Megadeth

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Megadeth
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Megadeth live in the O2 Arena (2018)
Megadeth live in the O2 Arena (2018)
General information
Genre (s) Thrash metal , heavy metal , speed metal
founding 1983, 2004
resolution 2002
Website megadeth.com
Founding members
Dave Mustaine
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Greg Handevidt (until 1983)
David Ellefson (until 2002, since 2010)
Dijon Carruthers (until 1983)
Current occupation
Vocals, lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Dave Mustaine
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Kiko Loureiro (since 2015)
Electric bass, backing vocals
David Ellefson (until 2002, since 2010)
Drums
Dirk Verbeuren (since 2016)
former members
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Chris Poland (1984–1985, 1985–1987, studio guitar: 2004)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Jay Reynolds (1987)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Jeff Young (1987-1988)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Marty Friedman (1990-1999)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Al Pitrelli (2000-2002)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Glen Drover (2004-2008)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar, background vocals
Chris Broderick (2008-2014)
Electric bass, backing vocals
James MacDonough (2004-2006)
Electric bass, backing vocals
James LoMenzo (2006-2010)
Drums
Lee Rausch (1984)
Drums
Gar Samuelson (1984–1987; † 1999)
Drums
Chuck Behler (1987–1988)
Drums, backing vocals
Nick Menza (1989–1998, 2004; † 2016)
Drums, backing vocals
Jimmy DeGrasso (touring drums: 1998–1999, drums: 1999–2002)
Drums
Shawn Drover (2004-2014)
Live support and session musicians
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Kerry King (live guitar: the first five concerts in 1984 & one song in 2010)
Lead guitar, rhythm guitar
Mike Albert (touring guitar: 1985)
Electric bass
Jimmy Sloas (studio bass: 2004)
Drums
Vinnie Colaiuta (studio drums: 2004)
Drums
Chris Adler (studio drums: since 2015)
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Megadeth (derivative of English megadeath ; German translation about " Megatote ", unit of measurement for the number of deaths in a nuclear attack; 1 Megadeath = 1 million deaths) is an American metal band , formed in 1983 by singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine , guitarist Greg Handevidt, bassist David Ellefson and drummer Dijon Carruthers. Shortly before, Mustaine had left the band Metallica .

Handevidt was replaced by Kerry King before the first concert . King played 5 concerts and then devoted himself exclusively to Slayer . Megadeth is considered a pioneer of the Thrash Metal movement in America and later also throughout Europe. Together with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax , the band is one of the “Big Four” of Thrash Metal. To date, Megadeth has released 15 studio albums, four live albums, four compilations, 26 singles, two EPs and 32 music videos.

In their band history, Megadeth has seen numerous lineup changes, with Mustaine being the only constant member. Co-founder David Ellefson, who worked on all albums until the band was temporarily dissolved in 2002, has been a member of the band again since spring 2010 after three albums were released between 2004 and 2009. The line-up on drums and second guitar kept changing. The most successful lineup is the formation that existed between 1990 and 1998, with Mustaine as singer and guitarist, Ellefson on bass, Nick Menza on drums and Marty Friedman on second guitar. With this line-up, Megadeth released some of their most successful albums such as Rust in Peace , Youthanasia or the two-time platinum Countdown to Extinction .

After the band disbanded in 2002 due to an arm injury Mustaines, Megadeth came back on the market in 2004 with the album The System Has Failed : The album reached 18th place in the Billboard Top 200 and received mostly good reviews. With United Abominations , Megadeth continued their “resurrection” in 2007 and in 2009 released the twelfth studio album Endgame with guitarist Chris Broderick, who has been active for the band since 2008 , which is considered by many to be the best album since Megadeth's successful phase in the 1990s.

Megadeth is known both for technically pronounced instrumental parts with complex and perfectly coordinated riffs and for fast, melodic guitar solos, but also for Sustaines aggressive and socially critical texts about politics, war, religious topics or social relationships. Megadeth has sold more than 25 million albums worldwide to date, including five consecutive single or multi-platinum albums.

Band history

founding

Mustaine was the lead guitarist for the band Metallica . In April 1983, shortly before the recording of Metallica's debut Kill 'Em All , Mustaine was replaced by Kirk Hammett because Mustaine was unable to control his alcohol and drug addiction.

Mustaine then founded Megadeth together with guitarist Greg Handevidt, bassist David Ellefson and drummer Dijon Carruthers, who was replaced shortly after by Lee Rausch. Mustaine came up with the band name when on his return trip after his release from Metallica he read the word megadeath on a leaflet about the dangers of nuclear weapons . Among other things, to avoid confusion with existing bands, including a Pink Floyd predecessor formation called The Megadeaths , the spelling without the second "a" was chosen. Even before the recording of the debut album Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! 1985 guitarist played Kerry King of Slayer supportive enough, some live shows for Megadeth. Chris Poland took over the position of second guitar in 1985 and can also be heard on the album. The line-up of the drums also changed, with Gar Samuelson , who originally came from jazz , replacing Lee Rausch.

Killing Is My Business ... and Business Is Good! (1985-1986)

In early 1985, Combat Records made Megadeth $ 8,000 available to record and market their debut album. After spending half of the budget on other things like alcohol, the musicians quit their originally intended producer and produced the album themselves. Despite the resulting poor production, Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! , which was officially released in May 1985, an overall good album with respectable reviews.

Among other things, the album contained the first of the numerous Megadeth covers, a speed metal version of Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made for Walkin '" with lyrics changed by Mustaine, which meant that the actual composer of the song Lee Hazlewood Mustaines Changes later described as "obnoxious" and demanded that the song be removed from the album. The song was therefore no longer included on any albums produced after 1985. On the re-release of the album in 2002, however, “These Boots Are Made for Walkin '” appeared in a slightly modified version. In the Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! Deluxe Edition strongly criticizes Mustaine Hazlewood and says that he got the license to cover the song 10 years before his version was released.

The day before their tour in the summer of 1985, on which the band presented their debut album, guitarist Chris Poland was sentenced to prison for illegal drug possession. He was quickly replaced by a friend of former drummer Lee Rausch, Mike Albert. However, shortly before Megadeth began work on her second album with Combat Records, Poland returned to Megadeth in October 1985.

Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? (1986-1987)

In March 1986 Megadeth's second album Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? , which again suffered from the low recording budget of Combat Records and with which the band was initially unsatisfied. Frustrated by the inadequate marketing by the label, Megadeth switched to Capitol Records , which subsequently acquired the rights to Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? acquired. The producer Paul Lani, hired by Capitol Records, completely remixed the songs and also responded to Sustaines' ideas. In November 1986, Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying was finally released by Capitol Records.

