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"Sudden Death" is a song by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was written by Dave Mustaine for inclusion in the 2010 music video game ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'', which was released on September 28, 2010 in North America. The song itself was released as a single with cover art on iTunes on September 24, 2010, and on September 28, Roadrunner Records made the song available for streaming on its website. It is Megadeth's first release with bassist Dave Ellefson since 2002, following his return to the band in 2010. The song was well received by critics and was described as one of the hardest songs in the ''Guitar Hero'' franchise. Roadrunner Records submitted the song to consideration for Best Metal Performance at the 53rd Grammy Awards.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Scribd "> url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/39461350/Rock )〕 Several months later it was nominated, making it the band's second consecutive nomination, following "Head Crusher" in 2010, and band's ninth overall nomination in the category.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Awards Database )〕 Although the song was not originally recorded for an album, it was later included as the opening track on the band's 2011 album, ''Thirteen'', as a remixed version by Johnny K. ==Development== In early February 2010, it was reported that Megadeth was working on a yet unnamed secret song project. What the project was about or how it would be released was not known or announced at the time. Several weeks later, ultimately after much speculation, the project was reported to be a promotional recording by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. In early March the song had its name announced: "Sudden Death", though some sites had mistakenly reported the song as "Sudden Deth". A few months later it was confirmed that the song was written exclusively for ''Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock'', and would be featured in an important part in the game. The Megadeth songs "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "This Day We Fight!" were also set to be featured in the game. It was the first song Megadeth recorded with original bassist Dave Ellefson following the replacement of James LoMenzo in early 2010. About the recording of the song, Mustaine remarked, "I thought it was a great idea for us. We've had experience with games in the past, and our songs have been in sports game and ''Grand Theft Auto'', but we never really got into the ''Guitar Hero'' thing. When they talked to us about doing this, I never imagined it would be something this honorable."〔 Later in the same interview he continued, "Only once in my career have I had this happen before," referring to 1991's soundtrack for ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'', to which Megadeth contributed "Go to Hell". "We had written something and Interscope told me to make the lyrics even darker. Activision heard the track, and said, 'We want more solos on it.' And I said, OK, I can do that." Before release, for promotional purposes, Dave Mustaine had publicly played the song on ''Guitar Hero'' showcasing the high level of difficulty of the song, to a high degree of media coverage. To further promote the game and the band, a t-shirt was released featuring the cover artwork. The full lyrics were later confirmed and released officially after the release of the song, along with official single cover art, featuring the band's iconic mascot Vic Rattlehead falling from the sky with a failed parachute and burning angel wings. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sudden Death (song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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