Matt would you rather I use the term "pushing air through the vocal cords, causing them to vibrate, creating sound that is then manipulated by the lips and tongue"?
Xclusivity i actually prefer the term "sing not-actually sing". Dave is a great musician but he is not a good singer, doesnt have a proper technique. Amazing songwriter and guitarist btw and made some of the biggest thrash metal anthems
I'm a metal fan and appreciate that everyone has their own and they are entitled to their own style of music. . but this blows the shit out of whats around now, out of the water! . . thanks for putting up :-)
Pseudo Wounds agree and disagree. There are great bands and amazing music out right now.... however. This. Something about this era of music will be immortalized. The music that is paving the way now is not this. The metal that will be looked back upon in hundreds of years WILL be this.
@@andrewNathananderson You’re helping me appreciate how awesome music can be when you get to witness an era of it and get whalloped by legendary pieces such as Holy Wars. Just Enjoyed the hell out of karaoke for the first time in a long time thanks to this song.
I was born in 1990 so I haven’t heard this song until recently. I’ve been a Metallica fan for years but never really listen to Megadeth until this song. I had a bad childhood and never really had anyone around to show me music and I was poor so I barely had a CD player and couldn’t afford CDs. I know I still have tons of good music to catch up on
I was also 13 the year this album was released. I didn’t discover Megadeth until I was 15 though. The next two music purchases I made was this album and Peace Sells.
Killing for religion has been the cause of most wars. There is 1 GOD for fuck sake call him ALLAH BUDDHA OR what you will YEAH. THIS WILL NEVER CHANGE. We are living through a pandemic and it's still going on. mankind will never change it's in our DNA. Animals evolve but we humans are not. Really sad........
@Kool Koala #1 and all around the world, only the wicked and evil according to their evilness and wickedness, They shall be ALL ERASE IN THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
Yeh , you're right , I heard it , I'm here from listening to the Michael Berry Show , 740 AM KTRH , , he's got a great talk show & he KNOWS music , Michael talked about Mega at a recent show ruclips.net/video/K96auHG1ud0/видео.html & mentioned this HOLY WARS song , , yeh , pretty awesome ,
This song sort of made sense to me back in 1990. I thought I understood it... but I admit teenaged self back then wasn't exactly sure. 2020 is now mere days away. This song makes PERFECT sense now.
First thing, this song fucking rocks, in my top 5 or possibly all time favorite. Second thing, it is relevant to the times we live. These are crazy fuckin times!!!
First part about the song is about those who blindly follow a leader to carry out commands to kill, etc Second part is about the leader is who a “know it all scholar” out to change the world, obviously with a messiah complex, who then ultimately brings calamity and division and destruction Third part I think represents the people who suffers at the hands of the new world order- they’ve labeled him organized crime. He wants revenge after they cause him such pain- killing his wife and baby with hopes to enslave him. Last part is about the language and mind control the new order uses to protect itself. “Just because I don’t say it doesn’t mean I ain’t thinking it” (he won’t speak truth in fear of consequence/cancelled). Etc
A concert with:Iron Maiden,Metallica,Motorhead,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax,Pantera,Accept and Exodus will be ultimate Thrash heavy metal concert in the world.
*I know God, & God designed our minds to never be shared, trespassed or brought about. They will never ever read our minds. He built them that way so our prayers to Him can never be made public. The place between you and your prayers to God, is a sanctuary space. All Glory goes to God. Amen.*
Thanks for the help man. Mustaine's voice can be hard to decipher. I lost all my cases with the lyrics in the pamphlets because some jackass/'s broke in to my apartment and stole all the cases (and other shit of course)......Obviously, thinking they were stealing the music. Lucky me, I keep my CD's in my car......YUP. I still use the CD's......Sounds better than MP3's. Of course, Google is a reasonable replacement. That shit doesn't help with the collection.....I'm still pissed!
as GREAT of an album this was/is it came at a price...cocaine and other substances abuse.... been a follower since early 80s and am glad to see where Dave has taken band since those "darker days"
Deep lyrics! Americans don’t understand it over seas and wars! Hesbun Allah wanama wakeel Dave Mustaine is brilliant. I have a joke for metal heads, “Whose better? Metallica or Megadeth?” A real metal connoisseur will always answer Megadeth!!!😂😂😂
I remember at 2:07 he's clearly (to me) saying "Part of the master's plan" but I remember the lyrics printed in the booklet/jacket read "Part of God the master's plan". I listened to that part over and over to make sure I wasn't missing something. I always that that was weird.
