메가데스(Megadeth)는 멤버이자 대표, 그리고 작곡, 작사가인 데이브 머스테인이 이끄는 스래시 메탈 밴드이다. 데이브 머스테인의 메탈리카 탈퇴를 계기로 결성한 후 지금까지 총합 10장의 스튜디오 음반과 3장의 EP반, 그리고 2장의 라이브 음반을 내었다.
1980년대에는 스래시 메탈의 선구자들 중 하나로써, 메가데스는 국제적인 명성을 잡아가고 있었으나, 리더 데이브 머스테인의 심각한 약물 남용, 잦은 멤버 교체 등으로 여러 문제를 겪게 된다. 그 뒤 머스테인의 절제와 함께 안정된 구성원을 갖춘 다음, 밴드는 1992년에 그래미상을 탄 멀티-플래티넘 음반인 《Countdown to Extinction》을 포함한 연속적인 플래티넘, 골드를 기록한 음반들을 발매했다. 2002년, 리더 데이브 머스테인의 왼팔의 신경이 마비되어 밴드는 해체한다. 그러나 그가 장기간의 물리치료를 받은 후 2004년 새로운 멤버들과 밴드를 재조직하고 빌보드 차트 18위에 오른 《The System Has Failed》를 발매한다.
메가데스는 두 명의 기타리스트들이(현재 데이브 머스테인, 글렌 드로버)번갈아가며 연주하는 복잡하고 변천적인 기타 연주스타일로 잘 알려져 있으며 기타겸 보컬인 데이브 머스테인의 특유의 찢어지는 듯한 목소리도 많이 알려져 있다. 가사는 자주 전쟁, 정치, 마약을 다루며 최근에는 인간관계에 관한 것도 다루는 것으로 보인다. 21년의 활동시기 동안 밴드의 멤버들은 데이브 머스테인의 '독점'으로 인한 상당히 잦은 교체를 겪었다.
메가데스는 상업적으로도 크게 성공한 메탈 밴드이기도 하다. 5장의 앨범은 잇따라 플래티넘을 기록했고 7개의 '최고의 메탈연주'부문 그래미와 함께 총합 2000만 장 이상의 음반 판매량을 세웠다. 메가데스는 자주 메탈리카, 앤스랙스 그리고 슬레이어와 함께 4대 스래시 메탈의 거장으로 불리기도 한다. .... ....
This is breaking news It appears that Air Force One was shot down Somewhere over the Middle East this morning By a sleeper cell of rogue terrorists firing a Stinger Missile The Pilot and all passengers are unaccounted for The President's whereabouts are presently unknown and he is presumed missing The Vice President, Secretary of State, and principals of the military are assembling Our nation stands at DEFCON 3
The greatest crisis, will someone come for me? I "red, white and blew it" Unleashed revenge, my body is detained How could anybody do this?
Betrayal, I peel away the days Medals are useless, Uncle Sam's forgotten me I'm not important, no one will ever come I'll never be found, God get me out of this hell
Nuclear battlefields energized Cold wars are heating up again The tensions mounting People lift up your fists in revenge
The stage is set Who will be the first to blink? We can't go to war Remember that "Vietnam thing"
Peace at any price With a gun to your head, bang, bang Weakness runs in your family What runs in mine is death
This is your 5 minute warning Burn all of your classified documents And if cooler heads don't prevail First strike from a political dead man
Appeasement only makes the aggressor more aggressive He understands only one language - action And he respects only one word - force No sign of them stopping, no time for back channel communiques We need all the help we can get, air strikes and invasions, retaliate, I say!
