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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│ + Megadeth - Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jul-21-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Heavy Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2002 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........11 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.megadeth.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Megadeth Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Killing Is My Business... And Label : Loud ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Dave Mustaine having just had four of his songs ║ │
│║ stolen from him and every guitar solo heÆd ever ║ │
│║ written played by a guitarist that isnÆt half ║ │
│║ creative or talented as himself, heÆs pissed ║ │
│║ off. So what does he do? He finds a bassist and ║ │
│║ two incredibly talented jazz fusion musicians ║ │
│║ and writes a genuinely angry and pissed off ║ │
│║ thrash metal album that is faster, better, and ║ │
│║ more complex than anything his previous band had ║ │
│║ done. The newly recruited jazz musicians are ║ │
│║ Chris Poland and Gar Samuelson, whose different ║ │
│║ style of playing brought an entirely different ║ │
│║ feel to this thrash metal album. Although Dave ║ │
│║ actually plays most of the solos on this album ║ │
│║ ChrisÆ style seemed to have rubbed off on him in ║ │
│║ his song writing. The songs he wrote on this ║ │
│║ album are more technical than anything ║ │
│║ previously played by a thrash metal band, some ║ │
│║ even describe them as sounding jazzy. Not only ║ │
│║ is MegadethÆs Killing is my Business one of the ║ │
│║ best thrash debuts, it is also one of the best ║ │
│║ thrash metal records. ║ │
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│║ Not only is Dave pissed off about Metallica, ║ │
│║ heÆs also pissed that he canÆt get this girl ║ │
│║ named Diana Aragon. So he writes what he ║ │
│║ considers a love song. The first song on the ║ │
│║ album Last Rites/Loved to Death is about a guy ║ │
│║ who falls in love with a girl but the girl ║ │
│║ doesnÆt love him so he kills her and no one can ║ │
│║ have her. DaveÆs a pretty romantic guy. Dave has ║ │
│║ explained the guitar part of the song as ║ │
│║ expressing the sexual frustration of being ║ │
│║ denied who he wanted. It is one of the few ║ │
│║ thrash metal songs I can say has real emotion in ║ │
│║ it. ║ │
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│║ The title track is a kinda silly song written ║ │
│║ about the comic book The Punisher. A hit man is ║ │
│║ hired to assassinate someone and when he is done ║ │
│║ also kills his employer who was marked for ║ │
│║ assassination also. The songs riffs and drumming ║ │
│║ are incredible and it is one of the few songs on ║ │
│║ this album to feature a Chris Poland solo, which ║ │
│║ is incredible also. Some people say DaveÆs voice ║ │
│║ sounds like a wounded duck but on songs like ║ │
│║ this one no oneÆs voice could have done better. ║ │
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│║ The next two songs Skull Beneath The Skin and ║ │
│║ Rattlehead are about Vic Rattlehead, MegadethÆs ║ │
│║ mascot. Rattlehead is the other song on the ║ │
│║ album that features a Chris Poland solo. Chris ║ │
│║ Poland plays the guitar licks between each ║ │
│║ verse. When Chris was younger he suffered from a ║ │
│║ finger injury that severed one of his tendons on ║ │
│║ his left hand. This injury allowed Chris to play ║ │
│║ notes physically impossible to reach by other ║ │
│║ players on this song. ║ │
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│║ People always associate Megadeth with ║ │
│║ politically and serious lyrics,, but most of the ║ │
│║ songs on this album are actually pretty silly. ║ │
│║ Chosen Ones was written by Dave Mustaine about ║ │
│║ the Killer Rabbit from Monty PythonÆs In Search ║ │
│║ Of The Holy Grail movie. The guitar riffing is ║ │
│║ jerky and shows some punk influence. Dave ║ │
│║ Ellefson plays a bass solo near the end of the ║ │
│║ song one of the only times he really stands out ║ │
│║ of this album. ║ │
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│║ Looking Down The Cross puts the album back into ║ │
│║ a serious mood. In this song Dave puts himself ║ │
│║ in JesusÆ shoes. The song starts out sad ║ │
│║ sounding and builds up to a very angry sounding ║ │
│║ end. This is one of the best songs on the album ║ │
│║ although they are all good. ║ │
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│║ Sadly the next song canÆt quite stand up to ║ │
│║ Looking down The Cross, Dave being the kind of ║ │
│║ guy he is, wasnÆt gonna let Metallica take his ║ │
│║ song from him. So he recorded Mechanix, which ║ │
│║ has the same riffs and solos as Four Horseman, ║ │
│║ without the added slowed tempo part of Four ║ │
│║ Horseman. Dave sings his original lyrics about ║ │
│║ his job at a gas station and fantasizing about ║ │
│║ all the rich pretty girls that would come by. ║ │
│║ Dave wanted to prove that his new band was ║ │
│║ better and faster than Metallica so he decided ║ │
│║ to play this song way too fast. The entire song ║ │
│║ sounds sloppy like they did it all in one take. ║ │
│║ The drums even go off beat for a little bit. ║ │
│║ Megadeth didnÆt seem to put the time they put ║ │
│║ into other songs into this song. If played more ║ │
│║ neatly it would be a great track but the way it ║ │
│║ is it is one of the weakest on the album. ║ │
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│║ Mechanix is not the weakest track on the album, ║ │
│║ These Boots is. These Boots is a cover song and ║ │
│║ it doesnÆt fit in with the album at all. It is a ║ │
│║ truly bad song and without it the album would ║ │
│║ have nearly no flaws, but sadly it was included ║ │
│║ and the album has a hole in its almost perfect ║ │
│║ track list. ║ │
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│║ The songs on the album are all nearly flawless ║ │
│║ but the production is lacking. Dave was given ║ │
│║ 8000 dollars to record an album and he wasted ║ │
│║ half of it on booze and dope so he had very ║ │
│║ little money left for recording time. They had ║ │
│║ to record this album fast and that makes the ║ │
│║ production sloppy. On the original recording you ║ │
│║ can barely hear GarÆs bass drum. If you are ║ │
│║ looking to get this album I recommend the ║ │
│║ remastered version. Other than that, it is a ║ │
│║ great album to own if you like thrash metal, it ║ │
│║ has only three flaws, the sloppiness of ║ │
│║ Mechanix, the terrible filler song These Boots, ║ │
│║ and the production quality on the original ║ │
│║ release. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - last rites/loved to deth [04:42] │
│ 02 - killing is my business ...and business is [03:08] │
│ 03 - the skull beneath the skin [03:48] │
│ 04 - rattlehead [03:43] │
│ 05 - chosen ones [02:56] │
│ 06 - looking down the cross [05:03] │
│ 07 - mechanix [04:25] │
│ 08 - these boots (censored) [04:40] │
│ 09 - last rites/loved to deth (1984 demo) [04:17] │
│ 10 - mechanix (1984 demo) [04:00] │
│ 11 - the skull beneath the skin (1984 demo) [03:12] │
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│ Total Length : [43:54 minn │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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