Megadeth Box Set

MEGADETH's Dave Mustaine and Capitol/EMI have
collaborated to create and deploy the ultimate MEGADETH box set:
"Warchest". The 4-CD+DVD collection features more than six hours of
digitally remastered content, hand-selected by Mustaine, including 30
audio and video tracks making their global release debuts, and an
additional three tracks that have never before been released in the
U.S. "Warchest"'s October 2 release caps Mustaine and Capitol/EMI's
in-depth MEGADETH catalog remastering and restoration campaign, which
has encompassed the band's Capitol studio albums, while also adding new
audio and video collections to the band's arsenal.

Armed with
digitally remastered career-defining album cuts, soundtrack and
compilation sides, unreleased live and studio performances and
interview clips spanning more than 20 years, "Warchest" is the ultimate
MEGADETH compendium. Included in the trove are a full 75-minute live
set from a night on the 1990 "Clash of the Titans" tour and a DVD of
highlights from a 1992 stop supporting "Countdown To Extinction" — two
historical shows, both making their release debuts on "Warchest". The
set's custom "vac-u-form" packaging showcases a 3-D ammo belt on its
front and a 36-page booklet with an essay by Ian Christe and a
comprehensive discography, complemented by an array of photos and
images.

Dave Mustaine says, "This is, by far, the best and
most comprehensive look at all-things-MEGA if you had to get a
crash-course in metal! With some of the most famous, and infamous,
shows and any of the fluid, or flammable, line-ups, listening to this
box set when it was all done was an adrenalin surge. I have got to hand
it to my past band mates, they played great for how turbulent times
could get in the blink of an eye, and I absolutely love every moment of
this collection."

MEGADETH was formed in 1983, shortly after
California native Mustaine parted ways with METALLICA. "When I first
started the group, I wanted to form a band because I was very bitter
about being fired (from METALLICA) and my fuel was revenge," said the
bracingly candid musician. With something to prove, Mustaine initially
set out to create the heaviest metal band ever. Beginning with the
band's 1985 debut album, "Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is
Good!", and evolving through a shifting series of lineups, MEGADETH
crafted a dynamic, intelligent style that combined the aggressiveness
of thrash metal, the improvisational nature of jazz, and cynical,
articulate, politically-charged lyrics into an innovative mix that
built a rabid worldwide following.

Several early albums,
including 1986's classic "Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?" and the
masterful 1990 release, "Rust In Peace", solidified the band's
underground metal fanbase. In 1992, MEGADETH burst into the mainstream
with their fifth album, "Countdown To Extinction", which debuted at #2
on Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart and went on to sell more than two
million copies in the U.S. alone. 1994's "Youthanasia" followed with a
#4 debut, while 1997's "Cryptic Writings" yielded four Top 20 hits at
rock radio, including "Trust" and "Almost Honest". By the time of
1999's "Risk", however, which featured a pop slant unheard on previous
MEGADETH recordings, Mustaine himself began to grow disillusioned with
the band's direction and the music industry. 2001 saw a return to the
band's heavier roots on "The World Needs A Hero", but a year later, a
compressed nerve in Mustaine's arm forced the singer and guitarist to
put his career and MEGADETH on hiatus, while reassessing both.

Part
of that reassessment involved MEGADETH's Capitol Records catalog, which
began with the band's second album, "Peace Sells ... But Who's Buying?"
"I always had the desire to make 'So Far, So Good ... So What!' (1988)
sound good ever since it came out, because I wasn't really happy with
it," says Mustaine. "I just wanted all of them to sound good." Mustaine
spent months remixing, remastering, restoring — and in some cases,
reconstructing — the band's Capitol catalog to bring it as close to his
original vision as possible. Each reissue was packed with unreleased
tracks, demos and alternate mixes, as well as new liner notes by the
iconoclastic Mustaine.

MEGADETH's tenth studio album, 2004's
"The System Has Failed", debuted at #18 on Billboard's Top 200, and the
band's sold-out "Blackmail The Universe" tour followed, supporting the
new album and Capitol's extensive catalog campaign. Dave Mustaine's
Gigantour, inspired in name by the classic 1960s cartoon "Gigantor",
took MEGADETH and a host of other bands selected by Mustaine across
North America and in 2005 and 2006. The prophecy continues with the
band's new critically acclaimed album, "United Abominations". MEGADETH
will invade cities across the U.S. this fall on the band's "United
Abominations Tour Of Duty".

