October 31 Releasing "Metal Massacre 31" Covers Album

Set for international release on November 25th via Hells Headbangers, "Metal Massacre 31" is a special all-covers album whereby October 31 perform new versions of tracks originally found on the "Metal Massacre" compilations during the 1980s.

The eight volumes of "Metal Massacre" released by Metal Blade Records were massively instrumental in chronicling (and furthering) the burgeoning heavy metal movement, particularly in the United States.

Here, the earliest songs of Slayer and Ratt, for example, stood side by side each other as a declaration of intent: that heavy metal was here, and it was here to stay. Those who grew up in the '80s and heard these compilations have fond memories of them, as each song was almost always exclusive and almost always exciting - a new stone to unturn, a new head to bang.

For the members of October 31, these compilations are so cherished and enduring that they've recorded a covers album comprising songs all exclusively on these comps. The full track listing is as follows:

1. Cross My Way (Death Dealer)
2. Forbidden Evil (War Cry)
3. Torture Me (Omen)
4. The Awakening (Titanic)
5. Dead Of The Night (Demon Flight)
6. Heavy Metal Virgin (Aloha)
7. The Alien (Sacred Blade)
8. Metal Merchants (Hallow's Eve)
9. The Warrior (Final Warning)
10. The Battle Of Armageddon (Tyrant)