Roadruner\/Warner<\/p>\n
So MEGADETH has reached thirteen. Band leader Dave Mustaine still remains, almost always accompanied by Dave Ellefson on bass, who has returned to the fold in 2010 for the \u201cRust in Peace 20th Anniversary Tour\u201d and stays on. The rest of the band is drummer Shawn Drover and guitarist Chris Broderick. 22 musicians have been involved officially over the years, not bad. But anyway, with the current nostalgia of the Big 4 tour and general thrash resurgence, how well does MEGADETH fit in almost 30 years after their humble beginnings\u2026and do they finally push off METALLICA at the top?<\/p>\n
Welcome to as always. \u201cSudden Death\u201d may not be the most interesting of their 13 openers, but it contains the same old vocals, the same build-up and the same old thrash antics that are trademarks of MEGADETH. It all seems and sounds pressured\u2026without the band breaking strain. I must say I enjoy \u201cPublic Enemy No 1\u201d more, the faster pace has always been somewhat oppressed in the band\u00b4s history, but always welcome when it occurs. The messy side of intricate guitar work and general arrangements show up in \u201cWhose Life (Is It Anyway)\u201d. The parts that feel somewhat new are almost KING DIAMOND-esqu touches to a song like \u201cWe the People\u201d. The song is faster, snappier and with an unusual drive, rendering it highly enjoyable. The boring side shows in songs like \u201cGuns, Drugs & Money\u201dand \u201cMillennium of the Blind\u201d. In the first case the seemingly endless repetition of the title really stretches my patience. The second bore probably has a slight voice distortion (come on\u2026 does Dave need that?) and a general boredom worthy of the \u201cBoooring Episode\u201d of the Brit comedy The Young Ones. The album really takes off towards the second half, or the side two for those who were around when the LP lived. \u201cNew World Order\u201d may be a classic, the fast eighties trip \u201cFast Lane\u201d too, and the oddly straightforward \u201cBlack Swan\u201d will probably join them. The title track is somewhat unexpectedly hidden at the back -probably because it is soft piece. Still it builds that effortless pressure of MEGADETH, but maybe because it may scare off some Vic Rattlehead devotees. As a whole MEGADETH builds well on their past and present, recapturing their trade mark sound and adding a little something not to stagnate. And vs. METALLICA? Well that competition is off, the latter party being crammed together with LOU REED smoking and drinking altogether forgetting their roots and letting their egos shine. I know who gets my vote\u2026 1-0 in the 2010\u00b4s!<\/p>\n
Track List
\nSudden Death
\nPublic Enemy No 1
\nWhose Life (Is It Anyway)
\nWe the People
\nGuns, Drugs & Money
\nNever Dead
\nNew World Order
\nFast Lane
\nBlack Swan
\nWrecker
\nMilennium of the Blind
\nDeadly Nightshade
\n13<\/p>\n
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