Hopeless / Sub City Records is proud to announce the release of Metal=Life Volume 2!  Featuring 38 tracks on two CD’s PLUS a DVD with 18 videos from Metal and Hardcore’s biggest names and best new bands!  The compilation is out now and can be found exclusively in Hot Topic stores in the US. . Hopeless / Sub City Records will be releasing Metal=Life Volume 2 internationally to all retailers in early 2007.

The 3 disk set packaged in a special DVD size Digipack is an amazing collection of music for a great cause. It is out now for just $9.98 and available only at Hot Topic retailers in the US and Hottopic.com

Metal=Life Volume 2 has an awesome line-up including: God Forbid, Bleeding Through, As I Lay Dying, Goatwhore, Ever Time I Die, Chiodos, Converge, and many more.  Metal=Life Volume 1, released in November of 2005, has raised over $150,000 for the Hot Topic Foundation

A portion of the proceeds (equaling 5% of the suggested retail list price) earned by the artists and Sub City Records from the sale of this title will be donated to The Hot Topic Foundation. The Hot Topic Foundation aims to support programs and organizations that specifically focus on encouraging and educating youth in music, creative writing, painting, photography, filmmaking and more.  Hopeless / Sub City Records has raised over $800,000 for various charitable organizations since 1999.

Metal=Life Volume 2 Track List:

DISC ONE: 1) God Forbid To The Fallen Hero / Century Media  2) The Human Abstract Vela, Together We Await The Storm / Hopeless  3) Bleeding Through Love In Slow Motion / Trustkill  4) As I Lay Dying The Darkest Nights / Metal Blade  5) In Flames Reflect The Storm / Ferret  6) Into Eternity Severe Emotional Distress / Century Media  7) Burst The Immateria / Relapse  8) Evergreen Terrace Dogfight / Eulogy  9) Fear Before The March Of Flames Drowning The Old Hag / Ferret  10) Bloodlined Calligraphy Last Goodbye / Facedown  11) Imperial We Sail At Dawn / Pluto  12) Seemless Cast No Shadow / Equal Vision  13) Dissection Starless Aeon / The End  14) Goatwhore Alchemy of the Black Sun Cult / Metal Blade  15) Demiricous Withdrawal Divine / Metal Blade  16) Nights Like These Scavenger’s Daughter / Victory  17) Misery Index Conquistadores / Relapse  18) The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma / Metal Blade

DISC TWO: 1) Every Time I Die The New Black / Ferret  2) Escape The Fate Situations / Epitaph 3) Chiodos Baby You Wouldn’t Last A Minute On The Creek / Equal Vision 4) He Is Legend Attack Of The Dungeon Witch  5) Drop Dead, Gorgeous Dressed For Friend Requests / Rise  6) Calico System They Live / Eulogy  7) Underoath Everyone Looks So Good From Here / Solid State  8) The Autumn Offering Embrace The Gutter / Victory  9) Converge No Heroes / Epitaph  10) (Lone) Wolf & Cub Misplaced Mortar Gag #2 / Hewhocorrupts, inc. 11) Burn In Silence Self Reliance / Prosthetic  12) This Is Hell The Polygraph Cheaters / Trustkill  13) First Blood Suffocate / Trustkill 14) A Love For Enemies Tread On My Dreams / Facedown  15) The Jonbenet Why We’re Dead / Pluto  16) Misery Signals Face Yourself / Ferret  17) The Warriors And Yet They Say / Eulogy  18) Heavy Heavy Low Low Are You Okay, Kiddo? / Ferret  19) The Devil Wears Prada Dogs Can Grow Beards All Over / Rise  20) Haste The Day Walk On / Solid State

DVD: 1) God Forbid To The Fallen Hero / Century Media  2) The Human Abstract Crossing The Rubicon / Hopeless  3) Bleeding Through Love In Slow Motion / Trustkill  4) As I Lay Dying The Darkest Nights / Metal Blade  5) In Flames Come Clarity / Ferret  6) Evergreen Terrace New Friend Request / Eulogy  7) Inked In Blood Lest I Sleep The Sleep Of Death / Facedown    8) Misery Signals The Failsafe / Ferret  9) Parkway Drive Smoke Em If You Got Em / Epitaph  10) 3 Alien Angel / Metal Blade  11) Every Time I Die The New Black / Ferret  12) Converge Eagles Become Vultures / Epitaph  13) The Jonbenet Why We’re Dead / Pluto  14) Calico System They Live / Eulogy  15) A Life Once Lost Vulture / Ferret  16) Despised Icon The Sunset Will Never Charm Us / Century Media  17) Hewhocorrupts Master Of Profits / Forge Again  18) The Black Dahlia Murder Miasma / Metal Blade

http://www.Hopelessrecords.com