Megadeth

Released: September 15, 2009

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Andy Sneap Dave Mustaine

[Verse 1]
Far off on the horizon you can barely see their torches
But rest assured they're out there and they're coming
If you listen, the sound is growing nearer of infantry
Marching out a hypnotizing rhythm

[Chorus]
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends

[Verse 2]
Above the ring of clashing steel
They raise flags of war
A sign to all the warriors who cannot hear
Amidst smoke of cannonballs
They bang the drums of death
Pound a cadence out for those who cannot see

[Chorus]
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Poison the well and scorch the earth
Everything's slashed and burnt
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends

[Instrumental Break]

[Chorus]
Destroying every town
Light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends
Poison the well and scorch the earth
Everything's slashed and burnt
You may not like it now
But this is how the story ends

[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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