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'''''Stone Cold Metal''''' is a rock [[compilation album]] that was released on September 9, 1998, by Mars Entertainment (known today as Spy Records). Produced by Paul Tarnopol with the help of [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] of [[World Wrestling Entertainment]], ''Stone Cold Metal'' was the first [[wrestling]] CD to ever chart on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], and according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], has sold more than a quarter of a million copies in the [[United States]]. Up to that time, ''Stone Cold Metal'' had outsold all other wrestling CDs, including RCA’s ''Wrestlemania'' album, which was produced by [[American Idol]]’s [[Simon Cowell]].
'''''Steve Austin's Stone Cold Metal''''' is a rock [[compilation album]] that was released on August 25, 1998, by Mars Entertainment (known today as Spy Records). Produced by Paul Tarnopol with the help of [[Stone Cold Steve Austin]] of the [[World Wrestling Federation]], ''Stone Cold Metal'' was the first [[wrestling]] CD to ever chart on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] albums chart, and according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]], has sold more than a quarter of a million copies in the United States. Up to that time, ''Stone Cold Metal'' had outsold all other wrestling CDs.


''Stone Cold Metal'' utilized a [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] CD case, which created a morphing effect between Steve Austin’s face and his trademark human skull. The album consisted of original hit recordings by [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Accept (band)|Accept]], [[Dokken]], [[Molly Hatchet]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Dio (band)|Dio]], [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]], [[The Cult]], [[Foghat]], [[Def Leppard]] and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]. ''Stone Cold Metal'' was also the first compilation of any kind to include recordings by Kiss and Def Leppard.
''Stone Cold Metal'' utilized a [[Lenticular printing|lenticular]] CD case, which created a morphing effect between Steve Austin's face and his trademark human skull. The album consisted of original hit recordings by [[Scorpions (band)|Scorpions]], [[Deep Purple]], [[Accept (band)|Accept]], [[Dokken]], [[Molly Hatchet]], [[Ted Nugent]], [[Dio (band)|Dio]], [[Rainbow (English band)|Rainbow]], [[The Cult]], [[Foghat]], [[Def Leppard]] and [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]].


==Track listing==
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== See also ==
* [[Music in professional wrestling]]


== References ==
==See also==
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*[[Music in professional wrestling]]
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{AllMusic | class= album| id=mw0000045406| label= Stone Cold Metal| accessdate= 23:53, 1 May 2021 (UTC) }}


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Latest revision as of 19:19, 5 January 2024

Steve Austin's Stone Cold Metal
Stone Cold Metal CD
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedAugust 25, 1998
GenreHeavy metal, hard rock
LabelSpy Records

Steve Austin's Stone Cold Metal is a rock compilation album that was released on August 25, 1998, by Mars Entertainment (known today as Spy Records). Produced by Paul Tarnopol with the help of Stone Cold Steve Austin of the World Wrestling Federation, Stone Cold Metal was the first wrestling CD to ever chart on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and according to Nielsen SoundScan, has sold more than a quarter of a million copies in the United States. Up to that time, Stone Cold Metal had outsold all other wrestling CDs.

Stone Cold Metal utilized a lenticular CD case, which created a morphing effect between Steve Austin's face and his trademark human skull. The album consisted of original hit recordings by Scorpions, Deep Purple, Accept, Dokken, Molly Hatchet, Ted Nugent, Dio, Rainbow, The Cult, Foghat, Def Leppard and Kiss.

Track listing

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Song Band
Rock You Like a Hurricane Scorpions
God of Thunder Kiss
Balls To The Wall Accept
Perfect Strangers Deep Purple
Breaking The Chains Dokken
Dreams I’ll Never See Molly Hatchet
Stranglehold Ted Nugent
Detroit Rock City Kiss
Rainbow in the Dark Dio
No One Like You Scorpions
Slow Ride Foghat
On Through The Night Def Leppard
Rain The Cult
Stone Cold Rainbow

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