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<\/a><\/p>\nWhen one of the biggest thrash bands in the world releases a new album, a reviewer (like me) is of course enthusiastic to\u00a0listen to\u00a0and write something about\u00a0it. Next time, however, I hope that the record company will give us the opportunity to listen to real\u00a0music files instead of streaming. For me it is harder to judge now how good it really sounds, but I will give it a try.<\/p>\n
The\u00a015th album already\u00a0with\u00a0three releases\u00a0during the last\u00a0five years.\u00a0Dave has been rather productive lately, and this could have a lot\u00a0to do with his healthier behaviour\u00a0and\u00a0seeing the\u00a0‘light’.\u00a0Since his split with Metallica, he\u00a0has been angry about a lot of things and he felt\u00a0betrayed by the band. The last few years\u00a0it seems he has given all the negative issues a place and finally found some rest. After the average albums ‘Thirteen’ (2011)\u00a0and ‘Super Collidor’\u00a0(2013), I have to say that with ‘Dystopia’, the band (Dave) is really back.\u00a0 The songs are much better written and it all sounds better arranged – the pleasure is back!<\/p>\n
On this album there are again some new faces. After the release of ‘Super Collider’,\u00a0Chris Broderick (guitar) and Shawn Drover (drums) left the band. As new guitarist, Mustaine recruited\u00a0Kiko Loureiro (ex-Angra) and he asked Lamb Of God’s Chris Adler to\u00a0fill in the\u00a0drumming parts. With an excellent drummer like Chris, there sure isn’t anything to complain about when it comes to the\u00a0rhytmn parts. Almost everything is better than\u00a0on both predecessors.\u00a0The music sounds very fresh,\u00a0they sound again like some young guys who have to prove that they are the next big thing and they are gonna blow all the\u00a0other new thrash bands away. Even Dave Mustaine of whose voice\u00a0I am not a real fan,\u00a0sounds better than ever. A little less nasal and throttled (for me he always sounded a bit like he was taking a shit while recording his singing). Also the cooperation with new guitarist Chris works out very fine.<\/p>\n
The album starts with\u00a0Arabian female singing. Immediately, the sharp and aggressive riffing takes over and the\u00a0first good song, “The Threath Is Real”, is a fact. It\u00a0really sounds like an old school thrash song and together with “Bullet To the Brain” and “Lying In State”, it is one of the heaviest tracks. “Dystopia” is\u00a0an\u00a0up-tempo track,\u00a0not only\u00a0the guitar work and solos make this song interesting, but also the sudden tempo change halfway. Next song “Fatal Illusion”\u00a0starts like a\u00a0heavy Machine Head\u00a0track and combines old school with more modern thrash. Variety is again a key word for this track, variety in tempo and in style. Other songs that catch my attention\u00a0are the epic song “Poisonous Shadows” and the\u00a0almost instrumental track “Conquer Or Die”. The first one is a non-typical Megadeth song; it sounds threatening and a bit dramatic. Like on the entire album, also here Chris Adler underlines that he is the perfect drummer for the job.\u00a0“Foreign Policy” is a cover from a 70\/80’s LA hardcore punk band called Fear.\u00a0I don’t know the original, but with the biting vocals of Dave the song isn’t just a filler.<\/p>\n
So far I have been very positive about ‘Dystopia’.\u00a0Isn’t there anything wrong about the album then? No, not a lot. Of course I am still not a real fan of Dave’s singing, but he sounds better than ever. The other little mistake in my eyes is that with “The Emperor”, they added one\u00a0weaker track.\u00a0Although it contains a nice solo, I think the album would be better off without it.<\/p>\n
After\u00a0Slayer,\u00a0Megadeth is the next of the ‘big four’\u00a0to show that they still know how to write a good album –\u00a0\u00a0the first signs and sounds of the\u00a0new Anthrax album are also very positive. Can the biggest of the four do the same in 2016? I have my doubts….<\/p>\n