Description

Official European PAL version

This video was released at the same time as the Earplugged compilation album and it only contains artists from Earache. Which means that its top-notch video compilation for those who like their music hard, fast and heavy. Released back in 1994 during the huge popularity of the MTV Unplugged’series, where many bands play their songs acoustically, the title Earplugged was chosen as the antithesis of the Unplugged concept. The idea of this particular compilation is to display the talents of the most popular cutting edge metal bands on the Earcahe label as well as to serve as an introduction to the label to anyone who has only recently picked up on the bands. The bands on this compilation are primarily responsible for making really heavy music acceptable again having taken the bold step to attempt to push back the boundaries of what is defined as acceptable early in their careers, a feat for which they should be applauded. Despite being tagged Death Metal / Grind Metal / Doom Metal, most of the bands now reject such categorisation, making instead what is first and foremost extreme and heavy music with good songs, period.

Track list:
1. Cathedral –Midnight Mountain
2. Morbid Angel –Rapture
3. Entombed –Hollowman
4. Carcass –Corporeal Jigsore Quandary
5. Napalm Death –The World Keeps Turning
6. Godflesh –Mothra
7. Brutal Truth –Ill Neglect
8. Sleep –Dragonaut
9. Bolt Thrower –Cenotaph
10. Fudge Tunnel –Grey
11. Lawnmower Deth –Kids In America
12. Pitchshifter –Deconstruction
13. Meathook Seed –Famine Sector
14. Brutal Truth –Collateral Damage