In My Darkest Hour Remastered
You know what I love about Dave Mustaine? He is such a perfectionist. While most of the time I say “Leave well enough alone” he knows how to take his old work and make it better. But how can you take a song like In My Darkest Hour and make it better? I thought the same thing until I heard the remastered version on the Megadeth Warchest.
The beginning of the song is different. The way it starts, the way it sounds. The reverb is more define the guitar is cleaner, Jr’s bass sounds more define and everything about the song seems reborn and even more amazing than the first time you heard it and marveled in it infinite greatness.
I hate to compare (Or do I?) Metallica and Megadeth because both have written so many great songs but this is by all means the epic defining moment where you see what Metallica lost by firing Dave. Metallica have a lot of great songs as do Megadeth, but Dave has the ability to write one every now and then that stands out from all the rest like a turd in a punch bowl. Songs that are burned into your memory for years.
When I started the Warchest contest I saw people over and over say Tornado Of Souls, and honestly for a long time I have forgotten about Tornado Of Souls. This sparked my interest in the song again and I had to hear it again all the way through and really listen and I’ll be damned…this song brings back memories of my first car. A 1979 Plymouth Volarie. Such a piece of shit car that I used to rock this song out to back in ‘93 on my way to work as a dishwasher in a small town restaurant With the Sony Disc-man and the car adapter kit, a shitty carburetor and no A/C. My friend and I shoplifting cassette tapes from Fay’s drug store…those were the days! (While these days I don’t approve or condone shoplifting we all have stupid moments in our lives that we look back upon and regret.) but it was fun…til I got caught. Thats changed a lot of things.
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2 opinions for In My Darkest Hour Remastered
Daniel
Dec 10, 2007 at 2:35 pm
You’ve piqued my interest, i love In My Darkest Hour
KevinC
Mar 16, 2008 at 2:33 am
Hmm, didn’t know about this remastered version of In My Darkest Hour. I’ll have to look around and see where I can hear this. If it’s as good as you described, it should be amazing.
LTC
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