Death Metal is a 1984 split album by the bands Helloween, Hellhammer, Running Wild, and Dark Avenger. It contains the only recorded material by the German group Dark Avenger. The album offers a snapshot of the Central European metal scene during the end of the early 1980s. At that time, Running Wild had yet to develop their "pirate metal" schtick and considered themselves a black metal band. Helloween were more of a thrashy speed metal act rather than the melodic power metal vehicle into which they would soon develop. Hellhammer were the darker and heavier band of the foursome and would later evolve into the group Celtic Frost. Running Wild's songs appear as Japanese bonus tracks on their 1995 album, Masquerade; Helloween's tracks appear on the second disc of the 2006 remastered and expanded edition of their 1985 album, Walls of Jericho; and Hellhammer's tracks appear on the 1990 re-issue of their 1984 EP, Apocalyptic Raids. Track listing Credits Running Wild Rock 'n' Rolf Kasparek – vocals, guitars Gerald "Preacher" Warnecke – guitars Stephan Boriss – bass Wolfgang "Hasche" Hagemann – drums Hellhammer Tom "Satanic Slaughter" Warrior – vocals, guitars Martin "Slayed Necros" Ain – bass Bruce "Denial Fiend" Day – drums Dark Avenger Siegfried Kohmann – vocals Bernd Piontek – guitars Claus Johannson – guitars Uwe Neff – bass Andreas Breindl – drums Helloween Kai Hansen – vocals, guitars Michael Weikath – guitars Markus Grosskopf – bass Ingo Schwichtenberg – drums References Helloween albums Hellhammer albums Running Wild (band) albums 1984 EPs Split EPs Noise Records EPs