8:37 - The lead singer/guitarist of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, used to be the lead guitarist of Metallica when they first formed. Substance abuse by Dave led to him being fired and replaced by Kirk Hammett. Afterward, Dave formed his own band, Megadeth. As far as being friends, that's a whole other story that you'll have to look up on your own 😅

Sad, almost no mention of the late legend Nick Menza in the comment section. Dude was a beast on the drums. Easily one of the greatest of all-time. Do yourself a favor and watch their Live in London from 1992, it'll blow your mind. Glad I got to see him before he passed. R.I.P.

If you like the bass (played by David Ellefson) then you'll love "Peace Sells, But Who's Buying" a must to listen to for Megadeth

‘’Let’s hope they and Mettalica are friends.’’ Well it’s a long story

Such a classic freaking song. I remember when it came out. I was thinking this will make people forget all about “Peace Sells”

i love watching the younger generation discover this golden era of metal. tornado of souls if you havent listened to it yet is a must by megadeth

This certainly is a Megadeth song with epic guitar riffs and solo.

The whole album is classic "Thrash Metal", one of the top tier echelons of accomplishments for a band. I've heard it so many times growing up that it would be ridicules to even attempt to try and count. By the way that is the staple of Thrash Metal, lots of change ups and riff's galore.....if you like those things you will continue to enjoy your adventure into the depths of these legendary musicians.

Thrash is a great genre - so important in the development of metal. In addition to Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax - often collectively known as the ‘Big Four’, you should listen to some of the lesser known but equally great thrash bands like Exodus, Testament, Overkill and Kreator.

also yes Dave Mustaine (Megadeth singer and guitarist) was in Metallica for a bit and wrote some songs on their first 2 albums

Have to see this and see what u say. This is one of the best songs ever made!!!! no matter what u like or not. This is a masterpiece

Dave was fired from Metallica when they got signed, record company didn't like his volatility. But the first 2 Metallica albums have Mustaine in the writing credits for most every song

I still listen to this album, in it's entirety often. It was one of those albums that changed my life. At the time I mostly listened to Seasons in the Abyss by Slayer, Rust in Peace by Megadeth, Cowboys from Hell by Pantera, Souls of Black by Testament and Lights...Camera...Revolution! by Suicidal Tendencies. Great times.

Nick menza's drumming style added a whole new dynamic to the Megadeth sound.

It's completelly normal that 80's thrash metal bands sang about war beacause they grew up during the Cold War. Everyone was worried about the start of a new World War and a possible massive destruction with nuclear weapons. ☢☠

From a musical writing perspective no metal band touches Megadeth.

Dave Mustaine was the original guitarist for Metallica until he was kicked out . Some of Metallica's early music was written by Dave. One of my favorite songs of all time is "A Tout La Monde" by Megadeth, I think you would like it as well.

I recommend Raining Blood or South of Heaven by Slayer. Amazing songs by one of the best thrash metal bands.

One of the things that always amazed me about Dave is just the sheer speed he can play at. You'll get a taste of that on Take No Prisoners from this album and it's back in form on their latest song, We'll Be Back. Absolute legend.

Dave is highly intelligent, you can tell by the substance of his lyrics. And very talented guitar player, he plays lead alot and sings, which is very hard/ difficult for any musician to do.

Dave Mustaine was one of the original members of Metallica and was kicked out for being an alcoholic (oh the irony) and went on to immediately form Megadeth, both bands released their first albums within the same year

Oh please! 🙏 Please do a reaction of Megadeth’s new song “We’ll be back”. It will definitely melt your face off. Impossible not to headbang. 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🔥🔥🔥

One of the best songs in metal history

Megadeth has always been one of my faves. They have many songs that are phenomenal that aren't mainstream like Hook in Mouth,Ashes in Your Mouth,This Was My Life ,Lucretia and Liar. Check them out. If you like melodic death metal you really need to check out an Aussie band Ne Obliviscaris and Forget Not. You will be hooked. Their catalogue is flawless.Thanks.

