35th Anniversary Anthology On 180g Vinyl 4LP Box Set!
A greatest hits album featuring 35 Tracks for 35 Years of Megadeth!!!
Metal leviathans celebrate their 35th Anniversary with Warheads On Foreheads, a Greatest Hits album featuring remastered tracks hand-selected by Dave Mustaine. The new anthology spans the metal titans career from Killing Is My Business to their 2017 Grammy Award-winning Dystopia.
Thirty five years ago I chose the name Megadeth for my band and I see these songs as the most efficient weapons in the bands arsenal says Dave Mustaine. WOF is a US military term for targeting efficiency, Mustaine continues, its all about using the right tool for the job and these tracks were created for maximum destruction (or stopping power, or something else!)
In 1984, Mustaine was determined to start a new band that would be heavier and faster than his peers. His songwriting was rapidly maturing, and he set about combining the attitude and energy of punk, with the power and intricate riffing of metal, along with direct, sociopolitical lyrical content. With David Ellefson on bass and Gar Samuelson on drums, the band recorded their infamous 3-song demo which quickly circulated through the underground tape-trading circuit and became an underground hit leading to a deal with Combat Records.
Warheads On Foreheads starts at that beginning with the early thrashers Rattlehead and Mechanix from the bands 1985 debut Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good, an album that would lay down the blueprint and establish Megadeth as forerunners of what would later be called Thrash Metal.
Megadeth soon signed to Capitol Records and released their 1986 major label debut Peace Sells But Whos Buying?, which became the bands first certified gold record and would go on to become Megadeths first platinum selling release. Featured on Warheads On Foreheads are The Conjuring and the track Good Mourning/Black Friday which Pitchfork describes as everything great about hardcore, plus a dose of the kind of show-off skill that makes lesser musicians fingers bleed.
Other songs included are In My Darkest Hour from their platinum selling So Far, So Good, So What! (1988), Hanger 18 and Holy Wars The Punishment Due from their Grammy-nominated, platinum album Rust In Peace (1990), and Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets from their 1992 Grammy- nominated, double platinum release Countdown To Extinction.
Also featured on Warheads On Foreheads are A Tout Le Monde and Reckoning Day from Megadeths 1994 platinum selling release Youthanasia, Kingmaker from their 2013 Top Ten release Super Collider, which hit No. 3 on both the Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, She-Wolf from the Grammy- nominated, Top Ten release Cryptic Writings (1997) and the title track from the bands most recent album Dystopia.
Upon its release in 2016, Dystopia reasserted Megadeths place at the top of the metal world, equaling the chart impact of their early nineties output, earning the band their first Grammy, as well as rave reviews (The Guardian gave it five out of five stars and stated Dystopia is an absolutely blistering return to the state-of-the-art bombast and refined technicality.)
Megadeth burst onto the scene thirty five years ago, virtually inventing a genre and selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the title track Dystopia, 12 Grammy nominations, and scoring five consecutive platinum albums.
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 4LP Set
• Deluxe Slip Cover Box Set
Selections:
LP 01 Side 1:
1. Rattlehead (From Killing Is My Business...)
2. Mechanix (From Killing Is My Business...)
3. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good (From Killing Is My Business...)
4. The Conjuring (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
5. Wake Up Dead (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
LP 01 Side 2:
1. Devils Island (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
2. Good Mourning / Black Friday (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
3. Set the World Afire (From So Far, So Good,...So What!)
LP 02 Side 3:
1. In My Darkest Hour (From So Far, So Good,...So What!)
2. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (From Rust In Peace)
3. Hangar 18 (From Rust In Peace)
4. Tornado of Souls (From Rust In Peace)
LP02 Side 4:
1. Rust In Peace... Polaris (From Rust In Peace)
2. Five Magics (From Rust In Peace)
3. Take No Prisoners (From Rust In Peace)
4. Skin O' My Teeth (From Countdown to Extinction)
5. Angry Again (From Last Action Hero Soundtrack)
LP 03 Side 5:
1. Symphony of Destruction (From Countdown to Extinction)
2. Sweating Bullets (From Countdown to Extinction)
3. A Tout Le Monde (From Youthanasia)
4. Train of Consequences (From Youthanasia)
5. Reckoning Day (From Youthanasia)
LP 03 Side 6:
1. Trust (From Cryptic Writings)
2. She-Wolf (From Cryptic Writings)
3. Wanderlust (From Risk)
4. Dread and The Fugitive Mind (From The World Needs A Hero)
LP 04 Side 7:
1. Blackmail The Universe (From The System Has Failed)
2. Washington Is Next! (From United Abominations)
3. Had Crusher (From Endgame)
4. Public Enemy No. 1 (From Th1rt3en)
5. Kingmaker (From Super Collider)
LP 04 Side 8:
1. The Threat Is Real (From Dystopia)
2. Poisonous Shadows (From Dystopia)
3. Death From Within (From Dystopia)
4. Dystopia (From Dystopia)
A greatest hits album featuring 35 Tracks for 35 Years of Megadeth!!!
