Countdown to Extinction
by Megadeth
- Type: Album
- Released: 6 July 1992
- Label: Capitol
- Country: United States
- Length: 1:06:38
- Community rating: 3.78/5 from 13 ratings
Artists on this release: Nick Menza, Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman
Album Notes & Community Reviews
'Countdown to Extinction' finds Megadeth streamlining their hyper-technical thrash roots into a significantly more melodic, arena-ready heavy metal sound. The album remains incredibly energetic and heavy, dominated by Dave Mustaine's sarcastic, deeply political reflections on war, politics, and apocalyptic dread.
Genres
Descriptors: melodic, political, riff-heavy, shredding, virtuosic
Tracklist
- Skin O' My Teeth (3:15)
- Symphony Of Destruction (4:06)
- Architecture Of Aggression (3:39)
- Foreclosure Of A Dream (4:22)
- Sweating Bullets (5:27)
- This Was My Life (3:43)
- Countdown To Extinction (4:19)
- High Speed Dirt (4:21)
- Psychotron (4:41)
- Captive Honour (4:14)
- Ashes In Your Mouth (6:14)
- Crown Of Worms (3:17)
- Countdown To Extinction - Demo (3:55)
- Symphony Of Destruction - Demo (5:29)
- Psychotron - Demo (5:28)
Credits
- Megadeth - primary artist
- Hugh Syme - art direction, design, design/illustration
- David Ellefson - bass guitar [bass guitars], backing vocals, written-by, bass guitar, background vocals vocal
- Fair Warning - booking [booking agency, u.k.]
- ICM - booking [booking agency, u.k.]
- Andy Somers - booking [booking agency, u.s.]
- John Taylor Dismukes - cgi artist [logo rendering]
- Tommy Steele - creative director [creative direction], management [capitol/emi]
- Nick Menza - drums, backing vocals, written-by, membranophone, background vocals vocal
- Micajah Ryan - engineer [additional engineer], additional engineer
- Fred Kelly - engineer [assistant], mixed by [assistant]
- Max Norman - engineer [engineered by], mixed by, producer [produced by], engineer, mix, producer
- Marty Friedman - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals, soloist [solo], written-by, soloist [all solos], guitar family, background vocals vocal
- Dave Mustaine - lead guitar, rhythm guitar, lead vocals, producer [produced by], written-by, soloist [solo], composer, guitar family, lyricist, producer, lead vocals vocal
- Ziffren, Brittenham & Branca - legal
- Laffitte Entertainment Division - management
- Siegel & Feldstein - management [business]
- Art Jaeger - management [capitol/emi]
- Byron Hontas - management [capitol/emi]
- Denise Skinner - management [capitol/emi]
- Hale Milgrim - management [capitol/emi]
- John Fagot - management [capitol/emi]
- Karen Goodman - management [capitol/emi]
- Larry Jenkins - management [capitol/emi]
- Marcia Edelstein - management [capitol/emi]
- Michelle Peacock - management [capitol/emi]
- Rob Gordon - management [capitol/emi]
- Simon Potts - management [capitol/emi]
- Tom Corson - management [capitol/emi]
- Tony Wadsworth - management [capitol/emi]
- Yoshimitsu Harashima - management [capitol/emi]
- Preferred Travel - management [travel]
- Fine Tuning - management [u.k. associate]
- Chris Cuffaro - photography by [band photography], photography
- Cameron Wong - photography by [photography of cover elements], photography
- Fred Kelly Jr. - additional engineer, additional mix