The only problem I have with Megadeth is that their style, especially Mustaine's gnarly vocals, gets tedious to listen to after a bit. Will definitely pick this up though. Megadeth Endgame 4. Rank: for There may be some minor drops or increases in substance, but basically they remain pretty consistent. Dave Mustaine learned all about that after the release of the phenomenal Rust in Peace. No one is going to care because this is better than that album or any other album in their discography.
While some may see this as a bold statement, it will only seem that way to those that have not yet heard Endgame. This album is classic Megadeth from start to finish featuring some of the strongest songwriting of their career.
The band has managed to mix the balls-out aggression of their earlier albums with the catchy accessibility of Countdown to Extinction. This has lead to songs that feature aggressive riffing, blazing solos, dual guitar harmonies, biting social commentary, and a tendency to go off on quick tangents.
This is all delivered in a slick production that eschews the muddy sound of United Abominations in favor of a razor sharp delivery that definitely compliments the music better.
Thanks in part to Chris; the solos are one of the most amazing aspects of this album. He and Dave trade off blazing leads on nearly every track, often times kicking up the intensity levels of the songs in the process.
Somewhere along the way they deliberately gave up that title, but with the release of Endgame they have easily regained it. This is an album that does everything right. The debut of Chris Broderick seems to have reminded Dave Mustaine just how much fun it can be for the band and the fans to have shredding solos above intense riffing, over the course of an album that hardly ever lets up.
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This record has it all. I might be wrong, but the sound is just way fuller and balls-to-the-walls than I was expecting, and Broderick is the change that shows. United Abominations was widely considered to be a success, but I still thought it was a lackluster album.
But my argument goes like this: the songwriting is more mature, more confident and the playing is just way better. Mustaine thankfully keeps his whacked-out opinions on the way of the world a little more to himself this time around, but almost threatens to derail the title track with his gibbering.
The song begins with Talky Dave making his only unwelcome appearance on the CD, ruining a rather doomy opening section, but is saved from being another soapbox rant when he gets back to actually singing and all things considered is another good addition.
The great songs are enough to lift the ones that flounder a little, but even these lesser songs are an improvement in nearly every way over those on the predecessor. Surprise of the year without doubt, Mustaine and his cohorts have shown us all there is life in the old dog yet.
Megadeth are a conundrum for me. I can listen to Dave Mustaine and his traveling circus of rotating band members any time and enjoy it well enough, but the question of why people think this band is so great continues to elude me. So Dave is back after a few years with a new band, most notably in the inclusion of much-ballyhooed ex-Jag Panzer guitarist Chris Broderick. Yes, imagine that, most of the vocal parts on an album actually being singing; what an innovative concept.
No surprises anywhere, but everything is done well enough. Solid is the right word to use here. One thing I do like about this album is that Dave just focused on writing kickass songs, with no gimmickry and only a smidgen of politically fueled nonsense this time around. The songs only have one modus operandi, and that is kicking your ass. The band is TOO metamorphic; they have been even since the early days. That goes double for Endgame.
Check it out if you want solid Heavy Metal. While I'm not exactly the type of guy who claims that Dave and co. It's not perfect by any means, but this is a VERY good offering and a great release that will satisfy long time fans and most anybody else with a taste in good metal.
There are 2 major things to discuss right off the bat with this album. First off, there's actually quite a lot of what many people would call thrash on this record. And, even more importantly, when there isn't any real thrashing going on, it's still a completely metal release from start to finish. No questionable moments of sissy musicianship, no hard rock-in-metal-clothing type of stuff, just a really good metal album. And it was a shame, because that stuff really held down the material that could've actually gone somewhere with the ideas each of them had.
There are a good amount of songs that feature multiple sections and dueling leads from Mustaine and Broderick, who is actually a phenomenal guitar player. Anyway, concerning the thrash parts of this one, there is some really good stuff to be heard here. Yeah, it has a spoken narrative passage during that VICIOUS thrash break , but I really didn't have to much of a problem with those as a lot of other people did.
When used sparingly and in the right situations, they can really enhance some songs, which is actually what happens with this one. The rest of the album, while not being bad by any means whatsoever, is a slight step below the crushing onslaught of songs already noted. With the exception of a few, they all seem to have a little too much commercial draw to them, pretty much intended for the listener outside of the die-hard metal fans.