Dave Mustaine

With Capitol's new edition, Megadeth had a breakthrough and Peace Sells… became a milestone in the Thrash Metal movement. To this day it is considered to be one of their best albums and is even seen by many as "one of the few real Thrash Metal albums". The band's first music video was shot for Peace Sells , the title song of the album, which was not only played regularly on MTV , but whose bass intro was also used as the theme song for MTV News for many years . In VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs , “Peace Sells” even achieved 11th place. Furthermore, Peace Sells was… But Who's Buying? Megadeth's first album with a cover artwork by Ed Repka , who redesigned the band's mascot, Vic Rattlehead , and also designed many of the later cover artwork.

In July 1987, drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland were kicked out of the band because of their drug problems. During the last touring appearances, Mustaine even provided drummer Chuck Behler because he feared Samuelson would not be able to end the tour with the band. He fired Poland for allegedly selling band equipment to finance his drug addiction. Samuelson later died of cancer in July 1999 at the age of 44, while Poland managed to manage its drug addiction. For Poland, Jay Reynolds came from the band Malice , who was replaced by his own guitar teacher Jeff Young shortly before the start of recording for Megadeth's new album.

So Far, So Good… So What! (1987-1989)

With a generous budget from Capitol Records and the help of Paul Lani, who two years earlier had been responsible for processing the songs on Megadeth's second studio album Peace Sells… But Who's Buying , Megadeth recorded their third album So Far, within five months in 1987 . So Good ... So What! on. Right from the start, the recordings were overshadowed by Moore's drug problems. As Mustaine later said, “ The production (of So Far, So Good ... So What!) Was horrible, mainly because of drug problems and the various priorities we had and didn't have at the time. “Mustaine also got into disputes with Lani because he insisted on recording drums and cymbals separately. So it happened that Lani was replaced during the mixing work by producer Michael Wagener , who remixed the album.

When the third album So Far, So Good… So What! appeared, there was already speculation in America about a possible platinum award, albeit overshadowed by a few negative reviews. Allmusic criticized, for example, that the album lacks the “musical bite” and that it should sound threatening, but rather “artificial and youthful”. Like its predecessor Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? the album actually reached platinum status later. Among other things, the album included a cover of the Sex Pistols classic "Anarchy in the UK" as well as the sometimes melancholy sounding "In My Darkest Hour", which is a tribute to the former Metallica bassist Cliff Burton , who died in September 1986 was killed in an accident on the Metallica tour bus in Sweden. "In My Darkest Hour" is a fan favorite to this day and is played on almost every Megadeth show. The song “Set the World Afire”, on the other hand, was the first song he wrote after his release from Metallica while he was on his way home, according to Mustaines.

In February 1988 Megadeth began her world tour, including So Far, So Good ... So What! and played in the opening act of Dio and later also together with Iron Maiden on their 7th Tour of a 7th Tour summer tour in the United States. When Mustaine noticed drummer Chuck Behler was having trouble playing over time, he hired drummer Nick Menza to assist Behler as a roadie and technician. As with the replacement of drummer Gar Samuelson by Behler, Menza was ready to step in for Behler if he could not finish the tour.

In August 1988 Megadeth performed together with Kiss , Iron Maiden, Helloween , Guns N 'Roses and David Lee Roth at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Castle Donnington in England and a little later they joined the " Monsters of Rock European Tour " . After the first appearance, however, they dropped out because of Ellefson's drug problems. A short time later Mustaine fired drummer Chuck Behler and guitarist Jeff Young and even canceled their tour in Australia planned for 1988. He later said: “ During the tour, the little disputes escalated into a real angry war. "

As a result of the events, Nick Menza took Chuck Behler's seat on drums in July 1989, and unable to find a suitable lead guitarist, they had to write the cover of Alice Cooper's " No More Mr. Nice Guy " for the soundtrack album Wes Craven's Shocker (The Music) as a three-man band. While the band tried to find a lead guitarist through numerous auditions, Mustaine was arrested in the summer of 1989 for driving under the influence of drugs into a parked car in which a police officer was sitting off duty. He then went on a court-ordered drug withdrawal and got clean for the first time in ten years.

Rust in Peace (1990-1991)

After Mustaines successful withdrawal, the band began a long search for a new lead guitarist. After numerous applications, including from Lee Altus from Heathen and Eric Meyer from Dark Angel , they finally decided on Dimebag Darrell from Pantera . Since Dimebag only wanted to join on the condition that his brother Vinnie Paul Abbott also join the band, they had to decide against him, as they had just hired drummer Nick Menza. When Jeff Loomis, who had also applied in 1987 at the age of 16 but was turned down because of his age, saw the band Cacophony on tour with Marty Friedman and Jason Becker , he told Friedman, who had released his first record Dragon's Kiss in 1988, of his experience with Megadeth and suggested that he apply. Friedman eventually applied for the position of lead guitarist, but was initially turned down by Mustaine because of his brightly colored hair, which did not fit into the metal scene. But after he had survived Sustaines "Rock School 101", he officially joined Megadeth in February 1990.

With a new guitarist, Megadeth entered the Rumbo Studios in March 1990 together with co-producer Mike Clink to record the album Rust in Peace , which is still her best today. While it was the first album for Megadeth they worked completely soberly, Clink was the first producer to produce a Megadeth album from start to finish without getting fired.

Released worldwide on September 24, 1990, Rust in Peace was enthusiastically received by fans and critics alike and reached number 23 on the Billboard Top 200 in the USA and even number 8 in the UK. The album had a much more compact, plump sound than the previous albums . With his songwriting, Mustaine aimed for rhythmically complex, progressive songs, which led Allmusic to describe Rust in Peace as "Megadeth's strongest musical effort". The album contained the previously released singles "Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due" and "Hangar 18", both of which received their own music videos and are still not missing from any Megadeth concert. In America alone, Rust in Peace sold more than a million copies and also received Grammy nominations in 1991 and 1992 in the "Best Metal Performance" category.

In September 1990 Megadeth joined the "European Clash of the Titans Tour" with Slayer, Testament and Suicidal Tendencies . In October they supported Judas Priest's Painkiller tour. In 1991 Megadeth released their first home video Rusted Pieces , which contained six of the band's music videos and an interview with the band members.

Countdown to Extinction (1992-1993)

In January 1992, Megadeth began recording their fifth studio album with co-producer Max Norman at Enterprise Studios in Burbank , California . Norman, who had also worked on Rust in Peace , shaped Megadeth's further musical career decisively, as he pushed for shorter, less complex, even radio-friendly songs. Megadeth spent four months recording Countdown to Extinction , their most commercially successful album to date. For the first time, all band members, even drummer Nick Menza, were involved in the songwriting for an album.

