Various Artists - 'Century Media Covers Century Media'

In their 20 years of existence, Century Media has been one of the best and most influential heavy metal labels. They've had some great artists past and present, and to celebrate two decades they decided to put together a covers album. They asked their current artists to do a cover song of another Century Media artist past or present.

You might expect a lot of artist duplication, with everybody wanting to cover bands like Celtic Frost or another group, but there's a lot of diversity. There are two Merauder and two Arch Enemy songs, but they are the only artists with more than one song covered. Arch Enemy and Dream Evil cover each other, which is cool.

With 32 songs, there are some hits and misses, but for the most part Century Media Covers Century Media is a very strong compilation. Some of my favorite tracks include Arch Enemy's "The Book Of Heavy Metal," Firewind's "Believe In Nothing," Intronaut's "Dixie Whiskey" and Napalm Death's "Messiah."

Disc 1
1. Arch Enemy - The Book Of Heavy Metal (Dream Evil Cover)
2. Dark Tranquillity - Broken (Sentenced Cover)
3. Heaven Shall Burn - Whatever That Hurts (Tiamat Cover)
4. Shadows Fall - December (Only Living Witness Cover)
5. Brand New Sin - Watching Over Me (Iced Earth Cover)
6. Wolf - Alma Mater (Moonspell Cover)
7. Mercenary - Burning Angel (Arch Enemy Cover)
8. God Forbid - Master Killer (Merauder Cover)
9. Warbringer - Execute Them All (Unleashed Cover)
10. Grave - Vermin (Asphyx Cover)
11. Architects - Officer Down (Stampin’ Ground Cover)
12. Napalm Death - Outconditioned (Despair Cover)
13. Krisiun - Human Dissection (Demolition Hammer Cover)
14. Cryptopsy - Oh, My ~Censored~ God (Strapping Young Lad Cover)
15. Maroon - Baphomet’s Throne (Samael Cover)
16. Watch Them Die - Breeding Death (Bloodbath Cover)

Disc 2
1. Firewind - Believe In Nothing (Nevermore Cover)
2. Dream Evil - Let The Killing Begin (Arch Enemy Cover)
3. Fear My Thoughts - The Weapon They Fear (Heaven Shall Burn Cover)
4. The Agonist - Monochromatic Stains (Dark Tranquillity Cover)
5. The Forsaken - You’ll Never See (Grave Cover)
6. Devian - Isolated (Morgoth Cover)
7. Heaven Shall Burn - Downfall Of Christ (Merauder Cover)
8. Aborted - Playing Dead (Turmoil Cover)
9. Terror - Boxed In (Subzero Cover)
10. Napalm Death - Messiah (Hellhammer Cover)
11. Asphyx - Os Abysmi Vel Daath (Celtic Frost Cover)
12. Zimmers Hole - Doommaker (Old Man’s Child Cover)
13. Fu Manchu - Words To Live By (Penance Cover)
14. Manntis (feat. In This Moment) - Heaven's A Lie (Lacuna Coil Cover)
15. Kivimetsän Druidi - Leaves (The Gathering Cover)
16. Intronaut - Dixie Whiskey (Eyehategod Cover)

(released October 14, 2008 on Century Media Records)