In November and December of 2012, Megadeth blazed hot on the band s Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour, ripping through their entire double platinum 1992 album from start to finish before performing other classics from their recorded catalog. Recorded and filmed at Los Angeles Fox Theatre last December, Countdown to Extinction: Live is a definitive document of the acclaimed, sold-out tour.

In addition to Megadeths blistering performance of the entire Countdown to Extinction album, including the essential Symphony Of Destruction, Foreclosure Of A Dream, Sweating Bullets, and Skin O My Teeth, Countdown to Extinction: Live features all of the other Megadeth classics the band performed at the epic concert, including Holy Wars and Hangar 18 from 1990s Rust in Peace, Peace Sells from the bands influential, platinum certified 1986 album, Peace Sells... But Whos Buying?, and Trust from 1997s platinum certified Cryptic Writings.