Warchest

Warchest
Box set by Megadeth
Released	October 9, 2007[1]
Recorded	1983-2004
Genre	Heavy metal, thrash metal, hard rock, speed metal
Length	5:35:29
Label	EMI, Capitol
Producer	Kevin Flaherty
Megadeth chronology
That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires (2007) Warchest (2007) Anthology: Set The World Afire (2008)

Warchest is a box set from the American heavy metal band Megadeth. Warchest features five discs (4 CD + DVD) and features studio tracks, demos and live recordings of a number of the band's songs from its first ten studio albums and rarities EP. The box set was released on October 9, 2007 by EMI/Capitol Records,^[1] and sold around 1,100 copies in the United States in its first week.^[2]

While the content on discs 1-3 is assorted, disc 4 was recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, England, on October 14, 1990. The location and date is incorrectly listed in the liner notes. The liner notes and packaging list disc 4 as being recorded at Wembley Stadium on October 16, 1990. The concert featured on disc 4 was the last date on the European leg of the "Clash Of The Titans Tour" in 1990. This tour (including Megadeth) played Wembley Arena on October 14, 1990. There was no concert on October 16 or at Wembley Stadium, for that matter. Furthermore, during the concert set, just before Megadeth plays the song "Good Mourning / Black Friday", Dave Mustaine asks the crowd, "Today's Sunday, right?...". This can be clearly heard on the CD. October 14 fell on a Sunday in 1990. October 16, 1990 was a Tuesday. The "Clash Of The Titans Tour" also featured Suicidal Tendencies, Anthrax and Slayer during the European leg. Disc 5 is a DVD, and features a concert recorded at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, on September 30, 1992. Its audio was encoded to stereo Linear PCM. The DVD does not include Megadeth's full performance from that night.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Blender	[4]

Jason Birchmeier of Allmusic noted that the set offers "something for everyone -- from longtime fans to neophytes". Birchmeyer reserved special praise for disc 4, a 1990 concert at Wembley Arena in London. He described the concert as "amazing" and noted the studio separation of the guitars, and an appearance by Sean Harris of Diamond Head.^[3]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Dave Mustaine, except where noted

Disc 1
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Album	Length
1.	"Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"			Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!, 1985	3:02
2.	"The Skull Beneath the Skin"			Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!	3:45
3.	"Peace Sells"			Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?, 1986	4:02
4.	"Wake Up Dead"			Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?	3:38
5.	"Devil's Island"			Peace Sells...but Who's Buying?	5:05
6.	"Set the World Afire"			So Far, So Good... So What!, 1988	5:48
7.	"Into the Lungs of Hell" (Instrumental)			So Far, So Good... So What!	3:23
8.	"Anarchy/Problems" (Session take)	Johnny Rotten, Steve Jones, Glen Matlock, Paul Cook	Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook	Previously unreleased, 1988	3:51
9.	"Hook in Mouth"		Mustaine, David Ellefson	So Far, So Good... So What!	4:40
10.	"Liar"		Mustaine, Ellefson	So Far, So Good... So What!	3:22
11.	"In My Darkest Hour"	Mustaine, Ellefson		So Far, So Good... So What!	5:26
12.	"No More Mr. Nice Guy"	Alice Cooper, Michael Bruce	Cooper, Bruce	Shocker soundtrack, 1989	3:00
13.	"Dark Themes..." (Interview)			Previously unreleased, 1989	0:36
14.	"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (Casey McMackin demo)			Previously unreleased	6:42
15.	"Tornado of Souls" (Demo)	Mustaine, Ellefson		Previously unreleased	5:18
16.	"Five Magics" (Demo)			Previously unreleased	5:38
17.	"Hangar 18"			Rust in Peace, 1990	5:11

Disc 2
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Album	Length
1.	"Keeping Score..." (Interview)			Previously unreleased	1:35
2.	"Symphony of Destruction"			Countdown to Extinction, 1992	4:06
3.	"Go to Hell"	Mustaine, Marty Friedman, Ellefson, Nick Menza	Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza	Hidden Treasures, 1994	4:35
4.	"Foreclosure of a Dream"	Mustaine, Ellefson		Countdown to Extinction	4:22
5.	"Architecture of Aggression" (Demo)		Mustaine, Ellefson	Hidden Treasures	2:50
6.	"Skin o' My Teeth" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin)			Previously unreleased, 1992	3:18
7.	"High Speed Dirt" (Live at the Alpine Valley, East Troy, Wisconsin)	Mustaine, Ellefson		Previously unreleased	4:07
8.	"Ashes in Your Mouth" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California)		Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza	Previously unreleased	6:15
9.	"Sweating Bullets" (Live at the Cow Palace, San Francisco, California)			Previously unreleased	4:52
10.	"Breakpoint" (Session take)	Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza	Mustaine, Ellefson, Menza	Previously unreleased, 1993	3:17
11.	"Angry Again"			Hidden Treasures	3:46
12.	"Train of Consequences"			Youthanasia, 1994	3:31
13.	"Reckoning Day"	Mustaine, Ellefson	Mustaine, Friedman	Youthanasia	4:34
14.	"New World Order"	Mustaine, Menza	Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson	Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1995	3:47
15.	"The Killing Road"			Youthanasia	3:52
16.	"Strange Ways"	Ace Frehley	Frehley	Previously unreleased; recorded for Kiss My Ass, 1994	2:47
17.	"Paranoid"	Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	Nativity in Black, 1994	2:31
18.	"Diadems"			Demon Knight soundtrack, 1995	4:17
19.	"À Tout le Monde"			Youthanasia	4:22

