Reviews (page 6 of 8)
Not my favorite, but a nice blast from the past.
A massive case of how many variations of chug-chugga-chug-chugga-chugga-chug can you fit on an album. I don’t dislike it as such, but it’s pretty tedious after a couple of songs. Dare I say Metallica did it better in their early days?
High water mark of a subgenre that I have a hard time liking for more than 1-2 tunes.
Better than expected but just not my genre
It's okay. They're very technical and talented, almost like prog metal in parts with their performance and song structure. Their song structure is a bit weird, not much to hang onto if it all keeps changing. As a result each song goes by without really standing out in any way, is instantly forgotten, and is replaced by a song that sounds pretty much the same. So the whole album goes by sounding all the same and leaving no real impression on me. While it's on, it's not bad, inoffensive 80s thrash. It's like a wall of uniform, impressive, yet impenetrable music that upon finishing the album has left absolutely no trace. It's as if I have listened to nothing. Also his voice and lyrics are kind of cringe.
More listenable than I anticipated, but let’s be honest here, I wasn’t anticipating much. A 1 feels harsh, a 2 generous.
Don’t really get this. Very generic heavy metal. None of the melody of Metallica, none of the angst of Slipknot or Sepeltura, none of enthusiasm of Guns n Roses. Did nothing for me
Hey it’s the MTV News bumper!
I love this if they stripped out the widely guitar and got the guy to sing an octave lower. Someone has probably done this on AI but I'm not that desperate to find out. Didn't listen to disc 2.
Not for me.
Much like with Rust in Peace, this just does very little for me and his voice is pretty bad! I can't think of a reason to come back to this and I'm surprised to see two Megadeth albums in the list.
Dave Mustaine, the onanistic Yngwe Malmsteen of thrash, just doesn't do it for me. Three songs in and I had to turn it off. The frantic noodling and high pitched whine of his lyrics remind of a meth-addled mosquito humping a piece of orzo. No thanks.
2/5 - The bass line on Peace Sells is classic material, but otherwise I mostly didn't care.
Holy shit, megadeth. It’s adjacent to a lot of the music I love, but it’s leave me cold. Never been a fan of thrash metal, I need more melody in my life. Still, gets a couple to stars because it’s not jazz or country music. Didn’t have a favourite track, couldn’t get through the first couple.
For a band whose name means 'a million deaths', I thought this was a bit corny and tame. It has some good moments and always fun to hear ridiculous, overblown trill-filled guitar solos but after a while it all merges together into one long blob of heavy metal noise and over-reverbed howling.
Better than I was expecting but my expectations were pretty low. It just isn't a relaxing listen.
Not my jam at all, but not scary like I thought when I was 7 years old.
Just not for me
Death metal is not for me
A lot of traditional metal sounds the same to me, and as someone who is sensitive to certain loud noises, traditional metal is not really my vibe. For some reason, I also find metal to be campy and overdone. This album in particular wasn’t horrible, but I won’t listen to it in full again. “I ain’t superstitious” was pretty good though. I might listen to that one once in a while.
Still not my thing, but atleast it's fun about it.
Sell sell sell
Definitely not my thing, as it never really has been, and wore pretty thin pretty quickly.
I liked it for the first few songs but it got boring kinda quick. Idk if I’d listen again
Not my kind of music at all.
Some mega riffs but just when you’re starting to enjoy one they start playing everything way too fast for the sake of it. Yeah, I know that’s kind of the point of thrash metal, but it’s not an excuse.
This is a strange one. Didn’t get into thrash/speed metal when it started. First heard this in the late 90’s and quite enjoyed it. Not so much now. I imagine that if I listened to it more often and properly that it might go up to a 3 but ultimately not quite my taste
It was not a bad album, but it was boring. Thrash, out of all types of metal, is definitely not the most interesting one. Bad Omens was fun with the often prominent base, but the overall highly unimpressive vocals really didn't do it for me. Hoping for more fun metal in the future...
would buy peace, wouldnt buy a megadeth record
I enjoyed listening to some of it, actually forgot I was doing the challenge at some point but a lot of it also wasn't super memorable to me and some of it boring. maybe they are too focused on amazing technique and "impressive" playing and kinda getting lost in that or maybe I just don't get it I skipped the last two remixes at the end, lowkey the first two I didn't even notice they were a remix. I was also dissociating a bit tho.
Ok
I'm only giving this a 2 because I don't care about the style, but I absolutely understand why they invented Guitar Hero and Bill & Ted now.
Two metal albums in a row, a year since I got the other Megadeth album from the generator. Don't really care for them, it's just alright and wouldn't listen again.
there really shouldn't be 2 Megadeth albums in this list....
It's funny how much this just sounds like hair metal - it's just another LA metal band that could be Motely Crue, but instead of singing about fucking they're singing about like skeletons. Really liked the first and last tracks, but mostly I think I just don't like thrash metal (or most metal really). I guess unfair to these guys because they probably invented the sound, but when I listen I just hear every other metal band and every parody of a metal band. Feels like a commodity good.
Having to listen to this and Throbbing gristle back to back is the absolute worst. The guitar playing was good, the singing was bad Screaaaaaaaaaam Screaaaaaaaaaam Screaaaaaaaaaam 2.5 out of 5
Jeg har gitt Megadeth en sjans 100 ganger. Jeg får det ikke til.. Det er noen fete riff, men stemmen hans er for ræva.. og musikken er litt barnslig.. treffer ikke helt.
