Year : 2001 (Sanctuary Records Group Edition 2019)
Style : Thrash Metal , Heavy Metal
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans + Video
Size : 103 mb
Bio:
Megadeth is an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983 by guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson, shortly after Mustaine's dismissal from Metallica. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, the band is credited as one of the genre's "big four" along with Anthrax, Metallica, and Slayer, who were responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization. Megadeth plays in a technical style often featuring fast rhythm sections and complex arrangements; themes of death, war, politics, and religion are prominent in the group's lyrics.In 1985, the group released its debut album through the independent label Combat Records. The album's moderate commercial success caught the attention of bigger labels, which led to the band signing with Capitol Records. The band's first major label album, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, was released in 1986 and was highly influential in the underground metal scene. Despite the album's prominence in thrash metal, frequent disputes between the band members and issues with substance abuse earned the band negative publicity during this period.After the lineup stabilized, Megadeth released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Rust in Peace (1990) and Countdown to Extinction (1992). These albums, along with touring worldwide, helped bring public recognition to Megadeth. The band temporarily disbanded in 2002 when Mustaine suffered an arm injury and re-established in 2004 without bassist Ellefson, who had taken legal action against Mustaine. Ellefson settled with Mustaine out of court and rejoined the group in 2010. Megadeth has hosted its own music festival, Gigantour, several times since mid-2005.As of 2014, Megadeth has sold 50 million records worldwide, with six of its fourteen studio albums certified platinum in the United States, and has received eleven Grammy nominations. The band's mascot, Vic Rattlehead, regularly appears on album artwork, and from 2010 in live shows. The group has experienced controversy over its musical approach and lyricism, including canceled concerts and bans of albums. MTV has refused to play two of the band's videos that the network considered to condone suicide.
Album:
Thrash legends Megadeth are re-issuing two of their albums on 15th February 2019. Both “The world needs a hero” and “The system has failed” have been remastered by Ted Jensen (Guns N’Roses, Mastodon, Machine Head and Trivium) and will be available on vinyl, CD and digital formats – the first time in many years that these albums have been available on vinyl.As well as having been remastered, this reissue includes an extra track – “Coming home”. This was originally a bonus track on the Japanese release of the album – and until 2007 that was the only place to find it, but it was then included in the “Warchest” compilation. It’s certainly good to see it added to this reissue.Many fans will agree that the band lost their way in the late 90s as they seemed to be in search of a more commercial sound and moved away from their roots. “The world needs a hero” was released in 2001 and marked the start of the band moving back towards their thrash roots, so while it’s still not thrash and does still have a lot of that more commercial sound, this album marked the point where the band started to put things right.This is by no means a bad album, but equally it’s never likely to be described as one of the best Megadeth albums. There are some great tracks on here – “Return to hangar” and “Dread and the fugitive mind” being two of the best tracks here. Silent scorn is a fairly short instrumental track (under two minutes long) that’s well worth a listen.It’s not one of the best Megadeth albums but it’s still a good album and well worth checking out.The world needs a hero (2019 reissue) will be released on 15th February 2019.
Line-Up:
Dave Mustaine - Guitars, Vocals (1983-2002, 2004-present) - See also: ex-MD.45, ex-Metallica, ex-Fallen Angels, ex-Panic
David Ellefson - Bass (1983-2002, 2010-present) - See also: Altitudes & Attitude, David Ellefson, Knight Fury, Temple of Brutality, Hail!, ex-Angels of Babylon, ex-Avian, ex-Killing Machine, ex-Soulfly (live), ex-Tim "Ripper" Owens (live), ex-F5, ex-Fallen Angels
Al Pitrelli - Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Jimmy DeGrasso - Drums
Tracklist:
01. Disconnect (2019 - Remaster)
02. The World Needs a Hero (2019 - Remaster)
03. Moto Psycho (2019 - Remaster)
04. 1000 Times Goodbye (2019 - Remaster)
05. Burning Bridges (2019 - Remaster)
06. Promises (2019 - Remaster)
07. Recipe for Hate... Warhorse (2019 - Remaster)
08. Losing My Senses (2019 - Remaster)
09. Dread and the Fugitive Mind (2019 - Remaster)
10. Silent Scorn (2019 - Remaster)
11. Return to Hangar (2019 - Remaster)
12. When (2019 - Remaster)
13. Coming Home (CD Bonus Track)
+ Video "Moto Psycho" (Official Video)
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