Epic surreal song. Will never go out of touch. This is reality all! Sad but true (pun sorta intended)Alot of Dave's songs and lyrics shine even ever brighter as the days tick by. Favourite line of all "The next thing you know they'll take my(our) thoughts away"...Doesn't that sound familiar of recent gov instilled bills or referendums on internet and plandemic,lgb2fukoff, style authoritatarian rules?? I've heard this live a few times ,I still get goosebumps listening to it!
Pretty sure he wrote it after they played a conceret in Ireland/ NI and gave out some shit on the current conflict going on at the time there. He got alot of flack for it from the attending fans and about a year later wrote this song. Well thats what came out in an interview at the time of the albums release in Kerrang.
"cool guitar riff" can describe whole Megadeth discography.
just cool friend? That's almost an insult
@@diego432hzbro might be the goat at ruining everything
Hahaha right it’s like saying “I like this song”
He said damn near EVERYTHING EVERYONE needs to hear.
I was just listening to hook in mouth. Cant say I arrived here by mistake ;)
YES INDEED!
Next thing you know, they'll take our comments away!
Oh wait, that's already happening...
How does dave play and sing holy shit
"sing"
Matt would you rather I use the term "pushing air through the vocal cords, causing them to vibrate, creating sound that is then manipulated by the lips and tongue"?
Xclusivity i actually prefer the term "sing not-actually sing". Dave is a great musician but he is not a good singer, doesnt have a proper technique. Amazing songwriter and guitarist btw and made some of the biggest thrash metal anthems
Yeah, I just meant sing as in vocal lead, like I would call Tom Araya the *sing*er of slayer, etc.
Xclusivity but yeah i get what you are saying, and yeah its impressive since he doesnt play 0000000000000
I'm a metal fan and appreciate that everyone has their own and they are entitled to their own style of music. . but this blows the shit out of whats around now, out of the water! . . thanks for putting up :-)
Dave Mustaine doesn't play around.
🤘🏻
Pseudo Wounds agree and disagree. There are great bands and amazing music out right now.... however. This. Something about this era of music will be immortalized. The music that is paving the way now is not this. The metal that will be looked back upon in hundreds of years WILL be this.
Yeeeeeesssss!! Old school metal is way better! 👍
Facts🤘
listen to the words its happening all over the world as we speak
It's being deliberately pushed to happen. . Hopefully people will wake the F*@# up
Unfortunately, eyes are more easily closed than opened. Always been that way, it's why change is so hard to accomplish.
I'm pretty sure this song is about the century long battle between the Crusades and the muslims.
The second part, the punishment due, is about Marvel's The Punisher
Ohhh ok. Well cheers for the info
And the lack of mercy killings, mercy killings, mercy killings
Killings killings killings NOT MASSACRES!
+Milica Hetfield I kinda like the 'cowards' tho
on the 2004 remastered version he changed it to cowards, not killings
+Milica Hetfield he says mexicans! mexicans! killers! killers!....
+Nicolás Roquefort not funny...
You all wrong it isn't mercy killing nor massacre what he actually saying is mexicanos jajajjajajajjajaja
this is such a heavy song all around speed with meaning
7 years ago?
You still alive even?
Prophetic for sure. True back then and true now.
Man this song is fucking awesome!
DominusLuna and it was written about the irish rebellion back then
@@robertdemeter5793 so true. The hardcore Christian churches in my town love to do plays of hell. The preacher always plays Satan.
Still respond to comments 6 years later?
@@dixiemcgee8535 Just like you?
And even more true, now.
i remember buying this album when it was just released i was 13 at the time and it still rocks !
