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Burnt IceMegadeth

Released: May 15, 2007

Songwriter: Dave Mustaine

Producer: Andy Sneap Jeff Balding Dave Mustaine

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1]
He said he'd try just a little bit
He didn't want to end up like them
And now he blames the voices of a toothless wonder
Pounding on the door to make the next score

[Verse 2]
Anything for a hit
Any sin to pay for it
For that next bowl he'd sell his soul
Spiral to destruction
It's too late to break the spell
He wants the ride to stop
On the freight train straight to Hell
Without the truth he'll never find
In a dungeon of his lies
His cause of death
High speed on burnt ice

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 3]
Always looking at the ground
A broken, beaten man
Memories of his family are calling after him
He can hardly think, hardly walk
Phone keeps ringing, he can't talk
With just one hit the pain would go away
But he's dead if he does

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 4]
Shadow people follow him
Everywhere he goes
Looking over his shoulder
The paranoia grows

[Instrumental Outro]

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):

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