Auf der JOINING FORCES – THREE THE HARD WAY Compilation werden insgesamt 66 Bands vertreten sein.

Deathmetal: SOUL DEMISE, FRAGMENTS OF UNBECOMING, PURGATORY, MY COLD EMBRACE, IMMORTAL RITES, DEADBORN, DAWN OF DISEASE, BEHIND THE SCENERY, SARX, LAY DOWN ROTTEN, EPICEDIUM, SYMBIONTIC, ABSCENCE, DOWNSCAPE, SARDONIC, REBORN IN FLAMES, LORDS OF DECADENCE, VENERAL DISEASE, PHILOSOPHER, CHRONICLE OF TYRANTS, HUMAN BLOODFEAST, SUFFOCATE SANITY, ZEROED, SUFFERING SOULS, MISERY SPEAKS, GRIND INC….

Thrashmetal: WITCHBURNER, DELIRIUM TREMENS, RESPAWN, PERZONAL WAR, RAVAGE, HATRED, ENDART, UPPERCUT, DEMOLITION, DE/TEST, SHADOWS FAR, NOCTURNAL, RUNAMOK, STRINGFACE, PEQUOD, NRG, BLOW JOB, POSTMORTEM, CONTRADICTION…

Core: A THIN RED LINE, ZERO MENTALITY, SILENT OVERDRIVE, MORT, PATH OF NO RETURN, NEVER PROMISE, CRISIS NEVER ENDS, BA`AL, CLOBBERIN TIME, RAW EDGE, FINAL PRAYER, DUMPYOURLOAD, BURY MY SINS…
Modern-Metal: SILENT DECAY, SOLEILNOIR, GUTLOCK, C-FICTION

Bonusmaterial gibt es in Form von einem digitalen Booklet, MP3 Player-/Konvertierungssoftware, einer Underground-Metal Linkliste und Videoclips von TORMENT, RUNAMOK, HEADSHOT, STEEL DEATH und HATRED.
JOINING FORCES – THREE THE HARD WAY erscheint nach dem Sommer in einer limitierten Auflage von 666 handnummerierten Exemplaren.