Fuck man I wish I was 13-14 when this came out
Lucky fucker lmao
@@andrewNathananderson You’re helping me appreciate how awesome music can be when you get to witness an era of it and get whalloped by legendary pieces such as Holy Wars. Just Enjoyed the hell out of karaoke for the first time in a long time thanks to this song.
I was born in 1990 so I haven’t heard this song until recently. I’ve been a Metallica fan for years but never really listen to Megadeth until this song. I had a bad childhood and never really had anyone around to show me music and I was poor so I barely had a CD player and couldn’t afford CDs. I know I still have tons of good music to catch up on
I was also 13 the year this album was released. I didn’t discover Megadeth until I was 15 though. The next two music purchases I made was this album and Peace Sells.
Fuck we are getting old
Great song with great meanings! A country divided will fall.
Killing for religion has been the cause of most wars. There is 1 GOD
for fuck sake call him ALLAH BUDDHA OR what you will YEAH.
THIS WILL NEVER CHANGE. We are living through a pandemic and it's still going on. mankind will never change it's in our DNA. Animals evolve but we humans are not.
Really sad........
@@zed8155 You are so confused on sooo many levels. lol
Yes. That verse is in the Bible itself, but maybe with another words, but it certainly is there. It is God's words.
A song about Ireland
@Kool Koala #1 and all around the world, only the wicked and evil according to their evilness and wickedness, They shall be ALL ERASE IN THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
He doesn't say "Cowards", he says "Killings" and it's not "Massacres", it's "Mercy killings". Just hear!
You're welcome!
yeah you rights
@@rosyid5993 I know. Thanks! XD
Yes, he does.
Yeh , you're right , I heard it ,
I'm here from listening to the Michael Berry Show , 740 AM KTRH , , he's got a great talk show & he KNOWS music ,
Michael talked about Mega at a recent show
ruclips.net/video/K96auHG1ud0/видео.html
& mentioned this HOLY WARS song , , yeh , pretty awesome ,
It's so easy to go get the correct lyrics... is every level of craft dead in the world now?
This song is legendary
Incredibile song....WONDERFUL LYRIC AND MUSIC
i listen to hip hop , break this down to me?
@@yaqui707 gtfo hip hop normie
break it down for me , the song !!!!?
its sounds like a protest song , so what's the different when NWA say fuck the police and the system . stupid ass.
I still remember being 7, playing this on guitar hero with my wii, here i am 10 years later, still a metal head and forever will be
get a real guitar brother and start fighting like dave and every metal band does
This song sort of made sense to me back in 1990. I thought I understood it... but I admit teenaged self back then wasn't exactly sure.
2020 is now mere days away. This song makes PERFECT sense now.
And how are we doing 3 years later??? Did you comply? Did they hit you in your sleep?
And today
how about these days huh ?
Straight up masterpiece... Love it...The year is now August of 2022 and Who's out there still listening with me?
2024🗽
And the lack of mercy killings, killings, killings
He was saying something here a great time capsule for its time and unfortunately relevant today.
I always knew Holy Wars was a smart song. Yet, when I read the lyrics today, I can see the song was even more smart than I realized.
Best thrash metal album.....ALL TIME in my opinion!
It´s my opinion too
CTE and UA are not thrash albums. Those are Heavy Metal albums. Fuck off with your stupid opinions.
This is trash metal lmao
God bless your opinion
Wrong. And Justice for all by metallica is the best thrash metal
One of the best riffs ever written
it cannot get more epic than this
hangar 18
Raiden XD hangar 18 is some super shredding, too :)
there is very little songs to rival this song. The only song I can think of is Tornado of Souls
masterpiece
disasterpiece
Masterofpuppets
@Guitar Logan I think he meant it in a good way, since this song has like a deth vibe
@Guitar Logan stfu
Easily their best song. I LOVE the message. Thank you Dave mustard stain.
All jokes aside, I like this song more than any Metallica song
DAVE MUSTARD STAIN IM FUCKIN DYING 🤣🤣🤣
I like both bands 😁
'short solo' should be replaced by "short masterpiece"... followed by "awesome masterpiece"
really practicing this on bass and its harder than it looks lol
So how's your progress
It's been 5 years since you posted this so hopefully you have mastered the bass for this song.
