Complete List Of Megadeth Songs From A to Z

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With their second album, Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986), Megadeth established themselves as one of the leading forces in thrash metal. The title track became a signature song, while the album’s dark themes and intricate musicianship gained widespread acclaim. As they refined their sound, the band released So Far, So Good… So What! (1988), which contained the standout track “In My Darkest Hour.” However, internal struggles and lineup changes plagued Megadeth during this period, a recurring theme throughout their career.
The band’s 1990 album, Rust in Peace, is regarded as one of the greatest thrash metal albums ever recorded. Featuring the classic lineup of Mustaine, Ellefson, guitarist Marty Friedman, and drummer Nick Menza, the album delivered tracks like “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” and “Hangar 18,” both of which showcased Mustaine’s intricate songwriting and the band’s technical mastery. Megadeth continued their ascent with Countdown to Extinction (1992), their most commercially successful album, which debuted at number two on the Billboard 200 and featured hits like “Symphony of Destruction” and “Sweating Bullets.”
Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Megadeth experimented with their sound while maintaining their core thrash metal identity. Youthanasia (1994) and Cryptic Writings (1997) incorporated more mainstream rock elements, while Risk (1999) marked a controversial departure from their heavier sound. Following a brief disbandment in 2002 due to Mustaine’s nerve injury, Megadeth returned with The System Has Failed (2004), reigniting their classic style. Subsequent albums, including United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), and Dystopia (2016), reinforced their position as one of metal’s most enduring acts. Their sixteenth studio album, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022), continued this legacy.
Megadeth’s extensive discography includes sixteen studio albums, multiple live albums, and compilation releases. Their best-known songs, such as “Peace Sells,” “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due,” and “Symphony of Destruction,” have become anthems of the genre. Despite facing criticism and internal turmoil, they have remained one of the most commercially successful thrash metal bands, selling over 50 million albums worldwide.
Over the years, Megadeth has received numerous awards and nominations, including a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2017 for “Dystopia.” They have also earned several Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards, Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, and multiple platinum certifications for their albums. Their influence on heavy metal is undeniable, with many bands citing them as a primary inspiration.
Beyond music, Dave Mustaine has been involved in various ventures, including writing his autobiography, Mustaine: A Heavy Metal Memoir, and launching his own wine and coffee brands. The band has also supported charitable causes, including military veterans’ organizations.

(#-A)

1,320′ – Endgame (2009)
1000 Times Goodbye – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
13 – Thirteen (2010)
44 Minutes – Endgame (2009)
502 – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
99 Ways to Die – The Beavis and Butt-head Experience (1993)
A House Divided – Super Collider (2013)
A Secret Place – Cryptic Writings (1997)
A Tout le Monde – Youthanasia (1994)
Addicted to Chaos – Youthanasia (1994)
All I Want – Super Collider (2013)
Almost Honest – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Amerikhastan – United Abominations (2007)
Anarchy in the U.K. – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
Angry Again – Last Action Hero: Music from the Original Motion Picture (1993)
Architecture of Aggression – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Ashes in Your Mouth – Countdown to Extinction (1992)

(B)

Back in the Day – The System Has Failed (2004)
Bad Omen – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Beginning of Sorrow – Super Collider (2013)
Bite the Hand – Endgame (2009)
Black Curtains – Youthanasia (1994)
Black Swan – Thirteen (2010)
Blackmail the Universe – The System Has Failed (2004)
Blessed Are the Dead – United Abominations (2007)
Blood of Heroes – Youthanasia (1994)
Bodies – Endgame (2009)
Breadline – Risk (1999)
Breakpoint – Super Mario Bros. (1993)
Built for War – Super Collider (2013)
Bullet to the Brain – Dystopia (2016)
Burn! – Super Collider (2013)
Burning Bridges – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Burnt Ice – United Abominations (2007)

(C)

Captive Honour – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Célebutante – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Chosen Ones – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Cold Sweat – Super Collider (2013)
Coming Home – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Conquer or Die! – Dystopia (2016)
Countdown to Extinction – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Crown of Worms – Crown of Worms (Single) (1994)
Crush ‘Em – Risk (1999)

(D)

Dance in the Rain – Super Collider (2013)
Dawn Patrol – Rust in Peace (1990)
Deadly Nightshade – Thirteen (2010)
Death from Within – Dystopia (2016)
Delivering the Goods – Delivering the Goods (Single) (2022)
Devils Island – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Diadems – Demon Knight (1995)
Dialectic Chaos – Endgame (2009)
Die Dead Enough – The System Has Failed (2004)
Disconnect – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Dogs of Chernobyl – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Don’t Turn Your Back… – Super Collider (2013)
Dread and the Fugitive Mind – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Duke Nukem Theme – Risk (1999)
Dystopia – Dystopia (2016)

Ecstasy – Risk (1999)
Elysian Fields – Youthanasia (1994)
Endgame – Endgame (2009)
Enter the Arena – Risk (1999)
Family Tree – Youthanasia (1994)
Fast Lane – Thirteen (2010)
Fatal Illusion – Dystopia (2016)
FFF – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Five Magics – Rust in Peace (1990)
Foreclosure of a Dream – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Foreign Policy – Dystopia (2016)
Forget to Remember – Super Collider (2013)

