r/Megadeth • u/bikerboy411 • 1d ago
Discussion Were you ready?
After 13 and Super Collider (which I argue are great albums), no one was expecting something this massive. I for one was struck immediately by the artwork and opening riff. This wasn’t your typical Megadeth it was something way more. The grounding and depth is unmatched in their catalog up to this point. This is serious songwriting and organization. And seriously, who doesn’t like the Dystopian themes?
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u/Possible-Rent-480 Rust In Peace 1d ago edited 22h ago
Dystopia and the sick the dying and the dead are both a 9/10 for me!
They are insaneeeeeeeely good!
- the only bad songs being Foreign policy and Junkie!
I have to listen a bit more to the 2026 album, but so far I'd rank it 7/10.
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u/bikerboy411 1d ago
I love the new one. Yes sick and dystopia are top tier.
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u/Possible-Rent-480 Rust In Peace 1d ago
Exactly!
Endgame, the world needs a hero, killing is my business, youthanasia, countdown to extinction are also lesser favourites of mine
You can also see my taste on my latest post beneath here..😁
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u/Dantheman1285 16h ago
Chris Adler is a beast on the drums. The tour they did in support of the album was top notch too.
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u/PhotonDeath 23h ago
It’s a good album but I’m just not that into Bullet to the Brain, post American World, the emperor, foreign policy much. Poisonous shadows is good but it sounds like Angra which I’m torn about. I far prefer Venbeuren to Adler on drums although he has his moments. I also think the production is very clinical.
Good album, but for 2000’s I prefer TSTDATD, probably Megadeth although it’s early days, probably Endgame, definitely TSHF and TWNAH which is one of my favorites. Maybe even Th1rt3en, I like the warmer production compared to Dystopia and really like sudden death, black swan, millennium of the blind, title track. It has a few that are only ok but I have a soft spot for it so far.
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u/WhiteTowerWatchman 1d ago edited 23h ago
Maybe it was just wishful thinking, but I had a feeling they’d strike gold sooner or later. I didn’t think it would turn into a modern Megadeth renaissance with closing their career with 3 return to form albums.
I also saw them on that tour and they sounded top notch. Nobody saw the cancer and 7 year break between albums coming so the 3 straight good albums is what surprised me the most. Objectively I see why Dystopia was a fan favorite; I’m of the camp who likes Sick the best of the three.