The List of Megadeth Albums in Order of Release

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Having sold over 38 million albums worldwide, including 6 million in the United States, Megadeth is one of the “big four” of American thrash metal along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, responsible for the genre’s development and popularization. Megadeth has released sixteen studio albums, six live albums, seven compilation albums, one EP, forty-nine singles, ten video albums, and forty-four music videos.

Led by the growled vocals and razor-wire riffing of Dave Mustaine, Megadeth are one of the “big four” thrash titans. Shortly after being kicked out of Metallica in 1983, Mustaine met bassist David Ellefson, and the pair bonded quickly, forming the core of Megadeth. Drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland later joined, and Megadeth released their underground-hit debut Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good! in 1985. Its follow-up, Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?, solidified the band’s status with sprawling yet tightly wound songs like the uneasy opener “Wake Up Dead” and the fiery title track. So Far, So Good… So What!, released in 1988, featured a new lineup as well as a thrashy cover of the Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy In the U.K.” and the anti-PMRC broadside “Hook In Mouth.”

In 1990 they released Rust In Peace, with Nick Menza on drums and technical wizard Marty Friedman on guitar; songs such as “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” and “Hangar 18” blended pummeling riffs and suspicion-fueled lyrics with a stadium-rock ambition that matched the era’s metal-embracing tendencies. Countdown to Extinction, released in 1992, and Youthanasia, released in 1994, continued the band’s dominance of metal and emergence in rock’s mainstream, with the latter album’s “À Tout le Monde” being a rare thrash ballad.

After a brief breakup in the early 2000s, Megadeth returned as a de facto Mustaine solo project with 2004’s The System Has Failed. Ellefson rejoined in 2011 on the album TH1RT3EN and has remained in the Megadeth lineup since. The Mustaine/Ellefson duo is as crucial to thrash as Jagger/Richards is to rock, with Megadeth’s frenzied, paranoid version of the subgenre forming a substantial part of its foundation. So, if you are a die heart fan of Megadeth Albums then check out here we have list of Megadeth albums in order of release so far.

 

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Here is the list of Megadeth  Album in Order of Release Date:

  1. Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! — June 12, 1985
  2. Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? — September 19, 1986
  3. So Far, So Good… So What! — January 19, 1988
  4. Rust in Peace — September 24, 1990
  5. Countdown to Extinction — July 14, 1992
  6. Youthanasia — November 1, 1994
  7. Cryptic Writings — June 17, 1997
  8. Risk — August 31, 1999
  9. The World Needs a Hero — May 15, 2001
  10. The System Has Failed — September 14, 2004
  11. United Abominations — May 15, 2007
  12. Endgame — September 15, 2009
  13. Thirteen — November 1, 2011
  14. Super Collider — June 4, 2013
  15. Dystopia — January 22, 2016
  16. The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! — September 2, 2022

 

All Megadeth Albums List in Order


1. Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good! (1985)

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Track

  1. Last Rites/Loved to Death
  2. Killing Is My Business… and Business Is Good!
  3. The Skull Beneath the Skin
  4. These Boots
  5. Rattlehead
  6. Chosen Ones
  7. Looking Down the Cross
  8. Mechanix

 


2. Peace Sells… but Who’s Buying? (1986)

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Track

  1. Wake Up Dead
  2. The Conjuring
  3. Peace Sells
  4. Devils Island
  5. Good Mourning/Black Friday
  6. Bad Omen
  7. I Ain’t Superstitious
  8. My Last Words

 


3. So Far, So Good… So What! (1988)

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Track

  1. Into the Lungs of Hell
  2. Set the World Afire
  3. Anarchy in the U.K.
  4. Mary Jane
  5. 502
  6. In My Darkest Hour
  7. Liar
  8. Hook in Mouth

4. Rust in Peace (1990)

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Track

  1. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due
  2. Hangar 18
  3. Take No Prisoners
  4. Five Magics
  5. Poison Was the Cure
  6. Lucretia
  7. Tornado of Souls
  8. Dawn Patrol
  9. Rust in Peace… Polaris

 


