Killing Is My Business...

MEGADETH / / CD /

ねじれたリフと切迫したスピードで、MEGADETHが独自のスラッシュ・メタルを打ち出した荒々しいデビュー作。

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Killing Is My Business... / MEGADETH

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Track List

  1. Last Rites / Loved to Deth
  2. Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!
  3. The Skull Beneath the Skin
  4. Rattlehead
  5. Chosen Ones
  6. Looking Down the Cross
  7. Mechanix
  8. These Boots

Liner Notes

Japanese

『Killing Is My Business...』は、デイヴ・ムステインの鋭くねじれたリフ感覚を中心に、MEGADETHが荒々しい初期衝動を、そのまま生々しく刻み込んだデビュー作だ。METALLICAを脱退したムステインの、並々ならぬ闘志が全編にみなぎっている。音の粗さの中にも、クリス・ポーランドの流れるようなギターと、デイヴィッド・エレフソンのベースが、複雑で技巧的な動きを作り出している。 冒頭のインスト序曲から続く“Rattlehead”の疾走、複雑な“Looking Down the Cross”、そして表題曲“Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!”まで、収録曲にはスピードと皮肉、技巧と混沌が同居している。“Mechanix”は、後にMETALLICAが別の形で発表することになる、因縁の楽曲としても知られる。“The Skull Beneath the Skin”“Chosen Ones”も鋭い。 整い過ぎていない、その荒削りな質感だからこそ、MEGADETHの出発点にある、切実で攻撃的なエネルギーが鮮明に伝わってくる。低予算での録音ながら、ジャズの素養も持つ演奏陣の技量は、既に只者ではない。スラッシュ・メタルの新たな才能の登場を告げた、荒々しくも重要なデビュー作と言える。

English

Killing Is My Business... is the debut on which Megadeth, centered on Dave Mustaine’s sharply twisted riff sense, inscribes a rough early drive rawly. The extraordinary fighting spirit of Mustaine, who had left Metallica, fills the whole. Within the roughness of the sound, Chris Poland’s flowing guitar and David Ellefson’s bass create intricate, technical movement. From the speed of “Rattlehead,” following the opening instrumental overture, and the complex “Looking Down the Cross” to the title track “Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!,” the songs hold speed and irony, technique and chaos at once. “Mechanix” is also known as a fateful song Metallica would later release in another form. “The Skull Beneath the Skin” and “Chosen Ones” are sharp too. Precisely because of its rough, not-over-polished texture, the earnest, aggressive energy at Megadeth’s starting point comes through vividly. Despite a low-budget recording, the skill of the players, who also have a jazz background, is already no ordinary thing. Announcing the arrival of a new thrash-metal talent, it is a rough but important debut.

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