![]() ![]() This opens with a raw and brutal version of ‘Last Rites / Loved to Deth’. The “Last Rites” demo, on the opposite, is pure gold! At the time the band was just Mustaine, Ellefson and Lee Rausch (who later joined DARK ANGEL for a short time). Well, the live songs are not really interesting to me since the sound quality is not really good (well, some tracks from one of the few Kerry King live shows with MEGADETH back in 1984 would be interesting…). This new version includes 10 bonus tracks: 7 are live tracks from different shows recorded between 19 and the rest is the 1984 “Last Rites” demo. My favorite tracks still are ‘Last Rites / Loved To Death’, ‘Rattlehead’, ‘Mechanix’ and ‘Killing Is My Business…’. This version includes an uncensored version of Nancy Sinatra’s cover ‘These Boots’ (the 2002 remastered version included a hilarious censored version of this track where you can hear a beep on Mustaine vocals at least 13 times!). Nothing new can be said about Mustaine and Ellefson, they still are great musicians (both are clean and new-born Christians now, something that differs from their behavior back in 1984 when Mustaine received US$ 8.000 to make this album possible, but they spent half on drugs and alcohol). Samuelson’s drumming was so good that he was able to play double bass drum using just one pedal! Chris Poland was another monster, using some tricky and unorthodox resources here and there on guitars. As he was a Jazz drummer he added some ghost notes on the snare drum, a resource that was improved on “Peace Sells…” (just try ‘Good Mourning / Black Friday’ or ‘My Last Words’). As this album was remastered once more, it is easier for a little-trained ear hear every detail here: just give some attention to Gar Samuelson’s drumming on ‘Killing…’, ‘Rattlehead’ or ‘These Boots’. And yes, this was their best line-up, in my humble opinion. ![]() To me, this is one of their angriest and heaviest efforts to date, including some really great stuff that was composed and recorded under the influence of huge doses of drugs and alcohol. Polaris -2004 Digital Remasterġ1 Rust in Peace -Demo/2004 Digital Remasterġ2 Holy Wars.This is the classic MEGADETH debut album that was originally released in 1985, 33 years ago on Combat! The performance on this record is great and still kicks major ass. the Punishment Due -2004 Digital Remasterģ Take No Prisoners -2004 Digital Remasterĥ Poison Was the Cure -2004 Digital Remasterħ Tornado of Souls -2004 Digital Remasterĩ Rust in Peace. EMI Gold.Ģ Symphony of Destruction -2004 Digital Remasterģ Architecture of Aggression -24Bit Digitally Remastered 2004Ĥ Foreclosure of a Dream -2004 Digital Remasterĥ Sweating Bullets -2004 Digital RemasterĦ This Was My Life -2004 Digital Remaster/24 Bitħ Countdown to Extinction -2004 Digital RemasterĨ High Speed Dirt -2004 Digital Remaster/24 Bitĩ Psychotron -2004 Digital Remaster/24 Bitġ0 Captive Honour -2004 Digital Remaster/24 Bitġ1 Ashes in Your Mouth -2004 Digital Remasterġ3 Countdown to Extinction -2004 Digital Remasterġ4 Symphony of Destruction -2004 Digital Remasterġ Holy Wars. ![]() Even when Metallica softened their sound, Mustaine and his Megadeth mates continued to attack their music with a vengeance. While never achieving the commercial heights of his former band, Metallica, Dave Mustaine has certainly given them a run for their money, musically. 2012 two CD set containing a pair of albums from the Metal maniacs: Rust in Peace (1990) and Countdown to Extinction (1992). ![]()
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