When you get time check out "Type O Negative" you'll definitely love their music

Best metal song ever created, not even Metallica ever created a masterpiece like that.

This is definitely one of their best songs off their rust in piece cd that was released in 1990. Multiple lineup changes throughout megadeths existence but in my opinion this was their best lineup

Cant Wait!

I absolutely love Megadeth with Marty Friedman. One of my absolute favorite guitarists.

For a live one , you have to do She-Wolf - Live - Rude Awakening !!!☢😎🤘 ☢ It's not some early song of Megadeth like this one, it's from 1997 Cryptic Writings. At first with the song Trust because it as a more accessible sound, it became the album that got me into Metal. And in 1998 my first metal show that i will never forget.

The solo on Tornado of souls is pretty cool too. These 4 are legends.

Megadeth is a timeless classic in terms of metal. A lot of people think this line up with Mary Friedman on guitar was the best they had to offer.

saw these play this live clash of the titans tour in the 90s,it's a facemelter live.between megadeth and slayer i came out deaf what a gig

You must do Megadeth She Wolf! Every member of the band gets a moment to shine absolutely epic!

My Favorite thing about Aileen is she is so YOUNG that she can discover all the things I grew up with...

*Dio* Rainbow in the Dark or other songs by Dio are amazing as well.

They are streaming their performance at Hellfest on KZfaq it was either yesterday or today.Watched Opeths performance a couple of days ago and they were great.This is one of my favorite Megadeath song's,the guitar playing is epic, and I really like the message because it's definitely true.🤘

Ooh, this is going to be good 😎

Dave Mustaine was originally in Metallica, he was replaced Kirk Hammett. Check out the Megadeth song "wake up dead"

"My Last Words" from Rust in Peace has an incredible bass line I'm sure you'll love

Great reaction! I truly believe that you would love the song,” LOVE BITES” by Judas Priest. One of my favorites by Megadeth is,” PEACE SELLS BUT WHO’S BUYIN’.”

Amazing reaction, I'm so glad that a gentle lady like you can appreciate a masterpiece like this, so powerful, intense and dramatic. I like you also appreciate all the technical aspects, like the solos and drumming. My respect to you

I love how elaborate and very detailed you are when expressing your thoughts about this song, it almost makes me feel like im listening to the song for the first time again but also makes me happy that you are able to point the things out that we already love just from your first time listening to the song!

I loved your reaction 💛 easy to see how much you're feeling the music. Love.

Hi Aileen!! Each day your channel likes me more and more! Told you liked how you appreciate all instruments, especially the "underrated" bass. Many people don't preciate bass; great error!!! So...continuing with Megadeth I highly recomend you Peace Sells But...Who's Buying? (Great bass line!!!) and Tornado Of Souls (one of the best guitar solos all time in metal) As always, greetings from Spain!!!!

One of my favorite songs from them.

I remember when this video debuted on the Headbangers ball, when it ended my buddy and I just sat in silence for a bit and then looked at each other like wow that was badass

From Pantera to Megadeth, Holy Wars, couldn't ask for anything better. Love your reactions. They are so genuine. This is one awesome channel. Just love the content. Thank you so much for putting all the time and effort into entertaining us. I speak for everyone when I say we all appreciate it. Almost at the 60k too. Should have a few more 0's at the end but you'll get there. Love the channel, love the content, can't wait for more. Take care of yourself. Best wishes all the way from Ireland. :)

When this song flips to Punishment Due 🤘🏻 That riff is nastyyyy

I can’t wait!!! Love Megadeth!!!

80's metal , it was extreme and intense .I LOVE THE WAY MEGADETH AND METALLICA AND MOTLY CRUE CHANGED THE TEMPO THRU OUT THE SONG. i am glad to see you getting into this era.Back in the day ,you would take a road trip and get on the L A FREEWAY BLAST THIS SHIT TIL YOU COULDNT HEAR ANYMORE...WOW, DAVE IS PURE FUCKING ENERGY..

