Good Song. If this album is at least as half as good as Dystopia, I will be pleased. I thought Dystopia was fantastic. Been waiting for the official announcement and first single for a long time now since the album kept getting pushed back for various reasons (pandemic, Mustaine's cancer treatments, replacing Ellefson's parts he laid down, etc.) I will be seeing them on September 28th in Cincinnati. Already bought the tickets back when they went on sale. I was hoping the album would be released before the concert. Cutting it close.
The song is pretty great. Definitely harkens back to the old days. I haven't seriously considered buying a new Megadeth album in a very long time, but I might pick this one up. I love the cover, too. The video didn't do much for me, though.
I actually haven’t paid close attention to Megadeth.After stumbling upon this song I had no idea when it was recorded.I’m tapping my foot thinking whoa this is cool!
Instant buy for me. Song # 10 is based on an experience Dave had encountering a girl in a MegaDeth shirt who had no clue who the band was. Pretty funny stuff
Man, if you haven't seriously considered it in years, then you missed Dystopia which is easily a top five album of theirs for me. But I will be waiting for the album release to listen to any of it. I made the mistake last time of listening to the first single and feeling off about it, then hearing the album and being blown away. I would love to see the tour when it gets to my region, but 5FDP is not a band I have any interest in enduring. I get that they are trying to appeal to new audiences, but I really wish they'd pair up with a band more in their wheelhouse. When Faith No More toured with Korn, I was *so* wishing for a FMD/'Deth tour.
Great song. Like others here, I thought 'Dystopia' was a great album; probably their best since 'Endgame' and among their best ever. If the first track is any guide, this could be another scorcher. Looking forward to this one.
I like the energy but having only heard it once, I realized that if you remove the vocals, you wouldn't be able to tell that it's Megadeth. That's not a problem unique to Megadeth though. There are a lot of generic riffs out there these days and very few guitar melodies. Edit: A new Megadeth album is better than no Megadeth album though, and it's heavy as it should be.
I'm a bit torn on this song. I like it. But it reminds me of a lot of post-2000s Megadeth. I guess that's the point. But I feel like this could be interchangeable with a lot of material on their latter-era albums. I don't know. The more I hear it, the less I'm enthused by it. Still great to hear them again, but this is also the way I feel about post-reunion Maiden. Before their reunion, every album had such a unique flavour, with individual songs that wouldn't quite fit with other albums and their songwriting/production. After the reunion, it feels like any song could go on any album and you wouldn't really lose a step. Megadeth seems to have the same issue, where it's still quality, but there's a loss of uniqueness, of adventurous songwriting/sounds that would vault that next album above the previous efforts. Still excited for the album. I am hopeful that there will be some surprises on there, and less lower-string chugging. But we will see!
On the preorder page on their official site, the track listing only has 1-12. Megadeth | The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead Is there going to be a special edition with the two cover songs? edit to add that the pre-release listing on Apple Music shows all 14 tracks
Hadn't thought of a Target exclusive but it looks like you are right... Megadeth - The Sick, The Dying…and The Dead (target Exclusive, Cd) : Target
target exclusive ordered !! can't wait to hear the Sammy Hagar cover tune with Sammy singing on it too !
Mustain said they used some blastbeat on at least one song, so this one is likely not the fastest on the album!
Well that's f***in annoying. Not that s**t again. 2 tracks that will not be available in the UK on physical format.
Actually apologies my post should have said "2 tracks that will not be available in the UK on physical format." The 14 track version is only available at Target who do not ship to the UK. We are just getting the 12 track version here on CD
As with Dystopia the 2 "bonus" tracks are digital only here in the UK, but you can't buy them separately. You have to purchase the whole album I'll give them a skip this time.
The Target exclusive is probably USA only. I would assume there would be some version with the extras over there too?
