart. Featuring all eight of the band's Top 40 Billboard Hot 100 tracks (six of them RIAA-certified Gold), Greatest Hits spans the group's five album releases, including their cover of the Rolling Stones' "Sympathy For The Devil" for the 1995 film Interview With The Vampire.

The first full-length album from Guns N' Roses, 1987's Appetite For Destruction, is one of the most popular hard rock albums in history and has been on the Billboard Top 200 albums or Top Pop Catalog chart for a total of 746 weeks. Certified 18 times platinum in the U.S., Appetite For Destruction charted No. 1 for five weeks and includes three Top 10s: the anthem "Welcome To The Jungle" (No. 7), the frenzied rocker "Paradise City" (No. 5) plus their platinum selling No. 1 single "Sweet Child O' Mine."

1988's G N'R Lies, comprised of songs from the group's independently-released 1986 EP Live?!*@Like A Suicide plus new studio recordings, followed Appetite For Destruction up the charts, peaking at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The Grammy-nominated album (for Best Hard Rock Performance) was five times platinum (each platinum level connotes sales of more than one million units) and claimed the gold No. 4-charting ballad "Patience."

Then, on September 17, 1991, with one of the most anticipated releases ever in music, both Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II debuted. Use Your Illusion I featured two gold singles with "November Rain" (No. 3) and "Don't Cry" (No. 10) plus another Top 40 with "Live And Let Die" (No. 33). Use Your Illusion II boasted another gold hit with the previously-released single "You Could Be Mine" (No. 29), heard in the film Terminator II: Judgement Day.

Each of the Use Your Illusion albums went seven times platinum with Use Your Illusion I going to No. 2 and Use Your Illusion II hitting No. 1. Use Your Illusion I was Grammy-nominated for Best Hard Rock Performance as was the Wings cover "Live And Let Die." Guns N' Roses Greatest Hits also culls from II "Yesterdays," "Civil War" and GN'R's take on Bob Dylan's "Knockin' On Heaven's Door." Both Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II have sold over seven million copies to date.

A collection of Guns N' Roses covers of classic, mainly punk, songs that had influenced the band members since their early days, 1993's The Spaghetti Incident? hit No. 4 and is certified platinum. Included on Greatest Hits are its renditions of The Dead Boys' 1978 track "Ain't It Fun" and an unlikely cover of the Skyliners' ‘50s doo-wop gem "Since I Don't Have You."

LP1

1. Welcome To The Jungle
2. Sweet Child O' Mine
3. Shadow Of Your Love
4. Patience
5. Paradise City
6. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
7. Civil War

LP2

1. You Could Be Mine
2. Don't Cry 
3. November Rain
4. Live And Let Die
5. Yesterdays
6. Ain't It Fun
7. Since I Don't Have You
8. Sympathy For The Devil

50th anniversary pressing on 180-gram vinyl. Black Sabbath is the debut studio album by the English rock band Black Sabbath & largely credited as the foundation of heavy metal.

Tracks

• 1 Black Sabbath
• 2 The Wizard
• 3 Behind the Wall of Sleep
• 4 N.I.B
• 5 Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games with Me
• 6 Sleeping Village
• 7 Warning

Thanks to Foo Fighter Dave Grohl and friends, DREAM WIDOW lives.

DREAM WIDOW is the malevolent creation of Dave Grohl (handling vocals, guitar, bass and drums) and lead guitarist Jim Rota of Fireball Ministry renown. Assisted on a few tracks by keyboardists Rami Jaffee and Oliver Roman, Grohl and Rota make good on the sinister promise to blur the lines between reality and darkest fantasy.

The name and mythos of DREAM WIDOW will be familiar to those who’ve laughed and screamed watching Foo Fighters’ horror-comedy feature film, STUDIO 666. In the film, Foo Fighters attempt to record their newest album in the same house where the legendary — and fictional — DREAM WIDOW met its tragic and untimely end — with hilariously horrifying consequences.