(G-H)

Gears of War – United Abominations (2007)
Go to Hell – Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey: Music from the Motion Picture (1991)
Good Mourning/Black Friday – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Guns, Drugs and Money – Thirteen (2010)
Hangar 18 – Rust in Peace (1990)
Have Cool, Will Travel – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Head Crusher – Endgame (2009)
High Speed Dirt – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Holy Wars… The Punishment Due – Rust in Peace (1990)
Hook in Mouth – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
How the Story Ends – Endgame (2009)

(I-K)

I Ain’t Superstitious – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
I Know Jack – The System Has Failed (2004)
I Thought I Knew It All – Youthanasia (1994)
I’ll Be There – Risk (1999)
I’ll Get Even – Cryptic Writings (1997)
In My Darkest Hour – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
Insomnia – Risk (1999)
Into the Lungs of Hell – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
It’s Electric – Warchest (2007)
Junkie – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Kick the Chair – The System Has Failed (2004)
Kill the King – Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years (2000)
Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Killing Time – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Kingmaker – Super Collider (2013)

(L-M)

Last Dying Wish – Dystopia (2016)
Last Rites/Loved to Death – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Liar – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
Life in Hell – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Look Who’s Talking – Dystopia (2016)
Looking Down the Cross – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Losing My Senses – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Lucretia – Rust in Peace (1990)
Lying in State – Dystopia (2016)
Mary Jane – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
Mastermind – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Me Hate You – Dystopia (2016)
Mechanix – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Melt the Ice Away – Dystopia (2016)
Millennium of the Blind – Thirteen (2010)
Mission to Mars – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Moto Psycho – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
My Creation – Rust in Peace (2004)
My Kingdom – The System Has Failed (2004)
My Last Words – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)

(N-P)

Never Dead – Thirteen (2010)
Never Say Die – Nativity in Black II (2000)
Never Walk Alone… A Call to Arms – United Abominations (2007)
New World Order – Thirteen (2010)
Night Stalkers – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
No More Mr. Nice Guy – Wes Craven’s Shocker – No More Mr. Nice Guy – The Music (1989)
Of Mice and Men – The System Has Failed (2004)
Off the Edge – Super Collider (2013)
One Thing – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Out on the Tiles – United Abominations (2007)
Peace Sells – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Paranoid – Nativity in Black (1994)
Play for Blood – United Abominations (2007)
Poison Was the Cure – Rust in Peace (1990)
Poisonous Shadows – Dystopia (2016)
Police Truck – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Post American World – Dystopia (2016)
Prince of Darkness – Risk (1999)
Problems – A Tout Le Monde (Single) (1995)
Promises – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Psychopathy – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Psychotron – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Public Enemy No. 1 – Thirteen (2010)

Rattlehead – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
Recipe for Hate… Warhorse – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Reckoning Day – Youthanasia (1994)
Return to Hangar – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Rust in Peace… Polaris – Rust in Peace (1990)
Sacrifice – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Set the World Afire – So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)
Seven – Risk (1999)
Shadow of Deth – The System Has Failed (2004)
She-Wolf – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Silent Scorn – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Sin – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Skin o’ My Teeth – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Sleepwalker – United Abominations (2007)
Soldier On! – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
Something That I’m Not – The System Has Failed (2004)
Strange Ways – Warchest (2007)
Sudden Death – Thirteen (2010)
Super Collider – Super Collider (2013)
Sweating Bullets – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Symphony of Destruction – Countdown to Extinction (1992)

(T)

Take No Prisoners – Rust in Peace (1990)
Tears in a Vial – The System Has Failed (2004)
The Blackest Crow – Super Collider (2013)
The Conjuring – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
The Creed – The Craving (2004)
The Disintegrators – Cryptic Writings (1997)
The Doctor Is Calling – Risk (1999)
The Emperor – Dystopia (2016)
The Hardest Part of Letting Go… Sealed with a Kiss – Endgame (2009)
The Killing Road – Youthanasia (1994)
The Right to Go Insane – Endgame (2009)
The Scorpion – The System Has Failed (2004)
The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
The Skull Beneath the Skin – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
The Threat Is Real – Dystopia (2016)
These Boots – Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)
This Day We Fight! – Endgame (2009)
This Planet’s on Fire (Burn in Hell) – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
This Was My Life – Countdown to Extinction (1992)
Time: The Beginning – Risk (1999)
Time: The End – Risk (1999)
Tornado of Souls – Rust in Peace (1990)
Train of Consequences – Youthanasia (1994)
Trust – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Truth Be Told – The System Has Failed (2004)

(U-Z)

United Abominations – United Abominations (2007)
Use the Man – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Victory – Youthanasia (1994)
Vortex – Cryptic Writings (1997)
Wake Up Dead – Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)
Wanderlust – Risk (1999)
Washington Is Next! – United Abominations (2007)
We the People – Thirteen (2010)
We’ll Be Back – The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)
When – The World Needs a Hero (2001)
Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) – Thirteen (2010)
Wrecker – Thirteen (2010)
X-Games Theme – – (1997)
You’re Dead – United Abominations (2007)
Youthanasia – Youthanasia (1994)

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