Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
Original cover art by Combat Records
Studio album by Megadeth
Released	June 12, 1985 (1985-06-12)
Recorded	December 1984 – January 1985
Studio	Indigo Ranch, Malibu, California Crystal Sound Labs, Hollywood, California
Genre	Thrash metal[1]
Length	31:10
Label	Combat
Producer	Dave Mustaine Karat Faye
Megadeth chronology
Last Rites (1984) Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! (1985) Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? (1986)
Alternative cover
The 2002 remastered/remixed CD edition cover art, redesigned from Mustaine's 1985 sketches

Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! is the debut studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on June 12, 1985, by Combat Records.^[2] At the beginning of 1985, the band was given $8,000 by Combat to record and produce its debut album. The band was forced to fire their original producer and produce the album by themselves, after spending half of the album's budget on drugs, alcohol, and food. Despite the poor production, the album was a well-received effort that obtained strong reviews in various music publications. Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! played an essential role in establishing thrash metal as an authentic subgenre of heavy metal music. It explores themes of death, occultism, and violence.

The album features the track "Mechanix", a song that frontman Dave Mustaine would perform with Metallica during his tenure in the band, and a controversial cover of the 1965 song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'". A deluxe edition, completely remixed and remastered with several bonus tracks, was released through Loud Records on February 5, 2002. It features vastly different artwork, with its cover based on the version originally designed by Mustaine in 1985. All songs from the album were performed frequently during Megadeth's initial tour but have been steadily dropped from the setlist since, except for "Mechanix". A new remastered version of the album called Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good! - The Final Kill was released on June 8, 2018, which includes a version of "These Boots" with re-recorded vocals, redone to Lee Hazlewood's version.