Yeah. Great choice for a reaction video. This song came out in 1990 great metal song to start the decade. Especially at a time of the onset of the Grunge coming into its own. Megadeth and Pantera who were keeping metal alive in the 90's along with many other bands. Megadeth is defiantly an 80's band for sure, but still going strong today.

Also she-wolf and Hangar 18 are good ones to listen to as well it's hard to put one or two songs to listen to by Megadeth so I'd rather suggest you listen to the whole albums or reaction video but I can understand that that might be a little too much but you'll be amazed Symphony of Destruction is the regular go to for a reaction video It's a real good one too and on the radio it's kind of overplayed where I'm from so but it's still a good song it never gets old when you hear it and I thank you you play a lot of stuff that keeps going and happy and helps keep me from going crazy from my anxiety so thank you and keep up the good work and videos music is the gateway to soul and it is what ties everyone together and can make the world more peaceful ✌ ❤

This is the band that really got me into metal along with maiden, Metallica, and sabbath. I would HIGHLY recommend the song tornado of souls. Absolute masterpiece and possibly my favorite metal song of all time 🤘

I love that ur touching up on all the music I loved growing up. Keep it coming 🤘😆

Oh this is great, love the song and glad you are finding many good tracks for your list. Just wait until you get to Sepultura... great share! :)

You should check out "symphony of destruction" by Megadeth next! It's a beast riding the same main riff throughout the song!

In my opinion, the best line up they've ever had (rest in peace nick) and I also say it's their best song to date... more appropriate today than ever🤘🤘🤘

My first Megadeth concert was in Worcestor, MA (somehow, pronounced Whist-ah). Last time I saw them was them in Maryland signing Cryptic Writings cds. Nice guys, fun to be around.

80s metal refers to war alot because most of the bands grew up during the cold war and Madd. Something about scrambling to get under under your desk for bomb drills and knowing that the whole planet was toast if MADD really kicked off. Kids today have to worry about school shooting but cold war kids had to worry about a flash of light that would blind them, sear their shadow into surfaces around them and turn them into a pile of ash that would be irradiated and scattered for miles by a blast wave traveling at 1200 mph. Those were the lucky kids. Those that survived the blasts would probably be slowly killed by radiation burns and sickness or starve to death in the nuclear winter that would follow even "limited" exchanges.

Megadeth always is a pleasure. A riff machine with one of the finest solos in the genre. If u want to dive into this record I recommend Five Magics. If u want to know other album I'd say Wake Up Dead from Its 2nd record 🤟

Love all your reactions keep it up girl 👧we love u!!!

Dave Mustaine is not only an incredible musician, but an amazing lyricist !!!! He's always been so dialed in to what's happening, almost clairvoyant. Such an interesting, intelligent, and talented person. I love the guy, always have !!!! Megadeth 🤘🏼 And yes this was back when you were able to say exactly what you wanted. And they saw what's happening today coming for us. Now look around !!!!

Dave Mustane the lead singer was in Metallic in the beginning, Saw accept, Savatage, Megadeth, all before the headliner Dio, mid eighties, still one of the best shows out of hundreds, I like the tune skin of my teeth

I recommend "Peace Sells, but Who's Buying", awesome follow up to this one. But also, a song you need to hear is "Et Tout Le Monde", one of Megadeths most controversial songs. Banned by MTV because "it was pro-suicide". But an awesome song!

This is so epic and amazing and those riffs. Great reaction😍😍😊😊👌👌✌✌

The first part of this song is a criticism of war fought on behalf of religion, specifically The Troubles in Northern Ireland. Megadeth was playing a concert there, and Dave kept hearing people talk about "the cause". During the concert, and not knowing what he was getting himself into, Dave shouted something like "this is for the cause!" before ripping into a cover of Anarchy In The U.K. This resulted in a riot, and the band had to be escorted out of the country. The second part of the song is about the Marvel character The Punisher, of whom Dave was quite a fan.

