Holy Wars... the Punishment Due
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| “Holy Wars… the Punishment Due” | |||||
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| Single by Megadeth from the album Rust in Peace |
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| Released | 1990 | ||||
| Recorded | 1990 | ||||
| Genre | Thrash metal | ||||
| Length | 6:32 | ||||
| Label | Capitol Records | ||||
| Producer | Dave Mustaine | ||||
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"Holy Wars… the Punishment Due" (sample ) is the opening track of speed / thrash metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.
The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", and returns towards the end back to "Holy Wars", after a solo played by Dave Mustaine. The entire song is generally referred to as simply "Holy Wars".
The lyrical theme of "Holy Wars" deals with the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.[1] In an interview with the UK magazine Guitarist, Mustaine says that he was inspired to write the song in Ireland, when he discovered bootlegged Megadeth T-shirts were on sale and was dissuaded from taking action to have them removed on the basis that they were part of fund raising activities for "The Cause" (i.e. the Northern Ireland conflict). Dave also recently stated at a gig at Rock City (Nottingham, U.K. 18/02/2008) that it was at this venue that he wrote Holy Wars, after they travelled there from Ireland in a bullet proof bus.[2] "The Punishment Due" is based on the popular Marvel comic book character, The Punisher.[3]
The song is the last song played during the encore of all recent Megadeth shows.
[edit] Credits
- Dave Mustaine : Rhythm/Lead guitar, vocals
- Marty Friedman : Lead guitar
- David Ellefson : Bass guitar
- Nick Menza : Drums
[edit] CD single track listing
7" edition
- Holy Wars… the Punishment Due
- Lucretia
12" edition
- Holy Wars… the Punishment Due
- Interview with Dave Mustaine
12" edition
- Holy Wars… the Punishment Due
- Lucretia
- Interview with Dave Mustaine (Edited)
CD edition
- Holy Wars… the Punishment Due
- Lucretia
- Interview with Dave Mustaine (Edited)
- Capitol Records DPRO-79462
[edit] Notes
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