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The first re-release of the fifth full-length studio album by legendary American/Czech Death Metal band.
Paul Speckmann played a key role in the Death Metal formative years, with bands like Terrorizer and Entombed acknowledging him and Master as a major influence. And both Master’s first effort and the one and only Deathstrike album could be considered classics even today, thanks to their intensity and to a simple but effective songwriting style.
Master have never played Death Metal in the pure sense of the term, rather a form of down tuned heavy Thrash, and this style is to be found again here. “Let’s Start A War” has turned out to be a solid and good-class disc containing guitar-heavy Death Metal that has a little more to offer besides aggressiveness. If you can’t imagine what that is, Master can best be described as a mixture between Crowbar and Bold Thrower. “Dictators” rekindle with the glorious Deathstrike days, while “Cast One Vote”, “American Freedom” and especially “Disturbed” clearly sound like classic Master tracks. Lyrically, Paul Speckmann continues with his anti-American crusade.
Legendary Old-school Death Metal veteran Paul Speckmann returns with the re-release of Master’s “Let’s Start A War”. This remastered re-release includes completely new artwork, first time used on first CD re-release from 2012.
Limited Edition Translucent Red Vinyl.
Hammerheart Records, 2002/2016/2023 (HHR 2022-30). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Czech.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Cast One Vote 02:14
2. American Freedom 03:45
3. Miss Misery (Nazareth cover) 03:20
4. Dictators 04:24
5. Let's Start A War 03:02
6. Protege 04:18

Side B
7. Every Dog Has Its Day 03:25
8. Command Your Fate 03:21
9. Purchase A New Handgun 04:44
10. Watch What You Wish For 04:42


Samples: https://master.bandcamp.com/



 

The fifteenth full-length studio album by legendary American/Czech Death Metal band.
First new album in almost 8 years! When it says Master, you get Master!! And “Saints Dispelled” is 100% Master!!!
One of Death Metal’s founding bands, Master have been at the forefront of the style from the very beginning, being one of the first bands to ever adapt to this style back in the genre’s infancy. After forty years on from the start, Master, a.k.a. the Motörhead of Death Metal, give us another viscous Death Metal offering. They have mastered what it means to produce high octane, ear drum bursting, unrelenting Death Metal once again. With a discography one can not count on two hands, they have rarely skipped a beat in producing the fast-paced brutality we all so love and enjoy, and "Saints Dispelled" is no exception, maybe we would rate it among their better albums (time will tell).
This clearly is not the kind of album you can listen to while reading a nice book and drinking some warm tea. Between the pounding drums, merciless riffing, and, of course, Speckmann’s wonderfully hideous vocals, “Saints Dispelled” does nothing short of furiously, punishing your mind. Start to finish, the album consistently splits your spine and breaks your neck with the mightiness of Master's perfect idea of what Old-school Death Metal means!
Hammerheart Records, 2024 (HHR 2024-01). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Czech. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
1. Destruction In June 5:09
2. Walk In The Footsteps Of Doom 3:49
3. Saints Dispelled 3:09
4. Minds Under Pressure 3:53

Side B
5. Find Your Life 4:46
6. Marred And Diseased 4:32
7. The Wiseman 5:44
8. The Wizard Of Evil 6:15

Total playing time: 37:17 min.


Samples: https://master.bandcamp.com/

The fifteenth full-length studio album by legendary American/Czech Death Metal band.
First new album in almost 8 years! When it says Master, you get Master!! And “Saints Dispelled” is 100% Master!!!
One of Death Metal’s founding bands, Master have been at the forefront of the style from the very beginning, being one of the first bands to ever adapt to this style back in the genre’s infancy. After forty years on from the start, Master, a.k.a. the Motörhead of Death Metal, give us another viscous Death Metal offering. They have mastered what it means to produce high octane, ear drum bursting, unrelenting Death Metal once again. With a discography one can not count on two hands, they have rarely skipped a beat in producing the fast-paced brutality we all so love and enjoy, and "Saints Dispelled" is no exception, maybe we would rate it among their better albums (time will tell).
This clearly is not the kind of album you can listen to while reading a nice book and drinking some warm tea. Between the pounding drums, merciless riffing, and, of course, Speckmann’s wonderfully hideous vocals, “Saints Dispelled” does nothing short of furiously, punishing your mind. Start to finish, the album consistently splits your spine and breaks your neck with the mightiness of Master's perfect idea of what Old-school Death Metal means!
Limited Edition to 500 copies Box Set includes: 19x19x2 cm Cardboard Box, Digipack CD with two Bonus Tracks, Patch with band logo, and full artwork Poster.
Hammerheart Records, 2024 (HHR 2024-01). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Czech. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Destruction In June 5:09
2. Walk In The Footsteps Of Doom 3:49
3. Saints Dispelled 3:09
4. Minds Under Pressure 3:53
5. Find Your Life 4:46
6. Marred And Diseased 4:32
7. The Wiseman 5:44
8. The Wizard Of Evil 6:15
Bonus Tracks:
9. Alienation Of Insanity 05:04
10. Nomads 08:17
Total playing time: 50:34 min.