The will of good men can not counter the terrible strain of war
Blackmail the universe with the greatest of calamities Awaken those sleeping giants in the dust of the ground With their skin destroyed, unjust to innocence Lawful possessor of the world's last 24 hours
Terror and ugliness reveal what death really means And in hatred you see men as they really are If chosen over heaven, Earth will have been for them All along, only another region of hell
Its twilight and I wake up hot My body's soaked in a cold, cold sweat I reenact the lurid scenes And clawed engravings in my head
Oh, I can't punch hard enough and I run I can't kick high enough and I run I can't shoot straight enough and I run I can't hold on enough and I run Oh, I can't stay down enough and I run I can't take pain enough and I run I can't bleed fast enough I can't die dead enough
The air is thick, but the oxygen's thin My heart is beating like a drum, boom! And ice is flowing through my veins Explosives on my lips and in my lungs
Oh, I can't punch hard enough and I run I can't kick high enough and I run I can't shoot straight enough and I run I can't hold on enough and I run Oh, I can't stay down enough and I run I can't take pain enough and I run I can't bleed fast enough I can't die dead enough
I don't know what I'm running from And I don't know where I'm running to There's something deep and strange inside of me I see
I don't know what I'm running from And I don't know where I'm running to Something's compelling me to run into the dark
And now I am more driven than before And now I live just to settle score And now I feel the nearness of your breath Now I introduce you to your death Solo- Poland Solo- Mustaine Solo- Poland
I am more driven than before I live just to settle score I feel the nearness of your breath I introduce you to your death I can't punch hard enough I can't kick high enough I can't shoot straight enough I can't hold on enough
I can't stay down enough, (die dead enough) I can't take pain enough, (die dead enough) I can't bleed fast enough, (die dead enough) I can't die dead enough, (die dead enough)
Dawn breaks evenly today On the truth and the lie All rise, court's in session We'll hang someone high
Justice means nothing today Now that the courts are for sale Pick a crime from the menu; pick a sentence and defend you And pay the down payment called bail The system's for sale
Kick the chair, the ropes tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, i gotta hang 'em dead Or they'll come back around Kick it!
The court's wrong when it keeps track Of victories and defeats The press that never rest just waits For someone's soul they can eat
Justice means nothing today Now that the jury's for sale Guilty or not, the verdict's a lie You're going to jail The system has failed
Kick the chair, the ropes tight Just like one quick wrench, the tooth is out Friend or foe, ya gotta hang 'em dead Or they'll come back
My life is everything That feeds my thirst that causes sin My wants are all I care No shame or guilt, there's nothing there Look deep into my face I sell deceit without a trace Fear not what I can do Unless you want it done to you Oh oh!
As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion Oh!
My self I'm centered in There's nothing else, there's never been And I dream, to be left alone With the sadness, the madness of my own Look deep into my soul It's black as coal like a bullet hole Fear not, get off your knees There's no defense, you'll do what I please Oh!
As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything Then I treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in You pretend you didn't know that I am a scorpion Oh!
As I climb onto your back, I will promise does not sting I will tell you what you want to hear, and not mean anything I will treat you like a dog as I shoot my venom in 'Cause you knew all along that I am a scorpion, ya!
My lies, to reach the shore I aggrandize and nothing more My hopes, to steal away All that you love, I'll soon betray Look deep into my past The pain I deal is unsurpassed I'm not a lowly scorpion I'm so much worse; I'm the fall of man
(Reporter speaking) Fighting broke out overnight between rival factions along the Israeli/Syrian border. Initial reports say Israeli jet fighters bombed the guerrilla base killing at least 49 soldiers and 13 civilians
A 49 year old unidentified man went berserk last night opening fire with a 12 gauge shotgun in a crowded downtown restaurant. 14 people are dead including 3 children
A crackdown on laboratory experiments on animals is expected to become law today. Animal rights activists have been pushing for the bill for 9 years and have taken part in mass demonstrations throughout the nation.
Police have smashed a multi million dollar drug smuggling ring. 22 pounds of heroin was seized along with a small amount of cocaine, marijuana, and hashish. 25 people have been arrested and face charges ranging from smuggling to possession for the purpose of trafficking.