This is an excellent intro to Megadeth and one of the greatest metal albums of all time! Also check out the guitar work on Five Magics and Tornado of Souls (consider by many as having one of the truly great metal solos...). Many other outstanding Megadeth albums/songs too... it's a rabbit hole! Enjoy the ride and stay well, Aileen!

Have always liked Metallica more than Megadeath, but this song is friggin' masterpiece. Have loved it for decades. Riff-tastic!!!!

Aileen, keep practicing! It really does take repetition. I learned this entire album and all the guitar solos in the mid 90’s. In comparison to Metallica songs, Megadeth, especially this album is a lot more challenging. If you like bass, death metal, prog check out Ne Obliviscaris- and plague flowers the kaleidoscope live in Denver. They’re an Australian band with a unique style that will definitely impress.

I like what you said about ,”they say what they want.” When you play like that you CAN say what you want. When your drawing in that kind of money, people will back you, and you got the skills no one else can touch, who can fill your shoes?

Love how you pick up on the killer bass lines early!! Especially Opeth's! Us Bassists sometimes get overlooked! :).

The lead vocalist and lead guitar player Dave Mustane played lead guitar for Metallica on their first album.

U Awsome Aileen... 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

Love your channel. It's a pleasure to see young people love these songs. A great recommendation from this band for you is Hangar 18 (11 guitar solos) MASTERPIECE, as the entire Rust In Piece album. keep up the great work.

My buddy Sean Smithson created Vic Rattlehead (Megadeth’s Mascot) he drew the art on their demo tape in 84? They thanked him on Peace Sells album

I started watching your channel because of the rammstein reactions. But then I started watching some of your other stuff and I am so happy that I did that. Keep up the good work

Megadeth was born from a resentment Dave Mustane (lead singer and shredder for Megadeth) had against Metallica for kicking him out of the band (due to his drinking problem). There are many similarities between the two. As a matter of fact, if you listen to Mechanix by Mega and The Four Horsemen by Metallica, it's basically the same song.

I love your comment "a little bit of everything", because this song really is a roller coaster ride of everything metal. I don't think I've ever heard anything heavier than this, 30 years on. Yeah, I know there are bands out there tuning down 3000 octaves, but riff-wise, this is the gold standard of HEAVY!

Megadeth has been one of my favorite bands if not my absolute favorite band ever! And Dave's still killing it!!

Love to see your reaction of their song 'Sweating Bullets'. I had the pleasure to see Megadeth live last month at a festival and they were great (again). They also played this song and this is slowly becoming one of my favorites of Megadeth. But it all started with Sweating Bullets for me.

The galping Rifts towards the end where it speeds up is most epic Dave Mustaine is like the best ever at time changes in metal music

Thanx! 47 years old and still going crazy about this stuff! All hail Metal!

I've been playing guitar for 23 years. Here's a tip I've given people I've taught to help make your learning and progress a more pleasant experience. Use your pinky as much as possible. It's a finger that gets overlooked a lot. If you ignore it in the beginning, by the time you get comfortable taking on songs like Holy Wars, Master of Puppets, Lucretia, Rust in Peace, Tornado of Souls, or Jump in the Fire, you're gonna have a bad time. Hell, I still catch myself tucking my pinky from time to time. (Positioning it beneath the fretboard, often times under the neck as well.) It's not a good thing to do at all. It's bad form. So is anchoring your pinky on your strumming hand to the body/pick guard/bridge pickup. It can be difficult learning to float your strumming hand over the strings while accurately hitting the strings you're aiming for, but it's an important technique which will allow you to have an easier time learning more advanced strumming hand playing techniques. Like finger-picking and being able to go from picking to tapping and back fluidly. It's impossible to use either of those techniques while anchoring your pinky. I hope that helps you on your path to becoming a great guitarist! And don't worry, you don't have to be a radio-played household name in one of the biggest bands on the planet to be a great guitarist. So don't kick yourself too hard for not being able to play the Crazy Train solo by your tenth attempt at full speed. You'll get there. Trust me. Also: Looking forward to your first cover! 😉

