Ladies and gentlemen, let’s face a bonafide fucking fact; the last ten years have not been kind to Dave Mustaine and his long running metal band Megadeth.
1999: ‘Risk.’ Enough said. Ugh, just mentioning the word brings back some horrific memories. This is one of worst things I ever spent money on and in case you didn’t know it was Dave’s attempt at making a commercial sounding album. He fucking failed. Next!
2001: ‘The World Needs a Hero.’ Oh sure the alleged back to roots album. No, stop, just, no! Another failure with a whole two good songs included.
2002: Dave increased his classic douchebagness tenfold and dissolved Megadeth due to an arm injury.
2004: Dave reforms Megadeth with the same guy that stole and pawned his guitar to buy heroin with fifteen years earlier. Dave found Christ and told Rotting Christ to go fuck themselves. Original bassist Dave Ellefson quit Megadeth, tried to sue Mr. Mustaine and then joined some shitty nu metal fag-o’s. Lastly the comeback album, ‘The System has Failed.’ I hear the original title was, ‘The Aging Christian Rocker Failed.’
2005-2006: Pointless best of comps, tours, and more pointless best of comps.
2007: ‘United Abominations.’ Once again an album with maybe two or three good songs and a complete utter desecration of one of the bands classics with the whore from Lacuna Coil.
2008: Some other uninteresting shit.
2009: ‘Endgame,’ and another… wait, hold on a sec here. What’s that? Wait. This is pretty damn good. In fact this is really good!
‘Endgame’ is the latest from Megadeth and it’s also the best and most consistent album the band has done since, ‘Countdown to Extinction’ in 1992. The album manages to combine the ’92 – ‘97 sound of Megadeth with a level of technical power that has been absent since Marty Friedman quit to play in J-Pop bands. The album also welcomes new lead guitarist Chris Broderick who has previous experience with Jag Panzer and Nevermore.
One of the things that augments the album and results in it being so strong is that there’s little if any filler material. Instead of stupid spoken segments and senseless intermissions the band treats my ears to colorful and technically impressive thrashy metal songs, mid-paced and heavy catchy songs, and even a decent ballad – all of which also have great riffs and superb solos.
Even the lyrics are better. Less political bullshit and more topics dealing with, conflicts, racing, economic struggles, bank robberies and strange love stories. The corniness is even turned down a bit on Endgame. Sorry but there’s no answering machine message break-ups or apocalyptic Old Testament readings this time around, folks.
Unfortunately facts are facts, and it must be said that this album still pales in comparison to the bands work from ’86 through ’90, but fortunately this is the bands best offering in over a decade now and that is saying something. I also hear a related artist by the name of Metallica released their first decent album in god only knows how many years back in 2008. Well I never heard that album and as far as I’m concerned Lars Ulrich and the rest of Metallica can shove their album up each other’s dickholes. Point being? Urgh, actually I don’t know. But I must admit it is interesting how these aging rockers release poor album after poor album for years and then suddenly, boom, wow and there it is, a great album, finally!
Anyway and of course if you hate Megadeth you can ignore this album but if you’re anything like me and if you’re like me you’ve been listening to these guys for a goddamn long time. And if that be the case I suggest picking up this new record from Megadeth.
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