This may seem all too confusing How I could walk away from something so rare But you see, it all got too demanding, yeah And I just didn't care I just didn't care if I cared If I cared Lately I've been left wanting But not wanting you Attraction that once was is no longer there And it sucks to be taken for granted When the vail is drawn and there's only air
I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And save my tears for you
everything has lost it's meaning I had to let it go To find myself, myself and start something new. Brand new Forced to look deep in the mirror and face who I really am Now it's just me Cuz I can't afford you
I had to walk away Give up something I loved For what I loved even more And save my tears for you I gave up something I loved For what I loved even more And I saved my tears for you In a vial And I walked away
Solo Mustaine solo Poland Solo Mustaine
You are so beautiful to look upon I can see the light in your smile Your eyes were the windows into your soul Your body was heavenly just like the sky
Solo Poland, Mustaine
Until all your good looks betrayed you Which aint much Counting on your count of the smiles all too long Your eyes are windy windows broken The body may be here but the soul is gone I saved my tears for you in a vial From every wicked thing I hear that you said A deceptive way burried in your love So many tears in a vial now that you're gone And now that you're dead
This is the first tale of death in the world When Cain struck down Abel, a family broken Since then mankind's dominated his own kind To insult and injure, there's no such thing as peace Till death do us part, till the last
Truth be told - Sin lies at the doorway Truth be told - Hell's open for business now Truth be told - The soil cries out for revenge Truth be told - And death is upon the ground All around
The battle ain't over without spoils of war Just cause it is written does not make it so When you dance with the devil wait till the song's over I ask myself, how bad do I want you to live?' My anger is near, till the last
Truth be told - Sin lies at the doorway Truth be told - Hell's open for business now Truth be told - The soil cries out for revenge Truth be told - And death is upon the ground All around
Tribulation strikes and we're hit hard Still you just go on your way Head in the sand, ignoring the rain Just like the flood in Noah's day In his day
Can't punish those ruining the earth It's suicide to some degree Because we are all guilty, guilty as sin There will be no peace, never for you and for me
Before al Qaeda and Bin Laden Long before Hitler and Hussein Ever since the first murder was committed The verdict's always been the same
The cursed future just repeats the past There's hell to pay and stones to cast So, there will be no peace, never be peace Till the last truth be told by you and me
The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men
Back when I was just seventeen I thought that I knew everything I could make it in this scene To be a rising star that only gleamed But all the answers disagreed With the questions held for me
I was legal now at twenty-one I knew the way the world should run My God just look what I had done Simply drunk and having fun Looked for friends, but I found none All alone at twenty-one
The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men
At twenty-five I was surprised That I was still even half alive Somehow I managed to survive I felt my body's doing time And In my back a hundred knives From friends at twenty-five
And now as Gabriel sounds my warning bell I'd buy your life, if you would sell A year or two, if less compelled So live your life and live it well There's not much left of me to tell I just got back up each time I fell
The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men
The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men The fire burns on and on That drives me on till all is gone Except the simple plans Of mice and men
Behind closed doors all you live for is taking That double life of yours has left your whole world shaking Who are you fooling? I know you hear the laughter Don't you hear people talking? What is it that your after?
