Never Dead

Album: TH1RT3EN (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This was written by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine for the soundtrack of the action/fantasy video game NeverDead. It was used in its promotional trailer, marking the third time in five years that the band contributed a new song towards promoting a video game; "Gears Of War" in 2006 to promote the game of the same name and "Sudden Death" in 2010 for inclusion in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock were the other two. The song was subsequently included as on the band's 2011 album, TH1RT3EN.
  • Bassist Dave Ellefson recalled to MusicRadar.com the first time Mustaine played him the song's riff. "It was so violent and in your face," he said, "it reminded me of the Peace Sells album. In particular, it sounded a little like 'Good Mourning/Black Friday', but in a great new way. I loved it."

    Mustaine then put the song aside and forgot about it. When the band got together in early 2011 to work on the album, Ellefson reminded him of his demo, but Mustaine couldn't remember it. "Fortunately, he had recorded it on his BlackBerry, so he was able to find it," Ellefson told MusicRadar. "As soon as we all started playing it for real, we were like four little kids jumping around a room. It's such a strong riff. It's so huge, you can't help but get crazy when you hear it."

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