Rhino's Heavy Metal Box is due out on October 2nd. The four-disc set is arranged chronologically from 1968 to 1991 - the compilation also boasts hits from bands like DEEP PURPLE, METALLICA, BLACK SABBATH, IRON BUTTERFLY, PANTERA, ALICE COOPER, VENOM, TESTAMENT, RUSH and MEGADETH. The project will be packaged in a metal box resembling a Marshall guitar amp. The liner notes will include extensive photos, track commentary, interviews with Ronnie James Dio and Lita Ford and an essay by Metallica's Lars Ulrich on new wave and British metal.

The tracklist is as follows:

Disc 1:

'In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida'' - IRON BUTTERFLY

Summertime Blues' - BLUE CHEER

'Easy Livin'' - URIAH HEEP

'Highway Star' - DEP PURPLE

'Billion Dollar Babies' - ALICE COOPER

'Lost Johnny' - HAWKWIND

'Bad Motor Scooter' - MONTROSE

'Working Man' - RUSH

'Man on the Silver Mountain- RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW

'Detroit Rock City - KISS

'The Ripper - JUDAS PRIEST

'Cat Scratch Fever - TED NUGENT

'Lights Out' - UFO

'Godzilla - BLUE ÖYSTER CULT

'Demolition Boys - GIRLSCHOOL

'White Witch - ANGEL WITCH

'The Phantom Of The Opera - IRON MAIDEN

'Neon Knights - BLACK SABBATH

Disc 2:

'Ace Of Spades - MOTÖRHEAD

'Am I Evil?' - DIAMOND HEAD

'Nice Boys' - ROSE TATTOO

'Attack Of The Mad Axeman - MSG

'Denim And Leather' - SAXON

'Blitzkrieg' - BLITZKRIEG

'Gangland' - TYGERS OF PANTANG

'Witching Hour' - VENOM

'You've Got Another Thing Comin'' - JUDAS PRIEST

'The Number Of The Beast - IRON MAIDEN

'Star War' - RAVEN

'Say What You Will' - FASTWAY

'Black Funeral' - MERCYFUL FATE

'Animal (Fuck Like A Beast) - W.A.S.P.

'Mean Streak," Y&T;

'Holy Diver - DIO

'Queen Of The Reich' - QUEENSRŸCHE

'Whiplash' - METALICA

Disc 3:

'Rock You Like a Hurricane- SCORPIONS

'Metal Health - QUIET RIOT

'Into the Fire' - DOKKEN

'Balls To The Wall - ACCEPT

'Round and Round - RATT

'I Wanna Rock' - I WANNA ROCK

'The Boulevard Of Broken Dreams' - HANOI ROCKS

'Big Bottom' - SPINALTAP

'Midnite Maniac' - KROKUS

'I'll See the Light, Tonight' - YNGWIE J. MALMSTEEN'S RISING FORCE

'Crazy Nights - LOUDNESS

'Shake Me' - CINDERELA

'Watch the Children Pray," Metal Church

'To Hell With The Devil' - STRYPER

'A Little Time' - HELLOWEN

'Wrecking Crew - OVERKILL

'Caught in a Mosh - ANTHRAX

'Peace Sells (But Who's Buying) - MEGADETH

Disc 4:

'Still Of The Night - WHITESNAKE

'Rock Me' - GREAT WHITE

'Talk Dirty To Me' - POISON

'Bathroom Wall' - FASTER PUSSYCAT

'Hall of the Mountain King - SAVATAGE

'Kiss Me Deadly' - LITA FORD

'Hail and Kill' - MANOWAR

'Trial By Fire' - TESTAMENT

'Welcome Home' - KING DIAMOND

'South Of Heaven' - SLAYER

'One' - METALLICA

'Cult Of Personality' - LIVING COLOUR

'Youth Gone Wild' - SKID ROW

'Cowboys from Hell' - PANTERA

'Beg To Differ' - PRONG

'Dead Embryonic Cells' - SEPULTURA