MEGADETH — TH1RT3EN (review)

MEGADETH — TH1RT3EN album cover Album · 2011 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
bonnek
Megadeth has been outliving their sell-by date by almost two decades now, and even if you'll find nice little gems on any of their albums, there's a sense of crushing tiredness that overwhelms me when hearing those same old worn-out thrash metal tricks and Dave's expired snarls. This is not different on this album despite the attempt to make us believe that everything is fine on planet Megadeth, with the return of Ellefson and some (totally unnecessary) remakes of some old rarities, but I don't buy it, not at all.

It may sound contradictory but the old songs are the only material that still have some freshness and excitement about them, especially 'NWO'. The new songs sound like I've heard them a hundred times already, remaining entirely predictable in terms of riffs as well as vocal lines or rhythms, but they all lack the essence of what made it all work 20 years ago, namely bite, speed and hooks that don't put me asleep. The remakes of 'New World Order' and 'Millennium Of The Blind' don't live up to their originals and don't add anything at all actually.

Megadeth has been through some ups, downs and many averages for 15 years now, since 'Youthenesia' to be exact. This new album is a down as far as I'm concerned. Get the original version of 'New World Order' and forget about the rest of this album. This is no "Endgame II" unfortunately.
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bonnek wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Hilarious! Well sure Dave lived through things :-)
Wilytank wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Well goddammit, now this video is out of date: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBGmPbOXFHQ
UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
"Endgame" is a pretty great album in my book. If this one sounds anything like the 3 or 4 albums that came before "Endgame" I think I´ll pass. It´s not that the material on those albums is bad or unlistenable, but the word tired comes to mind way too often.
Diogenes wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yeah, this didn't impress me too much either. It's too bad, because with Endgame I thought Dave had finally found some good ideas again.

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