Album is also available newly remastered in stereo analog
Megadeth fans can now experience the band’s multi-Platinum thrash metal classic, Countdown To Extinction, in full Dolby Atmos, submerging listeners in full 3D immersive sound with a new level a clarity and depth. In addition, the album is also available newly remastered from the original 1992 stereo analog mix in hi res 96kHz/24-bit stereo. Both the Dolby Atmos mix and the long-awaited, remastered 1992 stereo mix are now available through digital platforms.
Released in 1992 and debuting at No. 2 on the Billboard 200, Megadeth’s Grammy-nominated release, Countdown To Extinction, is the band’s breakthrough album that helped catapult the band into arena status. Countdown To Extinction is another step forward in the evolution and expansion of the thrash metal genre they helped create.
The album was also an important benchmark in the band‘s career in both songwriting and music technicality as they broke new ground and thrashed their way through the height of the grunge movement to mainstream radio and the MTV generation on their own terms with tracks such as “Symphony of Destruction,” “Sweating Bullets” and “Skin O’ My Teeth.”
In 1993, Dave Mustaine and Co. were presented with The Doris Day Music Award at The Humane Society’s Genesis Awards for the title track, “Countdown To Extinction,” a song advocating for animal rights. Other recipients of this prestigious honor include Paul McCartney, Peter Gabriel, and Crosby & Nash.
Last year, Megadeth released their highly anticipated 16th studio album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! to both fan and critical acclaim. The album debuted at the top of the charts during its first week of sales, taking the No. 1 slot on Top Album Sales, Top Current Albums Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Album, Top Rock Albums, and Top Hard Rock Albums, and No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200. The project is the highest charting Megadeth album of all time around the world, also notching No. 1 in Finland, No. 2 in Australia, Poland, Switzerland, and Scotland, No. 3 in the UK, and more. Megadeth received their 13th Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song “We’ll Be Back.”
The thrash metal titans kick off their Crush The World Tour 2023 in support of The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead! with a US date in Everett, WA on April 26th, before the start of their Canadian tour on April 28th in Abbotsford, moving throughout Canada, and wrapping up on May 15th in Halifax.
