Metal Battle

The Batlord · 09-06-2016, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

He's back on The System Has Failed and I honestly feel that album is a classic. Of Mice and Men is one of my top Megadeth tracks. But yeah, Poland had this really interesting way of bending notes and expressing himself in a way that felt quite unusual in a metal context. I'm also a big fan of Jeff Young, although he's completely different from Poland. I prefer both over Friedman.

I remember hearing that he had some hand injury that gave one of his fingers a weird way of reaching across the neck of a guitar, which added a little something different to how he played with that finger, sort of like Tony Iommi and missing half of one finger.

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I remember getting bored with that one really quickly when it came out.

First half = pretty alright. Second half = is this **** done yet?

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-06-2016, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

I remember getting bored with that one really quickly when it came out.

It's been a slowly developing romance for me ever since The World Needs a Hero, but I'm honestly more or less into every single album. At first, The Scorpion was the track from System that I'd latch onto, but with time, I came to love the whole thing. It might have been the last truly great Megadeth album.

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

I remember hearing that he had some hand injury that gave one of his fingers a weird way of reaching across the neck of a guitar, which added a little something different to how he played with that finger, sort of like Tony Iommi and missing half of one finger.

It was something weird, like him having fallen asleep in a chair in a bad position. Crazy that such a small thing could almost destroy his ability to play guitar.

The Batlord · 09-06-2016, 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by MicShazam

It's been a slowly developing romance for me ever since The World Needs a Hero, but I'm honestly more or less into every single album. At first, The Scorpion was the track from System that I'd latch onto, but with time, I came to love the whole thing. It might have been the last truly great Megadeth album.

The last (arguably) great Megadeth album was Risk. Everything after has been a tepid and uninterested attempt at pandering. Not that he wasn't trying to pander to the radio for most of the nineties, but at least he seemed genuinely interested in selling out.

**Frownland** · 09-06-2016, 05:12 PM

As if Risk isn't tepid af

~~MicShazam~~ · 09-06-2016, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

The last (arguably) great Megadeth album was Risk. Everything after has been a tepid and uninterested attempt at pandering. Not that he wasn't trying to pander to the radio for most of the nineties, but at least he seemed genuinely interested in selling out.

I like every album so far more or less (no album is worse than a solid 7/10), but Risk was certainly an album that sounded very vital. Risk was actually the album that got me into Megadeth, so I'm not against the album at all. The second disc of Risk was sort of a sampler that had a track from each of the preceeding albums. Getting into Megadeth in that order, I can't see Risk as anything but a collection of solid songs.

Mondo Bungle · 09-06-2016, 05:15 PM

I'll vote off Master without a doubt

The Batlord · 09-06-2016, 05:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

As if Risk isn't tepid af

Dave Mustaine cared more about writing this song than his entire career since, and it's got twice as much energy as anything he's released afterward.

Mondo Bungle · 09-06-2016, 05:21 PM

**Frownland** · 09-06-2016, 05:21 PM

I'm not too concerned with what Mustaime cares about.

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Originally Posted by Dave Mustaine

Performance wise, 'The Conjuring' is one of the heaviest songs on the record, but unfortunately it's got black magic in it and I promised that I wouldn't play it any more, because there's a lot of instructions for hexes in that song. When I got into black magic I put a couple of spells on people when I was a teenager and it haunted me forever, and I've had so much torment. So I look back now and I think, 'Hmm, I don't wanna play "The Conjuring".'

The Batlord · 09-06-2016, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

tl;dr: Not metal enough, bros!

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