Genre: Heavy/Thrash Metal
Label: Roadrunner
Year: 2007/2009
"Destroying every town, light it up and burn it down
You may not like it now, but this is how the story ends."
"I am the King (an evil king),
Who dreams the wickedest of dreams
An ancient mystery, nobody could interpret
Of seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door
As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more
The word predicts my future and tells the truth about my past
Of how the world's leaders are waiting to usher in
The eighth world power of modern Rome: Washington is Next!"
I decided I wouldn't wait to get one of the albums to make my decision after all, so I'll review both at the same time.
Let's start with Endgame, the newest release thus far form 2009. Right off the bat we have the classic Megadeth instrumental opening of awesome shredding that leads into one of my favorite songs This Day We Fight!. As soon as I heard this combo I instantly fell in love with it. However, the next track on the record, 44 Minutes, took a while to grow on me. Not sure why though.
After that, we hit 1,320! Another favorite of mine. From what I can guess it's about racing of some kind. I'm guessing street racing, but I could be wrong. As soon as I heard 1,320 I decided that this album was going to be awesome, I wasn't that far off. The only song I have a problem with off this album is the eighth track: The Hardest Part of Letting Go....Sealed With A Kiss. The reason is simply because it brings up too many memories that I've been trying to forget for a long time now.
Other then that one track, I love the record. It has become a personal favorite of mine, and I for one can't wait for a new record. They did release a new single for Guitar Hero called Sudden Death, and I have to say it's good. It took a while for me to get used to it, but now I find it to be a good release.
The rest of the album makes up for The Hardest Part of Letting Go... as one of my favorite albums to date. And now we're going to the next album on this here two parter, United Abominations!
The album starts out with two of my favorite Megadeth songs of all time, Sleepwalker and Washington Is Next!. When I first heard these songs, I had a feeling the album would be great. And for the most part, it is. A few songs that I don't care much for would have to be Black Swan, Burnt Ice and the cover of Led Zeppelin's song, Out on the Tiles. I don't like either of these songs because...well honestly, they bore me. Yeah I know Zeppelin are one of the godfather bands of metal, but I've never really liked them at all, and even though Megadeth covering them makes it a little better, it still bores me. The other songs are just....dull in my opinion.
After we finish with the awesomeness that is the first to tracks, we go to another track that, at first, was boring, but now it fits right in with the album: Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms. This song is this albums version of The Hardest Part of Letting Go... for me, as it brings up too many memories of relationships gone bad.
It's strange to me how an awesome Thrash Metal band like Deth keeps bringing up bad memories...Oh well..
After that, we go to the title track. Right off the bat I loved this album when I heard it. I've always liked the way that Dave works the spoken parts of voice intros, and United Abominations is no different. The song itself is a good kick in the pants and I love the theme of it. Now lets jump to a song that I've loved for a long time: Gears of War. At first this song seemed off to me, but now it's a personal favorite of mine. While at first, like I already mentioned, it took me a rather long time to actually sit down a listen to this song all the way through, and once I did, I instantly fell in love.
Now we're off to Blessed Are The Dead. This song to me is just weird...Not sure what it is about this song, but I get a weird vibe off it.
Not much more needs to be said about that, so we'll just talk about the last few tracks: Play for Blood, A Toute le Monde (Set Me Free), Amerikhastan and You're Dead. All of these songs I love, even though I like the original version of A Toute le Monde better. The last two songs are also good ones. Unless your a political type, go ahead. They're awesome.
As for the ratings of these two great albums, I give them a collected 18/20, which is 8/10 a piece. If it weren't for the songs that I didn't like, I would feel more inclined to give them better ratings. But for now, Megadeth's albums Endgame and United Abominations will remain as two personal favorite of mine, even though they have some songs I can't listen to, or just don't like.
The rest of the album makes up for The Hardest Part of Letting Go... as one of my favorite albums to date. And now we're going to the next album on this here two parter, United Abominations!
The album starts out with two of my favorite Megadeth songs of all time, Sleepwalker and Washington Is Next!. When I first heard these songs, I had a feeling the album would be great. And for the most part, it is. A few songs that I don't care much for would have to be Black Swan, Burnt Ice and the cover of Led Zeppelin's song, Out on the Tiles. I don't like either of these songs because...well honestly, they bore me. Yeah I know Zeppelin are one of the godfather bands of metal, but I've never really liked them at all, and even though Megadeth covering them makes it a little better, it still bores me. The other songs are just....dull in my opinion.
After we finish with the awesomeness that is the first to tracks, we go to another track that, at first, was boring, but now it fits right in with the album: Never Walk Alone... A Call to Arms. This song is this albums version of The Hardest Part of Letting Go... for me, as it brings up too many memories of relationships gone bad.
It's strange to me how an awesome Thrash Metal band like Deth keeps bringing up bad memories...Oh well..
After that, we go to the title track. Right off the bat I loved this album when I heard it. I've always liked the way that Dave works the spoken parts of voice intros, and United Abominations is no different. The song itself is a good kick in the pants and I love the theme of it. Now lets jump to a song that I've loved for a long time: Gears of War. At first this song seemed off to me, but now it's a personal favorite of mine. While at first, like I already mentioned, it took me a rather long time to actually sit down a listen to this song all the way through, and once I did, I instantly fell in love.
Now we're off to Blessed Are The Dead. This song to me is just weird...Not sure what it is about this song, but I get a weird vibe off it.
Not much more needs to be said about that, so we'll just talk about the last few tracks: Play for Blood, A Toute le Monde (Set Me Free), Amerikhastan and You're Dead. All of these songs I love, even though I like the original version of A Toute le Monde better. The last two songs are also good ones. Unless your a political type, go ahead. They're awesome.
As for the ratings of these two great albums, I give them a collected 18/20, which is 8/10 a piece. If it weren't for the songs that I didn't like, I would feel more inclined to give them better ratings. But for now, Megadeth's albums Endgame and United Abominations will remain as two personal favorite of mine, even though they have some songs I can't listen to, or just don't like.
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