High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by the American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released on July 14, 1992 through Capitol Records. Countdown to Extinction is Megadeth`s best-selling album, eventually achieving double platinum status. The album also produced the band`s most successful hit singles, "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", "Skin O` My Teeth" and "Foreclosure of a Dream", videos were made for all singles and also for "High Speed Dirt".