I don't like heavy metal or thrash. I have heard most of these songs though growing up. It all kinda blends together into one lump of noise. Peace Sells is more tuneful.
Have never been a thrash metal fan - this didn't change it
Ok 2/5
Notable Textzeile: Satan has their souls, they sing pagan tunes The ceremony is sure to be cursed They wait for his blessings but down comes the worst Ich finde das überraschend easy listening. Im Sinne von: die Songs haben klare Strukturen, die einzelnen Parts ufern nicht zu viel aus und alles ist sehr mittig produziert, die Höhen in den Soli sind weich, die Lautstärke der Riffparts und des Speedruns angenehm gepegelt. Was ich damit anfangen soll weiß ich trotzdem nicht. Name und Cover sind ja bestimmt prägend für das Genre, aber komischerweise will es ja politisch sein, aber irgendwie affirmativ zum System und die die den Teufel anbeten sind schlimm und cursed? Oder hab ich da verkürzt gelesen? Finde das alles sehr seltsam und am Ende nicht mehr als eine 2
I get the energy - aber langweilt mich nach Song 4.
Not my thing but I can still appreciate it.
Early Metallica sounds so good, while this just comes off as goofy and corny
Just can't connect with the songs on here. Good riffs but vocals are still too goofy.
I thought this was going to be an easy 1, but it was less screamy than I predicted and I listened to more than 10 seconds of each songs, so it gets a 2!
4/10
Megadeath and Iron Maiden were very influencial to the metal I listened to in the 80s, but it all seemed a bit much for me. I thought I just needed to listen to it more, to get used to the sound. I did, just like I'm trying to listen to more rap, so I can get used to is and so appreciate it. That works, to a certain degree, but in studying my health, I found that the issue was deeper. All autistic folks like me are born with a sensitive nervous system, so we react strongly to certain sounds or actions. This kind of metal I respond to negatively as it jars my nervous system. That's what it's supposed to do, to jar it or to numb it. This metal (and I guess Kendrick Lamar?) jars my system, and no amount of listening will calm it. In fact, too much pressure on my nervous system causes me to shutdown or meltdown, possibly many hours after the over-stimulus. I like Megadeath (I prefer Metallica), but it seems that I should be careful when I consume such music. 2/5
Maybe I’m just getting too old for this. There is literally nothing redeeming about this record.
i can't do it, man.
Heavy metal boring
Pas ma came
100% in one ear and out the other. I'm sorry Dave. Like, I'm usually one to write lengthier reviews, but nothing about this grabbed me. Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention? But I cannot find myself returning to any of this. Funniest thing about it is how it starts: like an album already in progress. Goofy singing. Nice drumming though. And completely masturbatory solos.
Is it allowed to just award a single star without listening? I'm expecting not to like this. No? Oh well, here goes then. Surprisingly more melodic and musical than I expected. Great musicianship. Heavy on the guitar and very present drums. Was that a funky-ish bassline at the start of Peace sells? That was a surprise. In parts pretty enjoyable, even Bad Omen. Still, not converted to metal by any means. I do like the drummer.
It's just kinda dumb
In the battle between cool and not cool, I was team Metallica. That choice still stands. Megadeath is a cheesy attempt at speed metal that often sucked.
Beyblade commercial music
Their second album. Metal. Dumb Rock 😆 🤟
Not all that bad as far as metal goes but it's still metal
No.
Easily the weakest of the Big 4 for me. I know it's held up as a thrash masterpiece, but the first two Megadeth albums are a bit shit to my ears. The production leaves no space for the songs to breathe, it's just speed metal all the way, which I guess is fine if it's your thing. There are some good moments along the way, Good Mourning/Black Friday is cool, and My Last Words has a great David Ellefson bass line, but overall this is just generic thrash. Megadeth would get so much better over the next few albums.
2 de 5 Critica política y social sobre la guerra y el sistema estadounidense, obscuro pero irónico, con riffs complejos y agresivos. A destacar: Track 1 - Wake Up Dead Track 3 - Peace Sells Track 4 - Devil’s Island Track 8 - My Last Words
Mustaine actually annoyed me slightly less on this record than he did on Countdown to Extinction, but I still find him pretty difficult to listen to. I also found this record a bit tighter musically on both an arrangement and production level. Overall, though, I can only acknowledge my own failings to hear what is cool, badass, or appealing about this. 2/5
awful
Not really my thing, but at least it was better than hip hop and jazz.
Can appreciate the guitar work, but just didn’t click with me.
This is my first album back after a week hiatus due to being away. I saw that it was what was coming next after I suspended the generator and was dreading listening to it. I've had a recent run of thrash metal, fairly recent listening to Slayer and Anthrax. Prior to this project I think Metallica is the only metal band I've ever really listened to, and I've liked some of their stuff. Of course fans of thrash would say that they're not the real thing and bands like the ones I've listened to recently are, along with this. I'm sure they're correct, and all that has done is confirm for me that this is a genre I just can't enjoy. Musically this wasn't bad. Very good guitar, bass, and drums. But Dave Mustaine's voice annoyed the crap out of me throughout. There were no songs that I could actually enjoy due to that. The other negative for me is that the lyrics were silly throughout. Songs that had interesting themes didn't feel fleshed out at all, and just went for the "gotcha" effect. I hope that I can get a break from metal for a while, but my guess is that I won't get spared till I have a few more.