On July 14, 1992, Capitol Records released Countdown to Extinction , which was an absolute success from the start, reaching number 2 on the Billboard Top 200 in America and number 5 in the UK. Supported by the mainstream rock songs “Symphony of Destruction "," Foreclosure of a Dream "and" Sweating Bullets ", the album soon received double platinum status in the USA and a Grammy nomination in the category" Best Metal Performance "in 1993. The title track of the album" Countdown to Extinction ”also bestowed Megadeth as the only metal band so far the“ Doris Day Music Award ”, which was presented by the“ Humane Society of the United States ”in 1993 for“ raising awareness of the extinction of various animal species through the horrific sport of canned hunts ”. With the so-called "canned hunts", the animals are hunted in a limited area, thus increasing the chances for the hunter of killing an animal. In this way, the animals have no way of escaping death.

In addition, Megadeth released her second home video Exposure of a Dream in November 1992 , which, like its predecessor Rusted Pieces , contained all of the band's previous music videos. Finally, in December 1992, Megadeth went on a world tour to introduce their new album, performing with Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies. Together with Stone Temple Pilots , Megadeth continued the tour in North America, which, however, had to be canceled after a month (including all other planned concerts, for example in Japan) because Mustaine became drug relapsed and ended up in the emergency room. After seven weeks of withdrawal, Mustaine was finally clean again, and Megadeth returned to the studio to record the song "Angry Again" which, after being used in the film Last Action Hero with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1993, first appeared on her 1995 EP "Hidden Treasures." "Was released and received a 1994 Grammy nomination in the" Best Metal Performance "category.

In June 1993 Megadeth appeared as a “special guest” at Metallica's “Milton Keynes Bowl Festival” and the two bands were back on stage together for the first time in ten years. In July, Megadeth was included in the opening act for Aerosmith's "Get A Grip US Tour", but was removed after only seven appearances due to disputes. After canceling her US tour, Megadeth returned to the studio to record "99 Ways to Die", which appeared on The Beavis and Butt-Head Experience in November 1993 and in 1995 for a Grammy in the category "Best Metal Performance" (best Metal performance) was nominated. At the same time "to 99 Ways The" with Megadeth took also " Paranoid " in which a Black Sabbath - tribute album was intended and was often played as an encore at concerts.

Youthanasia (1994-1995)

In the spring of 1994, Megadeth gathered again to record their sixth album. Since two of the band members now lived in Arizona , the recordings took place at Phase Four Studios in Phoenix . Co-producer Max Norman, who had already worked with great success on the two previous albums Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction , was there again. But after a few days the band had to look for another studio because there were problems with the equipment of the Phase Four studios . Mustaine insisted on admission to his hometown in Arizona, but no suitable facility could be found in the short time. At the suggestion of co-producer Norman, the band finally set up their own recording studio in a rented warehouse in Phoenix, which they later called "Fat Planet in Hangar 18". While the studio was being set up, most of the preparation and songwriting took place at Vintage Recorders in Phoenix. For the first time, writing and preparing an entire album took place entirely in the studio. Recordings of the recording activities for the album were subsequently published in the documentary entitled Evolver: The Making of Youthanasia .

After eight months in the studio, Youthanasia was released on November 1, 1994 by Capitol Records and reached number 4 on the Billboard 200 in the United States. The album also went platinum faster than any other Megadeth album in the US and gold in Canada in less than 30 minutes. With Max Norman continuing to insist on slower, more radio-friendly songs, Youthanasia was a continuation of the stylistic shift that had begun with Countdown to Extinction two years earlier . While the central metal elements were retained, the album as a whole was geared more towards melodic lyrics and more accessible, radio-friendly design. A sticker on early versions of Youthanasia advertised the then new concept of a band website , affectionately called "Megadeth, Arizona". There, fans could chat in the “mega diner”, contact the band via email, submit song requests for live concerts and read tour diaries written by the band members.

The first single "Train of Consequences" reached number 29 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts , and in November 1994 Megadeth played the album's second single, " À Tout le Monde ", on the Late Show with David Letterman . “À Tout Le Monde” also got its own music video, which was not shown on MTV because the people in charge of the music broadcaster were of the opinion that the text condemned or reinforced suicide .

The album began performing live in South Africa in November 1994 and lasted a full eleven months, making the tour the longest Megadeths tour to date. During the extensive tour, Megadeth performed with many other bands, such as B. with Corrosion of Conformity , Flotsam and Jetsam , Korn and Fear Factory . The tour eventually ended with an appearance at the Monsters of Rock Festival in Brazil with Alice Cooper and Ozzy Osbourne . In January 1995 Megadeth also recorded the new song "Diadems", which appeared on the soundtrack of the horror film Tales from the Crypt Presents: Demon Knight .

Two months later, in March 1995, Megadeth released a special version of Youthanasia in Europe that included a bonus CD entitled Hidden Treasures . The bonus CD included every song by Megadeth that hadn't appeared on any of their studio albums, such as soundtracks, songs from compilations or tribute albums, and the brand new cover of the Sex Pistols' song "Problems". Despite fan objections, Hidden Treasures was released as an EP in the USA and later in Japan.

In the summer of 1995 there was a change in the management of Megadeth. Manager Ron Laffitte and head of Capitol Records moved to Elektra Records (Elektra Entertainment Group Inc.) and necessarily left his company. Megadeth therefore went to ESP Management and got a new "Creative Manager" in Bud Prager, who was already the producer of Foreigner and Bad Company . Like Max Norman, Prager had a great influence on the further development of Megadeth's music.

Cryptic Writings (1996-1998)

After the extensive Youthanasia tour, Megadeth took a break at the end of 1995. Mustaine and Friedman dedicated themselves to their own projects, for example Mustaine worked on his MD.45 project and Friedman worked on a solo project in the studio they set up in Phoenix, among other things. It wasn't until September 1996 that Megadeth met again to work in London on the songs for their new album, which was temporarily titled Needles and Pins . The songwriting process was closely supervised by Megadeth's new manager Bud Prager, who also contributed his own ideas and lyrics to the songs and many of the lyrics and even the song titles were changed at his request. Regarding Prager's songwriting influences, Mustaine later wrote: " I thought this guy could help me get that intangible number 1 record that I wanted so badly ." Due to a problem with the album's original cover artwork, it was replaced with a "voodoo symbol" and renamed from the original Needles and Pins to Cryptic Writings .

