Megadeth - Th1rt3en

Patricide · 28-10-2011 6:32pm

Kess73 wrote: »

Any thoughts from folks who have listened to it in full?

I ordered it online so will not have it until next week, so just curious as to what kind of feedback it is getting from fellow Boardsies?

Its a poppy thrash album if that makes sense, but its good. Nothing outstanding, but solid.

lord lucan · 28-10-2011 7:27pm

Think i'll pick this up this weekend. Early reviews seem pretty positive.:)

MaidenSlayer · 28-10-2011 8:57pm

Just finished listening to it there. Think it's pretty good, wish there was a higher tempo in a few songs but we seem to forget they're getting old lol. A few catchy songs and love the "new" Millennium and New World Order. I reckon a few more listens and I reckon it will be up there with the best since the Golden Era.

BadCompany · 29-10-2011 12:48am

Just listened through for the first time, very impressed. While I thought the guitar work on Endgame was excellent (intro to Headcrusher nearly made my head explode!), I thought the vocal melodies on lots of songs seemed like an after-thought, with Mustaine just "singing" along in monotone (anyone else think this??). Thankfully this is not the case on Th1rt3en, much better constructed SONGS in my opinion. Very happy, will be taking a second listen first thing in the morning!

deathrider · 29-10-2011 3:04am

Sounds good to me, but not blinding. There are some great tracks on it though, Black Swan, Sudden Death, 13. It's still early days though, as I only got to give it about two spins so far, so it may grow on me yet. I wasn't pushed on the last record straight away either, but over time I wound up really digging it.

SirLemonhead · 29-10-2011 2:43pm

Was happy to see that Black swan was making an appearance, as it was one of the few songs from the albums since the system has failed that i've really liked... don't like the slight changes to it though (the soloing over it is awful as usual)

I really think Chris Broderick ruins the band.. it's just him and dave going meedly meedly meedly on the solos over and over. There's no contrast at all between the two.

Testament1 · 29-10-2011 8:25pm

Bit of a mixed bag this album. Half the songs are great, the other half are a bit meh. Still an enjoyable album overall though.

BostonB · 29-10-2011 11:28pm

SirLemonhead wrote: »

...I really think Chris Broderick ruins the band.. it's just him and dave going meedly meedly meedly on the solos over and over. There's no contrast at all between the two.

I don't think any line up has topped, the line up with Friedman. He brought melody and tone to the music.

SirLemonhead · 30-10-2011 2:10pm

BostonB wrote: »

I don't think any line up has topped, the line up with Friedman. He brought melody and tone to the music.

Yup totally. I guess part of why the last album by Megadeth that I really like is the system has failed because that has Chris Poland doing lead on it, and his stuff is always really interesting to hear also. Pity Dave couldn't recruit him again for long term :pac:

metalover · 31-10-2011 12:35am

Well, It's not the best but it sure beat Metallica's new album "Lulu"
It kinda sounds like Dave wasn't really intrested recording the album, sounds like he was bored or something. I'm more of a fan of their albums like Peace Sells. To be honest Endgame was better.

MaidenSlayer · 31-10-2011 12:45pm

Just read on Blabbermouth there that Dave and the lads only had 2 months to write 11 of the 13 songs (Sudden Death and Never Dead were already done). Wonder if they had longer would the album be stronger and heavier... In saying that for the amount of time they had it's a beast of an album!

Testament1 · 31-10-2011 2:27pm

metalover wrote: »

It kinda sounds like Dave wasn't really intrested recording the album, sounds like he was bored or something.

I wouldnt say that. It definitely sounds like he's trying but the problem here is that he's getting old and some of the creative spark that made their back catalogue so phenemonal appears to be gone. After being in the game so long it can get difficult to push out consistently top notch metal. It's a solid album but obviously it's not a patch on the classics.

Testament1 · 01-11-2011 12:21pm

Public Enemy No.1 live on Jimmy Kimmel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u07HAjurtWo

lord lucan · 01-11-2011 12:40pm

Testament1 wrote: »

Public Enemy No.1 live on Jimmy Kimmel

Great stuff,great to see them enter into the spirit of Halloween. Also great to see Mustaine back in action after surgery.:)

Testament1 · 01-11-2011 1:21pm

lord lucan wrote: »

Great stuff,great to see them enter into the spirit of Halloween. Also great to see Mustaine back in action after surgery.:)

I'll admit that I wasnt a fan of that song when I first heard it but its really grown on me. Great live performance of it there, hopefully they can keep the live shows at that level. The costumes were pretty cool aswell I thought, especially since they didnt dress up for "Night of the Living Megadeth" back in 94.

Nephilim Wolf · 02-11-2011 8:57pm

Testament1 wrote: »

I wouldnt say that. It definitely sounds like he's trying but the problem here is that he's getting old and some of the creative spark that made their back catalogue so phenemonal appears to be gone. After being in the game so long it can get difficult to push out consistently top notch metal. It's a solid album but obviously it's not a patch on the classics.

It's an okay album. There are some really good standout songs on it, but Megadeth will never release anything as outstainding as 'Countdown to Extinction' or Youthanasia again.

Megadeth - Th1rt3en

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