Only giving a 2 for the musicians.
don't enjoy mustaine's voice
Not bad, just a bit repetetive and forgettable.
Poor Davey Mustain
About what I expected 2/5
Agh I really wanted to like this album if only to appease Dave Mustaime and because Metallica get on my nerves, but alas. I slightly liked the title track Peace Sells, but that’s about it. My metal days are very much over and most of the album just exasperated me.
Mostly tedious? Kinda cool guitarwork
fun and dumb
Alright. Little too hardcore for my liking.
Not for me. Thank You
Peace Sells
Heavy, thrash metal Wake up dead
Expected way more. Some cool grooves but really nothing that blew me away or even pulled me in
Nope. Glad it was short.
I don’t like this album
It's fine, but monotonous. Every song sounds basically the same. Hard to tell what is a good track because it's just monolithic.
never understood Megadeth
Eh, it’s metally.
Dave Mustaine is a dick, and these songs are pretty repetitive and unmelodic. And their skeleton dude is a cheap Iron Maiden ripoff. And all the YouTube comments are full of losers bragging about how they mastered these songs on guitar. 2.5 stars, rounded down, but it’s not like these guys are worse than Metallica or any other butt-metal band.
Found this boring. There's cooler stuff in the genre; this wasn't it for me.
Кое-где неплохо звучит, но в целом похоже на Металлику, а Металлику я не люблю
Better than I thought
It was ok
I had 2 hours lifting weights scheduled today, a bit of thrash metal was the perfect accompaniment.
Krach.
Wasn’t into it
Speed metal makes me irrationally mad. Yes dude, we hear the shredding! Standout: Peace Sells
2,5
Didn't really do it for me. They're definitely skilled musicians but I think I prefer Iron Maiden.
Has never had much appeal to me.
I'm just not gonna like heavy metal.
Chocka block full of Metallica style riffs. Lacking poise in the song writing side of things. Vocals sound warped, odd mix. No doubt they can play fast guitar though, heavy as a counter hammer to Fleet Foxes softness.
Poor man’s Metallica. That is not a compliment.
Dave Mustaine was in a band called Metallica before starting Megadeth, did you know that? He’ll tell you. The reason he’s no longer in Metallica is because that, apart from “Peace Sells”, he can’t really sing or write compelling lyrics. His band rips pretty hard, though.
Discount Metallica
Mustaine's voice has always bothered me, and yes it bothers me enough to ruin what is occasionally good riffing.
Better than Metallica, but not by much.
Some cool shredding but not really my jam
Dave Mustaine is an amazing guitar player, a terrible lyricist, an an embarrassing edgelord
Not heard this for some time, its not a great album, very 80's guitars and mediocre vocals. Riffs are quite unmemorable.
Alright. For the idketh time, it's good like i see why it is liked, the musicians are brilliants. BUT i don't like it, i was never a big fan of metal and that album wasn't an exception
okay so i don't hate metal, i just hate screamo. this was fine
Sounds like the same song done 8 very similar ways. Fast,Faster,Slower…Jeez.
Loud, fast, and pointless. 2 stars or D-.
Eh, it's whatever, honestly.
Nagyon nem én vagyok. Egyszerűen befrusztral ez az erős rock xdd
This was my first exposure to Megadeath despite having been aware of them for years. The metal music quickly reminded me of Metallica with the guttural back beat, lively guitar riffs and quick tempo’d tracks. The defining difference between the two bands for me is that I’m not sure I understood a single word the Megadeath lead singer said. This is true headbanger rock but it’s not my cup of tea for sure. It seems as though this style of music is more about screaming the same lyrical phrase over and over and over again while your musicians jam their faces off in the background. Not bad music, just a genre I don’t enjoy very much.
3 pour le premier disque, 1.5 pour le deuxième qui est LIVE
Some really well written songs, but the production sucks and Dave can’t sing.
Fav: The Conjuring Least Fav: Peace Sells I don’t get Megadeth, I don’t really like Metallica but I’d easily give them a listen before I even considered giving these guys another chance
This is not for me. Not necessarily a BAD album but definitely not for me. 2 stars.
Not a band I’ve ever listened to. Metal never really been my thing. So, feels almost like prog metal to me. The musicianship is off the charts - but it’s just leaving me cold. I can see why it has its fans for sure. I’m just not one of them. 2
I appreciate the art of this album but metal just isn’t my bag :-(
I wasn't a big 80s thrashhead. Still am not.
A great voice and some good songs.
Greit nok
Ekkert svo slæmt en ekki fyrir mig
I guess 80's thrash metal isn't for me
Rabo
the bass lines on this album are really cool and interesting, i think that’s more interesting than the constant shredding of the lead guitar. overall, decent sounding album but mostly forgettable. megadeth has never really been my preference of the 80s thrash metal scene. not something i see myself listening to again, but it’s not an unlistenable album. probably closer to 2.5 stars
4/10
I enjoyed this more than I expected. That lifts it to a 3? This is not what I want to listen to with my morning coffee. I listened to the original album tracks and then skipped through the 70 minutes of other nonsense. This is not meant to be over an hour and a half. Damn you spotify for your nonsense re-releases of bonus tracks and garbage. And in the end, it didn't make that leap. Speed metal just doesn't do it for me.