https://master.bandcamp.com/

For the first time on CD, the third and the fourth demos by Czech Death Metal/Hardcore band.
Remastered and with renewed design, cult stuff from the cult band!
Tracks 1-9 taken from "The Way of Loneliness" Demo 1993.
Tracks 10-22 taken from "The Labyrinth of the Round Square" Demo 1994.
Pařát Magazine, 2020 (PM92). Made in Czech. First press.


Tracklist:
"The Way Of Loneliness" (Demo 1993)
1. Onanova Říše 2:23
2. Pedofilní Chůva 3:36
3. Incest 2:54
4. Aroma Lidského Masa 1:40
5. Cunnillingus 2:29
6. Za Zpěvu Vran 3:05
7. Kamenáč Byll 0:07
8. Let Perverzního Lišaje 0:32
9. Cesta Osamění 3:26
"The Labyrinth Of The Round Square" (Demo 1994)  
10. Human To Human 4:05
11. The River Of Hate 5:03
12. Lost In The Rectum Of A Sallow Transvestite 1:29
13. No Name 3:23
14. Juice Extractor 2:46
15. To Fry Your Heart On The Pan 2:27
16. The Elephant's Cemetary 3:51
17. In The Sorrow 5:20
18. The Sad Art 3:23
19. About The Pervers Aneb Zoofilní Hamburger 2:30
20. The Short Advice Before A Coitus 1:19
21. The Heaven Dance Of The Psychopatic Joy 5:36
22. The Labyrinth Of The Round Square 2:55
Total playing time: 64:30 min.

Second official compilation album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
The title "Capitol Punishment" is a pun with "Capital Punishment" and it refers to the fact that there was an album left on the contract for Megadeth to release via Capitol before they can leave. So the label released this compilation. Hence this is the last release via Capitol. "Kill the King" and "Dread and the Fugitive Mind" were new recordings done for this release. With the exception of material from the band's debut album, "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!", which was released on Combat Records rather than Capitol, the compilation contains songs from all Megadeth's previously released albums at the time. In addition to the new track "Kill the King", Capitol insisted on the inclusion of "Dread and the Fugitive Mind", a track recorded for the "The World Needs A Hero" album, then in the production stage. The band agreed simply to release themselves from their obligations to Capitol, but the enmity between band and label was memorialized in the title of the album, intended to demonstrate that working with Capitol was a form of punishment :). At the end of the album, there is a hidden medley track, "Capitol Punishment", which is 4:46.
As of December 2005, Capitol Punishment had sold over 200,000 copies in the U.S.
This sure is a great CD and the world needs Megadeth back!!
Capitol Records, 2000 (7243 5 25916 2 6). Made in EU. Pressed in Italy. First press. Used: NM/NM.


Tracklist:
1. Kill The King 3:43 
2. Dread & The Fugitive Mind 4:23 
3. Crush 'em 4:59 
4. Use The Man 4:35 
5. Almost Honest 4:02 
6. Trust 5:11 
7. A Tout Le Monde 4:27 
8. Train Of Consequences 3:26 
9. Sweating Bullets 5:03 
10. Symphony Of Destruction 4:02 
11. Hangar 18 5:14 
12. Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due 6:36 
13. In My Darkest Hour 6:16 
14. Peace Sells 4:04
15. Capitol Punishment (Hidden Track) 4:46
Total playing time: 71:45 min.

Remixed and remastered Expanded Edition re-release of the fifth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
It was released on July 14, 1992 through Capitol Records. “Countdown To Extinction” is Megadeth's best-selling album, with over two million copies sold and achieving double Platinum status. The album also produced the band's most successful hit singles: "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", "Skin O' My Teeth" and "Foreclosure of a Dream". Videos was made for all singles and also for "High Speed Dirt".
"Countdown To Extinction" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 1993 Grammy Awards and the title track of the album won the Humane Society's Genesis Award, making Megadeth the only Heavy Metal band to be given this honor.
Capitol Records, 1992/2004 (724359862026). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Skin O' My Teeth 03:17
2. Symphony Of Destruction 04:08
3. Architecture Of Aggression 03:39
4. Foreclosure Of A Dream 04:23
5. Sweating Bullets 05:27
6. This Was My Life 03:43
7. Countdown To Extinction 04:19
8. High Speed Dirt 04:21
9. Psychotron 04:41
10. Captive Honour 04:14
11. Ashes In Your Mouth 06:14
Bonus tracks:
12. Crown Of Worms
(Previously Unreleased in the U.S.) 03:18
13. Countdown To Extinction (Demo)
(Previously Unreleased) 03:56
14. Symphony Of Destruction (Demo)
(Previously Unreleased in the U.S.) 05:29
15. Psychotron (Demo)
(Previously Unreleased) 05:29
Total playing time: 66:40 min.

