 Soundtrack to the Apocalypse 's ideal release date was in early November 2003 . However , on September 25 , 2003 , it was announced by employees of MTV that the box set 's release date had been pushed back to November 18 , 2003 . On October 23 , 2003 , employees of MTV announced that the box set 's release date was pushed back to November 25 , 2003 . Since November 25 , 2003 , Slayer has released the box set five different times . The first three times were each released in 2003 , the first being released through Universal Records , and the other two , one being a Deluxe Edition version , were released through American Records . The set 's fourth release , which was packaged with only three discs , was released through American Records in 2006 . The box set 's final release was in 2007 , where it was released through WEA International . It was also released in the United Kingdom on December 8 , 2003 . It was produced with three Compact Discs , one DVD , and a booklet . 