This whole album holds up til now. Classic line up!
Man that song....is AWESOME!
Truely a symphony within a song
I see what you did there
Yup this song still applies today.
The Greatest Megadeth Song Ever! Such a Masterpiece of work.
Peace Sells and Countdown were both phenomenal, but Dave let his fans down by mistaking Saturday Night Palsy as something omnipotent.
this whole album is legendary
One of the best songs including lyrics written by Dave... Going tonight at forum 🤘🏻
One of the most legendary riffs
I've been singing "bunny and lion" instead of "paid by the alliance" omg
😂 same to lazy to look it up
Noobs. Can I slap you both 😈
Omg. Thats fuckin hilarious
-_- add libbin mf'er lol
@@tcb9775 Gawddamn
First thing, this song fucking rocks, in my top 5 or possibly all time favorite. Second thing, it is relevant to the times we live. These are crazy fuckin times!!!
This is a real Masterpiece.
This song speaks volumes to the world we live in today
This applies to every era.
"Because I don't say it, don't mean I ain't thinkin it" epic.
This is by far the best megadeth song
best song by enyone.
this song is an absolute masterpiece
First part about the song is about those who blindly follow a leader to carry out commands to kill, etc
Second part is about the leader is who a “know it all scholar” out to change the world, obviously with a messiah complex, who then ultimately brings calamity and division and destruction
Third part I think represents the people who suffers at the hands of the new world order- they’ve labeled him organized crime. He wants revenge after they cause him such pain- killing his wife and baby with hopes to enslave him.
Last part is about the language and mind control the new order uses to protect itself. “Just because I don’t say it doesn’t mean I ain’t thinking it” (he won’t speak truth in fear of consequence/cancelled). Etc
This is two songs in one. The second part, The Punishment Due is about the comic book character The Punisher.
Great job with this video, this is today, our worl d today
gets me in the feels everytime
A concert with:Iron Maiden,Metallica,Motorhead,Megadeth,Slayer,Anthrax,Pantera,Accept and Exodus will be ultimate Thrash heavy metal concert in the world.
a true masterpiece of a song.
@Dave Scott Mustaine Nice fake account buddy
Stand FIRM in what you know! Don't let them take your thoughts!
adore this track, usedto have the picture disc before CD's - amazing how the lyrics are actually more Apt than they were 20 years ago, heh.
You can really feel the passion and anger in Dave's voice when he's going "Cowards! Cowards! Cowards!"
He doesn't say, "Cowards." You can clearly hear him say, "Killings! Mercy Killings! Mercy Killings! Killings! Killings! Killings!"
you're an idiot
MrTehproworld you interpret 2 english words into 1 which doesn't mean the same thing. Gotta agree with fake Dave here.
Derek Klein fuck you, I don't care. I don't wanna cover it exactly the same, so what?
MrTehproworld You have terrible excuses for your stupidity.
Cool guitar riff... haha lovely
Mustaine's a genius! This song is beyond ridiculous!!!
If these lyrics were written thousands of years ago as a prophecy of things to come, I would have believed it.
Dave: A country that's divided surely will not stand
America: *looks off to the side*
'Awesome' riff you mean ;-)
I remember the 90s , i was 16 , was crazy age!!
Spot on to what is going on in the world right at this moment....
METAL !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Some people don't like this song!
That's something I'll never understand....
People usually hate what they don't understand
No capacity to understand the meaning of it on their brains
As an Iraq vet now watching the news on Israel and Hamas calling for global jihad, this hits different than when I was a teen.
NEXT THING YOU KNOW THEY'LL TAKE MY THOUGHTS AWAY!!!
Oh the days of proper metal!
Wander if Dave knew back then how accurate he would be on these times now !
Released in 1990, happening in Israel right now!!
Great :D one thing i think the end its Mercy Killings instead of Massacres and then its just Killings not Cowards but then i could be wrong
i think its Mercy Killers
Could be man, help a brother out haha i could be wrong as i said :)
You are correct Dirt bike..
