“In My Darkest Hour” by Megadeth

"In My Darkest Hour" sits sixth on So Far, So Good... So What!, Megadeth's third album, and it went out as a promotional single in 1988. Dave Mustaine wrote the music in one sitting, after a friend called with the news that Metallica bassist Cliff Burton had died, and he was stung that nobody in Metallica rang him themselves. It plays like grief and fury wrestling at full volume.

Mustaine sings lead and shares the guitars with Jeff Young, David Ellefson plays bass and splits the lyric credit with him, Chuck Behler drums, Mustaine co-produced with Paul Lani and Michael Wagener mixed. Mustaine counts the solo among his favorites. It also turned up in the documentary The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years, video and soundtrack slot included, and it remains a live regular.

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