Statutory Warning : Listening to the album might result in Brain Freeze, Loss of Motor muscle control , Blindness etc. due to pure awesomeness!
The band saw its peak earlier with the albums Rust In Peace
and Countdown To Extinction
after which was a period of decline, multiple changes in the band line-up and injury. After Dave Mustaine's recovery the band has brought out three albums so far - The System Has Failed, United Abominations and Endgame. In times when other thrash metal acts like Metallica are going from bad to worse, Megadeth and its music has been on the rise.
Megadeth has reached a new peak with the album Endgame. It is easily the best thrash metal album in over a decade!
The band's current line up is:
Dave Mustaine
Chris Broderick
Shawn Drover
James LoMenzo
Broderick has been a perfect find for Mustaine. Drover has done a fine job with drums and LoMenzo is a good fit with the bass. All songs in the album have multiple solos. Both the lead guitarists complement each other very well. Dialectic Chaos, the instrumental intro song, is just mind blowing and sets the tone for the album. Songs like 1320, This Day We Fight and Head Crusher have high tempo riffs and fearless solos. How The Story Ends, Bodies and 44 Minutes are more groovy and have elements similar to the older albums Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction. The lyrics, like older Megadeth albums, have political themes; the song Endgame paints a very morbid picture of a future world. The only odd song is The Hardest Part of Letting Go...Sealed With a Kiss which is more like some of the songs in Cryptic Writing and Risk. The songs in Endgame have speed and power metal elements in them like United Abominations.
Ratings: (Lyrics - 9, Riffs - 10, Solos - 10) - 9.67/10.
On the whole one can expect a power packed, intense album that would definitely blow your mind. I cannot say with certainty now, that Rust In Peace is the best of Megadeth. Endgame comes really close. It is definitely a must listen to all metal fans. Ryan Ogle of the Blabbermouth says, "Regardless of whether you're a newbie retro-thrasher or a veteran who has recently released your own comeback album, grab a pencil because Professor Mustaine is taking us all to school. Glaring down from his pulpit made of bone, the wild-eyed, fire-breathing Dave of old snarls out a sermon consisting of some of the most ferocious MEGADETH songs to assail the world in some time now." Bottom line is:
Mustaine has still got what Metallica lost long ago....
Video: 1320
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