Remastered re-release of the seventh full-length studio album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
With "Youthanasia", Dave Mustaine began moving Megadeth away from its Thrash roots, incorporating synthesizers into their sound and writing subtle, textured songs. The album features 12 tracks with accessible song structures, specifically aimed for radio airplay. The lyrics were also altered, in order to make the music more inclusive for wider audience. These changes were met with mixed opinions from music critics, who noted the band moving away from their Thrash Metal roots.
This is the last Megadeth studio album to feature drummer Nick Menza. It is also the first and so far only album where Vic Rattlehead does not appear at all in any tangible form, save for a limited edition collectible card advertising the Megadeth comic distributed by Chaos! Comics, which shows Vic in Hell reading a scroll.
The album debuted at #10 on Billboard Top 200 chart and was certified Platinum in 1998 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping one million copies in the United States. The first 500000 copies of "Cryptic Writings" in the U.S. were released with silver background album cover. Two years after its original release, the album sold 850000 copies in the United States and won widespread praise from Rock radio programmers. The song "Trust" was nominated for a "Best Metal Performance" at the 1998 Grammy Awards and became the band's highest charting song on the Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Remixed & remastered re-edition includes four previously unreleased bonus tracks!
Capitol Records/EMI, 1997/2004 (724359862521). Made in EU. Pressed in Czech.


Tracklist:
1. Trust 05:11
2. Almost Hones 04:08
3. Use The Man 04:03
4. Mastermind 03:48
5. The Disintegrators 03:04
6. I'll Get Even 04:19
7. Sin 03:05
8. A Secret Place 05:24
9. Have Cool, Will Travel 03:40
10. She-Wolf 03:37
11. Vortex 03:23
12. FFF 02:47
Previously unreleased bonus tracks:
13. Trust (Spanish Version) 05:12
14. Evil That's Within 03:22
15. Vortex (Alternate Version) 03:30
16. Bullprick 02:47
Total playing time: 61:20


Samples: http://www.lastfm

The seventh full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
With "Youthanasia", Dave Mustaine began moving Megadeth away from its Thrash roots, incorporating synthesizers into their sound and writing subtle, textured songs. The album features 12 tracks with accessible song structures, specifically aimed for radio airplay. The lyrics were also altered, in order to make the music more inclusive for wider audience. These changes were met with mixed opinions from music critics, who noted the band moving away from their Thrash Metal roots.
This is the last Megadeth studio album to feature drummer Nick Menza. It is also the first and so far only album where Vic Rattlehead does not appear at all in any tangible form, save for a limited edition collectible card advertising the Megadeth comic distributed by Chaos! Comics, which shows Vic in Hell reading a scroll.
The album debuted at #10 on Billboard Top 200 chart and was certified Platinum in 1998 by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping one million copies in the United States. The first 500000 copies of "Cryptic Writings" in the U.S. were released with silver background album cover. Two years after its original release, the album sold 850000 copies in the United States and won widespread praise from Rock radio programmers. The song "Trust" was nominated for a "Best Metal Performance" at the 1998 Grammy Awards and became the band's highest charting song on the Billboard's Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks.
Capitol Records/EMI, 1997 (7243 8 38262 2 3). Made in UK. First press. Used: very good.


Tracklist:
1. Trust 5:11
2. Almost Honest 4:03
3. Use The Man 4:36
4. Mastermind 3:49
5. The Disintegrators 2:50
6. I'll Get Even 4:24
7. Sin 3:08
8. A Secret Place 5:29
9. Have Cool, Will Travel 3:29 
10. She-Wolf 3:36
11. Vortex 2:38
12. FFF 2:38
Total playing time: 46:51 min.

The fifteenth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Produced by Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw, it was released on frontman and guitarist Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft label via Universal Music Group. Prior to “Dystopia”'s recording, longtime drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick announced their departure from the band.
Musically, "Dystopia" is more energetic and focused than anything Megadeth have released in quite a while. Following the lukewarm response to the band's previous album, 2013's “Super Collider”, “Dystopia” received largely favorable reaction from critics, being considered a return to form for the band. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, making “Dystopia” the band's second highest charting album in the U.S. after “Countdown To Extinction”, which peaked at number two in 1992. Additionally, the title track earned the band its first Grammy win (for Best Metal Performance) at the 59th Grammy Awards after eleven unsuccessful nominations. The album sold 148 000 copies in the US by December 2016, becoming the second biggest-selling Heavy Metal album released in 2016.
Tradecraft/Universal Music Enterprises, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc./T-Boy Records, 2016 (06025 476 041-5 (6)). Made in Austria. First press.