Turn off your conscience Leave the world outside Nothing at all can ever make you feel That anything's so real so you just - Disconnect
The key to save yourself if for nothing else A tongue can never hold the truth of silence is golden With a broken heart underneath all of the pain Do you stroke the pretty scars? The hurt never ends
Turn off your conscience Leave the world outside Nothing at all can ever make you feel That anything's so real so you just - Disconnect
Solo - Mustaine
Turn off your conscience Leave the world outside Nothing at all can ever make you feel That anything's so real so you just - Disconnect
Turn off your conscience Leave the world outside Nothing at all can ever make you feel That anything's so real so you just - Disconnect
End Chorus Solos - Pitrelli / Percussion - Chris Vrenna
An Iron fist quietly sits inside the Velvet Glove Take control, untouchable just like God above I can't escape, wrapped in red tape, what will become of me? If I object, then I defect my country 'tis of thee
The White House is calling Tell them I'll call them back Just tell them anything Yeah get them off my back
The world needs a hero
Not that I would ever lie but I have no choice Words I say heard today are not mine, just my voice
NATO is on line 1 They want to talk to me Tell them that I'm not in Tell them that I'm not free
The world needs a hero
Phantom rule, the hidden jewel who's really in control? On puppet strings, a nation swings undermined by moles
The UN is on hold Tell them I'll call them back Yeah tell them anything Just get them off my back
The world needs a hero
Solo - Mustaine Solo - Pitrelli
Dave the White House is calling They want to talk to me Tell them that I can't be bought Tell them that I'm not free
Responsibility, an anchor around my neck Dependability, made me a nervous wreck Accountability, I live from check to check Volatility, neglect and no respect
Got my wheels in motion and I got a path to beat I hit the road to "I don't know" and look for "Tough Shit Street"
Solo - Pitrelli
One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again
Moto Psycho Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby Going nowhere 100 miles an hour Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho Moto Psycho
You know you can't resist to tell me what I mean You gave my mind a twist said that I was unclean The actor runs the play and ad-libs in between You're all that I resent my thoughts were so obscene
Got my wheels in motion and I got a path to beat I hit the road to "I don't know" and look for "Tough Shit Street"
Solo - Mustaine
One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again
Moto Psycho Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby Going nowhere 100 miles an hour Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho
One-way ticket nowhere there's no windows on this train Can't see where I'm headed but I'm going there again
Moto Psycho Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho Going nowhere move it or lose it baby Moto Psycho Going nowhere 100 miles an hour Moto Psycho Where I'm headed I don't know but I'm shoving off and I hit the road Going nowhere everybody is a Moto Psycho - time and time and time again I'm a Moto Psycho Moto Psycho move it or lose it baby Going nowhere 100 miles an hour Moto Psycho I'm a Moto Psycho
The tides of change pulled us apart I feel a familiar pain It seems like years since we've loved Or even liked and that's a lonely way to be
Drifting alone in a sea of agony Your face I can't recognize Don't make this hard on us I will miss you if you just go away
I did no right you did no wrong Nothing left but wasted days I regret you leaving But I will never take you back
Solo - Pitrelli
You know what? It's over I just don't feel the same way as I used to We've been together forever, but it's over
Goodbye 1000 times goodbye The thought never crossed my mind That this would be my last goodbye Let me put pennies on your eyes And kiss your lips one last goodbye My love 1000 times goodbye
It seems nothing good is free A good thing cost much more than the price You were good but not that good Don't kid yourself now it's time to beak up
Drifting alone in a sea of agony Your face I can't recognize Don't make this hard on us I will miss you if you just go away
I did no right you did no wrong Nothing left but wasted days I regret you leaving But I'll never take you back
Solo - Pitrelli
Don't call me anymore. It's just not… I don't feel the same way about you Its not as good as it used to be
Goodbye 1000 times goodbye The thought never crossed my mind That this would be my last goodbye Let me put pennies on your eyes And kiss your lips one last goodbye My love 1000 times goodbye
Repeat Chorus Solo - Mustaine
I'll always love you but just not like that Like what? I want to be honest with you I met someone else You did what? And I really, I really love him like I used to love you Remember the time that I told you that I was going out of town for business? Well I went to see him You know what? You suck!