I am sp happy seeing you diving into Megadeth!!! Great song to begib with!! I loved your reaction very much and loved that you enjoyed it!! Megadeth is one of the big four of Thrash (together with Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax). The lead vocalist abd guitarist, Dave Mustaine, ised to be in Metallica at rhe very beginning until he was booted from the band. Lots of information you can find online avout what happened but that motivated him to form this band and we are all happier for it!! I would recommed "Wake Up Dead", "In my Darkest Hour" and "Skull Beneath the Skin" as some other song choices. You are always so lovely my dear. 🌹🌹🖤🖤🖤

oh boy. what a history. To help look up the VH1 special Behind the music with Megadeth. The tag line was " Prepare to take a journey to the molten core of speed metal!" Released while they were producing their next album Countdown to extinction." 1991. It reached #2 on the billboard charts. right behind Metallica's black album, the self titled 5th one. Dave Mustaine has read the 17th, 18th & 19th century Enlightenment philosophers that inspired much of the policies of the USA up to the early 20th century when society moved away from voulentary self improvement and more forced improvement. So understand in the broad sense his music is often political but not partisan. His real pain and anger are in the music. He has battled cancer recently. fought back from nerve damage and at one point been resuscitated after OD'ing on drugs. In his own words at the time he had about 6 different things on him and several more IN him. Describes it as being on a mission to violate all the laws of god and man. In 2012 they did a live concert celebrating the 20th anniversary of Countdown to Extinction. Starting with medley of classic hits and current songs, they proceeded to play the entire album front to back without a break. Deep lyrics from a deep man and music to peel the paint off the walls.

one of my all time faves, seen them 5 times but could see them 100 more

Best parts about to come up this is like total head-banging music

My favorite 80's metal quintessential song, the heaviest of ALL!!! LOVE DAVE, AND MEGADETH!!!

This is a metal masterpiece. One of the most complex and technical metal songs with more layers than an onion. Great reaction and discussion.

Megadeth has an absolutely huge anthology to chew through. Some good ones I think are Tornado of Souls, Into The Lungs of Hell/Set The World On Fire, Trust, Ecstacy, Insomnia.

Any song that people tell you listen to are correct. Their library has depth and is so rich. Do more please.

The first part of the song is about the"Troubles" in Ireland, the second part of the song is about The Punisher

I remember at age 14 watching the MTV World Premier of this video back in 1990. A few months later we entered Gulf War 1 in Iraq.

So happy you chose Megadeth Holy Wars, a great introduction to one of the best 80's bands. You should try "A Tout Le Monde" next as it's a totally different style song from Megadeth, especially the one featuring cristina scabbia, her vocals really add to the ambiance of the song. So nice to see someone really enjoying the stuff we old farts used to listen to back in the day !

You like that more gritty vocal approach maybe give Symphony of Destruction, Go To Hell or Post American World a listen.. He approaches those sounds with a lower more grindy tone.. Symphony of Destruction is their most well known song.

One of my fave's and one of my fave songs from them. And look at you enjoying every second of this. Polaris is the last song on that album and its interesting to say the least.

Watching your video almost made me replay Guitar Hero Warriors of Rock... I remembered when I worked on it and I never got bored of the two main sets of songs, the whole "2112" Side A from Rush and the trio of Megadeth songs, which the first was Holy Wars... And now I may have to dig out the game... :D

Way to make me feel old Aileen. 3:00 on. Thanks. This is almost my favorite song ever and Tornado of Souls from this same album might be tied for first, so underrated.

There are a ton of great Megadeth songs. First Megadeth song I ever heard was Sweating Bullets, and I think it will probably always be my favorite, so that’s my recommendation. It’s an unusual song, but absolutely incredible.