Tracklist:
1. The Threat Is Real 4:21
2. Dystopia 4:58
3. Fatal Illusion 4:15
4. Death From Within 4:47
5. Bullet To The Brain 4:29
6. Post American World 4:25
7. Poisonous Shadows 6:02
8. Conquer Of Die! 3:33
9. Lying In State 3:33
10. The Emperor 3:52
11. Foreign Policy (Fear cover) 2:27
Total playing time: 46:51 min.

The twelfth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
The release of "Endgame" brings with it a startling realization - if first-generation Thrash Metal fans had been polled about which of the genre's "Big Four" (Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth) would prove to be the most resilient and consistently prolific over the next quarter-century, the only sure-fire consensus would probably have been: "well, anyone but Megadeth!". And yet, 12 studio albums and 150-plus songs later (more than any of the other three have managed) that's exactly what's come to pass.
It was the second Megadeth album released through Roadrunner Records. This album is the debut for new guitarist Chris Broderick (ex-Nevermore, Jag Panzer), following Glen Drover's departure in 2008 and the band's last studio album with bass guitarist James LoMenzo; original bassist Dave Ellefson would rejoin the band only several months after the album's release.
The album was the continuing of the success from the band's previous album "United Abominations". "Endgame" entered the Billboard 200 at number 9 (marking the band's tenth overall top 10 debut), and has sold around 150000 copies in the U.S. as of April 2011. "Head Crusher" had been nominated for "Best Metal Performance" at the 52nd annual Grammy Awards.
"Endgame" is arguably the least commercially concerned Megadeth album since "Rust In Peace" some 20 years earlier, and by touching on so many of the favoured songwriting styles of those early years, it should not only give their typically opinionated fan base very little to kvetch and moan about, but also throw new fuel upon the flames of Megadeth's unlikely longevity.
Roadrunner Records/Cargo Records, 2009 (RRCAR 7885-1). Made in Germany. First press. 180 gram vinyl.


Tracklist:

SIDE A:
1. Dialectic Chaos 2:26
2. This Day We Fight! 3:27
3. 44 Minutes 4:37
4. 1,320' 3:50
5. Bite The Hand 4:01
6. Bodies 3:34

SIDE B:
7. Endgame 5:57
8. The Hardest Part Of Letting Go...Sealed With A Kiss 4:42
9. Head Crusher 3:26
10. How The Story Ends 4:29
11. The Right To Go Insane 4:18

Total playing time: 44:47 min.

25th Anniversary Deluxe Edition re-release of the second full-length album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
One of the most influential Thrash Metal albums of the decade. The first big commercial success of Megadeth, followed by a first world tour.
Arguably Megadeth's strongest effort and a classic of early Thrash, "Peace Sells..." combines a Punkish political awareness with a dark, threatening, typically Heavy Metal world-view, preoccupied with evil, the occult, and the like. The anthemic title track and "Wake Up Dead" are the two major standouts, and there is also a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious", which takes on an air of supernaturally induced paranoia in the album's context. The lines between hell and earth are blurred throughout the album and the crashing, complex music backs up Dave Mustaine's apocalyptic vision of life as damnation - his limited vocal style is used to great effect, growling and snarling in a barely intelligible fashion under all the complicated guitar work.
This was the last Megadeth album to feature drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland, who were fired shortly after the album was released.
"Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" is highly regarded as a Thrash Metal classic and as an album that gave prominence to Extreme Metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and Martin Popoff's "Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
Special Edition 2CD Set includes digitally remastered in 2011 original album + bonus disc "Live At The Phantasy Theatre, Cleveland 1987" with previously unreleased live show from the band’s first tour.
Capitol Records, LLC/ EMI Records Ltd., 1986/1987/2011 (5099902934525). Made in Germany. 


Tracklist:

CD 1
1. Wake Up Dead 3:40
2. The Conjuring 5:04
3. Peace Sells 4:04
4. Devils Island 5:06
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday 6:41
6. Bad Omen 4:04
7. I Ain't Superstitious 2:45
8. My Last Words 4:49
Playing time: 36:17 min.

CD 2
1. Intro 1:48
2. Wake Up Dead 3:38
3. The Conjuring 5:21
4. Bad Omen 3:49
5. Rattlehead 4:11
6. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good 3:14
7. Looking Down The Cross 4:29
8. My Last Words 4:42
9. Peace Sells 4:27
10. These Boots Were Made For Walking 4:07 
11. Devils Island 5:18
12. Last Rites / Loved To Death 5:19
13. Mechanix 4:32
Playing time: 55:02 min.

