Warchest

For the term, see War chest.

2007 box set by Megadeth

Warchest

Box set by

Megadeth

Released| October 9, 2007[1]
Genre| Heavy metal
Length| 5:35:29
Label| EMI, Capitol
Producer| Kevin Flaherty
Megadeth chronology
| Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
(2005)  | Warchest
(2007)  | Anthology: Set The World Afire
(2008)

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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 "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.

## Reception

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Professional ratingsReview 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 stereo separation of the guitars, and an appearance by Sean Harris of Diamond Head.[3]

## Track listing

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All music and lyrics by Dave Mustaine, except where noted

Disc 1No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Album| Length

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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 2No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Album| Length

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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)|  | 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.| "A Tout le Monde"|  |  | Youthanasia| 4:22

Disc 3No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Album| Length

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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 Rome, 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, 1990No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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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, 1992No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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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

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* Dave Mustaine – guitars, lead vocals, acoustic guitar
* David Ellefson – bass, 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, 14[5] on disc 1
* Nick Menza – drums on tracks discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 12–13, tracks 15–17 on disc 1, and tracks 1–4, 6 on disc 3
* Marty Friedman – lead guitar on discs 2, 4, 5, tracks 13–14, tracks 15–17 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 on tracks 16–17 on disc 3
* Vinnie Colaiuta – drums on tracks 16–17 on disc 3

## Chart positions

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Chart  | Peak
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Finish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[6] | 36
Japanese Albums Chart (Oricon)[7] | 231

## References

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1. ^ a b Megadeth: 'Warchest' Box Set Due In October. Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved September 28, 2013
2. ^ "Megadeth: 'Warchest' First-Week Sales Revealed – Oct. 17, 2007". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 6, 2011.
3. ^ a b Birchmeier, Jason. Megadeth – Warchest review. Allmusic
4. ^ link [dead link]
5. ^ "Dave Mustaine on Making 'Rust in Peace,' Asking Slash and Dimebag to Join Megadeth". Revolver. September 23, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2023.
6. ^ "Megadeth – Warchest". www.finnishcharts.com. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
7. ^ "メガデス・ウォーチェスト・ボックス" [Megadeth War Chest Box] (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved October 4, 2021.

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Megadeth

* Dave Mustaine
* James LoMenzo
* Dirk Verbeuren
* Teemu Mäntysaari

* David Ellefson
* Lee Rauch
* Gar Samuelson
* Chris Poland
* Chuck Behler
* Jeff Young
* Nick Menza
* Marty Friedman
* Jimmy DeGrasso
* Al Pitrelli
* James MacDonough
* Glen Drover
* Shawn Drover
* Chris Broderick
* Kiko Loureiro
* Chris Adler

Studio albums|

* Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
* Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
* So Far, So Good... So What!
* Rust in Peace
* Countdown to Extinction
* Youthanasia
* Cryptic Writings
* Risk
* The World Needs a Hero
* The System Has Failed
* United Abominations
* Endgame
* Thirteen
* Super Collider
* Dystopia
* The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!

Live albums|

* Rude Awakening
* That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
* Rust in Peace: Live
* The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
* Countdown to Extinction: Live
* Unplugged in Boston

Compilation albums|

* Capitol Punishment: The Megadeth Years
* Still, Alive... and Well?
* Greatest Hits: Back to the Start
* Warchest
* Anthology: Set the World Afire
* Icon
* Warheads on Foreheads

Extended plays|

* Live at the Cow Palace
* Hidden Treasures
* Cryptic Sounds: No Voices in Your Head
* Live Trax and Live Trax II

Singles|

* "Wake Up Dead"
* "Peace Sells"
* "Anarchy in the U.K."
* "Mary Jane"
* "In My Darkest Hour"
* "No More Mr. Nice Guy"
* "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
* "Hangar 18"
* "Symphony of Destruction"
* "Sweating Bullets"
* "Skin o' My Teeth"
* "Angry Again"
* "99 Ways to Die"
* "Train of Consequences"
* "A Tout le Monde"
* "Trust"
* "Use the Man"
* "Crush 'Em"
* "Breadline"
* "Kill the King
* "Moto Psycho"
* "Dread and the Fugitive Mind"
* "Blackmail the Universe"
* "Of Mice and Men"
* "Gears of War"
* "Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms"
* "À Tout le Monde (Set Me Free)"
* "Head Crusher"
* "The Right to Go Insane"
* "Sudden Death"
* "Public Enemy No. 1"
* "Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)"
* "The Threat Is Real"
* "Fatal Illusion"
* "Dystopia"
* "Post American World"
* "We'll Be Back"
* "Night Stalkers"
* "Soldier On!"
* "Killing Time"

Other songs|

* "Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!"
* "These Boots"
* "Mechanix
* "The Conjuring"
* "Good Mourning/Black Friday"
* "I Ain't Superstitious"
* "My Last Words"
* "Set the World Afire"
* "Tornado of Souls"
* "Dialectic Chaos"
* "This Day We Fight!"
* "Lying in State"

Video albums|

* Rude Awakening
* Arsenal of Megadeth
* That One Night: Live in Buenos Aires
* Rust in Peace: Live
* The Big Four: Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
* Countdown to Extinction: Live

Tours|

* So Far, So Good... So What! Tour
* Clash of the Titans
* Gigantour
* American Carnage Tour
* European Carnage Tour
* Mayhem Festival 2011

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* Discography
* Members
* Songs
* Awards
* MD.45 (The Craving)
* Humanary Stew: A Tribute to Alice Cooper
* Ellefson v. Megadeth, Inc.
* Vic Rattlehead
* Metallica
* F5
* EMP Label Group
* Murder in the Front Row

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