The Metal Decade Collection...

Anyone ever seen "Giants of Rock - The Metal Decade" Collection? A total of ten CDs/records with each CD/album representing a year in 1980's heavy metal. This seems like a pretty good representation of the decade of metal. Of course any set like this will have songs some people think should be included that weren't, or songs that were included that should. What do you think?

VOLUME 1 (1980 - 81)
DISC ONE
1. Iron Maiden – Killers full track 5:00)
2. Scorpions – The Zoo full track 5:46)
3. Michael Schenker Group – Armed and Ready 4:06)
4. Motörhead – Ace of Spades 2:4)
5. Angel Witch – Angel Witch 3:24)
6. Ozzy Osbourne – Over the Mountain full track 4:30)
7. Judas Priest – Breaking the Law full track 2:36)
8. Kiss – Is That You 3:56)
9. Whitesnake – Fool For Young Loving 4:17)
10. Black Sabbath – Heaven and Hell 12:01)
11. UFO – Lettin' Go 4:00)
12. Alice Cooper – Pain 4:06)

DISC TWO
1. Thin Lizzy Angel Of Death 6:17
2. Rainbow Difficult To Cure 5:55
3. Michael Schenker Group Are You Ready To Rock 3:26
4. Trust Repression 3:32
5. Rush Witch Hunt 4:43
6. Foreigner Juke Box Hero 4:03
7. Samson Riding With The Angels 3:40
8. Girlschool Following The Crowd 3:08
9. Rose Tattoo Rock 'n' Roll Is King 4:20
10. Krokus Easy Rocker 5:27
11. Venom Welcome To Hell 3:09
12. Black Sabbath The Mob Rules 3:13

VOLUME 2 (1982 - 83)
1. Scorpions Blackout 3:49
2. Judas Priest Screaming For Vengeance 4:44
3. Twisted Sister I Am (I'm Me) 3:33
4. Gary Moore Wishing Well 4:53
5. Manowar Battle Hymn 6:56
6. Mötley Crüe Live Wire 3:15
7. Iron Maiden The Number Of The Beast 4:50
8. Krokus Long Stick Goes Boom 5:13
9. Rainbow Stone Cold 4:27
10. More Warhead 3:49
11. Motörhead Iron Fist 2:53
12. Venom Black Metal 3:45

DISC TWO
1. Accept Balls To The Wall 5:45
2. Ozzy Osbourne Bark At The Moon 4:16
3. Kiss Lick It Up 3:45
4. Gary Moore Murder In The Skies 7:16
5. Dio Holy Diver 5:43
6. Black Sabbath Trashed 4:11
7. Mötley Crüe Looks That Kill 4:07
8. Quiet Riot Metal Health 5:17
9. Whitesnake Here I Go Again 5:08
10. Pretty Maids Children Of Tomorrow 4:35
11. Anthrax Soldiers Of Metal 2:57
12. Slayer Evil Has No Boundaries 3:11

VOLUME 3 (1984 - 85)
DISC ONE
1. Judas Priest Free Wheel Burning 4:50
2. W.A.S.P. I Wanna Be Somebody 6:19 Live
3. Whitesnake Slide It In 3:19
4. Dio The Last In Line 5:40
5. Pretty Maids Red, Hot And Heavy 3:57
6. Scorpions Still Loving You 6:25
7. Deep Purple Perfect Stranger 5:54
8. Yngwie J. Malmsteen I'll See The Kight Tonight 4:28
9. Ratt Round And Round 4:24
10. Twisted Sister I Wanna Rock 3:06
11. Manowar Sign Of The Hammer 4:18
12. Mercyful Fate Gypsy 3:11

DISC TWO
1. Gary Moore & Phil Lynott Out In The Fields 4:17
2. Warlock Hellbound 3:40
3. Mötley Crüe Smokin' In The Boys Room 3:27
4. Megadeth Killing Is My Business (And Business Is Good) 3:02 5. Helloween Ride The Sky 5:56
6. Anthrax Guns Ho 4:36
7. Accept Metal Heart 5:23
8. Dokken It's Not Love 6:13
9. Slayer Hell Awaits 6:02
10. Saxon Broken Heroes 5:29
11. Exodus Bonden By Blood 3:45
12. Kreator Endless Pain 3:31