"Warchest" track listing:

Disc One:

01. Killing Is My Business ... And Business Is Good!
02. The Skull Beneath The Skin
03. Peace Sells
04. Wake Up Dead
05. Devils Island
06. Set The World Afire
07. Into The Lungs Of Hell
08. Anarchy/Problems [session take] *
09. Hook In Mouth
10. Liar
11. In My Darkest Hour
12. No More Mr. Nice Guy
13. "dark themes ..." *
14. Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due [Casey McMackin demo] *
15. Tornado Of Souls [demo] *
16. Five Magics [demo] *
17. Hangar 18

Disc Two:

01. "keeping score ..." *
02. Symphony Of Destruction
03. Go To Hell
04. Foreclosure Of A Dream
05. Architecture Of Aggression [demo] ^
06. Skin O' My Teeth [live at Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 5/23/92]
07. High Speed Dirt [live at Alpine Valley, East Troy, WI 5/23/92]
08. Ashes In Your Mouth [live at the Cow Palace, S.F., CA 12/4/92]
09. Sweating Bullets [live at the Cow Palace, S.F., CA 12/4/92]
10. Breakpoint [session take] *
11. Angry Again
12. Train Of Consequences
13. Reckoning Day
14. New World Order
15. The Killing Road
16. Strange Ways
17. Paranoid
18. Diadems
19. A Tout Le Monde

Disc Three:

01. Trust
02. Almost Honest
03. Use The Man
04. She-Wolf
05. A Secret Place [live at Woodstock, NY 7/25/99]
06. One Thing ^
07. Duke Nukem
08. Insomnia
09. Crush 'Em
10. Kill The King
11. Dread And The Fugitive Mind
12. Never Say Die
13. Moto Psycho
14. 1000 Times Goodbye
15. Coming Home ^
16. Kick The Chair
17. Of Mice And Men

Disc Four:

All tracks recorded live at Wembley Stadium, London, England 10/16/90

01. Intro/Rattlehead
02. Wake Up Dead *
03. Hangar 18 *
04. Hook In Mouth *
05. The Skull Beneath The Skin *
06. The Conjuring *
07. In My Darkest Hour *
08. Lucretia *
09. Devils Island *
10. Take No Prisoners *
11. Peace Sells *
12. Black Friday *
13. Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due *
14. It's Electric *
15. Anarchy In The U.K. *

Disc Five [DVD]

All tracks recorded live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England 9/30/92

01. Intro/Holy Wars ... The Punishment Due *
02. Wake Up Dead *
03. Hangar 18 *
04. Lucretia *
05. Sweating Bullets *
06. In My Darkest Hour *
07. Tornado Of Souls *
08. Ashes In Your Mouth *
09. Peace Sells *
10. Anarchy In The U.K. *

* previously unreleased
^ previously unreleased in the U.S.

Wow... that's a whole lotta Deth. Sounds cool.

The live stuff sounds great. The sort of 'best of' discs seem quite weak though.

The live stuff is a nice addition, but I would've liked to hear some more un-released and/or b-sides. Most of that stuff I've got already from soundtrack and tribute albums. And where's "Crown of Worms"?

I don't know that I'll be rushing out to get this, however, if the wife were to pick this up as a Christmas present, I wouldn't object. Any idea what this thing is gonna retail for?

Click for pic...

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Excellent, Smithers!!!

I'm gonna ask it...FOR A F***ING ROCK'N'ROLL CHRISTMAS.:rendeer:

I'll probably be picking this up. They should of included the Coming Home/Moto Psycho combo track tho, thats still only available in a rare promo or bootlegs.

Hmm... I have a slight doubt about that tracklisting now, look at the order of Set The World Afire and Into The Lungs of Hell

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Theres the prices.

Chairman_Smith wrote:

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Theres the prices.

But...

I'm surprised there isn't more unreleased studio material. Looks good overall though.

Sounds awesometastic!

Just ordered it, can't wait till it gets here.

Box sets usually suck and are overpriced. Some of the remasters are not beneficial to the music. I prefer the original versions in their raw form.

I went into my local music store yesterday and the owner pointed this set out to me. Tempting, but I can't afford it right now.



Then again, I ended up spending almost as much on two DVD's.

the live smurf poo sounds good but i aint goona buy it cos it will cost too much

sorry dave

I got my copy two days ago. Very cool packaging. I have listened to the first 3 discs and I have watched the DVD. The DVD is pretty cool and the cds are pretty nice too. I have almost all of the "unreleased in the us" tracks on various promos, singles, etc... I have yet to listen to disc 4 which is the live show. Overall, the boxset is pretty cool for the Megadeth fan but if you are a collector like myself, there is not too much material that you haven't heard yet. I give it an 8 out of 10.

Witchfinder wrote:

I got my copy two days ago. Very cool packaging. I have listened to the first 3 discs and I have watched the DVD. The DVD is pretty cool and the cds are pretty nice too. I have almost all of the "unreleased in the us" tracks on various promos, singles, etc... I have yet to listen to disc 4 which is the live show. Overall, the boxset is pretty cool for the Megadeth fan but if you are a collector like myself, there is not too much material that you haven't heard yet. I give it an 8 out of 10.

the packaging looks really good actually which is typical for a mustaine work much better than the packaging for the slayer boxset.

i never see the point of boxsets myself because they cost a fortune and have stuff you already own

the only boxset i would buy is metallica live smurf poo binge and purge purerly because its metallica