Again, not bad, just not really what I want to hear out of the rest of this album. Also, another big issue on the album is the production, which kind of detracts from the overall listening. It's really good modern production, and that seems to be the biggest flaw with it.
The guitars have a tinge of that really annoying sound that most metalcore releases of today tend to have, and that personally makes me sick. I actually couldn't really get into it my first listen because of that, it makes the more mid-paced songs sound mediocre and uninteresting to a certain degree similar to the how the songs of same type sounded on the previous ones.
As for the lineup, you won't hear anything new out of Drover or LoMenzo, they're really just the competent musicians to really make Megadeth an actual band instead of just the Dave Mustaine Band. But, as stated before, Broderick is disgusting, and he can really fucking shred.
He's a lot more like Marty than Poland, as they both have a really clean yet frantic type of soloing that sounds inhuman. You'll hear a lot the RIP comparisons within this guy's soloing. Without a doubt in my mind, I can recommend this purchase to someone who, frankly, just wants to hear more quality metal. Even ignoring the fact it came out a week ago, this is still surprisingly awesome stuff to come out of Megadeth in a while.
Hell, I didn't even have that much of a problem with UA, but there were QUITE a few crippling flaws with that one that were pretty much all fixed on this one. Although perhaps the rapid lineup variations that ensued after Dave Ellefson have given off an air of inconsistency, the overall sound of the band has remained relatively constant in the past few years.
What this consists of is a good deal less studio gimmicks and a good deal more fist pounding, guitar oriented metal. This is definitely the best thing that the band has done since , and rivals their earlier works. Get it for the solos, get it for a superior vocal performance out of Mustaine, get it for the ingeniously epic riff fest of a title track.
Just remember the key point of picking this up as soon as humanly possible, even if it means selling yourself on the street for nickels and dimes at a time. Originally submitted to www. Megadeth has been a band that seems to be slipping further and further into the abyss over the years. With average albums and Dave Mustaine getting older and older, nobody thought Megadeth could get out of the well before it completely flooded.
Similar to the past two opening songs on previous Megadeth albums. Many of the lines just seem cheesy and forced. Some tracks do get past this problem. Everything about this piece is what Dave promised. His performance here is quite good and consistent, as well as his guitar playing.
Chris Broderick has lived up to the expectations and he does a fantastic job. There not entirely dreadful, but just bland. While this album does have some bright spots, the same old problems still remain here.
Very spotty writing, the aura of filler, and the same old song repackaged. It has more speed, which is what the die-hards wanted, and talent. Not the best Megadeth album, but a step in the right direction. I had given up all hope on Megadeth after the rather bland The System has Failed and the atrocity of United Abominations. United Abominations showed that Megadeth still had some potential with the first couple of tracks but I did not think that they would manage to build off of it.
This was a fantastic song but I remained very skeptical as I expected this to be a one off. I was assured though that the rest of the album was good so I decided to check it out. The album opens up with some fairly solid guitar shredding. Is Dave trying to prove something here? The album then progresses to include a variety of tracks. The thrashier tracks sound like they could have fit on Countdown to Extinction and others are more mid-paced and have a nice groove going.
However, there are no throwaway tracks to my surprise as Dave has included so many on albums for years. Even the ballad, The Hardest Part of Letting Go is relatively solid, though it does take a little bit to get going. Guitar solos are all over the place and this is one of the things that made Rust in Peace so special for me. And you know what? Dave can still play some pretty mean solos.
The solos are pretty much standard Megadeth fashion being melodic, and drawn out while sometimes picking up the intensity. The riffs are not bad either with more thrash riffs in Endgame than they have recorded in total since Countdown to Extinction. His voice still includes some of the venom, though this only really shines on a few tracks and most of the time he just sings in his standard melodic fashion though somewhat improved over the last few albums.
Unfortunately Head Crusher is really the only track that blows me away. This is in the same style to Tornado of Souls and Hangar 18, and almost reaches them in quality.
This Day We Fight! However, none of the others can match these in intensity. The others certainly have their moments, especially Endgame and but are still enjoyable as they are so catchy and not overly watered down like the tracks on United Abominations and The System has Failed.
