Post American World

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"Post American World"
Single by Megadeth
from the album Dystopia
ReleasedJuly 19, 2016
RecordedApril–July 2015
Studio Lattitude Studio South, Leiper's Fork, Tennessee
Genre Thrash metal
Length4:25
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Dave Mustaine
  • Chris Rakestraw
Megadeth singles chronology
"Dystopia"
(2016)
"Post American World"
(2016)
"We'll Be Back"
(2022)

"Post American World" is a song by American band Megadeth. It is the sixth track from their fifteenth studio album, Dystopia , which was released on January 22, 2016. The song was released as the album's fourth and final single on July 19, 2016. [1]

Contents

Meaning

In frontman Dave Mustaine's words, "Post American World" "Talks about how you might not like the America that it is right now, and people are saying, 'Get the fuck out of my country, we don't want your military presence here, we don't want that,' but then there's a dichotomy at how quickly do people want to move here? There are so many things that have happened that have been good for places to have that Western mentality, but the same thing, you look at democratic countries, the U.K., Canada, stuff like that, that's pretty much considered the new frontier, the new West, so I'm not just saying a post-United States of America world." Mustaine also said he considered the song to be a successor to Symphony of Destruction. [2] [3] The song's working title was "Meathead". [4]

Music video

Mustaine said about the video, "The filming of 'Post American World' was an eerie video shoot right from the beginning. Shot in just one day with only our guitars and drums, I knew that this was going to be amazing. There is something to be said about the simplicity of an artist and only his guitar or drums. This is clearly a 'less is more' concept, and director Jake Macpherson nailed it!" [5] The video was the last Megadeth release to feature drummer Chris Adler, who was replaced by Dirk Verbeuren prior to the video's release. [6] [7]

Performances

The song debuted live in Niagara Falls, New York, on March 15, 2016. [8] To date, the song has been played 87 times as of September 2022, although it hasn't been played since 2017. [9]

Critical reception

The song was ranked eighth of eleven in Return of Rock's ranking of Dystopia. "The intro riff... is very much... recycled... it’s a riff very similar to that of one in 'This Was My Life'." [10]

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) [11] 36

Personnel

Credits adapted from Dystopia liner notes, unless otherwise noted. [12]

Megadeth

Additional musicians

Production and design

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