Total playing time: 91:08 min.

Remixed and remastered re-release of the second full-length album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
One of the most influential Thrash Metal albums of the decade. The first big commercial success of Megadeth, followed by a first world tour.
Arguably Megadeth's strongest effort and a classic of early Thrash, "Peace Sells..." combines a Punkish political awareness with a dark, threatening, typically Heavy Metal world-view, preoccupied with evil, the occult, and the like. The anthemic title track and "Wake Up Dead" are the two major standouts, and there is also a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious", which takes on an air of supernaturally induced paranoia in the album's context. The lines between hell and earth are blurred throughout the album, and the crashing, complex music backs up Dave Mustaine's apocalyptic vision of life as damnation - his limited vocal style is used to great effect, growling and snarling in a barely intelligible fashion under all the complicated guitar work.
This was the last Megadeth album to feature drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland, who were fired shortly after the album was released.
"Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" is highly regarded as a Thrash Metal classic and as an album that gave prominence to Extreme Metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and Martin Popoff's "Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
Vital, necessary Thrash Metal!!
CD includes 4 bonus tracks.
Capitol Records, 1986/2004 (724359862422). Made in Germany.


Tracklist:
1. Wake Up Dead 03:37
2.The Conjuring 05:02
3. Peace Sells 04:02
4. Devil's Island 05:05
5. Good Mourning/Black Friday 06:40
6. Bad Omen 04:03
7. I Ain't Superstitious 02:45
8. My Last Words 04:55
Previously unreleased bonus tracks:
9. Wake Up Dead (Randy Burns mix) 03:40
10. The Conjuring (Randy Burns mix) 05:02
11. Peace Sells (Randy Burns mix) 04:00
12. Good Mourning/Black Friday (Randy Burns mix) 06:40
Total playing time: 55:35 min.

First re-release on Pic-Vinyl of the second full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
One of the most influential Thrash Metal albums of the decade. The first big commercial success of Megadeth, followed by a first world tour.
Arguably Megadeth's strongest effort and a classic of early Thrash, "Peace Sells..." combines a Punkish political awareness with a dark, threatening, typically Heavy Metal world-view, preoccupied with evil, the occult, and the like. The anthemic title track and "Wake Up Dead" are the two major standouts, and there is also a cover of Willie Dixon's "I Ain't Superstitious", which takes on an air of supernaturally induced paranoia in the album's context. The lines between hell and earth are blurred throughout the album, and the crashing, complex music backs up Dave Mustaine's apocalyptic vision of life as damnation - his limited vocal style is used to great effect, growling and snarling in a barely intelligible fashion under all the complicated guitar work.
This was the last Megadeth album to feature drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland, who were fired shortly after the album was released.
"Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" is highly regarded as a Thrash Metal classic and as an album that gave prominence to Extreme Metal. It has been featured in several publications' best album lists, including Robert Dimery's "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die" and Martin Popoff's "Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time".
Vital, necessary Thrash Metal!!
Capitol Records, LLC/Universal International Music B.V., 1986/2014 (0602537976485). Made in Netherlands. 180 Gram Vinyl. Release includes a voucher to download MP3 version of the album.


Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Wake Up Dead 3:40
2. The Conjuring 5:04
3. Peace Sells 4:04
4. Devils Island 5:05

Side B:
5. Good Mourning / Black Friday 6:41
6. Bad Omen 4:05
7. I Ain't Superstitious 2:46
8. My Last Words 4:47

Total playing time: 36:12 min.

Remastered and remixed re-release of the third full-length studio album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
A largely uninspired effort recorded with a new guitarist and drummer, "So Far, So Good...So What!" lacks the conceptual unity and musical bite of "Peace Sells...", which helps push much of its lyrical material into the realm of self-parody, as Mustaine rants about the PMRC, the apocalypse, ex-girlfriends, and other people he is angry with, while hinting at the depth of his substance abuse problem with "502", a paean to driving drunk. The album wants to sound threatening but mostly comes off as forced and somewhat juvenile; typical is the embarrassing cover of "Anarchy in the U.K.", which is played in Megadeth's tightly controlled riffing style and without the looseness of the original, making it sound stilted and stiff - and Mustaine doesn't even get the lyrics right. This one is for diehards only. 
It is the band's only album recorded with Chuck Behler and Jeff Young, who were fired immediately after the subsequent tour. This album features one of the first songs Dave Mustaine wrote for Megadeth, which was "Set The World Afire", being the first song he wrote after being fired from Metallica. He later admitted writing the lyrics during his journey home from the departure.
"So Far, So Good… So What!" sold 400000 copies one month after its release, becoming Megadeth's fastest selling album at that point. The record eventually went Platinum and indicated Megadeth's forthcoming emergence from the Underground scene.
A remixed and remastered version, featuring several bonus tracks, was released in 2004.
Capitol Rec./EMI, 1988/2004 (724359862620). Made in Poland.