On June 17, 1997, Capitol Records released Megadeth's seventh album, Cryptic Writings , which reached No. 10 on the Billboard Top 200 and became Megadeth's sixth consecutive gold studio album. With rank 5 of the mainstream rock tracks the song “Trust” reached the highest single chart position for Megadeth to date. The song was even nominated for a Grammy in 1998 for "Best Metal Performance". Aside from “Trust”, three other songs from “Cryptic Writings” made the top 20 mainstream rock tracks , namely “Almost Honest”, “Use the Man” and “A Secret Place”. When asked how the versatility of the album came about, Mustaine later replied: “ We separated it into thirds. One part of the album was really fast and aggressive, one third was the melodic part and the last third was really radio oriented music like in 'Youthanasia'. "

Jimmy DeGrasso was a drummer from 1998 to 2002

After more than a year away from the stages and concerts, Megadeth returned with a live performance in June 1997, which was the prelude to a world tour on which Megadeth initially performed with The Misfits and later with Life of Agony and Coal Chamber in the United States. In July 1997, Megadeth joined Ozzfest '98, but halfway through the tour, drummer Nick Menza was discovered to have a tumor in his knee. To be operated on, he had to leave the band. He was initially replaced by Jimmy DeGrasso , with whom Mustaine had already worked on his "MD.45" project. During the tour he was then used permanently because Mustaine claimed that Menza had "lied about having cancer".

In 1998, computer game developer 3D Realms announced that they would release two previously unreleased Megadeth songs on their promotional album Duke Nukem : Music to Score by . The first track was a version of the Duke Nukem theme song "Grabbag", and the second track was the song "New World Order" recorded by Megadeth in 1995, which later appeared on the remastered version of Hidden Treasures . A demo version of "New World Order" was already included on the Japanese edition of Hidden Treasures in 1994 , the version on the Duke Nukem CD, however, was later also on the remastered version of Youthanasia .

Risk (1999–2000)

Following the band's first real radio hit, Cryptic Writings , Megadeth decided to work again with Nashville -based country pop producer Dann Huff on the production of their eighth album . Work on the album began in January 1999, with the songwriting being overseen by manager Bud Prager, who wrote five of the twelve songs on the album, as was the case with the previous album. Prager convinced Mustaine to give producer Dann Huff more control over the recording process. Mustaine later spoke of the recordings: " I was a little intimidated by the success we had with Cryptic Writings, and when it came time to write new songs, it was like being drunk - you want more. After the success with "Trust" I thought, 'Wow, we had a number 1 hit.' We had four top five hits in a row, so why shouldn't I give a little more control when it comes to producing the next album? That's how I did it, and it backfired. "

Released on August 31, 1999, Risk was a fan and commercial failure that also resulted in the loss of many devoted fans. Although the new Megadeth albums still had some traditional heavy metal elements in spite of built-in mainstream rock components, some progressive influences and elements from industrial rock could be heard on Risk . One of the consequences of this was that Risk Megadeth's first album since 1985 was neither gold nor higher status in the USA. The single "Crush 'Em" appeared on the Universal Soldier - The Return Soundtrack, was temporarily played at World Championship wrestling games by Bill Goldberg and later an official NHL song played during hockey games . "Risk" singles were "Crush 'Em", "Breadline" and "Insomnia".

In July 1999, Megadeth recorded a cover version of the Black Sabbath studio album " Never Say Die! “Which appeared on the second Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black . In September 1999 she embarked on a world tour and played with Iron Maiden during the European part of the tour. In the third month of the tour, longtime lead guitarist Marty Friedman announced that he would be leaving the band due to the musical changes. Mustaine later stated, “ I told Marty after 'Risk' that we should go back to our roots and play metal and he left. “When Friedman was replaced in 2000, Mustaine brought former Savatage and Alice Cooper guitarist Al Pitrelli to Megadeth, who was then playing with the Trans-Siberian Orchestra .

In April 2000, Megadeth returned to the studio to begin work on her ninth album. When the band had been in production for about a month, they got the offer to take part in the “Maximum Rock Tour”, which also included Anthrax and Mötley Crüe . Megadeth temporarily stopped recording and toured North America during the summer of 2000. In October 2000, after 14 years, Megadeth and Capitol Records finally parted ways. The record label reverted to the band's earlier recordings and released a greatest hits album, Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years . The album also included two new songs, "Kill the King" and "Dread and the Fugitive Mind," which were supposed to show Megadeth's return to her roots.

The World Needs a Hero (2001-2002)

After separating from Capitol Records, Megadeth moved to Sanctuary Records in November 2000 . In October the band returned to the studio to make the last changes to the album, which was almost ready about half a year ago even before participating in the “Maximum Rock Tour”. Because of the bad acceptance of the previous album "Risk", Mustaine manager Bud Prager fired and decided to produce Megadeth's next album himself. The World Needs a Hero , the first Megadeth album since Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? , which was written exclusively by Mustaine (apart from Al Pitrelli's participation in "Promises"), was released on May 15, 2001 and received differently by fans and critics. While the album marked a return to pre- Risk mainstream rock and reflected Megadeth's pursuit of sound on previous albums, it did not live up to many critics' expectations. Mustaine described the album as "the first step a big ship takes to get back on track" . The single "Moto Psycho" reached number 22 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts and was regularly played on MTV. Also included on the album is the song "Return to Hangar", which is a continuation of the Megadeth classic "Hangar 18" from the album Rust in Peace . The musical and lyrical themes were adopted, so the song begins with two verses and the same refrain as in “Hangar 18” and ends after a solo bridge in alternating guitar solos by Mustaine and Pitrelli. The song is about how the aliens in Hangar 18 come to life and kill everyone in the building before they break out.

The album tour began in Europe in summer 2001, supporting AC / DC , followed by an American tour with Iced Earth and Endo in September. Due to the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 , the band was forced to cancel all concert dates, including a concert in Argentina that was to be released on DVD. Instead, Megadeth played two concerts in Arizona in November, which were filmed and later released as Rude Awakening . Megadeth's first official live DVD went gold on July 23, 2002. In February 2002, Bill Kennedy remixed and remastered Megadeth's first album, Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! with mixing techniques like those used on modern metal albums and in addition the album contains some bonus tracks.

Dissolution (2002-2004)

In January 2002, Mustaine had to go to the hospital to have a kidney stone removed. He was given pain medication during treatment , which resulted in a kickback. After his hospital stay, he immediately went to a treatment practice in Texas for an examination. He suffered an unusual injury: he slept on a seat with his left arm hanging over the back of a chair, causing compression on the radial nerve , which made him unable to grasp with his left hand or even to close a fist do. His doctors finally diagnosed him as not being able to play the guitar anymore.

