Album Title: Countdown To Extinction
Artist: Megadeth
Nationality: American
Year: 1992
Subgenre: thrash metal
Familiarity: Very.
Favourite Track(s): Symphony Of Destruction, This Was My Life, Ashes in Your Mouth
Why? SOD one of the signature tunes of the band and so Megadeth. The other two tracks are probably my picks from the rest of the album and flow well with the band's technical playing.
Least Favourite Track(s): Sweating Bullets
Why? Dave at his silliest.
End Impression: One of the band's best albums, but not their best.
Comments: The album that saw Megadeth switch to a commercial thrash band, which largely came in the wake of Metallica's Black Album and was Dave Mustaine's attempt to make the band more accessible than ever, with a range of poppier tunes. I always find it interesting how something as aggressive as thrash ended up going full circle in the end (as far as some bands were concerned) and were putting out something not much more aggressive than say British Steel from around 10 years earlier. As for the album though the tracks are tight and the playing technical as you'd expect and despite a couple of silly 'Dave' moments on the album it's a winner. Saying all this I'd hardly put it in a prog list but then again Anteater sees things or hears things in music the rest of us don't
Rating 4.0