Fairly standard sludgy rock with exhausting axe heroics liberally sprinkled throughout, but this album wasn’t quite as awful as I was expecting. The vocals didn’t annoy me as much as I thought they would and I almost enjoyed the overall choppiness and occasionally varied time signatures. I surprised myself by listening to the whole thing and although I hope never to hear it again, it’s not an experience I regret.
If I rated these albums based on how I felt when they ended this would be an obvious 1 because there was a tremendous sense of relief. But then again, I can appreciate some of the artistry involved in making this kind of music so that bumps it up to a 2 for me. Overall though, a fairly unpleasant experience.
Pas pour moi le Thrash metal ( Trash?) On dirait qu’avant même de commencer tu sais parfaitement comment ça va sonner!
muck
Some nice power chords but I don't feel Megadeth are the way forward. Why does the lead singer not try to sing?
Actually surprised I didn’t like this one really, but it skews a bit too far into some style I don’t like. Feels a bit more cliche than some metal bands I like.
Here we are with another metal album. It's been a pretty good while since I last rolled one of these. About 60 - 70 albums, were I to take a guess. I've been indifferent to metal for the longest time, though I think this list is beginning to make my opinion sour. The albums I've heard thus far have been pretty gay and mentally stunted, with only a handful of good cuts interspersed between the ten or so albums I've listened to. I'll go into this one with an open mind, though I must admit that I'm feeling pretty reluctant. Yeah, it's more metal. This is pretty standard for the genre, though in all fairness I've never listened to a single metal album which has overstayed its welcome. I kneel, 35-minute runtime. Anyways, the guitar riffs are adept, Mustaine is a competent vocalist and some of the campy lyrics made me smile, though this album lost my attention pretty heavily during the second half. The songs blend together quite a bit, which I think is more of an intrinsic problem with the metal genre, rather than a problem with this album specifically. "The Conjuring" is a solid tune. Classic metal, with some decent guitar riffs. I appreciate the slower tempo when compared to most metal songs I've heard. "Good Mourning / Black Friday" is another solid cut. I appreciate the moodier, more subdued sound, and those guitar riffs are as adept as ever. Book time. Where the band found their footing, but that's about it. Wikipedia reveals that this is a "thrash metal classic", was influential in the creation of extreme metal and has a solid critic backing. I can't fault that, really. I cosign this inclusion.
Meh, i don't like the sound, especially the singer. The rhythm part is kind of fun, but actually boring.
Don't care
While the music was good, the singing was horrid.
Never liked this band. Decent riffs. Solos are all flash and no souls. Vocals and lyrics sound like AI trying to be a metal band. Ain't Superstitious... just an awful song. They sound like they agree. Pressured into this by the label?
Speed, ego, and attitude. Talented, but i just don’t find this sound enjoyable. A 2.
Some of the guitar music is the only good thing about this album, in my opinion.
Mukavaa tiluttelua! Poliittista metalliahan tämä on.
Yeah, it’s Megadeth. Still better than Metallica.
Highlight: Devil’s Island. In a nutshell: “go faster. We must go faster!” Ahhh yes. The band that formed as a “fuck you” to Metallica. As a non metal head, I know Megadeth is a band that’s important to metal cannon. Especially thrash metal. What stands out is the prowess of the band. Gar Samuelson on drums, Dave Muscatine and David Ellefson sharing guitar duties, Chris Poland on bass. Sometimes you are surprised by an intense riff, wild shreds or an enviable drum beat. Mustaine’s lead vocals are weaker compared to releases by contemporaries in the same year (eg Slayer’s Reign In Blood, Metallica’s Master of Puppets). To me, the vocals lack grunt. No oomph. The endurance is there but I feel nothing. Overall: 4/10
Greit nok
fine
2 - Muy estridente para mi gusto
I was surprised that this wasn't harder. I enjoy bands like Judas Priest and Metallica quite a bit. I always thought this band was a lot heavier. Nothing terrible, nothing special. I'm not feeling particularly charitable tonight in that I'd listen to a lot of things before I'd give this another listen.
Ugh. I really can't stand Dave Mustaine's singing or lyrics.
Never been into this stuff.
nah
Apart from the peace sells bass line couldn’t be arsed with it
Not for me
Some unreal riffage but I cannot stand Mustaine's vocals
3/10 Rating is kind of irrelevant and unfair on this one because I couldn't get through it, it's just not my kind of music. Despite being a guitarist I've never been a big fan of shredding and even though I cranked this up to try and appreciate it how it's supposed to be listened to I decided it wasn't worth subjecting myself to the full album having got through the first few tracks which are apparently the most popular anyway. Feel like I can't really give it a 1 because I haven't listened to it all and there's definitely some musicality to it, I was tapping along to the bassline on Peace Sells at least Listens: 0.3
Great album for gardening to. Mowing the lawn specifically, with a Flymo. Made the job almost bearable. Less shit than Metallica imho.
Yeah, no.
There's some decent musicianship and shredding going on here. But the songs are lacking and Mustaine's vocal melodies and delivery have always been just OK. Not sure what gets people so excited about this band.
Way too long. God damn
Not really a Megadeth fan but this is good 80s metal. Peace Sells is stand out.
Why are there two megadeth albums? Music is fine. I’ve never thought much of Mustaine’s voice but it was extra terrible here. He’s kind of buried in the mix though which is fine.
