MEGADETHS DOUBLE PLATINUM COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION ALBUM REMASTERED AND EXPANDED FOR 20TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, TO BE RELEASED NOVEMBER

6TH BY CAPITOL/EMI Dave Mustaine Oversees Commemorative Edition of Megadeths Best-Selling 1992 Album Megadeth will Perform the Album Live on 2012 Countdown To Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour Hollywood, California September 10, 2012 Megadeths Dave Mustaine has personally overseen a new 20th Anniversary Edition of the bands most popular album, 1992s double Platinum-certified Countdown To Extinction, to be released November 6th by Capitol/EMI. After wrapping up their TH1RT3EN World Tour this fall, Megadeth will perform the acclaimed album in its entirety on their Countdown To Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour this November and December (dates and pre-sale / on sale details below). Presented in a 2CD lift-top box and digitally, Countdown To Extinctions new commemorative edition pairs the remastered original album with a 1992 concert, recorded live at San Franciscos Cow Palace, which has never before been released in its entirety. The concert audio has been newly remixed for this release. The physical and digital versions both include a booklet with a new liner notes essay by music journalist Kory Grow, and the 2CD box also contains a 24 x 36 poster and four collectible postcards. Countdown To Extinction, Megadeths fifth studio album, was recorded in Los Angeles in 1992 as rioting raged across the city in response to the Rodney King trial verdicts. American tensions werent limited to LA, by any means, as the Gulf War was still fresh in peoples minds, the state of the environment was becoming headline news, and President George H.W. Bush was seeking reelection in a heated campaign season. Out of this turmoil, Megadeth was inspired to create Countdown To Extinction, considered by many to be the bands best and most accessible album. The groups previous albums, including So Far, So GoodSo What! and Rust In Peace, included songs that tackled topics like censorship and religious bloodletting in the Middle East. But none were as polemical as the sonic missiles launched by Countdown. Megadeth laced the songs with acid-tongued commentary about subjects ranging from the futility of war (Architecture Of Aggression) to the

senseless brutality of caged hunting (Countdown To Extinction). Foreclosure Of A Dream sampled George Bushs infamous Read my lips speech, making a statement about taxation endangering the American Dream. Thanks to a perfect balance of hard-rock song structures, epic choruses, and fleet-fingered guitar work, Countdown To Extinction became an instant classic, benefiting from copious MTV and radio play. Spin magazine raved that Countdown may just be the finest thrash-metal album ever made, and before long, songs like Symphony Of Destruction, Sweating Bullets, and Skin O My Teeth had entered metals canon of essential recordings. The album shot to No. 2 on the Billboard chart (it may have hit No. 1, if not for Billy Ray Cyrus long chart -topping reign with Some Gave All), and it was certified double Platinum in the U.S. within two years, with sales of more than two million copies. Megadeth was in top form, with Mustaine, the bands then 31-year-old singer and guitarist leading the albums assault with lyrics like You know your worth when your enemies praise your architecture of aggression, not to mention his venomous rhythm guitar attack. His band mates completed the picture, as lead guitarist Marty Friedman blazed with memorable solos, bassist David Ellefson jammed dizzying arrays of low-end thunder, and drummer Nick Menza attacked his kit. Megadeth sounded hungry, and the band was rewarded when the album earned a GRAMMY Award nomination (Best Metal Performance) and when its title cut garnered a Genesis Award from the Humane Society for raising awareness for animal rights issues. www.megadeth.com
Megadeth: Countdown To Extinction (20 Anniversary Edition) [2CD, digital] CD 1 1. Skin O My Teeth 2. Symphony Of Destruction 3. Architecture Of Aggression 4. Foreclosure Of A Dream 5. Sweating Bullets 6. This Was My Life 7. Countdown To Extinction 8. High Speed Dirt 9. Psychotron 10. Captive Honour 11. Ashes In Your Mouth CD 2 Live At Cow Palace, 1992 1. Intro 2. Holy WarsThe Punishment Due 3. Skin O My Teeth 4. Wake Up Dead 5. Hangar 18 6. Countdown To Extinction 7. Foreclosure Of A Dream 8. This Was My Life 9. Lucretia 10. Sweating Bullets 11. In My Darkest Hour 12. The Conjuring 13. Tornado 14. Ashes In Your Mouth 15. Symphony Of Destruction
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16. Peace Sells 17. Anarchy In the UK Megadeth: Countdown To Extinction 20 Anniversary Tour Megadeth Fan Club Pre-sale starts Wednesday, September 12 Local pre-sales start Thursday, September 13 On sale Friday, September 14 NOVEMBER 9 Providence, RI 10 Huntington, NY 11 Worcester, MA 13 Wallingford, CT 14 Sayreville, NJ 16 Atlantic City, NJ 17 Niagara Falls, NY 19 Stroudsburg, PA 20 Columbus, OH 24 Myrtle Beach, SC 25 Charlotte, NC 26 Atlanta, GA 28 Kansas City, MO DECEMBER 1 Salt Lake City, UT 2 Boise, ID 4 Reno, NV 6 Las Vegas, NV 7 Pomona, CA
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