On April 3, Mustaine announced that he was disbanding Megadeth over his arm injury. For the next four months, Mustaine received intense physical therapy five times a week. Mustaine was slowly able to start playing again, but had to "re-teach" everything to his left hand.

In order to fulfill contractual obligations regarding Sanctuary Records, Megadeth released a new compilation on September 10, 2002, Still Alive ... and Well? . The first half of the album consisted exclusively of live tracks recorded at a concert at the "Web Theater" in Phoenix on November 17, 2001, the other half of the album consisted of studio recordings of The World Needs a Hero .

After nearly a year of recovery using Mustaine for electroconvulsive and physical therapy, Mustaine began working on his first solo album. In October 2003, he hired various session musicians such as Vinnie Colaiuta and Jimmy Sloas for the recordings, but temporarily interrupted his solo project when he agreed to remix and remaster the first eight albums from 1985 to 1999 for Megadeth's former label Capitol Records. He even completely re-recorded some parts that had been lost over time or were changed in the mixing process without his knowledge.

The System Has Failed (2004-2005)

Shawn Drover in action

After remixing the old albums, Mustaine returned to his new project in May 2004, which was originally intended as a solo album, but due to outstanding contractual obligations with the band's European label, EMI, he was forced to release another album from “Megadeth “To bring out. Mustaine decided to reunite the band and got in touch with the members of the fan-favorite Rust-in-Peace line-up. With them he wanted to re-record the backing tracks of his latest songs. While drummer Nick Menza agreed, guitarist Marty Friedman and bassist David Ellefson could not come to an agreement with Mustaine. Menza was also released shortly after the rehearsals started, to which Mustaine said: “ It just didn't work out. We tried to get everything working for two weeks but it just didn't work. I had to send him home five days before the tour started. "About longtime bassist Ellefson, who did not return to the band, Mustaine said:" David lied about me to the press, he said that my arm injury was just a pretense and insulted me. Even so, we made him a really good offer (to come back to Megadeth) and he said 'no'. I mean, if I make you an offer and you don't take it, it means no, right? “The resulting album then became the first Megadeth album without Ellefson on bass. Instead, Mustaine hired z. Take, for example, the original lead guitarist Chris Poland, who played Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! On the first two albums . and Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? had contributed. Poland, who only took part as a studio musician in order to be able to concentrate on his jazz fusion project "OHM" afterwards, contributed a few solos to Sustaine's new album and since 1987 has worked with him for the first time again.

On September 14, 2004 Megadeth released his comeback album The System Has Failed with Sanctuary Records in the US and with EMI in Europe. Announced as a return to the earlier Megadeth times, the music magazine Revolver gave the album four out of five stars and called The System Has Failed "Megadeth's most vengeful, poignant and musically complex achievement since Countdown to Extinction ." The Billboard Top 200 reached The System Has Failed ranked 18th and was accompanied by the radio single "Die Dead Enough", which reached number 21 on the US mainstream rock charts . Mustaine announced anyway that The System Has Failed was Megadeth's last album and that he wanted to concentrate on his solo career after a farewell tour.

In October 2004 Megadeth started his Blackmail the Universe World Tour with touring bassist James MacDonough from Iced Earth and guitarist Glen Drover from Eidolon and King Diamond . During rehearsals for the tour, Nick Menzas and Megadeth parted ways because he felt unable to cope with the physical demands of an entire US tour. Six days before the first tour appearance he was replaced by drummer Shawn Drover , the brother of the new guitarist Glen Drover. Megadeth toured the US with Exodus and later toured Europe with Diamond Head and Dungeon .

In June 2005, Capitol Records released a new Greatest Hits album by Megadeth to “replace” the out of print Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years , which contained songs from the first eight Megadeth albums remixed and remastered by Mustaine. The explosion shown on the cover of the new album Greatest Hits: Back to the Start represents that of the hydrogen bomb "Romeo" as part of Operation Castle .

United Abominations (2006-2009)

In May 2006 Megadeth announced their eleventh studio album, United Abominations , which was released in May 2007. United Abominations is the band's first album with guitarist Glen Drover, his brother Shawn Drover on drums and James Lomenzo on bass. The album contains a new version of the Megadeth classic "À Tout Le Monde", more precisely a duet that was recorded with Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil . "À Tout Le Monde" was originally supposed to be the first single on the album, but was then replaced by "Washington is Next!".

Under the record label Roadrunner Records was United Abominations published on 15 May 2007 and 200 reached a week later Place 8 on the Billboard Top in the US, which is the highest chart position the band for Youthanasia meant (1994). In the first week alone, around 54,000 albums were sold. In March 2007 Megadeth started a tour through Canada and the USA, supporting the band Heaven and Hell , accompanied by Down during the Canada performances and Machine Head during the US performances. This was followed by a summer tour through Europe. In September 2007 Megadeth finally returned to the USA with their “Tour of Duty”. In November 2007, the third sequel to the gigantour followed , this time taking place in Australia together with Static-X , Lacuna Coil , DevilDriver and Bring Me the Horizon .

In January 2008, Mustaine announced that Glen Drover had left Megadeth to devote more time to his family. He was replaced by Chris Broderick from Nevermore and Jag Panzer . The new lineup had its first live appearance with Broderick on lead guitar on February 4th in Finland. As part of the "Tour of Duty", Megadeth toured Europe again and returned to the United Kingdom and the USA for the 2008 Gigantour in the same month. The 2008 tour took place in the UK and Scandinavia with In Flames , Children of Bodom , Job for a Cowboy , High on Fire and Evile . In May and June 2008 Megadeth then continued his "Tour of Duty" in South America and Mexico. Commenting on his departure from the band, Drover said, “I am aware of the speculation about my departure from Megadeth to have more time for my family. My family has always been my priority. Ultimately, I was dissatisfied with the situation, which increased my desire to spend more time with my family and realize that it was time to move on to the next chapter in my music career. I've met a lot of great memories and a lot of great people, both with the fans and in the business. "

Mustaine agreed with Droid's decision and was happy to be replaced by Chris Broderick. Broderick's former Nevermore bandmate Van Williams said Megadeth was getting “ a hell of a player in Chris , but above all a great guy to hang out with and a really loyal friend. "Broderick said" I know I'll follow in big footsteps, but I'll do my best. "When asked what kind of enrichment Chris was for Megadeth, Mustaine replied," I am thoroughly enthusiastic about Chris, I think it's like when Ozzy found Randy Rhoads . “On September 30th, 2008, Megadeth released a new compilation album, Anthology: Set the World Afire .