If you are expecting a Rust in Peace 2 then you should look elsewhere as this is not it, but this is still a very solid album that any thrasher or fan of heavy metal can be proud to have in their collection. I have regained my faith in Megadeth. Lets hope it stays for a long while. With such a fantastic release as Endgame, where does one begin to comment?
I made the a priori decision to avoid all references to past Megadeth works with this review, the rationale being that I'm sure many comparisons could be made, but such comparisons may potentially 'cheapen' the praise that Endgame surely deserves. I did, however, decide to make one comparison between Endgame and Death Magnetic. The uncertainty is missing in the case of Megadeth, all thanks to Endgame. That is all I want to say on this matter, and I hope that both bands inspire eachother to compete for awesome metal dominance.
With the inter-band politics swept under the rug, let's move onto the music itself. Dave's cynical snarl is back, which perfectly suits the socio-political themes present throughout Endgame's playing time.
Lyrically, this is quite a political album, without being preachy or dogmatic. My only criticism on the vocals is the lack of higher range singing.
Overall the vocals deliver sufficiently, but a little more melodic variety would have been appreciated, in my humble opinion. The riffage just owns on Endgame.
There is no ambiguity about whether Endgame is a metal record or not. After all that MegaDave has been through in his life i. Have a listen to Head Crusher and tell me that it doesn't literally crush heads.
Furthermore, lead shredder Chris Broderick proves his mettle on Endgame, he has a very fluid style of playing and I would say he is up there with Friedman in terms of technical prowess. Different feel between the two players mind you, but equal proficiency. Still, I have to say that I miss David Ellefson. The bass is audible enough on Endgame, but something special is missing that Junior possessed. As for drums, well, Drover is excellent and I have nothing bad at all to say about his performance on Endgame.
I think that this praise is at least partially due to the production of the album. The drums are crisp and just high and compressed enough in the mix to make you want to break furniture and destroy tap fixtures. Performance-wise, I sincerely hope that Dave holds onto Drover permanantly, as I feel that he is key to the evolving 'brutal' sound of Megadeth. All in all, and without referencing past Megadeth albums certainly it was hard to abstain from this, believe me , Endgame is a killer album that I am sure will become known as a classic in time.
Skeptics, give it a chance, you will be impressed. Megadeth, aka Dave Mustaine, has always had a huge ego and carried big grudges against several bands, most notably his old band Metallica.
With Death Magnetic getting tons of praise you knew that Dave would put every effort into bettering them, and with Endgame he pretty much did that. Opening with an instrumental you get the feeling that Dave is ready to show off on this one and he puts on a clinic at several points on this album.
While the album has some tracks that are more typical of later era Megadeth, mid paced tunes with a decent groove and crunching riffs, the highlights are the raging thrashers. Supposedly based on viewing the Return of The King movie, this song is about fighting and dying and the music fits perfectly.
Great solos by Dave and Broderick fit right in with the fast thrash riffage and his signature vocal delivery. Megadeth works best when there are solos left and right, and this album is filled with that. No point in waiting for the typical solo section near the end of the song when you can rip those fuckers off at every point possible.
With lyrics about drag racing the music better keep up and it does. As the song closes out Dave and Chris go on a solo rampage that defies you to not head bang.
Head Crusher is the first single and a hell of a choice for that I think. Opening with screaming solos before settling into the main groove this is just what the title says, a head crusher.
Fast guitars, fast drums, and a simple but effective chorus. Death from the head crusher indeed. This song convinced me to buy my first 'deth album since Countdown to Extinction and I'm glad I did. There is a lot of mid paced material here, which Dave does well for the most part, but after the fast thrash of early mentioned songs they can feel like energy sappers at times. But at no point is this album anything less than total metal. No hard rock here, nothing but Dave looking to crush all opposition.
The title track seems to have been lyrically influenced by the Endgame documentary by Alex Jones, a noted conspiracy theorist. Is this album going to reinvent thrash metal or take Megadeth to new heights?
But it is a rock solid album from the king of thrash riffage that will surely delight long time fans and anyone who enjoys good metal. Just about everyone knows that Megadeth's been using Metallica's faces to mop the floor for about 20 years now and Endgame is just another case in point. My expectations weren't too high for this album. So I was expecting some good songs and a lot of filler like the last 3 albums.
