Structure
"Symphony of Destruction" is 4 minutes, 7 seconds long. In the first five seconds of the song, the classical piece at the beginning of the song is the Offertorium, Domine Jesu Christe from Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Requiem (K. 626), and the sound heard is an orchestra tuning their instruments, and then it immediately shifts into a heavily melodic guitar riff, which plays nearly continuously throughout the duration of the song, with the exception of the solos where the tempo speeds up considerably. The song contains what has been described as catchy, with a more commercially mainstream, standard song structure, as opposed to some of Megadeth's more aggressive and structurally intense songs, such as "Hangar 18" or "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due".
By 1992, Mustaine's vocal performance and style, along with Megadeth's bombastic aesthetic, were considered jarring by some music listeners, meaning they had not yet been exposed to more mainstream audiences. Partially due to the success and radio friendliness of this song and Countdown to Extinction, Megadeth was capable of reaching a higher level of public awareness and cultural relevance.
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