Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has personally overseen a new 20th Anniversary Edition of the band's most popular record, 1992's double Platinum-certified Countdown to Extinction, to be released on November 6th.

After wrapping up their TH1RT3EN World Tour this fall, Megadeth will perform their acclaimed album in its entirety on their Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour this November and December.

Presented in a 2CD lift-top box and digitally, Countdown to Extinction's new commemorative edition pairs the remastered original album with a 1992 concert, recorded live at San Francisco's Cow Palace, which has never before been released in its entirety. The concert audio has been newly remixed for this release. The physical and digital versions both include a booklet with a new liner notes essay by music journalist Kory Grow, and the 2CD box also contains a 24" x 36" poster and four collectible postcards.

Countdown to Extinction, Megadeth's fifth studio record, was recorded in Los Angeles in 1992 as rioting raged across the city in response to the Rodney King trial verdicts. American tensions weren't limited to LA, by any means, as the Gulf War was still fresh in people's minds, the state of the environment was becoming headline news, and President George H.W. Bush was seeking reelection in a heated campaign season.

Megadeth: Countdown to Extinction (20th Anniversary Edition) [2CD, digital]:

CD 1:

Skin O' My Teeth
Symphony of Destruction
Architecture of Aggression
Foreclosure of a Dream
Sweating Bullets
This Was My Life
Countdown To Extinction
High Speed Dirt
Psychotron
Captive Honour
Ashes In Your Mouth

CD 2 – Live At Cow Palace, 1992:

Intro
Holy Wars . . . The Punishment Due
Skin O' My Teeth
Wake Up Dead
Hangar 18
Countdown to Extinction
Foreclosure Of A Dream
This Was My Life
Lucretia
Sweating Bullets
In My Darkest Hour
The Conjuring
Tornado
Ashes In Your Mouth
Symphony Of Destruction
Peace Sells
Anarchy In the UK

Countdown to Extinction 20th Anniversary Tour dates:

November:

9 Providence, RI Lupo's at the Strand
10 Huntington, NY Paramount Theatre
11 Worcester, MA The Palladium
13 Wallingford, CT Oakdale Theatre
14 Sayreville, NJ Starland Ballroom
16 Atlantic City, NJ House Of Blues
17 Niagara Falls, NY Rapids Theatre
19 Stroudsburg, PA Sherman Theater
20 Columbus, OH LC Pavilion
24 Myrtle Beach, SC House Of Blues
25 Charlotte, NC Fillmore
26 Atlanta, GA The Tabernacle
28 Kansas City, MO Midland Theatre

December:

1 Salt Lake City, UT Great Saltair
2 Boise, ID Knitting Factory
4 Reno, NV Grand Sierra Theatre
6 Las Vegas, NV House Of Blues
7 Pomona, CA Fox Theatre