"Search and Destroy" is a song recorded by American

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Thirty Seconds to Mars Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, ...

, for their third studio album '' This Is War''. It appears as the ninth track on the album. Written by lead vocalist Jared Leto, the song was released as a promotional single to UK radio on October 25, 2010. The track was produced by

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and 30 Seconds to Mars, and was originally not going to be on the album because the song was so hard to mix.

Background and recording

The song includes a heavy contribution from the band's fans, captured singing a chorus created from layers of the band's Summit recordings. While doing an exclusive track by track album preview, Jared told MusicRadar:

Live performances

"Search and Destroy" was a regular on setlists during the Into the Wild and Closer to the Edge tours, after ''This Is War'' had released. When played live, guitars and bass are tuned to Eb standard (low to high: Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb).

Track listing

All songs written by Jared Leto.

Personnel

Credits adapted from ''This Is War'' liner notes. *Performed by 30 Seconds to Mars *

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by Apocraphex Music ( ASCAP)/Universal Music - Z Tunes, LLC (ASCAP) * Produced by

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, 30 Seconds to Mars * Recorded by Ryan Williams, Matt Radosevich at The International Centre for the Advancement of the Arts and Sciences of Sound,

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, CA * Additional engineering by Tom Biller, Rob Kirwan, Jamie Schefman, Sonny Diperri * Mixed by Ryan Williams at Pulse Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA * Additional strings orchestrated and recorded by

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at Marcussen Mastering,

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Release history

References

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