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Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

by Megadeth
on Megadeth: Greatest Hits - Back To The Start

Lyrics

Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion
Something I don't understand
full lyrics
Brother will kill brother
Spilling blood across the land
Killing for religion
Something I don't understand
full lyrics

Features of This Track

hard rock roots
a subtle use of vocal harmony
varying tempo and time signatures
intricate melodic phrasing
thru composed melodic style
extensive vamping
minor key tonality
a dirty electric guitar solo
a distinctive male lead vocal
prominent drums

These are just a few of the hundreds of attributes cataloged for this track by the Music Genome Project.

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Comments

F**kin love dis song
I have been in love with Megadeth for a LONG time! When I was 14 I managed to con my mom into taking me to see them and it was EPIC!!!! Granted I had to stand on a bar stool to see them but still! And being the young 14 year old standing on a stool and head banging, they saw me! :D I tell myself that..... LOLZ!
The last 40 seconds of this song is so awesome.
I wish Dave would kick the crap out of bieber
Mercey Killings Killings Killings
Gotta admit this beats the s**t out of quite a bit if metallica of course the average metal head would disagree due to metallica turning mainstream
Last mistake!
:)
Dave is way beyond anyone in metal not just mindless rock
kenyon.m
You gotta give Dave props for doing the lead singer / lead guitar thing so well. He's got some skills.
This song is nothing like the related songs, as all of those are actually good songs.
Among the best songs they ever put out! Came out around '90 and was light years from where they'd been. For a short while they were THE metal band...til Metallica came out with The Black Album & all its stripper-fri e n d l y grooves, and it outsold Rust in Peace. Bastards!
Nice riffage! I'm new to Megadeth but raised on Pantera, Slayer and Metallica. So now I know what I was missing!
Rust in peace is my fav Megadeth album!!! BWUAAAAAAAH!
@Robb, I always thought it was about a random soldier fighting in the holy war, however it appears it is actually two subjects, the holy war in Ireland and the Punisher comic book character.
It's an awesome song, but it's weird how it just changes focus. It's like they had a song written and then they started writing lyrics about Holy Wars... and then ran out of lyrics but didn't want to cut the song or make it instrumental . . . so they added lyrics about some random hitman.
rvaubel0615
I completely agree, this song is tha all time best thrash metal song of all time I listen to it almost once a day. It is truly an epic song. Dave Mustaine at the top of his game.
great song always one of my favs
good call--this may indeed be the best metal song ever.
ironmaiden40 0
megadave!!!
This is one of the BEST songs ever created!! AAAAAAAAAAAA A A A A A R R R R R R R R R G G G G G G G ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
you might have something there patman0322. i was about to say the same.
patman0322
Maybe this is the best metal song ever. Megadeth at the height of their power for sure. This plus "Hanger 18" is about as awesome a 1-2 punch to open an album as ever.
PUNISHMENT DUE MOTHER FUKERS!!!!!! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !
awesome lyrics, awesome riffs. this is as good as music gets.
i cant listen to the end of this song without freakin out. Its the greatest music ive ever heard. MERCY KILLINGS!!! simply brilliant
A classic. Pure earotica. This song is absolutely supreme and proved what Megadeth could do. Too bad the remixed version (this one) is messed up.
More progressive than bands with that label. Badass!
Thanks for telling us the truth Dave. Keep cranking out these kick a** tunes.
first mistake. last mistake.

that's some coldblooded shyt right there. love it...
Awsome!
One of the few of the undisputed classic metal songs
jewwwwwww
This track is classic 'Deth, heavy use of complex melodies and signatures, the perfect opener to an album.

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