Biografía de Megadeth
Megadeth se formó en Los Ángeles en 1983, cuando Dave Mustaine fue expulsado de Metallica debido a problemas personales y diferencias creativas. Mustaine, guitarrista y compositor principal, canalizó su frustración hacia la creación de una nueva banda que pudiera competir con su anterior grupo. Junto con el bajista David Ellefson, estableció los cimientos de lo que se convertiría en una de las bandas más influyentes del thrash metal. Los primeros años estuvieron marcados por constantes cambios de formación y las luchas personales de Mustaine con las adicciones, pero su determinación por demostrar su valía musical nunca flaqueó.
Musicalmente, Megadeth se distinguió por combinar la agresividad del thrash metal con estructuras más complejas y letras políticamente cargadas. Su estilo incorporó elementos de jazz fusion y música clásica, resultado de la formación académica de Mustaine. Álbumes como "Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?" y "Rust in Peace" definieron su sonido característico, marcado por riffs técnicamente demandantes, cambios de tempo abruptos y solos de guitarra virtuosos. A lo largo de su carrera, la banda experimentó con sonidos más accesibles en los años noventa, particularmente en "Countdown to Extinction", antes de retornar a sus raíces más agresivas en entregas posteriores. Su evolución musical refleja tanto las tendencias del metal como la madurez artística del grupo.
Megadeth es reconocida como uno de los "Big Four" del thrash metal junto con Metallica, Slayer y Anthrax. Han vendido millones de discos mundialmente y han influenciado a generaciones de músicos de metal. Sus letras, que abordan temas como la guerra, la política y la religión, han resonado con audiencias globales durante décadas. A pesar de múltiples disoluciones y reuniones, la banda continúa activa, manteniendo su relevancia en la escena del metal contemporáneo. Su legado trasciende lo musical, estableciendo estándares técnicos y conceptuales que siguen siendo referencias obligadas para bandas emergentes del género.
Canciones más reproducidas
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- 1,320'
- 1,320' (2019 - Remaster)
- 1000 Times Goodbye
- 1000 Times Goodbye (2019 - Remaster)
- 1000 Times Goodbye (Live at the Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- 13
- 44 Minutes
- 44 Minutes (2019 - Remaster)
- À tout le monde (Set Me Free) [feat. Cristina Scabbia] (2019 - Remaster)
- À Tout Le Monde [Set Me Free]
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- A Tout Le Monde (Live 1994)
- A Tout Le Monde (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- A Tout le Monde (Live)
- A Tout Le Monde (Remastered 2004)
- Almost Honest (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Amerikhastan
- Amerikhastan (2019 - Remaster)
- Anarchy In The U.K. (Remastered 2004)
- Anarchy/Problems (Session Take)
- Angry Again
- Angry Again (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Angry Again (Live)
- Architecture Of Aggression (Demo)
- Architecture Of Aggression (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Ashes In Your Mouth (2004 Remastered)
- Ashes In Your Mouth (Live At The Cow Palace/1992)
- Ashes In Your Mouth (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Ashes in Your Mouth (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
B
- Back In the Day
- Back In the Day (2019 - Remaster)
- Beginning Of Sorrow
- Bite The Hand
- Bite the Hand (2019 - Remaster)
- Black Swan
- Blackmail the Universe
- Blackmail the Universe (2019 - Remaster)
- Blessed Be The Dead
- Blessed Be the Dead (2019 - Remaster)
- Bodies
- Bodies (2019 - Remaster)
- Breadline (Active Mix by Jack Joseph Puig)
- Breadline (Jack Joseph Puig Mix)
- Breadline (Radio Edit)
- Breadline (Remastered)
- Breakpoint
- Built For War
- Bullet To The Brain
- Burning Bridges (2019 - Remaster)
- Burning Bridges (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Burnt Ice
- Burnt Ice (2019 - Remaster)
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- Captive Honour (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Célebutante
- Cold Sweat
- Coming Home (Japan Edit) (2019 - Remaster)
- Conjuring (Live)
- Conjuring (Live) (2019 - Remaster)
- Conquer Or Die
- Countdown To Extinction (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Crown Of Worms (2004 Remaster)
- Crush 'Em (Jock Mix)
- Crush 'Em (Remastered)
D
- Dance In The Rain
- Dark Themes (Interview Excerpt)
- Deadly Nightshade
- Death From Within
- Devil's Island (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Devils Island (2004 Remaster)
- Devils Island (Remastered)
- Dialectic Chaos
- Dialectic Chaos (2019 - Remaster)
- Die Dead Enough
- Die Dead Enough (2019 - Remaster)
- Disconnect
- Disconnect (2019 - Remaster)
- Dogs Of Chernobyl
- Dread & The Fugitive Mind
- Dread and the Fugitive Mind
- Dread and the Fugitive Mind (2019 - Remaster)
- Dread and the Fugitive Mind (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Dystopia
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H
- Hangar 18 (2004 Remix)
- Hangar 18 (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Hangar 18 (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Hangar 18 (Live)
- Head Crusher
- Head Crusher (2019 - Remaster)
- High Speed Dirt (Demo)
- High Speed Dirt (Live At Alpine Valley/1992)
- High Speed Dirt (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Holy Wars (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Holy Wars... (Live)
