Megadeth

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Internal terrorisms
Multiple personalities
Inside the screams were deafening
Outside is silent agony
Curses coming down
A maelstrom of plagues

[Verse 2]
Medieval as Merlin
A pact for power was made
Mephistophelian transaction
A virgin soul, the price was paid
Souring the days
The vortex of pain

[Verse 3]
A telestic message to you all
Writhing in torment
Howl out your dirges
Like a sonic blast
Distorted faces
Twisting in rage
Butt your head against the horns of the ram
You're tortured to appease

[Instrumental Outro]

After being kicked out of Metallica, Dave Mustaine decided to form a Thrash Metal band that not only rivaled his former band, but played faster, more technical Metal. Along with bassist David ‘Junior’ Ellefson and a revolving door of guitarists and drummers, Mustaine set the world afire as Megadeth became known as the world’s state-of-the-art Speed Metal band throughout the 80s and the early 90s. One of the Big Four of Thrash Metal, Megadeth remains one of Metal’s most popular acts today.

However, Dave Mustaine’s fledgling band got off to a shaky start. Initially unable to find like-minded individuals, it was not until an altercation with his (underage) downstairs neighbours Dave Ellefson and Greg Handevidt, that led to him buying them beer and forming the first incarnation of the band with drummer Dijon Carruthers in 1983.

The band was named after a political pamphlet that referred to a “megadeath” (one million deaths by nuclear explosion):

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