Ehh. Didn’t care for it. Very silly.
Idiota, mas divertido. Uma pena que não empurre o genero mais.
Megadeth is a little… theatrical but after listening to that White Stripes album I’m so relieved to be listening to a competent drummer. I also enjoy how prominent the bass is in some songs. This is mostly not my thing but it’s fun in its own way.
Rating: 2.4 Yeah I get it you shred but can you do something to not put me to sleep?
Technical skill aside, something about their vibe feels like a schtick, wch I guess is fair enough -- all performers have stage personae -- but I guess I'm not buying.
This week has been all about heavy metal, and today’s challenge was Peace Sells... But Who’s Buying? by Megadeth. Honestly, the band and album title already sounded unappealing to me before I even pressed play. To be fair, there are flashes of talent here—particularly the guitar work. The intro to Good Morning/Black Friday is superb and shows real skill. But beyond that, I struggled to find much to enjoy. The songs all blended into one wall of noise, and the lyrics didn’t do anything for me either. I can imagine fans of the genre loving this, but it’s definitely not for me. Favourite track: Devil’s Island stood out the most, with some solid guitar work. Least favourite track: Honestly, most of the album—it felt repetitive, with weak lyrics and little variety. Album artwork: Pretty horrible.
not my style
Ive had a decent amount of metal in this list and i still dont really see the attraction. Mid tier musicianship wrapped in campy versions of satan and death and anger. It just seems so staged and performative compared to punk.
nie mijn ding
- Pfwoe, ik begrijp dat sommige mensen heavy metal als herrie beschouwen. - 0 nummers toegevoegd aan MMMM
This is instrumentally good but I found it mostly unmemorable. Favorite track: "Bad Omen"
not for me
Not my type of Mizac
#110/1001. Lets see, I gave 1 star for the first Megaderh that popped up here and this one gets 2. Will that trend continue? Highly unlikely.
I will admit, the guitar work is super impressive. Metal just isn’t my thing though, this is like WWE to me. Full of too much testosterone for its own good
trash metal... maybe not the worst one
Some more killer metal guitar shredding from Megadeth. I can get down with this to an extent. It's high energy but repetitive so loses its appeal after a while. "Peace Sells" is top track with some good support. If drugs were a problem for these mad men must have been tons of cocaine or speed cause I can't see them raging on any depressants. Peace is cheaper than war so I'm buying at 2.48 stars.
#671. Metallica was made better by the lack of Dave Mustaine, and I'd be willing to bet money Megadeth would be better without Dave Mustaine as well. 2/5: nah
I'm sure Thrash Metal fans love this band, but it doesn't hit for me
Wouldn't listen to it anytime soon, but better than I expected
Liked parts of this, and the guitar playing is great. Cringe lyrics though, and not as good overall as Rust in Peace. Not really sure if we needed 2 Megadeath albums on this list.
Well now, was this what I expected? To be honest, no it wasn't! It was a lot more tuneful than I expected, and a lot tamer too. Unfortunately for them that doesn't mean better. It was ok, but not for me. I'm feeling generous for some reason so 2
More music than I expected.
Megadeath and all those ghastly 80's hair Thrash, denim, denim bands. They all had to have a shitty looking skeleton thing as a mascot. Truly appalling for a Goth like me at that time. Fast forward 39 years, and it wasn't as bad as I was expecting. But that doesn't equate to being good or anything I would chose to listen to when hoovering.
megaDump
chug chug roar raaarrrr grrrr guess what im a fatass and im eating a cheesburger groooorrg chug chug chug Fav song: Wake Up Dead
Some grooves and wild guitar riffs but feels like second rate Metallica to me. That live second disk stunk.
Thrash metal really isn't my thing.
Man, the guitars go hard. No denying that. Some of the riffs are super impressive, tight, fast, and technical. All the stuff metalheads love. But the vocals and lyrics are straight cartoonish. Feels like watching a Saturday morning show where everyone's angry and has mullets. Spins: 1 Playlist Additions: - I Ain't Superstitious
Lekker dom en rechtdoorzee. Een beetje de Jethro Tull van jaren 80 metal. Een heel album is wel echt te lang.
"I hate the government" - 10 minute guitar solo. Dave Mustaine is an annoying loser and David Ellefson is a pedophile.
Like Rust in Peace this earns a two for some nice moments. But the propensity to thrash, thrash, thrash, undermines any burgeoning rock riffs, pumping the whole album with an effluent that's not unlike what those bastards Thames Water have been doing for 20 years to our beautiful streams. A two-scraper.
Metal’s just not for me. I really did try to loosen up and listen, but I think it’s just too heavy. I can definitely appreciate the musicianship and the guitarist shreds, but with all the noise, it gets too caught up in itself. The title track was probably the one I liked out of all of them, and each song had its moments, but I overall couldn’t enjoy listening to this album.
Very talented musicians. I just don't care for most heavy metal. The studio album is listenable. But, like a lot of live albums, this one is muddy.
