WackenTV is now streaming three songs from Megadeth's performance with Marty Friedman at Wacken Open Air 2023. Notably absent from the four songs Friedman performed with his former bandmates is "Tornado Of Souls", though the other three run as follows:
00:00 "A tout le monde"
04:46 "Symphony of Destruction"
09:18 "Holy Wars… The Punishment Due"
According to Friedman in an interview with Guitar World earlier this year, the hardest thing about getting back on stage with Megadeth was remembering the solos the way the fans want them to be played.
"If there was any challenge at all, I guess it would be playing the solos the way the fans remember them, which is something I wanted to do," he said. "My playing has evolved so much since those songs came out, and there are so many nuances I would naturally do differently now.
"I had to resist the urge to play it like I would in 2023 and stick to the original way. For example, in a couple of those songs, I entered the solo on the downbeat, with the first note being the root of the chord. I would definitely avoid both of those things now, but apparently, I was fine with it back then."