Tracklist:
1. Into The Lungs Of Hell 03:22
2. Set The World Afire 05:48
3. Anarchy In The U.K. 03:01
4. Mary Jane 04:24
5. 502 03:29
6. In My Darkest Hour 06:26
7. Liar 03:20
8. Hook In Mouth 04:48
Previously unreleased bonus tracks:
9. Into The Lungs Of Hell (Paul Lani Mix) 03:31
10. Set The World Afire (Paul Lani Mix) 05:52
11. Mary Jane (Paul Lani Mix) 04:08
12. In My Darkest Hour (Paul Lani Mix) 06:11
Total playing time: 54:28 min.

The fourteenth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
It was released on June 4, 2013 and is Megadeth's first album to be released on Mustaine's own label, Tradecraft, after the band's split with Roadrunner Records. There are 11 tracks on the standard edition with 10 of the tracks being new material and the 11th track being a cover of the Thin Lizzy song "Cold Sweat". This album is diverse. We get melodic Metal. This is not Megadeth's heaviest album; there are definitely strong elements of Thrash and Metal in the album.
The title track, "Super Collider", was released as the first single on April 23rd, 2013. The second single was "Kingmaker", but while a YouTube video was released for the song it was not made available for purchase before the album release. It’s debuted at number six on the Billboard 200, making “Super Collider” the band's highest charting album since 1994's “Youthanasia”. Super Collider is the first Megadeth album since “Cryptic Writings” (1997), not to feature a lineup change from the preceding album. The album also features a guest appearance from Disturbed and Device vocalist David Draiman.
This is a great album in its own right, delivering a lot of great quality tunes that many people have been overlooking because they just can’t get over that this is not “Rust In Peace”.
Tradecraft/Universal Music, 2013 (0602537273720). Made in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Kingmaker 04:16
2. Super Collider 04:11
3. Burn! 04:11
4. Built For War 03:57
5. Off The Edge 04:11
6. Dance In The Rain 04:45
7. Beginning Of Sorrow 03:51
8. The Blackest Crow 04:27
9. Forget To Remember 04:28
10. Don't Turn Your Back 03:47
11. Cold Sweat 03:10
Total playing time: 45:21 min.

The sixteenth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Released on frontman Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft label via Universal, it is the first Megadeth album to feature drummer Dirk Verbeuren, their last album with guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and their first studio album in six years since "Dystopia" (2016), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career.
Work on The "Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" began in 2019, but faced a number of delays due to Mustaine being diagnosed with throat cancer the same year, along with the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. In 2021, long-time bassist David Ellefson was dismissed from Megadeth following allegations of sexual misconduct. His bass parts were removed from the album and were re-recorded by Testament bassist Steve Di Giorgio, while former bassist James LoMenzo rejoined the band following the album's completion. The album was produced by Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw.
As of December 2022, six Singles have been released from the album. The first, "We'll Be Back", was released via streaming services on June 23, with "Night Stalkers" following on July 22. The third Single to be released was "Soldier On!" on August 12. The title track was released as a Single on September 2, the same day as the album.
"Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!" received generally positive reviews, and debuted at No. 3 on the US Billboard 200 with 48 000 units and is Megadeth's highest-charting album around the rest of the world, reaching No. 1 in Finland, No. 2 in Australia, Poland, Switzerland and Scotland, and No. 3 in the UK, among others. The lead single "We'll Be Back" was nominated for Best Metal Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards.
Tradecraft/T-Boy Records/Universal Music Enterprises/UMG Recordings, Inc., 2022 (00602445124992). Made in Netherlands. Pressed in Germany. First press.


Tracklist:

Side One
1. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! 4:57
2. Life In Hell 4:07
3. Night Stalkers (Feat. Ice-T) 6:28
Side Two
4. Dogs Of Chernobyl 6:07
5. Sacrifice 4:03
6. Junkie 3:33
Running time: 29:15 min.

Side Three
1. Psychopathy 1:17
2. Killing Time 5:07
3. Soldier On! 4:48
Side Four
4. Célebutante 3:48
5. Mission To Mars 5:16
6. We'll Be Back 4:24
Running time: 24:40 min.

Total playing time: 53:55 min.

