Relationships
| lyricist and composer: | Dave Mustaine |
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| publisher: | Mustaine Music (in 1990) Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) (in 1990) Theory Music (in 1990) |
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| referred to in medleys: | Capitol Punishment (order: 5) |
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Recordings
| Date | Title | Attributes | Artist | Length |
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| recordings | ||||
| 1989 – 1990 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (original stereo mix) | Megadeth | 6:36 | |
| 1989 – 1990 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (2004 mix) | Megadeth | 6:33 | |
| 1990-10-14 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1990-10-14: Wembley Stadium, London, UK) | live | Megadeth | 6:42 |
| 1990-12-09 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1990-12-09: Capitol Center, Largo, MD, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:13 |
| 1991-01-23 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1991-01-23: Rock in Rio 2, Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) | live | Megadeth | 6:02 |
| 1991-05-02 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1991-05-02: Logan Concrete Centre, Auckland, New Zealand) | live | Megadeth | 6:32 |
| 1992-09-12 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1992-09-12: Arena Spettacoli, Reggio Emilia, Italy) | live | Megadeth | 3:14 |
| 1992-09-30 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1992-09-30: Hammersmith Odeon, London, England, UK) | live | Megadeth | 7:56 |
| 1992-09-30 | Intro / Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1992-09-30: Hammersmith Odeon, London, UK) | live | Megadeth | 8:52 |
| 1992-10-16 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1992-10-16: Limburghal, Genk, Limburg, Belgium) | live | Megadeth | 6:48 |
| 1992-12-04 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1992-12-04: The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:55 |
| 1992-12-04 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1992-12-04: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:32 |
| 1992-12-04 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1992-12-04: The Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:58 |
| 1993-06-12 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1993-06-12: De Kuip, Rotterdam, Netherlands) | live | Megadeth | 6:36 |
| 1993-06-22 | Holy Wars (live, 1993-06-22: Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy) | live | Megadeth | 3:12 |
| 1993-06-22 | The Punishment Due (live, 1993-06-22: Stadio delle Alpi, Turin, Italy) | live | Megadeth | 4:09 |
| 1994-10-25 | Holy Wars…The Punishment Due (live, 1994-10-25: Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:34 |
| 1994-12-12 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1994-12-12: Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 6:55 |
| 1995-02-25 | Holy Wars...the Punishment Due (live, 1995-02-25: Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 9:13 |
| 1995-05-29 | [guitar solo] / Holy Wars (live, 1995-05-09: Kanagawa Kenmin Hall, Yokohama, Japan) | live | Megadeth | 12:26 |
| 1995-09-09 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1995-09-09: Monsters of Rock, Estadio Ferrocarril Oeste, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 10:41 |
| 1995 | Holy Wars…the Punishment Due (live, 1995: Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 9:13 |
| 1997-06-27 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1997-06-27: Élysée Montmartre, Paris, France) | live | Megadeth | 9:34 |
| 1999-12-27 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 1999-12-27: Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO, USA) | live | Megadeth | ?:?? |
| 2001-05-09 | Holy Wars…The Punishment Due (excerpt) (live, 2001-05-09: TWNAH Acoustic Tour, Bill's Bar, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 2:23 |
| 2001-07-06 | Holy Wars… the Punishment Due (live, 2001-07-06: Dvorets Sporta Luzhniki, Moscow, Russia) | live | Megadeth | 7:30 |
| 2001-11 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2001-11-17: Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:03 |
| 2001-11 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 2001-11-17: Celebrity Theatre, Phoenix, AZ, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:52 |
| 2004-11-17 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2004-11-17: State Theater, Detroit, MI, USA) | live | Megadeth | 7:10 |
| 2005-10-09 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2005-10-09: Obras Sanitarias Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 8:33 |
| 2005-10-09 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2005-10-09: Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 9:58 |
| 2005 | Peace Sells / Holy Wars (unplugged snippet) (live, 2005-10-09: Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live and partial | Megadeth | 4:54 |
| 2006-09-29 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2006-09-29: Bank of America Pavillion, Boston, MA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:59 |