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (2004 Remix)
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Casey McMackin Demo)
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Live 1994)
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Holy Wars...the Punishment Due (Live)
- Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (The General Schwartzkopf Mix)
- Hook in Mouth (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Hook In Mouth (Remastered)
- How The Story Ends
- How the Story Ends (2019 - Remaster)
I
- I Know Jack
- I Know Jack (2019 - Remaster)
- I'll Be There (Remastered)
- In My Darkest Hour
- In My Darkest Hour (Live 1994)
- In My Darkest Hour (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- In My Darkest Hour (Live Version)
- In My Darkest Hour (Live)
- In My Darkest Hour (Remastered 2004)
- Insomnia (Jeff Balding Mix)
- Insomnia (Remastered 2004)
- Insomnia (Rhys Fulber Mix)
- Into The Lungs Of Hell (Remastered 2004)
- Intro / Holy Wars...the Punishment Due (Live)
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K
M
N
O
P
- Peace Sells (2004 Remaster)
- Peace Sells (Live 1994)
- Peace Sells (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Peace Sells (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Peace Sells (Live)
- Play For Blood
- Play for Blood (2019 - Remaster)
- Poisonous Shadows
- Police Truck
- Post American World
- Prince Of Darkness
- Promises
- Promises (2019 - Remaster)
- Psychopathy
- Psychotron (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Public Enemy (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Public Enemy No. 1
R
- Rattlehead
- Rattlehead (Remastered 2018)
- Recipe for Hate... Warhorse
- Recipe for Hate... Warhorse (2019 - Remaster)
- Reckoning Day (Live 1994)
- Reckoning Day (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Reckoning Day (Live)
- Reckoning Day (Remastered 2004)
- Reckoning Day (Short Fade Edit)
- Return to Hangar
- Return to Hangar (2019 - Remaster)
- Return to Hangar (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Rust In Peace...Polaris (2004 Remix)
S
- Set The World Afire (Remastered 2004)
- Seven (Remastered)
- Shadow of Deth
- Shadow of Deth (2019 - Remaster)
- She Wolf (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- She Wolf (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- She-Wolf (Remastered 2004 / Remixed)
- Silent Scorn
- Silent Scorn (2019 - Remaster)
- Skin O' My Teeth (2004 Remastered)
- Skin O' My Teeth (Live At Alpine Valley/1992)
- Skin O' My Teeth (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Skin o' my Teeth (Live)
- Skin O' My Teeth (Remastered 2012)
- Sleepwalker (2019 - Remaster)
- Soldier On!
- Something That I'm Not
- Something That I'm Not (2019 Remaster)
- Sudden Death
- Super Collider
- Sweating Bullets (Live 1994)
- Sweating Bullets (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Sweating Bullets (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Sweating Bullets (Live)
- Sweating Bullets (Remastered 2004)
- Symphony Of Destruction
- Symphony Of Destruction (Live 1994)
- Symphony Of Destruction (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Symphony of Destruction (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Symphony of Destruction (Live Version)
- Symphony of Destruction (Live)
- Symphony Of Destruction (Remastered 2012)
- Symphony Of Destruction (The Gristle Mix)
T
- Take No Prisoners (2004 Remix)
- Tears In a Vial
- Tears In a Vial (2019 - Remaster)
- The Blackest Crow
- The Conjuring (Remastered 2011)
- The Doctor Is Calling (Remastered)
- The Emperor
- The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed With a Kiss
- The Hardest Part of Letting Go... Sealed with a Kiss (2019 - Remaster)
- The Killing Road (Remastered 2004)
- The Right To Go Insane
- The Right to Go Insane (2019 - Remaster)
- The Scorpion
- The Scorpion (2019 - Remaster)
- The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
- The Skull Beneath The Skin (Remix)
- The Threat Is Real
- The World Needs a Hero
- The World Needs a Hero (2019 - Remaster)
- This Day We Fight!
- This Day We Fight! (2019 - Remaster)
- This Planet’s On Fire (Burn In Hell)
- This Was My Life (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- This Was My Life (Live)
- Time / Use the Man (Live)
- Time / Use the Man (Live) (2019 - Remaster)
- Time: The Beginning (Remastered)
- Time: The End (Remastered)
- Tornado Of Souls (2004 Remix)
- Tornado Of Souls (Demo)
- Tornado of Souls (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Tornado of Souls (Live)
- Train Of Consequences (Live 1994)
- Train of Consequences (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Train of Consequences (Live)
- Train Of Consequences (Remastered 2004)
- Trust (Live At The Fox Theater/2012)
- Trust (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Trust (Remastered 2004 / Remixed)
- Truth Be Told
- Truth Be Told (2019 - Remaster)
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- Wake Up Dead (2004 Remaster)
- Wake Up Dead (Live at The Web Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, 16th Nov 2001)
- Wake Up Dead (Live)
- Wake Up Dead (Remastered 2011)
- Wanderlust (Remastered 2004)
- Washington Is Next!
- Washington Is Next! (2019 - Remaster)
- Washington Is Next! (Live) [Japan Edit] (2019 - Remaster)
- We The People
- We’ll Be Back
- When
- When (2019 - Remaster)
- Whose Life [Is It Anyways?]
- Wrecker

