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9 hours ago, Dead1 said:

New Megadeth track - a fair ol' whack of thrash fury.

And so happy sound's not as sterile as Dystopia.

I've still never heard Dystopia, but have to say I listened to this new track twice. It was decent, although main vocal melody seemed ripped off Black Friday. Dave has such a distinctive guitar tone though. 

If you notice that "We'll Be Back" is the last track on the album, which means it should be the best/most epic. Yet, it is no Mechanix, My Last Words, Hook in Mouth, or Rust in Peace...Polaris.

Holy shit, I just gave myself goose bumps even thinking about My Last Words. 

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2 hours ago, KillaKukumba said:

He's also mentioned that today's single is part 1 in a 3 part trilogy of clips. So if it's the last song on the album how does that fit as the first song released.

I imagine these things are decided by execs/managers who run some kind of algorithm as to optimum first single. Continuity or logic be damned. 

Kind of all academic anyway as I won't be listening to a 55 minute Megadeth album (that is without bonus tracks). I have certain unbendable rules:

do not watch Tom Cruise or John Travolta movies (both Scientologists = retards)

do not watch Mel Gibson movies (outspoken Catholic/douche = retard)

do not listen to Megadeth albums longer than 40:44.

do not listen to Type O Negative albums less than 58:31

Although, if the new Megadeth was on everyone's year end list as the best of their career (or even 4th best), I would bend the unbendable.

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7 hours ago, JonoBlade said:

I have certain unbendable rules:

do not watch Tom Cruise or John Travolta movies (both Scientologists = retards)

do not watch Mel Gibson movies (outspoken Catholic/douche = retard)

While I definitely agree with your assesments of both Scientology and Catholicism/Christianity being dangerous cults making their members and adherents "retards," I don't see how watching or not watching various films that have some of these people producing, directing or acting in them is going to make one iota of difference to the world in the big overall scheme of things.

I'm not in the habit of physically going to the cinema, but I do stream the odd film on tv now and then so I figure Netflix, Hulu and Prime already have my subscription money whether I bother to actually watch any of these films or not. I don't think organizing a world-wide boycott would really be feasible.

To be fair I could never stand Tom Cruise to begin with even without taking all the psycho Scientology stuff into consideration, but he's been involved in more than a few movies that I have enjoyed over the last 40 years. I don't see my viewing Top Gun or Mission Impossible (or Pulp Fiction or Get Shorty for that matter) as an endorsement of Scientolgy.

And seriously Jon, who has the time and energy to do all the research necessary to root out all the Scientologists and Christian apologists that are working in Hollywood? The list is a lot longer than Cruise, Travolta and Gibson whether or not you want to take it down to the grips and all the behind the scenes people. The average big budget Hollywood film has 588 people listed in the credits. If I did my due diligence to find out who all these "retards" in the film industry were and vowed to avoid their work, I'd probably never be able to watch another movie or tv series ever again.

Not to mention the fact that your boy MegaDave who was raised as a Jehovas Witness seems to have publicly embraced some kind of a wacked-out born again nutcase stance since he's gotten himself off the drugs & alcohol. So knowing he's part of the Jesus cult, wouldn't you then require yourself to take a hard pass on his new album even if it came in under 40:44 and was voted comeback album of the year?

 

 

NP: Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs and Murder

 

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19 minutes ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

While I definitely agree with your assesments of both Scientology and Catholicism/Christianity being dangerous cults making their members and adherents "retards," I don't see how watching or not watching various films that have some of these people producing, directing or acting in them is going to make one iota of difference to the world in the big overall scheme of things.

I'm not in the habit of physically going to the cinema, but I do stream the odd film on tv now and then so I figure Netflix, Hulu and Prime already have my subscription money whether I bother to actually watch any of these films or not. I don't think organizing a world-wide boycott would really be feasible.

To be fair I could never stand Tom Cruise to begin with even without taking all the psycho Scientology stuff into consideration, but he's been involved in more than a few movies that I have enjoyed over the last 40 years. I don't see my viewing Top Gun or Mission Impossible (or Pulp Fiction or Get Shorty for that matter) as an endorsement of Scientolgy.

And seriously Jon, who has the time and energy to do all the research necessary to root out all the Scientologists and Christian apologists that are working in Hollywood? The list is a lot longer than Cruise, Travolta and Gibson whether or not you want to take it down to the grips and all the behind the scenes people. The average big budget Hollywood film has 588 people listed in the credits. If I did my due diligence to find out who all these "retards" in the film industry were and vowed to avoid their work, I'd probably never be able to watch another movie or tv series ever again.

Not to mention the fact that your boy MegaDave who was raised as a Jehovas Witness seems to have publicly embraced some kind of a wacked-out born again nutcase stance since he's gotten himself off the drugs & alcohol. So knowing he's part of the Jesus cult, wouldn't you then require yourself to take a hard pass on his new album even if it came in under 40:44 and was voted comeback album of the year?

 

 

NP: Electric Wizard - Legalise Drugs and Murder

 

yeah. i agree. i took my dad to that new top gun movie for father's day and it was surprisingly a much better film than i was expecting it to be. tom cruise is a cringe person, but i'm a black metal fan. so, i have to separate entertainment from the entertainers on a fairly frequent basis in order to enjoy most of what i enjoy. lol 

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1 hour ago, GoatmasterGeneral said:

 

And seriously Jon, who has the time and energy to do all the research necessary to root out all the Scientologists and Christian apologists that are working in Hollywood? 

 

I don't put too much effort into my blanket prejudices. And luckily I saw pulp fiction and the awesome Passion of the Christ before I developed my ban.

Anyhow I just saw Blood Incantation live and they ripped.

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