Metal Matters: Charting The Evolution Of Metal

CD1

1. MC5 - Kick Out The Jams
2. DEEP PURPLE - Speed King
3. SAXON - Wheels Of Steel
4. MERCYFUL FATE - Curse Of The Pharaohs
5. MANOWAR - Blow Your Speakers
6. NAPALM DEATH - Scum
7. ACE FREHLEY - Rock Soldiers
8. GODFLESH - Like Rats
9. TESTAMENT - Souls Of Black
10. MINISTRY - Jesus Built My Hotrod
11. TYPE O NEGATIVE - Christian Woman
12. SLEEP - Dragonaut
13. PANTERA - Walk
14. MACHINE HEAD - Davidian
15. DOWN - Tempatation's Wings
16. SEPULTURA - Roots Bloody Roots

CD2

1. SLIPKNOT - Duality
2. KILLSWITCH ENGAGE - My Curse
3. AIRBOURNE - Too Much Too Young Too Fast
4. CONVERGE - Dark Horse
5. MOTÖRHEAD - I Know How To Die
6. RISE TO REMAIN - Enter Sandman
7. EMPRESS AD - Blurred Perception
8. THE CHARM THE FURY - Colorblind
9. ASKING ALEXANDRIA - The Death Of Me
10. ISSUES - Stingray Affliction
11. ARCHITECTS - Naysayer
12. OF MICE & MEN - Bones Exposed
13. IN HEARTS WAKE - Earthwalker
14. SAVAGE MESSIAH - Hellblazer
15. MOS GENERATOR - Beyond The Whip
16. ANIMALS AS LEADERS - Physical Education

The Metal Matters compilation features 32 tracks charting the evolution of Heavy Metal from across the Warner and ADA labels, from its origins in the late 1960s with the MC5 and Deep Purple all the way to the young acts blazing their own trail, including Asking Alexandria, Issues and Empress AD.