Various Artists "Metal Massacre VII (1994 Reissue, Remastered, USA, Metal Blade Records, 3984-14071-2)"

Metal Massacre is a series of compilation albums released through Metal Blade Records. It is famous for "shedding light" on bands such as The Obsessed, Trouble, Overkill, Metal Church, Metallica, Slayer, Virgin Steele, Hellhammer, Voivod, Armored Saint, Lizzy Borden, Possessed and more.

In 1981, Brian Slagel, founder of Metal Blade Records, decided to put out a compilation of unsigned, underground metal bands. Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s he continued to release more volumes of the compilations. Metal Massacre XII was released in 1995 and was the final Metal Massacre album until Metal Massacre XIII, released 11 years later in 2006. Metal Massacre XIII differed from the previous releases which featured primarily unsigned bands, containing mostly established bands on the Metal Blade roster.

Metal Massacre VII – 1986

1. "Impulse" – Heretic – 4:18
2. "Sentinel Beast" – Sentinel Beast – 5:20
3. "I Live, You Die" – Flotsam and Jetsam – 6:19
4. "Rented Heat" – Krank – 4:09
5. "Backstabber" – Mad Man – 2:53
6. "Widow's Walk" – Détente – 2:20
7. "High 'n' Mighty" – Commander – 4:16
8. "In the Blood of Virgins" – Juggernaut – 4:13
9. "Reich of Torture" – Cryptic Slaughter – 2:33
10. "The Omen" – Have Mercy – 4:18
11. "The Awakening" – Titanic – 4:42
12. "Troubled Ways" – Lost Horizon – 4:31

All songs published by Bloody Skull Music (BMI)

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