| # | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
|---|
| A1 | Notorious | Lizzy Borden | | 4:14 |
| A2 | Teeth of the Hydra | Omen | | 5:59 |
| A3 | Prelude to Ruin- assistant engineer:
- Kevin Beauchamp , Scott Campbell , Steve Himelfarb and Dave Obrizzo
- engineer:
- Bill Metoyer
- producer:
- Fates Warning and Brian Slagel
- phonographic copyright (℗) by:
- Metal Blade Records GmbH (in 1986) and Metal Blade Records Inc. (in 1986, in 1995)
- recorded at:
- Preferred Sound in Woodland Hills, California, United States (from 1986-09 until 1986-10) and Stagg Street Studio in Van Nuys, California, United States (from 1986-09 until 1986-10)
- mixed at:
- Capitol Studios in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
- recording of:
- Prelude to Ruin (from 1986-09 until 1986-10)
- writer:
- John Arch and Jim Matheos
- publisher:
- Hungry Vulture Music (in 1986) and Matheos Music (in 1986)
| Fates Warning | | 7:21 |
| A4 | Lethal Tendencies | Hallows Eve | | 6:35 |
| B1 | Black Magic | Slayer | 3.85 | 4:02 |
| B2 | Eternal Ban | Destruction | 4 | 3:35 |
| B3 | Deathlike Silence | Sodom | | 5:18 |
| B4 | Dogs of War | Sentinel Beast | | 3:18 |
| B5 | Holy War | Détente | | 4:24 |
| B6 | Criminal Punishment | Hirax | | 2:01 |