Solo - Mustaine
Goodbye 1000 times You'll always have a special place In my heart you know that It's just I can't be with you anymore it's over Goodbye 1000 times Things may not work out with him Goodbye 1000 times And if they don't Goodbye 1000 times Then I'll certainly call you Goodbye 1000 times You mean a lot to me I still really want to be friends with you I love you like you're my brother
Two hearts that shouldn't Talk to each other become close In a town much like a prison cell
People speak our names On the street in hushed tones Oh the stories they'd tell If anyone would listen
You come from a town where People don't bother saying hello Unless somebody's born or dies
And I come from a place where they Drag your hopes through the mud Because their own dreams are all dying
And when we walk down the street The wind sings our name in rebel songs The sounds of the night should make us anxious But it's much to late when the fear is gone
I will meet you in the Next Life, I promise you Where we can be together, I promise you I will wait till then in Heaven, I promise you I promise, I promise
There's so many fighting To get past the Pearly Gates But nobody ever wants to die or get saved
Their intentions aren't that good And I can smell the asphalt That's their personal road to hell being paved
And when we walk down the street The wind sings our name in rebel songs But it's much to late when the fear is gone
I will meet you in the Next Life, I promise you Where we can be together, I promise you I will wait till then in Heaven, I promise you I promise, I promise
Solo - Pitrelli / Solo - Mustaine
I will meet you in the Next Life, I promise you Where we can be together, I promise you I will wait till then in Heaven, I promise you I promise, I promise
Welcome to an empty fortress A mighty wreck that once was proud Ate alive by oxidation Abandoned by a crew of cowards Navigation systems failed Computers crashed and they all fall down
Possibly I've seen too much Hangar 18 I know too much
Solo - Pitrelli
All the guilty paid the price Suspended by their broken necks No one survived to tell the story When foreign life forms resurrect And military intelligence is Still two words that can't make sense
Possibly I've seen too much Hangar 18 I know too much
Each day my shortcomings pick my pockets My faults were letters carved in stone As meaningful to you as words written in water I'm left to walk this world alone
In a broken mold they made me The black sheep of the family Worth less than zero my opinion And room temperature IQ
I did something, now I'm nothing Always wrong with this or that Poisoned with fear watch it twist My measly brain mad
Talk about me when my bac is turned Next time we meet it will be to late The memory burned in my ears of what you said And now I've got a recipe for hate. Taste it
Dark clouds on the horizon Make it hard to breathe A walking mistake but every time I run away, I just come back for more
The choice is clear I can quit And fall on my sword or light a fire To see who runs or stays And plays the confidence game
...Warhorse I'm feeling quite invisible I feel just like thin air The truth taunts me
I see the earth below me I watch it spinning there Does someone, somewhere Out there hear me?
Sentenced to walk in Purgatory My life is running down I can't believe what they've done to me
I'm left riding a Warhorse A man without a country
One man speaking the truth No one likes when it fits So we tell soothing lies And betray our own lips
The uncivilized world And its people decay Once sweet breeze is defiled Sucking our breath away
Yesterday's answers has nothing to do With today's questions
Life can only be understood in reverse But must be lived forwards… I'm losing my senses, I'm losing my senses
We watch as the living all die Contemplating if we should Ever open our eyes
If all that we touch Keeps turning to sand We will cease to exist Till the last living man
Yesterday's answers has nothing to do With today's questions
Life can only be understood in reverse But must be lived forward… Life can only be understood in reverse But must be lived forward… I'm losing my senses
Yesterday's answers has nothing to do With today's questions
Life can only be understood in reverse But must be lived forwards… Life can only be understood in reverse But must be lived forwards…
나무랄데 없는 믹싱상태와 통일감있는 연주로 기존의 거친 사운드에서 탈피하여 한층 정돈된 깔끔한 느낌을 주는 Megadeth의 5집음반 Countdown To Extinction 이다. 물론, 전작들에 비하면 사운드의 진행이 여유로워진 모습이라 접근성이 용이해지긴 했지만, 본작이 빌보드 앨범차트 2위까지 올라서는 등 일반 대중들에게까지 파고들며 폭넓은 인기를 누렸다는 것은 놀라운 일이 아닐 수 없다. Ozzy Osbourne, Loudness등의 앨범.....
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