Those expectations have definitely been exceeded. There are only two songs on here I would consider calling filler, and they're at the bottom of the list below. After three straight days of listening to this album intensely--which by the way is something that has not happened between myself and a Megadeth album since Youthanasia came out when I was I am very pleased.
Yeah, it's waaaaay better than Death Magnetic and it smokes anything Megadeth have put out since at least Youthanasia. I have a lot of fond memories attached to that record, so I'm not sure if Endgame is better than it or Countdown To Extinction. Time will tell on that one. But I can say this: it's definitely got more balls than both of them combined and is easily their heaviest record since Rust In Peace.
There's elements from a lot of previous Megadeth albums. What this album seems to have that the last several haven't is flow and consistency. Yeah, the guys let off the gas pedal and then slam it right back on, but I don't really find myself being bored with certain songs--everything gels very well.
There also isn't a stupid A Tout Le Monde remake to fuck this record up either and make you look at your stereo and ask "Why, Dave? Why would you do this? The riffs are here see This Day We Fight! Lyrically, this album is far from a masterpiece but Mustaine's never exactly been a brilliant poet and hasn't had the need to be in a band such as this.
Despite lyrical shortcomings, you'll find yourself digging them the more you listen to it, just like you did with so many Megadeth albums years ago. It's about fuckin' time. Highlights: This Day We Fight! Sealed With A Kiss I think this is the record that Mustaine has been trying to make since the turn of the century. This is an album where I have finally been able to sit down and enjoy the shit out of it, bang my head and just get lost in it instead of thinking "Well this is a step in the right direction, I hope the next one is better".
And yeah, poor Metallica. You guys finally put out a decent album for the first time in 20 years and Megadeth drives over it with a tank the next year.
Life's a bitch. When I first heard that Megadeth were planning to record a new album, I felt really excited. Dave Mustaine and his companions never failed to impress me and have worthfully earned the no. When I listened to "Head Crusher", the first single of the album, I was sure that their new album will be heavy as hell.
After listening to "1,", the second single, my expectations were very high. These expectations were finally met when I heard the album at its entirety. It's also the first album to feature Megadeth's new guitarist, Chris Broderick, who is responsible for the most of the groundbreaking solo work here. His addition to Megadeth seems to have had a very good effect to the band and he proves that he is worthy of this position.
Musically, the band tries almost everything, from acoustic pieces to thrash riffs and super-fast solos, which is what they have always been doing so far. Throughout the album you can find many great riffs and guitar solos that totally steal the show, some of the best choruses the band has ever written, nice melodies, solid and well executed drumming, as well as a very good vocal work by Mustaine.
Moreover, the great production gives the songs even more kick. It continues with "This Day We Fight! Next is "44 Minutes", one of "Endgame's" melodic highlights, which contains the album's most memorable chorus. Mustaine isn't kidding Sealed With A Kiss" shows a more melodic approach, while "Head Crusher" delivers more vicious riffing and a catchy chorus. The album goes on with "How The Story Ends", another powerful song and finally closes with "The Right To Go Insane" which besides being a very good song with another nice chorus as well , is also a great closing track for a great album.
To sum up, "Endgame" is another great album by the real thrash metal pioneers. It shows that Megadeth still has a lot to offer to the heavy scene after all these years and that they still kick ass as of ! If you're a Megadeth fan it's a must-have; for those that aren't fans of the band yet Well, if it isn't MegaDave and his gang again. What do they have for us this time? We'll find that out pretty soon. This was a very big surprise for me, and hopefully for many other metalheads out there.
What comes to mind if you hear the word Thrash? Wouldn't you think about the 80's? Wouldn't you start thinking about the good old days when Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax were great? Well, you don't really have to anymore, at least not for Megadeth. Because this album is totally fucking amazing! The album opens with the deadly track "Dialetic Chaos", which is a monster!
It's full of incredible riffs and solos. It's been a long time since I have heard such good guitar playing. Seriousley, this is impressive. I mean, Megadeth have always been good when it comes to guitar playing, but this is a surprise.
Chris Broderick plays almost as good as Marty Friedman. He's really fast and technical at the same time, which makes a very good guitar player.
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