| 2006-09-30 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2006-09-30: Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ, USA) | live | Megadeth | ?:?? |
| 2007-06-08 | Holy Wars (live, 2007-06-08: Download Festival, Donington, UK) | live and partial | Megadeth | 2:49 |
| 2007-06-08 | The Punishment Due (live, 2007-06-08: Download Festival, Donington, UK) | live and partial | Megadeth | 5:23 |
| 2010-03-31 | Holy Wars (reprise) (live, 2010-03-31: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 4:16 |
| 2010-03-31 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2010-03-31: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 7:03 |
| 2010-03-31 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2010-03-31: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:24 |
| 2010-06-22 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live | Megadeth | 5:49 |
| 2010-06-22 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live | Megadeth | 6:20 |
| 2010-06-22 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live | Megadeth | 6:33 |
| 2010-06-22 | Peace Sells / Holy Wars (reprise) (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live and medley | Megadeth | 9:40 |
| 2010-06-22 | Peace Sells / Holy Wars (reprise) (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live and medley | Megadeth | 10:23 |
| 2010-06-22 | Peace Sells / Holy Wars (reprise) (live, 2010-06-22: Sonisphere Festival, Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria) | live and medley | Megadeth | 10:03 |
| 2012-12-07 | Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 2012-12-07: Fox Theatre, Pomona, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:19 |
| 2012-12-07 | Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 2012-12-07: Fox Theatre, Pomona, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:19 |
| Holly Wars (live, 1992-12-04: Cow Palace, Daly City, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 6:53 | |
| Holy Wars | cover | Rx Bandits | 5:11 | |
| Holy Wars (live, 1995-09-09: Monsters of Rock Argentina 1995, Estadio Ferrocarril Oeste, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 10:40 | |
| Holy Wars (live, 2006-10-14: Loud Park Festival, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Megadeth | ?:?? | |
| Holy Wars (live, 2004-11-12: Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA, USA) | Megadeth | 7:02 | ||
| Holy Wars | cover | Lethal | ?:?? | |
| Holy Wars (Punishment Due) | cover and instrumental | 8-Bit Arcade | 6:32 | |
| Holy Wars (reprise) (live, 2010-03-31: Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | Megadeth | 4:11 | ||
| Holy Wars (The Punishment Due) | partial | Megadeth | 4:40 | |
| Holy Wars... (live, 1999-07-25: Woodstock '99, Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY, USA) | live | Megadeth | 2:33 | |
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due | cover | Mind-Ashes | 6:33 | |
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due | Megadeth | 6:36 | ||
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1994-12-12: Estadio Obras Sanitarias, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 7:09 | |
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (live, 1997-12-13, Ferro Carril Oeste Stadium, Buenos Aires, Argentina) | live | Megadeth | 6:29 | |
| Holy Wars… the Punishment Due | cover | Blatant Disarray | 6:23 | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live) | live | Megadeth | 8:53 | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due | cover | Rodrigo y Gabriela | 6:32 | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (Dolby Atmos mix) | Megadeth | 6:35 | ||
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due | cover | Celesty | ?:?? | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due | Megadeth | 4:59 | ||
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (live, 2023-02-27: Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan) | live | Megadeth | 7:51 | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (Casey McMackin demo) | Megadeth | 6:42 | ||
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due (continued) / Skin O' My Teeth (live, 1992-09-12: Arena Spettacoli, Reggio Emilia, Italy) | live | Megadeth | 5:29 | |
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (demo) | Megadeth | 6:17 | ||
| Holy Wars… The Punishment Due (The General Schwarzkopf mix) | Megadeth | 4:58 | ||
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due / Silent Scorn (outro) (live, 2005-06-04: Wâldrock Festival, Burgum, Netherlands) | live | Megadeth | 8:14 | |
| Holy Wars... The Punishment Due! (live, 2008-05-20: Cox Theatre, San Diego, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:09 | |
| Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (live, 1995-02-25: Grand Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, CA, USA) | live | Megadeth | 8:19 | |
| Intros – Holy Wars… the Punishment Due (live, 1994-10-25: Webster Hall, New York, NY, USA) | live | Megadeth | 10:49 | |
| The Punishment Is Due (live, 1999-07-25: Woodstock '99, Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, NY, USA) | live | Megadeth | 4:21 | |
| toilet wars | cover | EGGS BENTLEY | 6:34 | |