(RockAndMetal.com) (11/13/03)

Edited By Michael Bennett

HAWTHORNE, CA - On November 18th, the Century Family brings the Metal back to the masses with a specially priced double-disc set.

The compilation, "Metal For The Masses Volume II," is exclusively available at all Hot Topic retail outlets nationwide and features one 20-track disc clocking in over 75 minutes with new tracks from such groundbreaking and up and coming artists as Arch Enemy, Diabolic, Dimmu Borgir, Eyes Of Fire, Glass Casket, Haste, Shadows Fall and Watch Them Die, among others.

This disc will also have exclusive new tracks from Enforsaken and God Forbid, whose new albums will not be unleashed until the first quarter of 2004.

The second disc in this blistering set is comprised of over 150 MP3 tracks from a diverse array of artists such as Bloodbath, Borknagar, Carnal Forge, Dark Tranquillity, Darkane, Demolition Hammer, Destruction, Dismember, Divine Empire, Dream Evil, Extol, Eyehategod, Fireball Ministry, Fleshgrind, Forsaken, Gorgoroth, Grave, Hammerfall, Iced Earth, Immolation, In Flames, and Into Eternity.

That also includes tracks by Jag Panzer, Jungle Rot, Kalmah, Kataklysm, Kovenant, Krisiun, Labyrinth, Lacuna Coil, Lock-Up, Meshuggah, Morgoth, Nevermore, Nightrage, Nightwish, Old Man's Child, Only Living Witness, Passenger, Satryicon, Scar Culture, Sentenced, Strapping Young Lad, Stratovarius, The Gathering, Tiamat, Tidfall, Turmoil, Unleashed, Vital Remains, and Withered Earth, among others.

"Metal For The Masses Volume I" gave fans an inexpensive way to check out new songs from a plethora of the underground's hottest artists and has moved over 50,000 units in only 10 months time.

"Metal For The Masses Volume II" will be specially priced at only $3.99. Be sure to hit www.revolvermag.com's "Get Lucky" section between December 2nd and January 13th for a chance to win an air brushed guitar, with 100 runner ups receiving a copy of the new disc.

"Since the success of the first edition of Metal For The Masses, we have seen a remarkable increase in interest in metal. We anticipate Volume II to eclipse the sales of the first compilation within no time at all and, in the process, further broaden metal's scope at our stores." --Jay Adelberg (Hot Topic)

"METAL FOR THE MASSES VOLUME II" Track Listing:

1. WATCH THEM DIE - "Sadist Ways" (3:56)

2. ARCH ENEMY - "We Will Rise" (4:06)

3. MY RUIN - "Made To Measure" (Radio Edit) (4:43)

4. GOD FORBID - "Better Days" (3:58)

5. SKINLAB - "Beneath The Surface" (3:09)

6. STAMPIN' GROUND - "Bear The Scars" (4:11)

7. EYES OF FIRE - "Disintegrate" (4:05)

8. MOONSPELL - "Everything Invaded" (Radio Edit) (3:55)

9. NEVERMORE - "Never Purify" (4:03)

10. SHADOWS FALL - "Idiot Box" (4:30)

11. LACUNA COIL - "Heaven's A Lie" (Radio Edit) (3:50)

12. HASTE - "With All The Pride And Dignity Of A Drowning Swimmer" (3:04)

13. RADIATION 4 - "Tick. Tock. Tick." (2:50)

14. NARCISSUS - "Pride/Politics" (3:48)

15. GLASS CASKET - "Pencil Lead Syringe" (4:39)

16. ENFORSAKEN - "Poison Me" (Radio Edit) (4:15)

17. DIABOLIC - "From The Astral Plane... Entwined With Infinity" (3:47)

18. MISERY INDEX - "Retailiate" (3:28)

19. DIMMU BORGIR - "For The World To Dictate Our Death" (4:46)

20. SOILWORK - "Light The Torch" (3:43)

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