I don’t really know Megadeth. My impression had always been some kind of bridge between 80s Thrash and 90s extreme metal. But a lot of this was more conventional heavy metal with some thrash bits, half Metallica, half Iron Maiden. Not my thing, only benefit was to remind me how far heavy music progressed in the next 10-15 years.
not my type of music usually.. but it is listenable to say the least? i dont particularly hate it nor do i love it
To this day I still don't understand why Dave sings... The instrumental part is amazing (a bit too progressive for my thrash taste), but the voice... i just can't. Sorry, Dave. Metallica is better
And who's buying this album... not me! I am not entirely against heavy metal as a genre, but is just something empty about the fews years between hair bands and grunge that feels more like the death rattle of metal than a step forward. Pass.
4/10
I think I'm just not a fan of this genre. If I had heard this in high school, I think I would have eaten it up. But thrash metal of this era just all sounds kind of cheesy to me. It's trying to be edgy and fast but it just hasn't aged well from my perspective. I do think that there is a more honest, political (almost punk) message underneath the lyrics in contrast to the superficial hair metal of the time. And I do think the playing is very technically proficient. The songs that stuck out to me were the title track "Peace Sells" (very recognizable bass intro...) and the last track "My Last Words". The rest of the songs just seemed to kind of blend together to my ear. Maybe it would be different if I relistened, took some time to adapt to it and the genre. But as it stands, this just isn't my thing.
I thought it was alright at first but I just didn’t like it. Not nearly as hard metal as I expected or wanted.
Lame if you ask me. Tries way too hard to be hard, and only succeeds in making music thats uninteresting to listen to. The opening track lyrics are so corny. 2.2/5
Meh
Didn’t care much for Rust In Peace, didn’t expect to like this much either.
A couple of alright songs, but Megadeth has never really been my thing. Good guitar work on a technical level.
It's loud, it's fast, it's repetitive, it's juvenile, it's head-banging pissed-off-white-boy music. No thanks - it's hard to distinguish where the tracks change.
This is unbelievably corny and pretty insubstantial. There are some nice melodies and cool moments with the guitars and a sense that the band aren't taking themselves very seriously anyway that I find kind of endearing: these elements make me think that maybe in another universe, one where I had ADHD or was angry at my Christian parents, I could have talked myself into liking what Megadeth is doing here. But this is not that universe, and I got very little out of this album other than an idea that maybe I'd have been on the side of the satanic panic after all.
I feel like I need a shower after listening to this. Unfortunately my resentment for heavy metal is so etched in my taste that I found it a real chore to listen to these songs with anything other than disdain. The aesthetic, the droning guitars, the screeching and often incoherent lyrics. I just hate it all so, so much. And yet: after giving the title track one last spin, I found myself smiling a little at how ridiculous it all was. Maybe I’m too conceited and self-serious to really enjoy what Megadeath are all about, and I don’t see my feelings towards these songs changing, but “rock on” I say to those who live for this stuff. ⭐️⭐️
I get it. I respect it. But I don't really wanna listen to it all the time. 2/5
Tough one. A couple of absolute bangers. Wake up dead and peace sells are fantastic. But other than that… it doesn’t keep me interested
I’m a guy who likes good hard rock n roll from time to time. This era of fast guitar tapping and screaming hair- children just doesn’t do it for me.
He doesn't sound constipated on this one so it gets an extra star.
Anstrenegend 2
Megadeth are surely the worst band on this list: stupid lyrics, horrible vocals and an overbearance of wailing guitar solos. Yet overall I didn't mind a few passages here in isolation.
2.5 stars. Meh, forgettable metal. Standout is "My Last Words".
Exactly what I expected. Bland metal. Samey riffs. Bah.
I don’t like being growled at. There is some interesting instrumentation in some of the songs but it just isn’t my thing.
I wish I had discovered this album when I was fourteen
Not a Megadeth guy — there’s a reason Dave Mustaine was kicked out of Metallica — I just find them way too cheesy, and I’m not really into this kind of thrash metal. It wasn’t objectively bad, just not my thing.
Still not
This was not really my genre, but it was alright. I didn't love it and the sound got very tiring after about halfway through. I wanted to like it more than I did. Two stars.
Oh per-lease.. This is hopeless. No use for anyone but incels and 13 year old boyz
There are aloy of things to like about this record and even this era as a whole. There is some good to great instrumental parts but it just feels too dated alot of the time. Things have progressed in the metal world in the last 40 years. Just feels quaint. And then my biggest sticking point... Dave Mustaine. His voice and alot of voices in the whole genre are so so terrible. They all suck. Even James Hatfield is awful, sneak peak at when they pop up. They just have the worst warbbly bullshit. I like off beat vocals alot but this is the worst. If I could give this a 2.5 idk if there is another album that I love half and hate half almost exactly. But those vocal put it down
I think the musicianship of metal is super great but I don’t like the genre always and I am NOT into the vocals here
Nfm
Big four metal only stuck around this long because it was so piviotal, and literally bridged the gap between Sabbath type blues and 90's melodic death metal. Without the contributions of some maniacs from Southern California in the late 70s, and early to mid 80s. Some of the classic moriffs of metal were built off the backs of big four contributions. But, they definitely don't hold up. Just like jazz. 1919-1929 era jazz is akin to this era of metal. It pushed the envelop so far that music was almost never the same. But on its own Megadeath's "Peace Sells" is primative and okay at best. But its harmonies are gnarly and possess some really tight grooves in the back.
Too much noise. The lyrics are pretty silly and while the guitar playing is excellent, it's really just playing fast for the sake of plying fast. An hour of this is way to much to take.