The tenth full-length album by the legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Band's second and final studio album released by Sanctuary Records. "The System Has Failed" was the first of three Megadeth records not to include original bassist and co-founder David Ellefson. Instead, the album features session players, including former Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland on lead guitar, the very talented guitarist whom he'd fired after the masterful "Peace Sells" album back in the day. However, Poland only provided lead guitar parts and solos on a contractual basis and did not rejoin the band. That re-pairing of Mustaine and Poland alone makes "The System Has Failed" worthwhile. No, this isn't a good old-fashioned Thrash album, but you can tell Mustaine is going for that vibe, especially on songs like "Back in the Day", one in particular that should give dyed-in-the-wool headbangers a giddy sense of déjà vu.
"The System Has Failed" marks a return from the dead for Megadeth - and quite a glorious return, it must be said. When bandleader Dave Mustaine was diagnosed in early 2002 with radial neuropathy - strained nerves in his left arm and hand - the snarling guitar shredder was forced to disband his once groundbreaking band after nearly two decades of activity. Granted, it wasn't that big of a loss at the time, chiefly so because Megadeth had long passed its prime. The band's key recordings date back to the Speed Metal era, from 1986 (the year of "Peace Sells...", "Reign In Blood" and "Master Of Puppets") to 1992 (the year Megadeth, like Metallica a year earlier, made a distinct, more commercial shift, releasing "Countdown To Extinction" - to the dismay of many longtime fans). Following "Countdown", Megadeth struggled. The band continued to release albums, but they weren't well received and, very sadly, one of Metal's once preeminent acts became a bitter has-been. So after Mustaine's injury, the disbanding of Megadeth didn't seem all that unfortunate at the time - it seemed overdue, some would argue. Then in 2004, shortly after an exemplary reissue campaign, Mustaine resurrected Megadeth for "The System Has Failed".
"The System Has Failed" is actually more of a synthesis, taking the reckless abandon of pre-"Countdown" Megadeth and infusing it with the melodic songwriting of latter-day diamonds in the rough like "Symphony of Destruction" and "A Tout le Monde". Add to this some especially thoughtful lyrics (archly political, nakedly personal, and shamelessly mature), and you have the recipe for an excellent, damn near perfect Megadeth album, up there with "Peace Sells", "Rust In Peace" and "Countdown To Extinction" - as unlikely as that may seem.
"The System Has Failed" received positive reception from critics and managed to debut at number 18 on the Billboard 200. Regardless of where "The System Has Failed" ranks alongside Megadeth's other standout albums, however, it most certainly blows away practically every other aboveground Metal album of 2004! No joke!! This is the sort of latter-day masterpiece Metallica struggled in vain for a decade-plus to record to no avail!!!
Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company, 2004 (SANCD297). Made in Germany. 


Tracklist:
1. Blackmail The Universe 4:33
2. Die Dead Enough 4:19
3. Kick The Chair 3:58
4. The Scorpion 6:00
5. Tears In A Vial 5:22
6. I Know Jack 0:40
7. Back In The Day 3:28
8. Something That I'm Not 5:07
9. Truth Be Told 5:40
10. Of Mice And Men 4:05
11. Shadow Of Deth 2:15
12. My Kingdom 3:04
Total playing time: 48:32 min.

The second Single from the fifteenth full-length studio album by legendary American Thrash Metal band.
Following a heavy, punchy beast of a lead Single "Fatal Illusion", Mustaine and company have upped the ante even further with "The Threat Is Real", while also providing a rock-solid reminder of where this band came from, as well as a big part of where the Bay Area sound itself derived its unique character.
The structure of this single's A-side is fairly similar to its immediate predecessor, featuring introduction material and cycling through a series of twists and turns in a manner fairly reminiscent of the elaborate approach of "Rust In Peace". But here a long, gradual move from a marching stomp feel at the beginning is traded out for an atmospheric middle eastern inspired prelude that is hauntingly beautiful despite the ominous picture that it paints, which is immediately followed by a more agitated riff set that has all the menacing clatter of an AK-47, but still with a general feeling of buildup. The riff set is quite busy, the mixture of the whole resounds in a very heavy-handed way comparable to the percussive character of a modern groove outfit, and the lead guitar exchange between Dave and Angra's own Kiko Loureiro manages to recapture that primitive shredding vs. Progressive noodling dichotomy that Mustaine originally shared with Marty Friedman.
Of equal importance to the power of this short studio outing is the B-side, a cover of Fear's classic "Foreign Policy", highlighting Hardcore Punk's highly synergistic relationship with Thrash Metal in a manner quite similar to when Megadeth covered "Anarchy In The UK" back in the day. In terms of execution this song is more of a faithful reproduction with a few obligatory present day exaggerations, particularly a more wailing set of lead guitar noise during the brief instrumental breaks, a more gravely and nasty vocal display out of Mustaine, and an even heavier overall sound that is actually more aggressive sounding than anything Megadeth has pulled off in their more than 30 years of existence.
Released on November 25, 2015 on streaming services, and on November 27, 2015 on vinyl, "The Threat Is Real" is the second most performed song from the album, being played nearly 230 times as of September 2022. The song debuted live in Denver, Colorado, on February 23, 2016. A live performance filmed at Hellfest 2016 was featured on the DVD of the Japanese Deluxe Edition of "Dystopia".
The song was ranked the third greatest from the album by Return Of Rock.
Limited Edition of 4000 copies, Record Store Day Black Friday 2015 180 g White Vinyl. 45 RPM.
Tradecraft/T-Boy Records/Universal Music Enterprises, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc., 2015 (B0024069-01). Made in USA. First press.


