Various Artists "Metal Massacre"

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.

First pressing: 
"Cold Day in Hell" – Steeler – 4:17
"Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
"Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
"Tell the World" – Ratt – 3:16
"Octave" (instrumental) – Avatar – 3:48
"Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
"Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
"Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
"Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
"Hit the Lights" – Metallica (listed as "Mettallica") – 4:25

Second pressing
"Chains Around Heaven" – Black 'n Blue – 3:45
"Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
"Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
"Tell the World" – Ratt – 3:16
"Octave" (instrumental) – Avatar – 3:48
"Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
"Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
"Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
"Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
"Hit the Lights" (version 2) – Metallica – 4:12

Third pressing
"Chains Around Heaven" – Black 'n Blue – 3:45
"Live for the Whip" – Bitch – 5:19
"Captive of Light" – Malice – 3:21
"Octave" (instrumental) – Avatar – 3:48
"Death of the Sun" – Cirith Ungol – 3:56
"Dead of the Night" – Demon Flight – 2:35
"Fighting Backwards" – Pandemonium – 3:44
"Kick You Down" – Malice – 4:28
"Hit the Lights" (version 2) – Metallica – 4:12


Note: The first pressing was released on Metal Blade Records (MBR 1001), a second pressing on Metalworks Records (MW 6363), both in 1982. Black 'n Blue's "Chains Around Heaven" replaced Steeler's "Cold Day in Hell", which was the first track on the original version of the compilation. Version 2 of Metallica's "Hit the Lights" is a new recording as James Hetfield was unhappy with the original version. The second pressing features Dave Mustaine on lead guitar instead of Lloyd Grant. Ratt's "Tell the World" was omitted on subsequent pressings, starting with Metal Blade's 1984 re-issue.