Ski King - Symphony Of Destruction (Hellbilly, Megadeth Cover)

From '' Sketchbook II: Watching The Sons '' Label: Rodeostar – 21033 Format: CD Country: Germany Released: Mar 29, 2013 Tracklist 01. John The Revelator 02. This Life 03. Amigos Para Siempre 04. Ace Of Spades 05. Dad's Gonna Kill Me 06. Auf Großer Fahrt 07. Symphony Of Destruction 08. Holy Diver 09. Run To The Hills 10. Gotta Go 11. Blitzkrieg Bop 12. Warriors Of The World United 13. Overkill 14. Shame 15. Hurt 16. Five Blocks To The Subway 17. Seven Spanish Angels Notes digipak with 4 page booklet © 2013 Rodeostar GmbH ℗ 2013 Rodeostar GmbH 🎵 [SONG INFO] "Symphony of Destruction" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released as a single from their 1992 album, Countdown to Extinction. The lyrics explore the hypothetical situation where an average citizen is placed in a position where he runs the country while the public is led by a phantom government. Penned by vocalist and frontman Dave Mustaine, the song received significant radio play and charted in various territories, making it one of Megadeth's best known songs. The song was generally well received by critics, and its accompanying music video by Wayne Isham initially received heavy rotation on MTV, but eventually became controversial and was edited because of an assassination scene that MTV felt was "too harsh". The video features each band member individually playing, with a mostly black-and-white nonlinear narrative revolving around a political candidate who is assassinated, and the massive amount of anarchy and riots caused by the event. The song has been featured in several sources of media, and has been covered by several bands. Origins Vocalist Dave Mustaine described, in Guitar Center Sessions, the development of "Symphony of Destruction" as stroke of luck. One day while driving down Riverside Drive in Toluca Lake, Los Angeles to his home, he was stricken by a headache. Inspired, he began writing lyrics on the back of a sushi receipt, " My metal brains corroding, my head is going to explode". In 1992 Megadeth recorded the demo for what would become "Symphony of Destruction" and after some tweaking, the song was finished and recorded for inclusion on their fifth studio album, Countdown to Extinction. Originally, the first version of the song was much longer but was edited a lot during its pre-production for Countdown. Mustaine wrote the lyrics to the song, which were written about what he perceived to be how the masses were being led to their own destruction by political leaders, which is where the title is derived, Symphony of Destruction. The famous legend Pied Piper of Hamelin, is mentioned in the song and contains direct correlations to the lyrical meaning of the song. In the legend, the Pied Piper had the ability to force children and rats to follow his demands mindlessly, like the political leaders do to the public. Covers and remixes The song has been covered and remixed by numerous bands. Covers include Alghazanth; Black Warrant, on his Electric album; Fury, for the album Megaded - A Tribute To Megadeth; Hellsongs, for the album Hymns in the Key of 666; Paul Di'Anno for his compilation album The Living Dead; Emil Bulls, on a live version on the tour edition of their album The Black Path; Seeds of Sorrow; Shelby Cinca at the Galaxy Hut in Arlington Virginia, and it was also parodied by JBO as "Symphonie der Verstopfung" (Symphony of Constipation). Russian slam death metal band Katalepsy covered the song, which appears as track seven on their album Musick Brings Injuries but is titled "S.O.D.". More notable covers include Arch Enemy's version, for a Kerrang! CD entitled High Voltage! A Brief History of Rock, which featured modern bands set to define rock music for the next 25 years playing covers of bands that influenced them. The song is also on their Dead Eyes See No Future EP. Nightwish also released a cover version, a live performance of the song is included in "The Siren" single and in the "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan" single. Nightwish has continued to perform the song live, but these versions are not available on official releases. Also, by Tarja Turunen, although this has not appeared on any studio albums, Turunen has covered the song live, often transitioning to it from a cover of "Dead Gardens" by Nightwish. The original Megadeth version was remixed by Nine Inch Nails and Trent Reznor as the 'Gristle' mix. Solo player Michael Angelo Batio released a cover of this song on the 2009 album Hands Without Shadows Pt.2: Voices, which featured Vinnie Moore and George Ballas. 3 Doors Down played the song live nearly 70 times, which makes them one of its most devoted cover performers. 🔗 [LINKS] Official YouTube Channel    / @andrewjamessdg   Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3hpFa... and Facebook:   / the.mighty.ski.king   #megadethcover #symphonyofdestruction #skiking #hellbilly #countrabilly