Hef aldrei hlustað áður, mun líklega ekki hlusta aftur, en þetta var svo sem ekki ferlegt. Dreg þetta ekki upp í þrist, en alveg solid tvistur ekki að mínum tónlistarsmekk.
1.5 hours of the same song but mildly diverting
There is a lot of shit on this list. Listened to a few seconds each of maybe 4 songs. ⭐⭐ ________________________________ 🎧 LPs reviewed: 70 🎧 LPs left to review: 931 🎧 LPs I found great/relevant enough to be mandatory listens (5): 15 🎧 LPs I *might* include in my own list (4): 18 🎧 LPs I will certainly *not* include in mine (1-2): 19
Not my thing.
# 422 : I don't love it, I don't hate it, It's not my kinda music, A heavy album that was pretty catchy and they're obviously skilled musicians, it just needed more production work… and less drugs!. Honourable mention: Peace Sells
I listened to the original album (eight tracks), not the re-releases with live versions. The album cover is good. The lead singer doesn’t have a great singing voice, but perhaps that’s not necessary for a heavy metal band. The songs have excellent guitar playing, but for me this too much heavy metal.
Well, I don't *like* the album cover, but it does look like a meme from Da Share Zone, so it has something going for it. Somehow I've avoided Megadeth until now. After listening, it turns out that was the right choice. But they honestly aren't that intense, just kinda... hard rock. I think I expected more growling. Either way, this much electric guitar is not for me. Not my scene! + Reading that the bass line from 'Peace Sells' (the song) was the intro to MTV news made me go "oh yeah!" but I don't think I would have noticed on my own. So, it's apparently not very distinctive (for me).
Nope!
Jud jud jud jud juuuuuuud biddle lee waaaaaaa
Pretty much every song starts with some epic guitar, then the lead singer opens his mouth and the whole song just devolves into nothing. Best song: Peace Sells
It wasn’t as bad as I thought it was going to be
1986 teen me probably would have been really into this. But now it’s just too much aural assault on my ears. I appreciate it, but don’t enjoy it.
Proud of myself for listening to this one I mean, it is what it is
Not for me but I can appreciate some good thrash metal drumming
rock is blegh
Man, Mustaine really likes guitar riffs
Big meh.
Just like Slayer, this band is so far beneath Metallica. Boring... humdrum... repetitive.
im not here to hate, just saying that aint for me...
Superstitious is terrible. 2 parts thrash 1 part early glam rock. Vocals 75% suck.
Ok. Mal etwas härter.
This didn’t do much for me
slightly varying speeds of chuggas and growly lyrics about social issues. not interesting.
Big name, but no. I'm not really a metalhead, and I won't claim to like this kind of music. It's a bit unresting and annoying, just like most metal music to me, with some shallow aesthetics and annoying shouts and is filled with that...masculinity. The instrumentation is...fine? There are moments when I think they are too "neat," but overall, I enjoyed the instrumental parts. 2.5/5, I suppose, Megadeth and metal propaganda is on sale...but I'm not buying it.
Disregarding the fact that Dave Mustaine is a complete Dick, they are a bunch of solid metal musicians. It was a bit too much for me today, and eventually, the incessant shredding and dive bombs got very irritating. Perhaps I was in the wrong state of mind for this album today. On the plus side, I like their album artwork! Poor Dave - lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYQWzdPM6d4
Aina hymyilyttävän kämäistä ja helvetin teknistä samaan aikaan. Tykkäävät bluesista.
Not as bad as I thought it would be.
They are very skilled as musicians - That's the only reason I'm giving it a 2 instead pf 1 because this kind of metal music is a genre that I dislike so much. It's really not my thing.
I can barely understand the lyrics, and 90% of the music sounds the same.
Not good. Some cool guitar riffs, but I wouldn’t listen to this again. 2 stars
Every time I listen to this type of metal, I have the same thought - the music is fine and the lyrics and vocals are garbage. The speed, the technical abilities and changing dynamics of the guitar/drums/bass are overshadowed by just how inane the stories are about serial killers, satanic orgies, hexes, or whatever nonsense is being spewed for cheap shock value. My Last Words was a good song though despite it all. One extra star for that.
We've heard worse, but not a big fan of the genre.
I was not in a sympathetic headspace for music outside of my comfort zone. This album, however, did nothing to garner my attention nor sympathy. Most of it bored me, and the parts that did catch my attention only did so for their trite lyrics or flaccid instrumentation.
Every track sounds like a fight between a drum machine and a blender with lyrics that try to be deep but are somewhere between brooding teenager and a conspiracy theorist
You can keep megadeath, I don’t need it.
Decent guitar licks, Suuuuuper corny vocals. Overall while it tries to be angry and menacing, my takeaway is that it feels very cheesy, in keeping with a lot of the "heaviest" albums. However, these albums do tend to come with some legitimately tricky drum, bass and guitar parts which earns them some respect from me. Overall, just not my bag. I wasn't able to put together a top 3, because the vocals just took me so far out of each song, despite otherwise enticing instrumentation.
Not my style of music. The guitar riffs and drums, however, were good; which is what's preventing me from giving this album a one star.
