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forgot about Countdown To Extinction' date=' I suppose Th1rt3eN is another album which has it's moments but it's mostly filler material and I expect the new album (coming out later this year) will be much the same[/quote'] I'm Excited about the new Sodom album coming out soon, they are pretty concistent so i'll be getting that.
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forgot about Countdown To Extinction' date=' I suppose Th1rt3eN is another album which has it's moments but it's mostly filler material and I expect the new album (coming out later this year) will be much the same[/quote'] Countdown to Extinction is okay, but most of the songs are pretty forgettable. It starts out well with the old school sounding Skin O' My Teeth, which is super catchy and fun, and then the only other tracks I can ever remember are the singles, which aren't that great. Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets are just really groovy, basic, and 90's sounding, and while they're not as bad as what you might find on The Black Album, it's far from what I would call an essential Megadeth record. I used to have Youthanasia, and it was okay for a mellow 90's heavy metal album, but I can't stand Cryptic Writings.
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that's the problem with Megadeth unfortunately their first two albums are great, third is a bit of a dip, then you have Rust In Peace and after that nothing worth paying for until United Abominations and RISK was so bad if someone gave it to you as a gift you could sue them for causing infinite pain and suffering

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haven't listened to KIMBABIG need to listen to it.
Yeah, you definitely need to get on that. It's a pretty original album for its time, very jazzy, spazzy, and technical, with super raw and crazy sounding performances from all members. It's still my favorite album of theirs, and I'm not sure why most people tend to hold Peace Sells in higher regard than the debut. It's more polished, it's maybe a bit catchier, but it's nowhere near as technical or vicious. That album is like the manifestation of Dave's rage at being thrown out Metallica just as they were getting successful and making money, and I prefer it to anything that Metallica ever did.
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Hahahahaha, sorry but 'spazzy'? does that mean something completely different where you're from or do you know that means, well, basically a complete idiot. XD and also i will check it out, is 'high speed dirt' on that album? cos thats on Lutal Bregend
Spazzy means erratic, jumpy, and/or unpredictable. And no, High Speed Dirt is not on Killing is my Business, it's on Countdown to Extinction. Countdown to Extinction is in my collection, but let's just say that I don't play it all that often, Killing is my Business is definitely the better album to check out.
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I've revisited a couple of Megadeth releases tonight and I am first of all struck by how over-rated "Rust In Peace" is. Don't get me wrong it is not awful but it lacks consistency. When it's good it's bang on "Hangar 18", "Lucretia" and "Tornado Of Souls" for example, but when it is off it's way off - "Poison Was The Cure" and "Take No Prisoners" for example. "Peace Sells...." is great though - even after 20+ years it's snarling, angsty thrash has aged perfectly. This is the Megadeth sound I miss on the whole. No bullshit straight up thrash.

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I've revisited a couple of Megadeth releases tonight and I am first of all struck by how over-rated "Rust In Peace" is. Don't get me wrong it is not awful but it lacks consistency. When it's good it's bang on "Hangar 18", "Lucretia" and "Tornado Of Souls" for example, but when it is off it's way off - "Poison Was The Cure" and "Take No Prisoners" for example. "Peace Sells...." is great though - even after 20+ years it's snarling, angsty thrash has aged perfectly. This is the Megadeth sound I miss on the whole. No bullshit straight up thrash.
Take No Prisoners is on your shit list? You've got to be kidding me, that's the most raging and intense song on the album, and one of the most vicious in Megadeth's career. I don't hear it as inconsistent at all, and if I did I certainly wouldn't be picking that track as a low point. I saw them perform the album from start to finish live, it was just as impressive in that setting as on the album. If anything, I've always found Peace Sells to be overrated and inconsistent. Wake Up Dead, Devil's Island, and Good Mourning/Black Friday are sick songs, but I'm not as big on the rest of the album. The title track is good, but not near the caliber of the songs I mentioned, and some poor choices like I Ain't Superstitious bring it down for me.
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This is how I rate Megadeths albums on a 1-10 scale with 10 being the best: Killing Is My Business...and Business Is Good! 10 Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? 7.5 So Far, So Good... So What! 2 Rust in Peace 9.9 Countdown to Extinction 8 Youthanasia 5 Cryptic Writings 6 Risk 0 The World Needs a Hero (haven't heard) The System Has Failed (haven't heard) United Abominations 8 Endgame 8 Th1rt3en (haven't heard) Super Collider (haven't heard)

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reply to NTNR's list Killing Is My Business...And Business Is Good - 10 Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? - 7 So Far, So Good, So What? - 7.5 Rust In Peace - 10 Countdown To Extinction - 6.5 Youthanasia - 4 Cryptic Writings - 4.5 RISK - 0 The World Needs A Hero - 5 The System Has Failed - 4.5 United Abominations - 7.5 Endgame - 8.5 Th1rt3eN - 4.5 expectation of Super Collider - 2

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Take No Prisoners is on your shit list? You've got to be kidding me' date=' that's the most raging and intense song on the album, and one of the most vicious in Megadeth's career. I don't hear it as inconsistent at all, and if I did I certainly wouldn't be picking that track as a low point. I saw them perform the album from start to finish live, it was just as impressive in that setting as on the album. [/quote'] Even by Mustaine's standards "Take No Prisoners" is poor chanty "huurrrr!" metal. I can't believe it sits alongside structurally superb tracks like "Holy Wars..." and "Hangar 18". I'm just not feeling the alleged brilliance of "Rust In Peace" that most seem to find - it could well be that it hasn't aged well for me but the flashes of quality are too few and far between.
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Even by Mustaine's standards "Take No Prisoners" is poor chanty "huurrrr!" metal. I can't believe it sits alongside structurally superb tracks like "Holy Wars..." and "Hangar 18". I'm just not feeling the alleged brilliance of "Rust In Peace" that most seem to find - it could well be that it hasn't aged well for me but the flashes of quality are too few and far between.
I kind of agree with your statement, but I love Take No Prisoners, awesome riffs.
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