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title: "Metal Bats / Open the Gate by Vortex"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/ed60163b-5fa6-450a-8330-cb0efcee3c2d"
artist: "Vortex"
year: 2004
label: "Unisound Records"
---

# Metal Bats / Open the Gate

**Metal Bats / Open the Gate** is a compilation by Vortex, released in 2004 on Unisound Records.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | Metal Bats / Open the Gate |
| Artist | Vortex |
| Type | Compilation |
| Year | 2004 |
| Label | Unisound Records |
| Catalog number | TRUE METAL 005 |
| Tracks | 15 |
| Place in discography | 5 of 12 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Open the Gate | 3:30 |
| 2 | Soul Killer | 4:35 |
| 3 | Bastards | 3:35 |
| 4 | Horrible Dolls | 4:32 |
| 5 | Growing Power | 5:28 |
| 6 | Massgrave | 3:52 |
| 7 | The Beauty & the Teeth | 5:22 |
| 8 | Glory Gone | 5:45 |
| 9 | Get Out | 6:16 |
| 10 | Gotta Get Away | 3:56 |
| 11 | With Witches' Help | 6:00 |
| 12 | Rollin' to the War | 3:51 |
| 13 | Metal Bats | 5:25 |
| 14 | The Curse | 3:58 |
| 15 | Alienation | 5:50 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Hammer of the North (2003)](https://themetalnet.com/album/1c0c1dbf-1beb-43f5-9316-21ad2866fcd4)
- Next release: [Welcome to Metalland (2005)](https://themetalnet.com/album/5109b0ff-1c41-43d6-a6cb-05c0a072297b)

## Artist

- [Vortex](https://themetalnet.com/band/vortex)

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