Endgame (2009-2010)

Chris Broderick was lead guitarist from 2008 to 2014

In February 2009 Megadeth joined the “Priest Feast” European tour with Judas Priest and Testament . Meanwhile, Dave Mustaine was invited by Metallica to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame , but had to cancel them because of their European tour with Judas Priest. Nevertheless, he thanked them and congratulated them respectfully. After more than 15 years, Megadeth toured again with Slayer on the "Canadian Carnage Tour", with Machine Head and Suicide Silence appearing in the opening act.

In May 2009 the recordings for the twelfth Megadeths album were completed and on June 18, the album title "Endgame" was announced. The release date for Endgame has been set for September 15, 2009 on the band's official website. Megadeth started her Endgame Tour in Grand Rapids in November 2009 and ended it in Las Vegas on December 13, 2009. Machine Head, Suicide Silence, Warbringer and Arcanium were there . In January 2010 Megadeth joined the American Carnage Tour along with Slayer and Testament. The tour was originally scheduled to start on January 18, 2010, but was postponed to summer 2010 due to Tom Araya's back surgery. A few weeks later the endgame single "Head Crusher" was nominated for a Grammy in the category "Best Metal Performance 2010" (best metal performance).

Megadeth also announced a "Rust in Peace 20th Anniversary Tour" starting March 1st , during which Megadeth toured North America for a month, including with Testament and Exodus, and played her album Rust in Peace in full, including some fan favorites . Before the tour, Megadeth's original bassist David Ellefson returned to the band after eight years. In an interview with Classic Rock magazine , he said that Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover had contacted him and told him that bassist James LoMenzo was wearing off and “ if there was ever the right time for you (David Ellefson) and Dave to hang out talk, then she is now. “The Rust in Peace Live DVD was released on September 7, 2010 as CD, DVD and BluRay and contains the recordings of the last appearance of the tour at the Hollywood Palladium .

On June 16, 2010, Megadeth performed for the first time together with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax in Warsaw, Poland. It was also the first time bands played at the Sonisphere Festival . One of the concerts, namely the one in Sofia, Bulgaria on June 22, 2010, was even played in some cinemas via satellite in HD quality. Later concerts as part of the Sonisphere Festival took place in Athens (June 24, 2010), Bucharest (June 26, 2010) and Istanbul (June 27, 2010). At these appearances, Megadeth appeared again with Metallica for the first time since 1993.

Megadeth at Sonisphere 2010

On September 24, 2010 Megadeth released their new single "Sudden Death", which is the last song of the console game Guitar Hero : Warriors of Rock, which was also released in September . There are two other Megadeth titles in the game, namely the classic Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due and the brand new endgame song This Day We Fight! . In addition to being the first song recorded by Megadeth since bassist James LoMenzo was replaced by David Ellefson, Sudden Death was nominated for the 2011 Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance. With the song Megadeth received the ninth nomination in this category. Roadrunner Records also suggested The Right to Go Insane as “Best Hard Rock Performance” and Rust in Peace Live as “Best Rock Album”, although only Sudden Death was nominated .

Also in September Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax began the Jägermeister Music Tour in Dallas . Megadeth continued playing his full album Rust in Peace , while Slayer played her album Seasons in the Abyss , also released in 1990 . At the last gig of the tour at the Gibson Amphitheater in Hollywood on October 21, 2010, guitarist Kerry King joined Megadeth to play the classic Rattlehead and was back on stage with Megadeth for the first time in 26 years.

In an interview with Crypt Magazine in October 2010, Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover spoke about Megadeth's plans for a new album in 2011. Drover: “Yeah, we're talking about it (a new album). We're in tour mode right now, but we're starting to think about our plans for next year, and I think we'll be recording a new album next year. "

Th1rt3en and Super Collider (2010-today)

In late 2010, Megadeth began recording their 13th album in their studio, Vic's Garage . In December, just before their appearance on the No-Sleep-Til Tour, Megadeth received double platinum awards for the DVD The Big Four Live from Sofia, Bulgaria . After a long spring, in which the band was exclusively on tour, mostly alone, but also together with bands like Slayer on the European Carnage Tour in March and April 2011, Mustaine gave more details on this for the first time on June 20th after a long silence to the sound of the upcoming album. Accordingly, the album would sound different from everything before, it would go in the direction of the classic Sabbath and, above all, sound "super modern" due to the guitar work. Mustaine himself described the album as probably the best since the "countdown-to-extinction" era and also announced that the artwork for the album would be done again by John Lorenzi , who was also responsible for the last two Megadeth albums United Abominations and Endgame was responsible.

At the beginning of July 2011 an Anniversary Edition for the 25th birthday of their album "Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?" Was released, with completely remastered and newly mixed versions of the "Peace Sells" classics and extras such as previously unreleased recordings from the first world tour in 1987.

While Megadeth was on the road again in July with Anthrax, Slayer and Metallica as the Big Four as part of the Sonisphere Festival , the trailer for the console game NeverDead , whose title song of the same name can be heard in the background , was released not only at E3 , but also with “Public Enemy No.1 “, a new song from the upcoming album was presented several times during the tour, which despite the more modern sound can be stylistically classified in the Countdown to Extinction and Cryptic Writings times . Also at an appearance at the Big Four Festival, Mustaine announced the title of the new Megadeth album, which was to be "TH1RT3EN" to match her thirteenth studio album, his birthday on September 13th and his start playing the guitar at the age of thirteen .

In early September 2011, both the cover artwork and the first single, Public Enemy No.1, including the track list of the album TH1RT3EN , were published on the official Megadeth website . In addition to the titles Never Dead and Sudden Death , written for console games , for which Megadeth received a Grammy nomination in spring 2011, the numerous new recordings of Megadeth songs that have already been released were particularly noticeable. Not only should the two songs Millenium of the Blind and New World Order , originally written in 1991, be included, which were already included as demo versions on the remastered new release by Youthanasia , but also the song Black Swan , which was only written in 2007 . After the previous album Endgame, the album cover again shows the mascot Vic Rattlehead , who turns with his back to the viewer (“walks away”) and is surrounded by thirteen candles on the edge of the picture, which symbolize the thirteen Megadeth albums .

Furthermore, the title song for the console game Never Dead was officially released for streaming by Roadrunner Records on September 21 , which after the single release Public Enemy No.1 , which sounded more like Countdown to Extinction , is much more of the thrash metal of the Rust-in-Peace times is oriented and suggests that there will also be more complex, progressive songs.

Th1rt3en was finally released in Germany on October 28, 2011 , and just under a week after the international release on November 1, Megadeth should finally get its first rank-1 placement in the “Hard Rock and.” With 42,000 records sold in the first week Metal Albums “ secure the Billboardcharts , contrary to all expectations, well before the album Lulu by Metallica and Lou Reed, which was released at the same time and only reached number 4.

In addition, since March 15, 2012, contrary to all rumors and indications that Th1rt3en could have been Megadeth's last album, it has been certain in a certain way that at least one more album is coming. Mustaine wrote on twitter: " I took my guitar today and played the first new riff of # 14" ["I picked up the guitar today and played the first new riff of # 14"], with # 14 obviously her fourteenth Called studio album.

Megadeth also announced in April 2012 that , on the occasion of the twentieth birthday of their milestone Rust in Peace , on the occasion of the same anniversary of their most commercially successful work Countdown to Extinction from 1992, they would play the full-length album live in September. While the release of a new live album is almost certain, it is still unclear whether they will also go on tour with the release of the album.

On June 14, Dave Mustaine finally announced that, less than six months after Th1rt3en was released, they had already started work with the band on their fourteenth album, although they had not yet decided on the musical direction. So it is still unclear whether they will “return to their roots even further and play fast and hard Thrash Metal, or whether they will tend to more melodic pieces that are also known from Megadeth”.

The new album was finally released in Germany on May 31, 2013 under the name Super Collider . After an extensive world tour, drummer Shawn Drover left the band in November 2014 to concentrate on his own musical projects. Chris Broderick also left Megadeth that same month. "Because of artistic and musical differences, I have to announce my departure from Megadeth with great reluctance and with the intention of following my musical path," said the guitarist.

Rumors that Chris Adler from Lamb of God was new drummer, were confirmed to that he is to import a planned studio album with the band as a guest. The Brazilian Kiko Loureiro ( Angra ) was signed as the new permanent guitarist in March 2015 . Before that, a reunion with Marty Friedman and Nick Menza was just a matter of form. Nick Menza has also appeared incognito in a rehearsal video (his face was hidden). However, according to Menza, bad contractual terms and misconduct on the part of Mustaine were the reason why the negotiations failed.

After eleven Grammy nominations, Megadeth won the Best Metal Performance category for the album Dystopia for the first time at the 2017 Grammy Awards .

style

music

Similar to Dave Mustaines' former band Metallica, Megadeth was inspired by prominent NWoBHM bands like Judas Priest, Motörhead and Venom . The band began their career with Thrash Metal, but developed over the years stylistically in the direction of classic Heavy Metal and partly took over elements of rock and other genres.

After the rather primitive Thrash Metal debut in 1985, the style changed in the direction of more technically advanced Thrash compositions, especially on the album Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? which was released in 1986. After a few successful years as a thrash metal band, Megadeth changed their style in 1991, following suggestions from their former producer Max Norman, and played more radio-friendly heavy metal on the album Countdown to Extinction and its two sequels, and thereby achieved even greater commercial ones Success. In 1999 Megadeth released the album Risk , with which the band, in the opinion of many critics and fans, went "too far" with the commercial idea. The album was the first and so far only Megadeth album with slight progressive influences and elements from industrial rock .

Since the debacle with Risk , Megadeth returned to its roots and released a mixture of old Thrashy and rock songs on the following albums. On the album United Abominations , for example, the most thrashy songs are “Sleepwalker” and “Washington Is Next!”. The album also contained more commercial songs with a newly recorded version of the song “A Tout Le Monde” called “A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)”.

Megadeth's musical development is occasionally compared to that of Metallica: Metallica, just like Megadeth, started with rough Thrash Metal on Kill 'Em All and then changed their style to more technically complex compositions, which included Ride the Lightning , Master of Puppets and most of all ... And Justice for All can be found. Metallica later switched to a more commercial metal sound on their self-titled album Metallica . But while Metallica's two follow-up albums were referred to as hard rock and "renouncing their metallic roots", after Countdown to Extinction Megadeth stayed true to classic metal with the albums Youthanasia and Cryptic Writings , with occasional excursions to thrash metal. Just like Megadeth, Metallica then managed to return to Thrash Metal after the band had returned to their roots.

Texts

As a songwriter, Dave Mustaine is known for his controversial and political lyrics. On the newer albums, personal problems and events in the life of Mustaines have recently been sung about. Wars , especially nuclear wars , as well as the military-industrial complex are further topics that he often addresses in his songs, such as "Architecture of Aggression", "Hangar 18" or "Return to Hangar". The aftermath of the war is also addressed in his texts ("Dawn Patrol", "Ashes in Your Mouth"). Another theme in Megadeth's songs is politics, such as the scathing judgment of Mustaines against Tipper Gore in the song "Hook in Mouth", as Gore and her organization Parents Music Resource Centers (PMRC) fought for the censoring of music. In the song “Symphony of Destruction” Mustaine keeps a clear distance from the subject of dictatorship , while in “United Abominations” and “Peace Sells” he criticizes the UN for its ineffectiveness. Sustaines general cynicism towards politics is also evident in the songs "The World Needs A Hero" and "Blackmail the Universe". In the songs "Countdown to Extinction" and "Dawn Patrol" Mustaine campaigns for the environmental movement .

Addiction is also a big topic, for example in "Use the Man", "Burnt Ice" or "Addicted to Chaos", which is about a drug addicted legal advisor who dies of a drug overdose . The newer lyrics also contain partly religious themes, such as the song "Never Walk Alone ... A Call to Arms", which is about Sustaines relationship with God , or "Shadow of Deth", which is Psalm 23 of King James -Bible contains. The lyrics to “My Kingdom” and “Of Mice And Men” are also influenced by Christianity.

Mustaine tried black magic in his younger years , which is the background for the creation of the song "The Conjuring" from the album Peace Sells . Mustaine explained that it was extremely difficult for him to play this song as he had felt a part of Christianity for a long time . "I put two curses on people, they both get me and the result is exactly what I wanted," he said. “Now it takes forever to get rid of this satanic depression, just as long as playing with an ouija board . You open the door to the dark side and the ghosts come to you. It took a total of 20 years to get rid of this satanic depression. I got it when I was 15 and I think I didn't get rid of it until I was in my 30s at the earliest. You ask yourself, 'How is it possible that something like this could happen to you?' Well, because you flirted with the devil and put one curse on someone and another curse on someone else and that's why you owe him something. And that's also the reason why I don't like playing 'The Conjuring' these days. "

Controversial and misunderstood lyrics also caused problems for the band when the music video for "In My Darkest Hour" was no longer played by MTV in 1988 because the music broadcaster thought the lyrics to the song were a call to suicide . The music video for the song "À Tout le Monde" was also blocked by MTV after it was again mistaken for a call to suicide . In reality, however, the song was written from the perspective of a dying man who speaks his last words to his bereaved in the song.

