Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine caused an uproar last month via some pointed political barbs towards U.S. President Barack Obama, claiming the president instigated shootings across America in a bizarre gun-control plot. While some fans may now believe the conservative heavy-metal icon has crazy-ass ideas, sanity has prevailed for the time being with news that his act will reissue their classic 1992 set, Countdown to Extinction.
A press release explains that Mustaine oversaw the 20th anniversary project, which drops as a double-CD set and digitally November 6 via Capitol/EMI. The physical edition arrives packaged in a lift-top box and will contain a remastered version of the early '90s set, as well as a disc compiling an entire live set recorded at San Francisco's Cow Palace in 1992. This will be the first time the concert is presented in full.
Liner notes have also been written by music journalist Kory Grow, and the reissue includes a poster and four postcards featuring head shots of each member from the Countdown lineup.
The politically minded collection touched on topics of war ("Architecture of Aggression"), and poverty and taxation ("Foreclosure of a Dream"), among other subjects. It has sold in excess of two million copies in the U.S., and has been certified triple platinum in Canada. The album yielded the hit "Symphony of Destruction," as well as classic tracks "Sweating Bullets" and "Skin O' My Teeth."
Megadeth have also just detailed an upcoming tour in which they'll play the album front to back, though so far no Canadian dates have been announced. You can check out the U.S. tour schedule down below.
Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary Edition:
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 Wars…The 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
Tour dates:
11/9 Providence, RI - Lupo's
11/10 Huntington, NY - Paramount Theatre
11/11 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
11/13 Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre
11/14 Sayreville, CT - Starland Ballroom
11/16 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
11/17 Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
11/19 Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater
11/20 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
11/24 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
11/25 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
11/26 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
11/28 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
12/1 Salt Lake City, UT - Great Saltair
12/2 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
12/4 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Theatre
12/6 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
12/7 Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre
A press release explains that Mustaine oversaw the 20th anniversary project, which drops as a double-CD set and digitally November 6 via Capitol/EMI. The physical edition arrives packaged in a lift-top box and will contain a remastered version of the early '90s set, as well as a disc compiling an entire live set recorded at San Francisco's Cow Palace in 1992. This will be the first time the concert is presented in full.
Liner notes have also been written by music journalist Kory Grow, and the reissue includes a poster and four postcards featuring head shots of each member from the Countdown lineup.
The politically minded collection touched on topics of war ("Architecture of Aggression"), and poverty and taxation ("Foreclosure of a Dream"), among other subjects. It has sold in excess of two million copies in the U.S., and has been certified triple platinum in Canada. The album yielded the hit "Symphony of Destruction," as well as classic tracks "Sweating Bullets" and "Skin O' My Teeth."
Megadeth have also just detailed an upcoming tour in which they'll play the album front to back, though so far no Canadian dates have been announced. You can check out the U.S. tour schedule down below.
Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary Edition:
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 Wars…The 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
Tour dates:
11/9 Providence, RI - Lupo's
11/10 Huntington, NY - Paramount Theatre
11/11 Worcester, MA - The Palladium
11/13 Wallingford, CT - Oakdale Theatre
11/14 Sayreville, CT - Starland Ballroom
11/16 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
11/17 Niagara Falls, NY - Rapids Theatre
11/19 Stroudsburg, PA - Sherman Theater
11/20 Columbus, OH - LC Pavilion
11/24 Myrtle Beach, SC - House of Blues
11/25 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore
11/26 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
11/28 Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
12/1 Salt Lake City, UT - Great Saltair
12/2 Boise, ID - Knitting Factory
12/4 Reno, NV - Grand Sierra Theatre
12/6 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues
12/7 Pomona, CA - Fox Theatre