Released: November 1, 2011

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Johnny K Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
Killers lie in wait for innocent blood
To swallow alive some harmless souls
Walking a crooked path, their wicked names will rot

[Pre-Chorus]
Evil lives in the dark (its right is doing wrong)
The torment never ends (it never ends)

[Chorus]
The fire that burns inside
That's blistering their brains
That makes them sacrifice
That's driving them insane
Trapped in this "no man's land"
Where angels dare to tread
Forever banned
To the realms of the Never Dead

[Verse 2]
There's no one you can trust from this grave
Die with those they swear to defend
Feeding on the ones they'll feed off in the end

[Pre-Chorus]
Evil lives in the dark (its right is doing wrong)
The torment never ends (it never ends)

[Chorus]
The fire that burns inside
That's blistering their brains
That makes them sacrifice
That's driving them insane
Trapped in this "no man's land"
Where angels dare to tread
Forever banned
To the realms of the Never Dead

[Bridge]
Death sits before you
To press on is suicide
Life spills out of your body
You wither and die
For the rest of your life
In the realms of the Never Dead

[Chorus]
The fire that burns inside
That's blistering their brains
That makes them sacrifice
That's driving them insane
Trapped in this "no man's land"
Where angels dare to tread
Forever banned to the realms
Forever banned
To the realms of the Never Dead

Megadeth

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):