Haha ok man, cheers :)
It is Mercy Killings Matt. He made a fuck up.But any real Megadeth fan knows the real deal! Like you ,obviously
cool song
*I know God, & God designed our minds to never be shared, trespassed or brought about. They will never ever read our minds. He built them that way so our prayers to Him can never be made public. The place between you and your prayers to God, is a sanctuary space. All Glory goes to God. Amen.*
FREE PALESTINE!!!
💖🇵🇸💖
One of the best rock songs in history!
But this is thrash metal buddy
Just came from the concert last night in Zürich,fucking great like the wine...
I'm here because I heard it on GH: WoR (guitar hero warriors of rock) and it took me a while to find the artist and song name... But dang I love this!
How...when you start the song it literally says the name AND artist in the top corner. AND you play 2 other Megadeth songs. Smh
2:45 (I lick my lips)
Música perfeita! ❤️
dear megadeth your fears have come true. they took my thoughts away, because their thoughts werent shrouded behind their eyes from me. ily
Like how are you sitting there, jamming and writing wicked shit
And come up with this song?
Holy fucken shit man
Mind blasted
You sure we're listening to the same track? I never heard Dave sing "Intro" or "Solo" once.
Purge187 lol
Really?
Sarcasm. Look it up.
PS - you're the idiot here.
This is Howard University....... Want in?
Purge187 HAHA
*Cool Guitar Riff!*
Jesus those lyrics are amazing.
Dave can see the future for us ..
Lyrical prophesy that is in a meaning of : Time for great change !
I'll give this video a "thumbs up" after the lyrics reflect the true words, which are more than obvious.
masterpiece.
Lyrics are applicable today more than ever
Thanks for the help man. Mustaine's voice can be hard to decipher. I lost all my cases with the lyrics in the pamphlets because some jackass/'s broke in to my apartment and stole all the cases (and other shit of course)......Obviously, thinking they were stealing the music. Lucky me, I keep my CD's in my car......YUP. I still use the CD's......Sounds better than MP3's. Of course, Google is a reasonable replacement. That shit doesn't help with the collection.....I'm still pissed!
as GREAT of an album this was/is it came at a price...cocaine and other substances abuse.... been a follower since early 80s and am glad to see where Dave has taken band since those "darker days"
Absolutely blistering
Music today is only good when we step back a few decades a listen to classics like this.
Deep lyrics! Americans don’t understand it over seas and wars! Hesbun Allah wanama wakeel
Dave Mustaine is brilliant.
I have a joke for metal heads, “Whose better? Metallica or Megadeth?” A real metal connoisseur will always answer Megadeth!!!😂😂😂
Genius ❤
I remember at 2:07 he's clearly (to me) saying "Part of the master's plan" but I remember the lyrics printed in the booklet/jacket read "Part of God the master's plan". I listened to that part over and over to make sure I wasn't missing something. I always that that was weird.
heavy metal is class.... lyrically and musically both
He is right some lyrics were wrong but most of it was right
Lyrics sounded like all the parts that were Missing from the Evening Newscast
First Mistake!
Last Mistake!!
No More Mistakes!!!
😤
2:27 is one of my fav parts of this song
That part hits very hard
Epic surreal song. Will never go out of touch. This is reality all! Sad but true (pun sorta intended)Alot of Dave's songs and lyrics shine even ever brighter as the days tick by.
Favourite line of all "The next thing you know they'll take my(our) thoughts away"...Doesn't that sound familiar of recent gov instilled bills or referendums on internet and plandemic,lgb2fukoff, style authoritatarian rules??
I've heard this live a few times ,I still get goosebumps listening to it!
Pretty sure he wrote it after they played a conceret in Ireland/ NI and gave out some shit on the current conflict going on at the time there. He got alot of flack for it from the attending fans and about a year later wrote this song. Well thats what came out in an interview at the time of the albums release in Kerrang.
4:16 - 6:17 is my favorite part
thank you so much for the lyrics
Came back here after Iran and American tension rise. RIP to all those departed soul and 74 canadians.
Still one of the best songs EVER!
Total masterpiece