It's 2024, Chat Pile has just released their second album, and here I am listening to old eighties thrash metal instead. The things this app makes us do... The thing is, as "dated" as Megadeath's style is (and as less impressive compared to Metallica's better LPs this album is overall), a few elements redeem *Peace Sells... But Who's Buying*'s expected overabundance of virtuoso-technical-feats-for-virtuoso-technical-feats-sake. They're *formulaic* elements, but sometimes formulaic elements work outside of the laboratory. The first elements are the use of descending scales for the first side. Except for the opener (which I'm not too fond of, and doesn't really use them), those descending scales can guide you through the whole thrash metal shebang in quite pleasant ways. The second is the atmospheric arpeggios used as introductions for most cuts on side 2. And the third is the presence of some indeed pretty imaginative ideas when it comes to the guitar solos, as cliché as they are. Compared to *Rust In Peace*, this record has less impressive production values, sure. But it may be a little more fun overall... The thing is... Is that album "essential" really? As in "must be listened to at least once in your life"? I'm not sure I'm really buying it. Maybe it's my bias against eighties metal. Ot maybe I'm just in a hurry to listen to Chat Pile instead. Even with that bias of mine in mind, metal is a genre that moves forward from the past very fast. Decades after, it's always pretty hard to decide what stuck the landing in the long run. 2/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums. 7/10 grade for more general purposes (5 + 2). Number of albums left to review: 36 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 417 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 243 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 308 (including this one)
It’s alright if you’re into that kinda thing. Blended into one for me but I thought it was sort of…fun?
Ugh. So harsh. I know they're great musicians though.
Not really my kind of thing. Sounds like very technical guitar playing and I don't mind heavy rock, but a bit more melody would be nice
First listen Saved 3/8 Top track: Peace Sells
Megadeth, more like 💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩 On a more serious note... It's not unlistenable, but there are so many better metal albums that I feel like this album is aspiring to be, I'd rather just listen to those
I knew the title track from an unfortunate night of playing Rock Band 2 years ago. At that time I loathed the song from hearing it so much, but eventually learned to like it. Now I finally listen to the album as a whole and it’s… fine. Most of the songs sound boringly same-y and unforgettable compared to one another. It’s nice to get to hear metal on the list, but there’s not nearly enough about this album to make me want to listen to it again.
a dude from my high school sounded like this guy. Anyways its aight. The voice gets annoying at times but the playing is good. If this is spinal tap was a real band maybe? Other metal I'd rather listen to for sure.
Like a lot of the influential metal and thrash albums I recognise that it’s an important and wildly popular genre but often it’s just not for me. This is too samey.
Decent metal, but not superior
"Top 500 Heavy Metal Albums of All Time"
Poor man’s Metallica
Not me...
This is not a great album. I'm not sure how it got onto this list. Especially as there are other Megadeth albums which are much better and more interesting.
Thrash. Thrash, Thrash, Thrash, Thrash, Thrash. - Melody? Songwrighting? Not so much. 2/5
WHATS UP‼️ WHAT THE FUCK IS UP DENNYS‼️‼️‼️ Favorite song: Devils Island Rating: 2.5/5
Not me. This is more accessible than I thought it might be - and a lot less screamy - but it doesn't have the ability to grab you like some of the Iron Maiden / Judas Priest / Metallica stuff that we've had. It's not bad, but it's not great either. Does descend into pure noise at points (although to be fair more on the bonus tracks), but it's mostly listenable but not particualrly inspiring. 2/5.
Had this in cassette back in ‘86. Wow, have my musical tastes changed (well I was 12 at the time)! Anyway, not as shred as I remember. Mustaine’s voice can be grating at times but wasn’t as bad as I remember, since it’s been almost 40 years since I listened to it. Liked it back then, but not so much today.
It was okay. Iron Maiden and Metallica are better. And Napalm Death too.
Un poco cansino. No es muy molesto a los oídos. Pero no me gusta.
I could not tell the difference between this and the prior Megadeth album tbh. Enjoyable, but very samey.
My husband says this is good, but I couldn’t wait for this guy to stop yelling at me.
I’ve heard of Megadeth and the Metallica connection but I have never heard a song by them prior to this. As far as Metal goes, not my favorite. There are some wicked moments but a moment doesn’t make a great track or album. “Good Mourning/Black Friday” and “I ain’t Superstitious” were the most interesting to me.
Interesting listen but idk I can’t really get into thrash metal. Maybe I would like Metallica or Slayer better.
Pleasantly surprised, not bad and brought a few memories back . Difficult to listen to more than 5 minutes though. I am just so not into this stuff any more
Too much filler. Not enough killer.
Like Megadeth more than Metallica but not a regular listen.
Not my thing.
Just noise. No rhythm. If it's your thing god luck.
OK album. I liked this a whole lot better than Metallica. It's got a better, indiosyncratic sound and stronger vocals/lyrics with all the typical metal stylings and technicality. I'm still not a huge metal fan. **
The guitars and drums were good on a couple of the songs. Overall it just wasn't my thing.
Boring af
I enjoy thrash as much as the next non-metalhead. But this album doesn't leave much of an impression. Megadeth is a rare band where I actually prefer the later albums. They made more memorable records after they refined their sound and stablized their "classic" lineup. For me, this is kind of a boring album from a band that would go on to make much better music.
Wake Up Dead 2.3 The Conjuring 2.4 Peace Sells 2.5 Devils Island 2.3 Good Morning/Black Friday 2 Bad Omen 2.2 I Ain't Superstitious 2.3 My Last Words 2.1 Score: 2.2625