MEGADETH — Super Collider (review)

MEGADETH — Super Collider album cover Album · 2013 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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When listening to this album today I was thinking about the hard time it’s had from the press and a lot of fans. Not thrash enough, their weakest for years etc. I can’t agree with any of that as Super Colider is a damn good traditional metal album.

Sure, there’s not much here that could be called thrash metal but who cares when the songs are this good. This album is full to the brim with great songs and riffs, many with strong melodies which okay, some may not particularly want from their metal if you like the more extreme stuff. They certainly haven’t gone soft though, just listen to the clever shifting rhythm of Built For War for starters topped off with a killer riff and the opening 1-2 of Kingmaker and Super Colider. The playing’s great – a real shame this line-up didn’t last. Dave Mustaine’s voice has nicely matured with a gruff edge that can really hold a tune – less shrill and lost the whiney edge it had on the early albums. I’m looking for a bad song here and can’t really find one. Dance In The Rain may be a bit ordinary and sedate until it picks up towards the end and Forget To Remember is not particularly memorable but they’re far from bad. They save the best until almost the end – Don’t Turn Your Back after a mock blues intro kicks ass with a pummelling riff and driving double kick drums. Awesome stuff!

Super Colider may not match Peace Sells… for classic status but I actually believe this to be their best album since Rust In Peace and good that it is, better than Endgame which many rate highly as a return to form. A new one is on the way with a couple of hired hands from Angra and Lamb of God (Kiko Loureiro and Chris Adler) to replace departed Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick. Interesting to see if it can match the quality on offer here.
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siLLy puPPy wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I agree with Powermetal2000. I find everything after "Countdown" mediocre and generically boring. There were a few tracks here and there but no really cool albums IMHO
powermetal2000 wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Megadeth hasn't made anything genuinely decent since Countdown to Extinction. They're almost as bad as Metallica is that respect.
Unitron wrote:
more than 2 years ago
I love Kingmaker and Dance in the Rain, but I could never really get into much of the rest. Good review, and I actually agree that it's better then Endgame which I found boring.

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