The vinyl version of this eight song collection is a limited pressing exclusive to independent record stores for RSD Black Friday.

Arguably their finest album, this follow-up to Opiate showcases Tool at their best, assisted by clean, crisp production. Edgy guitar riffs are complemented by spitting, heavy bass, especially on 'Sober' and 'Crawl Away'. Lyrically, Tool are at their vitriolic best, targeting religious hypocrisy ('Intolerance,' 'Sober'; always a popular theme), the loss of innocence and its consequences ('Prison Sex'), and deliberate ignorance ('Swamp Song'). Henry Rollins makes a guest appearance on 'Bottom,' which, along with '4 Degrees,' deals with questions of identity. Undertow is also Tool's most musically adventurous album, with considerably more sophistication than their previous work. Very highly recommended.

1. Intolerance
2. Prison Sex
3. Sober
4. Bottom
5. Crawl Away
6. Swamp Song
7. Undertow
8. 4°
9. Flood
10. Disgustipated

Over twenty-five years ago, nine guys from Des Moines, Iowa, shattered the scope of what was possible in metal. Slipknot's music put blastbeats, massive breakdowns and brutal riffs alongside breakbeats and turntablism; punctuated hooky melodies with extreme vocals and percussive rap verses. On stage, bodies clad in numbered jumpsuits and horror film masks crashed into each other, eliciting mania from hungry crowds and drawing blood and breaking bones in the process.

Everything Slipknot did was maximalist and monstrous, completely unhinged and meticulously thought out. From the moment Slipknot appeared on an early afternoon stage at Ozzfest ‘99, it was clear they were like nothing people had ever seen and everything they never knew they needed.

It's no surprise that Slipknot's self-titled debut, recorded to tape with Ross Robinson at the infamous Indigo Ranch (Korn, Soulfly, Machine Head) and released on Roadrunner, went platinum within three months of release – despite a lack of press, radio, or MTV support – on the strength of the reputation they built through relentless touring and hits like "Wait and Bleed," "Eyeless," and "Spit it Out." Slipknot's self titled, nearly triple platinum debut release gets the vinyl re-issue treatment here on colored vinyl!

1. 742617000027
2. (sic)
3. Eyeless
4. Wait and Bleed
5. Surfacing
6. Spit It Out
7. Tattered & Torn
8. Me Inside
9. Liberate
10. Prosthetics
11. No Life
12. Diluted
13. Only One
14. Scissors

Side A : The Ecstasy Of Gold / Blackened / For Whom The Bell Tolls

Side B : Welcome Home / Harvester Of Sorrow / The Four Horsemen
Side C : The Thing That Should Not Be / Bass Solo / To Live Is To Die
Side D : Master Of Puppets / Fade To Black

AC/DC Highway To Hell on LP! 

Mastered From the Original Tapes: Absolutely Incredible Sonics!  A Guitar-Driven Landmark! 

Given that Bon Scott's hard-partying, sex-booze-and-brawls lifestyle tragically caught up with him some six months after Highway to Hell was released, the album-opening title track — one of hard rock's all-time classics — now takes on an eerie resonance. It's not just a snotty, nihilistic party anthem, but a moment of unrepentant self-recognition from a rowdy ruffian who, for better or worse, exulted in what he was. The rest of the songs on Highway to Hell don't lend themselves to any deep readings, but of course, that's not the point.

Highway to Hell distills all the virtues of AC/DC's signature minimalism — loud, simple, pounding riffs, and grooving backbeats — into the tightest batch of songs the group had written to that point, barreling along at a take-no-prisoners rate and producing a handful of gems along the way. Highway to Hell is not only a fitting epitaph for Scott, it's also a classic rock & roll album and quite possibly the best guitar-driven record in history.

AC/DC Highway to Hell Track Listing:

  1.   Highway to Hell (Scott/Young/Young) - 3:26 
  2.   Girls Got Rhythm (Scott/Young/Young) - 3:23 
  3.   Walk All over You (Scott/Young/Young) - 5:08 
  4.   Touch Too Much (Scott/Young/Young) - 4:24 
  5.   Beating Around the Bush (Scott/Young/Young) - 3:55 
  6.   Shot Down in Flames (Scott/Young/Young) - 3:21 
  7.   Get It Hot (Scott/Young/Young) - 2:24 
  8.   If You Want Blood (You've Got It) (Scott/Young/Young) - 4:32 
  9.   Love Hungry Man (Scott/Young/Young) - 4:14 
10.   Night Prowler (Scott/Young/Young) - 6:13

Pantera's 1992 masterwork Vulgar Display of Power is arguably the heaviest album ever to debut at # 1 on the Billboard charts and proved that heavy metal still had its place in the era of alternative rock. True to its title, Vulgar Display of Power is a raw and unrelenting depiction of rage and hostility, brought to a head by the pummeling guitar riffs of the legendary guitarist Dimebag Darrell and the militaristic snarl of Phil Anselmo. Songs like "Fucking Hostile," "Walk," "This Love," and "Mouth for War" remain amongst the most prized cuts in the metal canon.

Having long commanded upwards of $100 for a vinyl copy on eBay and long out of print on LP, Warner Bros.' impeccable analog reissue of Vulgar Display of Power is cut from the original analog masters and boasts extraordinary sonics that present the punchiness, definition, impact, and edges that have forever been absent on all prior editions. This pressing lays waste to the flat-sounding CD and will challenge the limits of any stereo system. Amazing!

"As for the sonics? The improvements are tenfold. Songs are airier, punchier, and more immediate. The soundstage boasts deeper grooves and better instrumental separation, which adds to the overall musical impact as Pantera’s brief pauses serve to amplify and augment the aggressive passages. Vinnie Paul’s bruising percussion booms, the snare and bass drum coming across with muscularity and presence."
--Bob Gendron, TONE Audio, Issue 29 

Pantera Vulgar Display of Power Track Listing:

1.  Mouth for War        
2.  A New Level    
3.  Walk    
4.  Fucking Hostile    
5.  This Love    
6.  Rise
7.  No Good
8.  Live in a Hole
9.  Regular People
10. By Demons Be Driven
11. Hollow

Motörhead are the true embodiment of rock n'roll excess. A hybrid of rock, punk and heavy metal played with relentless, ear-curdling power. They were a force of nature and nothing short of life-changing for millions and their approach to life and music; there was no "off" switch and they became legends as a result. Fronted for their entirety of their career by Ian 'Lemmy' Kilmister, they released twenty two studio albums over their 40 years together. Amassing chart topping records, a Grammy award and racking up 15 million worldwide sales. Their signature song, Ace Of Spades perfectly captured everything great about hard rock, heavy metal, and punk, amped it all up to 11, and came racing out of the gates at what felt like a million miles an hour, pushing at every musical boundary. Nothing was harder, nothing was faster and certainly nothing was louder. Anyone disputing this fact need look no further than any heavy metal gig and play 'spot the Motörhead T-shirt and jacket', they still outnumber anyone else, hands down. Motörhead has truly become a lifestyle for several generations of rockers, metalheads, punks, bikers, athletes, rebels, outcasts, and freethinkers all around the world. Few bands in modern history can instantly ignite the adrenaline of music fans the way they can, they changed the course of hard rock... forever. This is the definitive collection of their loudest songs ever and is the first to span their entire career. This gatefold 2LP edition contains twenty two songs including : Ace Of Spades, Killed By Death, Overkill, Orgasmatron, Bomber, The Game and many more.