VOLUME 4 (1986 - 87)
DISC ONE
1. David Lee Roth Yankee Rose 3:50
2. Judas Priest Turbo Lover 5:30
3. Ozzy Osbourne The Ultimate Sin 3:45
4. Megadeth Peace Sells 4:03
5. Anthrax Madhouse 4:19
6. Accept Heaven Is Hell 7:13
7. Europe The Final Countdown 5:10
8. Alice Cooper He's Back 3:46
9. Alcatrazz God Blessed Video 3:28
10. Motörhead Deaf Forever 4:27
11. Kreator Pleasure To Kill 4:09
12. Sodom Obsessed By Cruelty 5:46

DISC TWO
1. Kiss Crazy, Crazy Nights 3:46
2. Michael Schenker Group Gimme Your Love 4:48
3. Mötley Crüe Wildside 4:41
4. U.D.O. They Want War 4:12
5. Savatage Hall Of The Mountain King 5:34
6. Overkill Fuck You 2:17
7. Helloween Futureworld 8:43
8. Whitesnake Here I Go Again 4:34
9. Lee Aaron Only Human 4:46
10. W.A.S.P. Scream Until You Like It 3:24
11. White Lion Wait 4:01
12. Manowar Black Wind, Fire And Steel 5:19

VOLUME 5 (1988 - 89)
DISC ONE
1. Iron Maiden Can I Play With Madness 3:32
2. Cinderella Gipsy Road 3:47
3. Helloween Dr. Stein 4:40
4. Kingdom Come Get It On 4:19
5. Zed Yago Zed Yago 4:27
6. Anthrax Make Me Laugh 5:41
7. Judas Priest Ram It Down 4:49
8. Running Wild The Conquistadores 4:46
9. Living Colour Cult Of Personality 4:54
10. Magnum Days Of No Trust 5:13
11. Bonfire Ready 4 Reaction 3:43
12. Steeler The Deeper The Night 5:12


DISC TWO
1. Gary Moore After The War 4:19
2. Scorpions Rhythm Of Love 3:48
3. Alice Cooper Poison 4:28
4. W.A.S.P. Mean Man 4:51
5. Skid Row 18 And Life 3:50
6. Annihilator Alison Hell 5:02
7. Ozzy Osbourne Miracle Man 3:44
8. Black Sabbath Headless Cross 6:29
9. Doro A Whiter Shade Of Pale 3:47
10. Lita Ford Kiss Me Deadly 4:00
11. Manowar Kings Of Metal 3:40
12. Sodom Ausgebombt 3:05

Pretty good. But no Def Leppard? At least, On Through The Night and High N Dry should be represented.

No Metallica?

Hmmm....I understand they couldn't get rights to everything but Metallica is a glaring omission.

Gary Moore isn't metal.

spectrefate wrote:

Pretty good. But no Def Leppard? At least, On Through The Night and High N Dry should be represented.

No Metallica?

Hmmm....I understand they couldn't get rights to everything but Metallica is a glaring omission.

Gary Moore isn't metal.

Might have been a rights issue.

Gary Moore was indeed playing hard rock and heavy metal in the early 1980's. He is now a blues player, but he wrote some great metal. Check out Victims of the Future. Great stuff.

Foreigner isn't what most would call metal either. I think including them was pushing it. I think a band like Riot, Raven or Accept would have been a better call over Foreigner for the year 1981. Shoot, if they were dead set on including an American band for that slot, they could have gone with Aerosmith - Jailbait or Lightning Strikes.

In 1980, I would have picked a different cut from "British Steel". "Metal God" or "Rapid Fire" maybe.

The '82 is quite good. Might have included Raven on that one too, but otherwise, nothing I'd remove.

The '83 disc is outstanding. Nothing I'd remove, but I might have included the additional track "Sirens" by Savatage or "Queen of the Ryche" by Queensryche.

'84 is outstanding as well although a better Motley Crue track could have been chosen. Either that or replace them with something off Metal Church's s/t or Stryper's "Yellow & Black Attack".

I'm loving the inclusion of post-Dio Sabbath stuff.

I also think that including KISS on the 1980 disc was a mistake. As big a fan as I am of Kiss, they were a bit lost in the early 80's not sure what to do musically. While the song chosen is a good song IMO, it's not metal and sticks out like sore thumb on that disc. Vince Poncia's production on Unmasked was so stinkin' wimpy. A better inclusion might have been something off Ted Nugent's "Scream Dream" as he was still making heavy, hard rockin' music as the time. "Scream Dream", "Hard As Nails" or "Wango Tango" all would have worked well.

I was a bit surprised by the KISS song on the first disc. That should not be on there (and I'm a huge KISS fan). Other than that, pretty good selections.