![]() ![]() Purchase Super Collider #Album review Bearded Gentlemen Bearded Gentlemen Music Commercial Metal Dave Mustaine Endgame Kingmaker Megadeth metal roots Nick Green Nicks Album Reviews Super Colider is a disappointing album Super Collider True Megadeth Fan www.beardedgentlemenmusic. I actually cringed during songs like “The Blackest Crow” and “Forget to Remember”, which got me thinking what am I actually listening to? Half the album is full of solid metal I would expect from Megadeth, but then the other half sounds like radio-friendly metal. ![]() Overall, where does this leave me as a Megadeth fan? Somewhere in the middle of the road actually, as on one hand I really like the album’s overall sound, but then on another I’m still not convinced by some of the material on here. But, after several listens I felt deflated, as if I built myself up and up and up and then made myself fall to the floor in spite. I’m not saying this is a bad album, or am I? On the first few listens nothing really stuck out to me, I sat there expecting some big guitar riff or hook, some massive drum rhythm to blow me away. Conversely, Super Collider does have its good moments, just not merely enough to make it a memorable album. Super Collider is another one of those albums by Megadeth that is going to get a lot of criticism by fans because it does not sound like the thrash metal that we were used to hearing on the band’s first four albums. As much as I was enjoying the album it still felt a little bit too commercial and not daring enough like Endgame was, or even as 13 was in places. Super Collider is a Modern Experimental Album. However, given that I’ve already stated that I am a through-and-through Megadeth fan I must say that at times I had to put down my headphones or press pause for a moment to be able to absorb what I was hearing. I still think even on Endgame his vocals were a little dodgy. There is a real chunkiness to this album especially in the guitar area, whilst everything else remains solid as always, I think this is Dave Mustaine’s best vocal performance of the past three albums. Mentioning that is significant as I think it has allowed Megadeth to flex their more well-known metal roots, instead of trying to fit into Roadrunner’s commercial money-making music. I would say that this album returns to a more traditional thrash sound, albeit forgiving the normal fast beats typically associated with most thrash metal. I think 13 was always going to be under-the-cosh album seeing as it would be the end of their contract with Roadrunner, and now under their own label Tradecraft with distribution handled by Universal. Show all 41 versions Recommendations Megadeth - Kingmaker 4:17 Megadeth - Super Collider 4:12 Burn 4:12 Built For War 3:58 Off The Edge 4:12 Dance In The Rain 4:46 Beginning Of Sorrow 3:52 The Blackest Crow 4:28 Forget To Remember 4:29 Don't Turn Your Back. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |