Most Underrated Megadeth Songs

Megadeth has many great songs, and some that could be top ten... if people knew about them.
The Top Ten
1 My Last Words - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?

This is one of the best songs from this album but it's very underrated the riffs and the chorus is amazing on this song

Fun fact: This is Lars Ulrich's favorite Megadeth song! He revealed it in an AMA on Reddit.

An underrated classic for sure! Always puts me in a good mood. Just give it a quick listen!

My favourite Megadeth song!

2 Rattlehead - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good

The very beginning of Megadeth. Thrash at its best. Frantic rhythm and chugging guitars. Fantastic!

At 2:24 I always bang my head to the riff! I literally feel like rattling my head every time I listen to it!

One of Megadeth's best thrash songs that has intense drumming, solos, and vocals.

This is every Head Banger Dream!
So Fast and destructive, moshpit maker indeed!

3 Hook In Mouth - So Far, So Good... So What!
4 Head Crusher - Endgame
5 Poison Was the Cure - Rust In Peace

This song is so underrated, that it isn't listed in the most underrated Megadeth songs. Seriously, I never hear this song get mentioned and it's one of the best in Rust in Peace.

The transition from just the bass and drums to everything else is simply amazing.

I think the solo at the end of this song is the single greatest moment on RIP.

favorite megadeth song

6 Lucretia - Rust In Peace

Perhaps my favorite, so much different from any metal song and weird but in a good way. Only Mustaine could come up with such amazing song!

Beautiful lucretia

7 Ashes in Your Mouth - Countdown to Extinction

OMGoodness! This one is my favorite! Definitely underrated! Drumming at the end is BEAST along with the rest of the song!

This alone is better than any other Metallica song :)
So amazing and so under-credited

The solos, drumming, vocals, ending... Everything is amazing!

8 Psychotron - Countdown to Extinction

I was blown away when they played this song live on the 20th anniversary tour. This song is incredibly heavy!

A song that's truly great when nobody knows about it. It has great riffs and solo fills throughout.

9 Looking Down the Cross - Killing is My Business... and Business is Good

Lots of different parts, different intro rather than that 0-0-0-0 that's typical of metal. This one you will like if you have not heard it.

This song represents classic, gritty thrash metal at its finest.

My favorite album and possibly favorite song. Too 3 in my eyes.

YES this is my favorite Megadeth song, it deserves much more praise than its given

10 Mary Jane - So Far, So Good... So What

I love this song, I really do not get why a lot people don't rate.. it's a builder, it keeps going and there are some classic riffs and changes in there. I love it.

Most under rated song from this album.

The Contenders
11 Vortex - Cryptic Writings

The song is an excellent thrash track off Cryptic Writings, disappointed that it dosen't get as much recognition as other songs from the album like Trust or She-Wolf.

12 Breakpoint - Hidden Treasures

Nicks drumming is awesome! The middle tempo change part is so smooth too! Lyrics are kinda weird, but a great riff makes up for it!

Hardly anyone even knows this song! The music resembles that semi thrashy stuff megadeth did in the countdown era. Truly awesome!

13 502 - So Far, So Good... So What?

I would have voted for this one, its another one of my favorite Megadeth songs.

14 Addicted to Chaos - Youthanasia

One of my favorites on Megadeth's sixth studio effort. It's a song that has a great rhythm, lyrics and tone, and is perfect for this list as I do not hear many people talk about it. A hidden gem!

Amazing song, listened to it every day for like 3 months straight. Definitely deserves more credit than it gets.

Yeah one of the best Megadeth middle tempo songs. Heavy song that has a nice groove. They should play this live.

Yes this is a very underrated song! It deserves a better rating! This is one of my favorite songs from megadeth

15 Countdown to Extinction - Countdown to Extinction

This shouldn't be underrated at all. Best song on the album and probably top 5 if not the best

The best song with great sound, melody line and especially vocal of Dave Mustaine.

16 Angry Again - Hidden Treasures

Engaged in crime I grasp my throat, Enraged my mind starts to smoke, Enforce a mental overload, Angry Again Angry Again Angry Aww! Such the best song ever

This riff kicks ass they definitely need to play it in every show

17 High Speed Dirt - Countdown to Extinction

POSERS¡¡ THE MOST OVERRATED SONG OF METAL BY FAR¡ Amzing Vocal Work, An energetic riff THE AMAZING SOLOS... YOU MUST BE AN AZZ HOLE IF YOU don't LIKE IT... The firs time I hear it I just play it around 20 times or more in the same day... LISTEN TO IT AND FEEL OBLIGATE TO VOTE TO IT... MY TOP:
1. - My Last Words
2. - High Speed Dirt
3. - Tornado Of Souls
4. - In My Darkest Hour
5. - Wake Up Dead
6. - Holy Wars
7. - Symphony Of Destruction
8. - She Wolf
9. - Skin O' My Teeth
10. - Trust

My Favorite One. I Iove the solos and that incredible RIFF. definitely THE MOST UNDERRATED METAL SONG EVER.

The Most Underrated Metal song ever. PLEASE LISTEN TO IT.

18 Back in the Day - The System Has Failed

It' s one of the best megadeth songs. I'm glad that as a kid I noticed it in Duck Dodgers. It has killer intro cool lyrics and solo stuff. That ending is also very catchy and cool. It makes me sad that nobody's talking about this song and this ammazing album

It's about metal back in the 80s. Dunno why it isn't higher. It was featured on a duck Dodgers episode that also featured dave mustaine himself!

19 99 Ways to Die - Hidden Treasures

Very Underrated for the incredible guitar work on this classic.

20 Five Magics - Rust in Peace

The bass is sexy, and it has excellent progression. It starts of pretty fast, then gets a little slow for a couple of minutes. And then it gets, like one of the guys said- fast, loud, and rude.

That bass gives me eargasms, I'm sorry its true. Dave Mustaine awesome in this song as well. The song has great progression. How is this on 38? It deserves at least 15.

Underrated. THIS is thrash. The bass intro is badass, and the song is fast, loud, and rude.

I can't understand how this is on 29. like are you serious?

21 I'll Get Even - Cryptic Writings
22 Bad Omen - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
23 Tears In a Vial - The System Has Failed
24 The Conjuring - Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?

A song that has several parts to it including the fast intro and the creepy exit.

A classic metal song, enough said. Love it

Best song on Peace Sells with Wake Me Up

25 13 - Th1rt3en

Very epic and emotional song and I think that it is truly underrated. Songs like ashes in your mouth or addicted to chaos aren't really underrated, because right now they are good known for being great songs.

The other songs are not truly underrated, at least that's what I think. This ballad is amazing. Mustaine is a genius. I think most of Megadeth's songs are masterpieces.

A Mustaine masterpiece that has several emotions all put in one song.

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