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| Subject: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:11 am | |
| 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. | |
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:35 am | |
| Wow... that's a whole lotta Deth. Sounds cool. | |
| | | Smindas Metal is in my blood
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:36 am | |
| The live stuff sounds great. The sort of 'best of' discs seem quite weak though. _________________ | |
| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:46 am | |
| 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? | |
| | | MetalGuy71 Bukkake Tsunami
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:52 am | |
| Click for pic... http://prn.newscom.com/cgi-bin/members/thumb/wmark?doc=PRN/prnphotos/docs/064/271&size=512&logo=logo | |
| | | the sentinel Metal is Forever
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:15 pm | |
| Excellent, Smithers!!! | |
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:33 pm | |
| I'm gonna ask it...FOR A F***ING ROCK'N'ROLL CHRISTMAS.:rendeer: |
| | | Chairman_Smith Heart of Metal
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:54 pm | |
| 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. | |
| | | Chairman_Smith Heart of Metal
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:55 pm | |
| 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 | |
| | | Chairman_Smith Heart of Metal
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 8:06 pm | |
| http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/105-1720125-9857229?initialSearch=1&url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=megadeth+warchest
Theres the prices. | |
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:58 pm | |
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Sun Aug 12, 2007 9:19 pm | |
| I'm surprised there isn't more unreleased studio material. Looks good overall though. |
| | | Jedilink Metal student
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Tue Sep 11, 2007 2:57 am | |
| Sounds awesometastic! | |
| | | Chairman_Smith Heart of Metal
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Thu Oct 11, 2007 6:43 am | |
| Just ordered it, can't wait till it gets here. | |
| | | Troublezone Road Warrior
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Thu Oct 11, 2007 7:32 am | |
| 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. | |
| | | Tall Tyrion Metal is in my blood
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Thu Oct 11, 2007 11:36 am | |
| 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. | |
| | | TheGooch nOOb master
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:45 pm | |
| the live smurf poo sounds good but i aint goona buy it cos it will cost too much sorry dave | |
| | | Witchfinder Metal is Forever
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Oct 12, 2007 12:57 pm | |
| 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. | |
| | | TheGooch nOOb master
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| Subject: Re: Megadeth Box Set Fri Oct 12, 2007 2:51 pm | |
| - 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 | |
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