Tracklist:

Side A
The Threat Is Real 4:24

Side B
Foreign Policy (Fear cover) 2:28

Total playing time: 6:52 min.

Split release of two EPs by two russian Stoner/Doom Metal Bands.
Monolith Levitation and Dekonstruktor have really pulled off an impressive split album here.
If you’re a fan of Swans, you’ll have a good time with Monolith Levitation. Grooves are very heavy in a tribal sort of way, both tracks are very Trance like, with a really deep droning vocal line that can shift pretty impressively to a primal cry with ease.
Dekonstruktor come at us with a very similar sound with some subtle but distinctive differences. We have a much more Psychedelic Rock vibe coming from these guys. Heavily effected, mournful vocals lend to this same Psych Rock vibe.
This two curious and crushing bands takes on a style with the lot of originality, redressing the balance of genre. Musthave for any who in it!!
Limited Edition to 300 copies.
Aesthetic Death, 2020 (ADCD 070). Made in UK. Pressed in Poland. First press.


Tracklist:
1. Megalith Levitation - Opium Ceremony 05:43
2. Megalith Levitation - Despair 13:14
3. Dekonstruktor - Beheaded Horizon 08:09
4. Dekonstruktor - Magma Pulse 10:08
Total playing time: 37:18 min.


Samples: https://megalithlevitation.bandcamp.com

The fourth full-length studio album by Australian Experimental/Avant-garde/Noise/Ambient Doom Metal band.
Mekigah is a unique act, and you can take something different from it every time and whatever mood you are in.
'Autexousious' is a long-lost word and means exercising or possessing free will. It is also the cryptic title of Australian extreme music artist Vis Ortis’ fourth album with his acclaimed project, Mekigah, and second album released through the UK extreme music label Aesthetic Death.
Vis began working on these tracks shortly after finishing the "Litost" album. There were a handful of tracks that were in the original "Litost" pool which swam a bit strangely and were ultimately excluded from the final track listing. They formed the beginnings of "Autexousious".
"Autexousious" captures similar feelings and sonic spaces to "Litost", with Mekigah’s signature slow tempo. Harsh, bottom end tones set the scene with Doom-laden soundscapes held together by stripped back drums and bass while guitars spin a whirlwind of random frequencies. These audible hallucinations are recounted by layered nightmarish vocals.
The lyrics are derived from manic, abstract & personal poetry, exploring ugly, impatient & self analytical themes.
Meshed with these words are treated vocals stripped of meaning: a wordless, sound-only entity – a scream for extinction, or perhaps simply release, into the nightmare of noise.
The tracks also includes passages of soundscape noise and off kilter percussion, but overall retain an albeit idiosyncratic and fairly unique song based approach. What this album gives the listener is 9 drawn out, torturously raw songs.
Vis was also honoured to have Tasmanian legend, Paul Weedon, grace the recording as a guest guitarist & vocalist. Another welcome addition on this recording came from Izedis of insane US noise merchants Enbilulugugal, who contributed vocal extremities on a number of tracks.
Rejoining the fold, after having contributed to the first two albums, are c.w (guitars, spoken word) & aldhamme (vocals), both formally of the mighty Australia Black Metal band Erebus Enthroned. Finally, Vis Ortis’ cousin from the UK Swift makes brief noise guitar appearances on a few tracks.
The album was mastered by Greg Chandler (Esoteric) at Priory Studios, UK.
Aesthetic Death, 2017 (ADCD 043). Made in UK. Pressed in Poland. First press


Tracklist:
1. Eroding Will 04:23
2. Autexousious 08:48
3. Fooled Blood 03:17
4. Zmatek 05:31
5. Diminished Responsibility 02:40
6. The Infinite Never 05:53
7. A Vast Abyss 07:22
8. Backpfeifengesicht 10:12
9. Rejection Nostalgia 05:37
Total playing time: 53:45 min.


Samples: https://mekigah.bandcamp.com