Disc 3
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Album	Length
1.	"Trust"		Mustaine, Friedman	Cryptic Writings, 1997	5:11
2.	"Almost Honest"		Mustaine, Friedman	Cryptic Writings	4:08
3.	"Use the Man"		Mustaine, Friedman	Cryptic Writings	4:04
4.	"She-Wolf"			Cryptic Writings	3:37
5.	"A Secret Place" (Live at Woodstock, New York)			Woodstock 1999, 1999	4:31
6.	"One Thing" (Previously unreleased in the US)			Cryptic Writings	4:38
7.	"Duke Nukem Theme" (Instrumental)		Lee Jackson	Risk (Japan)/Duke Nukem: Music to Score By, 1999	3:54
8.	"Insomnia"			Risk, 1999	4:15
9.	"Crush 'Em"	Mustaine, Bud Prager	Mustaine, Friedman	Risk	4:55
10.	"Kill the King"			Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years, 2000	3:44
11.	"Dread and the Fugitive Mind"			The World Needs a Hero, 2001	4:22
12.	"Never Say Die (Live)"	Butler	Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward	Nativity in Black, Vol. 2: A Tribute to Black Sabbath, 2000	3:46
13.	"Moto Psycho"			The World Needs a Hero	3:06
14.	"1000 Times Goodbye"			The World Needs a Hero	6:27
15.	"Coming Home" (Previously unreleased in the US)			The World Needs a Hero	2:39
16.	"Kick the Chair"			The System Has Failed, 2004	3:57
17.	"Of Mice and Men"			The System Has Failed	4:04

Disc 4 - Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, England, October 14, 1990
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Intro/Rattlehead"			5:55
2.	"Wake Up Dead"			3:53
3.	"Hangar 18"			4:52
4.	"Hook in Mouth"		Mustaine, Ellefson	4:27
5.	"The Skull Beneath the Skin"			3:29
6.	"The Conjuring"			4:48
7.	"In My Darkest Hour"	Mustaine, Ellefson		5:42
8.	"Lucretia"		Mustaine, Ellefson	3:42
9.	"Devils Island"			4:45
10.	"Take No Prisoners"			3:17
11.	"Peace Sells"			4:12
12.	"Black Friday"			6:10
13.	"It's Electric" (featuring Sean Harris)	Sean Harris, Brian Tatler	Harris, Tatler	3:22
14.	"Anarchy in the U.K."	Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook	Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook	3:04
15.	"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"			6:43

Disc 5 - DVD - Hammersmith Odeon, Hammersmith, London, England, September 30, 1992
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Intro/Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"			7:56
2.	"Wake Up Dead"			3:38
3.	"Hangar 18"			5:02
4.	"Lucretia"		Mustaine, Ellefson	3:46
5.	"Sweating Bullets"			4:48
6.	"In My Darkest Hour"	Mustaine, Ellefson		6:17
7.	"Tornado of Souls"		Mustaine, Ellefson	5:16
8.	"Ashes in Your Mouth"		Mustaine, Friedman, Ellefson, Menza	6:07
9.	"Peace Sells"			4:29
10.	"Anarchy in the U.K."	Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook	Rotten, Jones, Matlock, Cook	3:24

Personnel

• Dave Mustaine - vocals, lead, rhythm and acoustic guitars
• David Ellefson - bass guitar, backing vocals on discs 1, 2, 4, 5 and tracks 1-15 on disc 3
• Chris Poland - lead guitar on tracks 1-5 on disc 1 and tracks 16-17 on disc 3
• Gar Samuelson - drums on tracks 1-5 on disc 1
• Jeff Young - lead guitar on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
• Chuck Behler - drums on tracks 6-11 on disc 1
• Nick Menza - drums on tracks discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 12-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-4, 6 on disc 3
• Marty Friedman - lead guitar on discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 13-17 on disc 1, and tracks 1-9 on disc 3
• Jimmy DeGrasso - drums on tracks 5, 7-14 on disc 3
• Al Pitrelli - lead guitar on tracks 10-14 on disc 3
• Jimmy Lee Sloas - bass guitar on tracks 16-17 on disc 3
• Vinnie Colaiuta - drums on tracks 16-17 on disc 3

Chart positions

Chart	Peak position
Finland	36

References

1. Megadeth: 'Warchest' Box Set Due In October. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 28 September 2013
2. "Megadeth: 'Warchest' First-Week Sales Revealed - Oct. 17, 2007". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
3. Birchmeier, Jason. Megadeth - Warchest review. Allmusic
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