Mascot Vic Rattlehead

Vic Rattlehead is Megadeth's mascot, featured on some of the cover artwork on Megadeth's albums. Vic is a being that outwardly resembles the human skeleton and is supposed to embody the Japanese proverb, see nothing (evil), hear nothing (evil), speak nothing (evil) , as is known, also symbolized by the three monkeys . Vic's eyes are sealed with a metal visor, his ears are covered with steel caps, and his mouth is closed with steel clips. The name Vic stands for the English word "Victim", which means something like "victim" or "victim". The name Rattlehead comes from Muean's mother, who always called him that when he headbanged . " Leave it alone, otherwise you'll shake something off yourself! “, She always admonished him. This led to the expression "to rattle one's head", pronounced Rattlehead, which means nothing more than headbanger.

Vic first appeared on the album cover of Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! , where he also appears in the song "Skull Beneath the Skin". He also appeared on the following albums Peace Sells… But Who's Buying? , So Far, So Good… So What! and Rust in Peace . Vic had completely disappeared on the album covers between 1991 and 2000. It was only when the band returned to their roots with the album The World Needs a Hero in 2001 that it reappeared on the cover. On the following two albums The System Has Failed and United Abominations , albeit in a different form, he also appeared. On the album Endgame , released in 2009, Vic disappeared again; he could only be seen in the album's booklet . Vic can also be found inside and in the booklets of the albums Youthanasia and Countdown to Extinction as well as the 2005 compilation Greatest Hits: Back to the Start . Vic is also mentioned in the video for "The Right to Go Insane" and can be seen on the cover of the single Sudden Death .

Vic Rattlehead was once designed by Dave Mustaine, but the cover he drew was for the first album Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good! lost at Combat Records, so Combat Records redesigned the cover. The new cover was not at all what Dave Mustaine had in mind. The covers of the next two albums Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying? and Rust in Peace were designed by Ed Repka . The cover of So Far, So Good… So What! designed by the artist David Jude. The graphic artist Hugh Syme was responsible for the album covers of Countdown to Extinction , Youthanasia and The World Needs a Hero . The packaging for the VHS cassette Behind the Music as well as the t-shirts for the Blackmail-the-Universe tour and the cover for the 2002 version of Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! designed by the artist Michael Mueller. Mike Learn designed the 2004 album The System Has Failed . In January 2006, a contest was advertised on the DeviantART website , the aim of which was to redesign the mascot Vic. The winners were personally selected by Dave Mustaine and received prizes including ESP guitars and merchandise . One of the submitted cover artwork by graphic designer John Lorenzi, though not the winning one, was used on the album United Abominations . Vic's appearance represents an older man, modeled on the Horsemen of the Apocalypse , who is accompanied by an angel with white, blood-stained wings. He wears long black hair and a black coat. He is holding a gun in his left hand . On closer inspection, you can see Vic's old appearance on the right edge of the picture, where it is incorporated into the house wall. John Lorenzi also designed the cover artwork for Endgame and the box set Warchest, which was released in 2007 .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1985 Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!
Combat Records
DE35 (1 week)
DE
- - - US169 (1 week)
US
First published: June 12, 1985
1986 Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?
Capitol Records
- - - UK-
silver
silver
UK
US76
platinum
platinum

(47 weeks)US
First published: September 19, 1986
1988 So Far, So Good… So What!
Capitol Records
DE27 (10 weeks)
DE
- CH28 (2 weeks)
CH
UK18th
silver
silver

(5 weeks)UK
US28
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published: January 19, 1988
1990 Rust in Peace
Capitol Records
DE21 (9 weeks)
DE
- CH29 (2 weeks)
CH
UK8th
gold
gold

(4 weeks)UK
US23
platinum
platinum

(30 weeks)US
First published: September 24, 1990
1992 Countdown to Extinction
Capitol Records
DE15 (20 weeks)
DE
AT12 (10 weeks)
AT
CH16 (7 weeks)
CH
UK5
gold
gold

(8 weeks)UK
US2
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(58 weeks)US
First published: July 14, 1992
1994 Youthanasia
Capitol Records
DE13 (11 weeks)
DE
AT26 (3 weeks)
AT
CH32 (8 weeks)
CH
UK6th
silver
silver

(6 weeks)UK
US4th
platinum
platinum

(23 weeks)US
First published: October 31, 1994
1997 Cryptic Writings
Capitol Records
DE22 (6 weeks)
DE
AT30 (5 weeks)
AT
CH45 (5 weeks)
CH
UK38 (2 weeks)
UK
US10
gold
gold

(29 weeks)US
First published: June 17, 1997
1999 Risk
Capitol Records
DE38 (3 weeks)
DE
AT34 (4 weeks)
AT
CH-CH UK29 (2 weeks)
UK
US16 (8 weeks)
US
First published: August 31, 1999
2001 The World Needs a Hero
Sanctuary Records
DE36 (2 weeks)
DE
AT59 (2 weeks)
AT
CH94 (2 weeks)
CH
UK45 (2 weeks)
UK
US16 (6 weeks)
US
First published: May 15, 2001
2004 The System Has Failed
Sanctuary Records
DE29 (3 weeks)
DE
AT43 (2 weeks)
AT
CH57 (2 weeks)
CH
UK60 (1 week)
UK
US18 (5 weeks)
US
First published: September 14, 2004
2007 United Abominations
Roadrunner Records
DE28 (3 weeks)
DE
AT17 (3 weeks)
AT
CH38 (2 weeks)
CH
UK23 (2 weeks)
UK
US8 (6 weeks)
US
First published: May 14, 2007
2009 Endgame
Roadrunner Records
DE21 (3 weeks)
DE
AT22 (2 weeks)
AT
CH32 (3 weeks)
CH
UK24 (2 weeks)
UK
US9 (8 weeks)
US
First published: September 9, 2009
2011 Th1rt3en
Roadrunner Records
DE25 (2 weeks)
DE
AT28 (2 weeks)
AT
CH23 (2 weeks)
CH
UK34 (1 week)
UK
US11 (4 weeks)
US
First published: November 1, 2011
2013 Super Collider
Universal Records
DE24 (2 weeks)
DE
AT26 (2 weeks)
AT
CH21 (3 weeks)
CH
UK22 (1 week)
UK
US6 (6 weeks)
US
First published: June 4, 2013
2016 Dystopia
Universal Records
DE10 (5 weeks)
DE
AT14 (4 weeks)
AT
CH7 (4 weeks)
CH
UK11 (2 weeks)
UK
US3 (9 weeks)
US
First published: January 22, 2016

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