• - Disc 1 -
• 1 Overkill
• 2 We Are Motorhead
• 3 Snaggletooth
• 4 Rock It
• 5 Iron Fist
• 6 R.A.M.O.N.E.S. (2006 Version)
• - Disc 2 -
• 1 Orgasmatron
• 2 Burner
• 3 In the Name of Tragedy
• 4 To the Grave
• 5 On Your Feet or on Your Knees
• 6 The Game
• - Disc 3 -
• 1 Bomber
• 2 1916
• 3 Killed By Death
• 4 Just Cos' You Got the Power (Eat the Rich 12" B-Side)
• - Disc 4 -
• 1 Ace of Spades (40th Anniversary Master)
• 2 Rock Out
• 3 I Am the Sword
• 4 God Save the Queen
• 5 Queen of the Damned
• 6 Motörhead

Metallica | Live At The Hammersmith Odeon London September 21th 1986 (Red Vinyl)

Tracklist:

As the title of Tool's 1992 debut implies, they're none too impressed by religion, though other targets-fear ("Cold and Ugly"), hypocritical moralizing ("Jerk-Off"), nonconformity ("Hush")-get their time in the spotlight as well. Opiate is a collection of heavy, aggressive, cynical music (though the tail end of the title track sounds more like Acid Rock), packaged in songs noticeably shorter than on their later efforts (Undertow, 1993, and Aenima, 1996). While not as impressive as Undertow, arguably their finest effort, Opiate has a definite appeal.

Tracks

• 1 Sweat
• 2 Hush
• 3 Part of Me
• 4 Cold and Ugly (Live)
• 5 Jerk-Off (Live)
• 6 Opiate

Limited double 180 gm vinyl LP pressing with six page insert. KORN is the eponymous debut studio album by the American Nu-Metal band Korn. It was released in 1994, right after the band toured with Biohazard and House of Pain. The album's themes mainly consisted of both drug and child abuse. 'Korn' was well received by music critics. The band stormed the alternative scene virtually overnight, and is said to have established Nu-Metal. Bands like Coal Chamber and Limp Bizkit were inspired by the album's rage, emphasizing similar grooves and song structures, including some Hip Hop elements. Slipknot, Machine Head, and Sepultura were also inspired by the album. The album launched the career of record producer Ross Robinson.. a little more than a year after release, the album went Gold in the United States. The album spawned 4 singles; 'Blind', followed by 'Need To', 'Shoots and Ladders' and 'Clown'.

• 1 Blind
• 2 Ball Tongue
• 3 Need to
• 4 Clown
• 5 Divine
• 6 Faget
• 7 Shoots and Ladders
• 8 Predictable
• 9 Fake
• 10 Lies
• 11 Helmet in the Bush
• 12 Daddy

1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album from British heavy metal icons Black Sabbath, and follow-up to Vol. 4 which was released the year prior. Produced by the band and Tom Allom and recorded at Morgan Studios in London in September 1973, the adventurous 8-song set finds the group expanding upon their slow, crunching signature style and implementing synthesizers, keyboards, and strings to go along with more complex orchestral arrangements. It ultimately results in unprecedented and emboldened material like the masterpieces "A National Acrobat" and "Killing Yourself to Live." For the first time in their career, the band began to receive favorable reviews in the mainstream press, with Rolling Stone calling the album "an extraordinarily gripping affair," and "nothing less than a complete success." It marked the band's fifth consecutive platinum selling album in the United States.

1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
2. A National Acrobat
3. Fluff
4. Sabbra Cadabra
5. Killing Yourself To Live
6. Who Are You?
7. Looking For Today
8. Spiral Architect

Sempiternal is the epic 2013 album from the Sheffield metalcore masters Bring Me The Horizon produced by Terry Date (Linkin Park, Deftones, Soundgarden). Featuring the standout "Shadow Moses," the 11-track collection is an embracing ride through soaring vocals, supercharged melodies and what can only be described as spine tingling metal anthems.

Tracks

1. Can You Feel My Heart
2. The House Of Wolves
3. Empire (Let Them Sing)
4. Sleepwalking
5. Go To Hell, For Heaven's Sake
6. Shadow Moses
7. And The Snakes Start To Sing
8. Seen It All Before
9. Antivist
10. Crooked Young
11. Hospital For Souls