Metal leviathans celebrate their 35th Anniversary with Warheads On Foreheads, a Greatest Hits album featuring remastered tracks hand-selected by Dave Mustaine. The new anthology spans the metal titans career from Killing Is My Business to their 2017 Grammy Award-winning Dystopia.
Thirty five years ago I chose the name Megadeth for my band and I see these songs as the most efficient weapons in the bands arsenal says Dave Mustaine. WOF is a US military term for targeting efficiency, Mustaine continues, its all about using the right tool for the job and these tracks were created for maximum destruction (or stopping power, or something else!)
In 1984, Mustaine was determined to start a new band that would be heavier and faster than his peers. His songwriting was rapidly maturing, and he set about combining the attitude and energy of punk, with the power and intricate riffing of metal, along with direct, sociopolitical lyrical content. With David Ellefson on bass and Gar Samuelson on drums, the band recorded their infamous 3-song demo which quickly circulated through the underground tape-trading circuit and became an underground hit leading to a deal with Combat Records.
Warheads On Foreheads starts at that beginning with the early thrashers Rattlehead and Mechanix from the bands 1985 debut Killing Is My Business And Business Is Good, an album that would lay down the blueprint and establish Megadeth as forerunners of what would later be called Thrash Metal.
Megadeth soon signed to Capitol Records and released their 1986 major label debut Peace Sells But Whos Buying?, which became the bands first certified gold record and would go on to become Megadeths first platinum selling release. Featured on Warheads On Foreheads are The Conjuring and the track Good Mourning/Black Friday which Pitchfork describes as everything great about hardcore, plus a dose of the kind of show-off skill that makes lesser musicians fingers bleed.
Other songs included are In My Darkest Hour from their platinum selling So Far, So Good, So What! (1988), Hanger 18 and Holy Wars The Punishment Due from their Grammy-nominated, platinum album Rust In Peace (1990), and Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets from their 1992 Grammy- nominated, double platinum release Countdown To Extinction.
Also featured on Warheads On Foreheads are A Tout Le Monde and Reckoning Day from Megadeths 1994 platinum selling release Youthanasia, Kingmaker from their 2013 Top Ten release Super Collider, which hit No. 3 on both the Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, She-Wolf from the Grammy- nominated, Top Ten release Cryptic Writings (1997) and the title track from the bands most recent album Dystopia.
Upon its release in 2016, Dystopia reasserted Megadeths place at the top of the metal world, equaling the chart impact of their early nineties output, earning the band their first Grammy, as well as rave reviews (The Guardian gave it five out of five stars and stated Dystopia is an absolutely blistering return to the state-of-the-art bombast and refined technicality.)
Megadeth burst onto the scene thirty five years ago, virtually inventing a genre and selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including a 2017 Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for the title track Dystopia, 12 Grammy nominations, and scoring five consecutive platinum albums.
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• 4LP Set
• Deluxe Slip Cover Box Set
Selections:
LP 01 Side 1:
1. Rattlehead (From Killing Is My Business...)
2. Mechanix (From Killing Is My Business...)
3. Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good (From Killing Is My Business...)
4. The Conjuring (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
5. Wake Up Dead (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
LP 01 Side 2:
1. Devils Island (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
2. Good Mourning / Black Friday (From Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?)
3. Set the World Afire (From So Far, So Good,...So What!)
LP 02 Side 3:
1. In My Darkest Hour (From So Far, So Good,...So What!)
2. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (From Rust In Peace)
3. Hangar 18 (From Rust In Peace)
4. Tornado of Souls (From Rust In Peace)
LP02 Side 4:
1. Rust In Peace... Polaris (From Rust In Peace)
2. Five Magics (From Rust In Peace)
3. Take No Prisoners (From Rust In Peace)
4. Skin O' My Teeth (From Countdown to Extinction)
5. Angry Again (From Last Action Hero Soundtrack)
LP 03 Side 5:
1. Symphony of Destruction (From Countdown to Extinction)
2. Sweating Bullets (From Countdown to Extinction)
3. A Tout Le Monde (From Youthanasia)
4. Train of Consequences (From Youthanasia)
5. Reckoning Day (From Youthanasia)
LP 03 Side 6:
1. Trust (From Cryptic Writings)
2. She-Wolf (From Cryptic Writings)
3. Wanderlust (From Risk)
4. Dread and The Fugitive Mind (From The World Needs A Hero)
LP 04 Side 7:
1. Blackmail The Universe (From The System Has Failed)
2. Washington Is Next! (From United Abominations)
3. Had Crusher (From Endgame)
4. Public Enemy No. 1 (From Th1rt3en)
5. Kingmaker (From Super Collider)
LP 04 Side 8:
1. The Threat Is Real (From Dystopia)
2. Poisonous Shadows (From Dystopia)
3. Death From Within (From Dystopia)
4. Dystopia (From Dystopia)