5. Countdown to Extinction (1992)

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Track

  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

 


6. Youthanasia (1994)

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Track

  1. Reckoning Day
  2. Train of Consequences
  3. Addicted to Chaos
  4. A Tout le Monde
  5. Elysian Fields
  6. The Killing Road
  7. Blood of Heroes
  8. Family Tree” 4:07 9. “
  9. Youthanasia
  10. I Thought I Knew It All
  11. Black Curtains
  12. Victory

 


7. Cryptic Writings (1997)

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Track

  1. Trust
  2. Almost Honest
  3. Use the Man
  4. Mastermind
  5. The Disintegrators
  6. I’ll Get Even
  7. Sin
  8. A Secret Place
  9. Have Cool, Will Travel
  10. She-Wolf
  11. Vortex
  12. FFF

 


8. Risk (1999)

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Track

  1. Insomnia
  2. Prince of Darkness
  3. Enter the Arena
  4. Crush ‘Em
  5. Breadline
  6. The Doctor Is Calling
  7. I’ll Be There
  8. Wanderlust
  9. Ecstasy
  10. Seven
  11. Time: The Beginning
  12. Time: The End

 


9. The World Needs a Hero (2001)

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Track

  1. Disconnect
  2. The World Needs a Hero
  3. Moto Psycho” 3:06 4. “
  4. 1000 Times Goodbye
  5. Burning Bridges
  6. Promises
  7. Recipe for Hate… Warhorse
  8. Losing My Senses
  9. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
  10. Silent Scorn
  11. Return to Hangar
  12. When

 


10.The System Has Failed (2004)

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Track

  1. Blackmail the Universe
  2. Die Dead Enough
  3. Kick the Chair
  4. The Scorpion
  5. Tears in a Vial
  6. I Know Jack
  7. Back in the Day
  8. Something That I’m Not
  9. Truth Be Told
  10. Of Mice and Men
  11. Shadow of Deth
  12. My Kingdom

 


11. United Abominations (2007)

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Track

  1. Sleepwalker
  2. Washington Is Next!
  3. Never Walk Alone… A Call to Arms
  4. United Abominations
  5. Gears of War
  6. Blessed Are the Dead
  7. Play for Blood
  8. À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)
  9. Amerikhastan
  10. You’re Dead
  11. Burnt Ice

 


12. Endgame (2009)

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Track

  1. Dialectic Chaos
  2. This Day We Fight!
  3. 44 Minutes
  4. 1,320
  5. Bite the Hand
  6. Bodies
  7. Endgame
  8. The Hardest Part of Letting Go… Sealed with a Kiss
  9. Head Crusher
  10. How the Story Ends
  11. The Right to Go Insane

 


13. Thirteen (2011)

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Track

  1. Sudden Death
  2. Public Enemy No. 1
  3. Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)
  4. We the People
  5. Guns, Drugs, & Money
  6. Never Dead
  7. New World Order
  8. Fast Lane
  9. Black Swan
  10. Wrecker
  11. Millennium of the Blind
  12. Deadly Nightshade
  13. 13

 


14. Super Collider (2013)

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Track

  1. Kingmaker
  2. Super Collider
  3. Burn!
  4. Built for War
  5. Off the Edge
  6. Dance in the Rain
  7. Beginning of Sorrow
  8. The Blackest Crow
  9. Forget to Remember
  10. Don’t Turn Your Back…
  11. Cold Sweat

 


15. Dystopia (2016)

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Track

  1. The Threat Is Real
  2. Dystopia
  3. Fatal Illusion
  4. Death from Within
  5. Bullet to the Brain
  6. Post American World
  7. Poisonous Shadows
  8. Conquer or Die!
  9. Lying in State
  10. The Emperor
  11. Foreign Policy

 


16. The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead! (2022)

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Track

  1. The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
  2. Life in Hell
  3. Night Stalkers
  4. Dogs of Chernobyl
  5. Sacrifice
  6. Junkie
  7. Psychopathy
  8. Killing Time
  9. Soldier On!
  10. Célebutante
  11. Mission to Mars
  12. We’ll Be Back

 


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