![]() Shame, there was a real opportunity to do something new there. Unfortunately, it resorts back to a chorus that sounds much like the weaker songs on the album. ![]() “The Blackest Crow” features a little slide guitar and almost sounds like an interesting take on a country song. “Beginning of Sorrow” is nothing special, but at least sounds more like Megadeth than Nickelback. Disturbed’s David Draiman even adds a little guest vocals over the powerful dueling guitar solos. The headbanging has stopped and the head scratching has commenced.īut then “Dance in the Rain” comes on and Mustaine belts out spoken-word type lyrics semi-reminiscent of 1993’s “Sweating Bullets.” You sing out, “Powers that be will never learn” and rejoice. It’s heavier throughout and features an almost Pantera-ish chanting-like chorus of “Built for war/What do you think fists are for?” But then “Off the Edge” comes on next and farts right back to the familiar old hard rock verse/chorus/verse begging for radio play. This is followed by “Fire/I got the fire,” so if nothing else, at least Beavis and Butthead will appreciate it. “Burn, baby, burn ‘cause it feels so good” is about as generic as lyrics can get. What is going on? This is almost butt rock. Then “Burn!” comes on and does the same thing. Dave sounds like the scary guy down the hall who likes to complain about everything, but not in a whiny way, more in a way you can’t help but listen to, and afterwards he just says, “Rock and roll,” and you nod in agreement though you know not why.Īnd just as you’ve banged away a couple thousand brain cells in celebration of the first song’s awesomeness, the title track comes on next and you go, “Uh, what?” “Super Collider” starts off promising enough with a nice loud thrashing guitar solo, but then it slows down to the same bored beat that’s been polluting modern rock radio for years before transforming into one of those semi-catchy, but tired, choruses that could’ve easily been Nickelback or 3 Doors Down. It’s heavy and fast as shit, the dueling guitars whirl, swirl and scream and Mustaine’s distinct voice shines through. The Born-Again Christian Mustaine probably won’t appreciate that.īut no matter what religion any of the band members follow, none has forgotten how to thrash on the first track “Kingmaker.” The first song comes out kicking some ass. But enough of that, let’s start headbanging and put up those signs of the devil… oh, wait. Though Megadeth has gone through many lineup changes over the years all the same musicians from 2011’s Thirteen are here, including original bassist David Ellefson, drummer Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick on the other guitar. Yet, my favorite track on the record was a Thin Lizzy cover and I’m pretty sure that’s not a good thing.Super Collider is thrash metal veterans Megadeth’s 14th studio album and the first one to be released on frontman Dave Mustaine’s own label Tradecraft. It has some fantastic moments with killer riffs and inspired solos that harken back to the early, thrashier days of Megadeth and a few interesting surprises. Then again, who the heck listens to Megadeth for deep lyrical content anyway? Lyrically, things are a bit out there with Dave’s interesting political ideas and world views. I’m also glad to see the return of David Ellefson on bass in recent years, who helps round things out along with the solid drums of Shawn Drover. With Mustaine and Chris Broderick, you just know the guitar work will be ridiculously good. Closing it out is the super funky groove and outstanding guitar jams of the Thin Lizzy song, “Cold Sweat.” The record closes on a positive note with “Don’t Turn Your Back” which starts out with a bluesy laidback guitar intro before cranking it up into a full blitzkrieg attack. Again, not something you would expect from Dave and certainly not a direction I hope they continue with, but for one track it was pretty cool. But then, the guitars kick in and I actually really liked the track. It opens with a very country feel and banjos which made me question if this was a Megadeth track or if my iTunes switched to some alternate shuffle mode that I did not know existed. The next song, “The Blackest Crow,” totally caught me off guard. This is followed by a few rather bland tracks with the exception of the opening guitar solo on “Burn.” Then come the spoken lyrics of “Dance In the Rain” which I really dig and always thought suited Dave’s voice very well. The album starts out strong with “Kingmaker,” featuring pounding drums and bass and the lightning speed attack that Megadeth does best and leaves me eager for more. Dave Mustaine and company are back with their fourteenth album, “Super Collider.” What do you get when you mix a rock solid rhythm section, blazing guitars, and a larger than life frontman? Megadeth, of course.
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