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│ METAL CLASSICS ARCHIVE │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.Jun-09-2013 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2013 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........13 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.megadeth.com ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Megadeth Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Super Collider Label : Tradecraft ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Sound: Dave Mustaine started Megadeth with David ║ │
│║ Ellefson in 1983 after being ousted as a ║ │
│║ founding member and lead guitarist of Metallica. ║ │
│║ Since that time, Megadeth has averaged a release ║ │
│║ every two years. Many of their albums have been ║ │
│║ considered classics of the genre, and many of ║ │
│║ the songs are considered genre-defining. Through ║ │
│║ that time there have been many line-up changes, ║ │
│║ with Dave Mustaine remaining the only constant ║ │
│║ member and the main creative force behind the ║ │
│║ band leading to the band being nicknamed ║ │
│║ MegaDave. In recent years the band's fan-base ║ │
│║ has been erratic due to loss of interest in the ║ │
│║ genre and Dave's outspoken political views and ║ │
│║ statements about his faith as a born-again ║ │
│║ Christian. Despite a lawsuit filed by David ║ │
│║ Ellefson against Megadeth in 2004, he re-joined ║ │
│║ the band in 2010 and for the time being the ║ │
│║ band's line-up seems to be more stable than it ║ │
│║ has been in years. The current members of ║ │
│║ Megadeth are Dave Mustaine (lead vocals, ║ │
│║ guitar), David Ellefson (bass, backing vocals), ║ │
│║ Chris Broderick (guitar, backing vocals) and ║ │
│║ Shawn Drover (drums, percussion). ║ │
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│║ "Super Collider" is Megadeth's fourteenth studio ║ │
│║ album and the first to be released on Mustaine's ║ │
│║ new label, Tradecraft, after a falling out with ║ │
│║ Roadrunner Records. There are 11 tracks on the ║ │
│║ standard edition with 10 of the tracks being new ║ │
│║ material and the 11th track being a cover of the ║ │
│║ Thin Lizzy song "Cold Sweat." There is also a ║ │
│║ Best Buy exclusive addition with three ║ │
│║ additional tracks, but I am reviewing the ║ │
│║ standard edition. The title track, "Super ║ │
│║ Collider," was released as the first single on ║ │
│║ April 23rd, 2013. The second single was ║ │
│║ "Kingmaker," but while a YouTube video was ║ │
│║ released for the song it was not made available ║ │
│║ for purchase before the album release. The album ║ │
│║ overall has more of a mid-tempo vibe to it than ║ │
│║ most of their previous releases which has caused ║ │
│║ some hate from metal fans on social media. While ║ │
│║ "Super Collider" is not Megadeth's heaviest ║ │
│║ album, there are definitely strong elements of ║ │
│║ thrash and metal in the album. ║ │
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│║ The album opens with the track "Kingmaker," ║ │
│║ which is possibly the song most in line with ║ │
│║ what was expected of the new Megadeth release. ║ │
│║ "Kingmaker" is a higher tempo track with an ║ │
│║ interesting bass-line in the opening that seems ║ │
│║ to gallop along with some really interesting ║ │
│║ lead guitar work. The second song on the album ║ │
│║ is the title track "Super Collider" which, in my ║ │
│║ humble opinion, is the weakest track on the ║ │
│║ album. "Super Collider" is a mid-tempo rock song ║ │
│║ and it doesn't quite fit on a metal album. The ║ │
│║ fourth track, "Built for War," sounds more like ║ │
│║ a return to form for Megadeth with a strong riff ║ │
│║ and an interesting melodic passage with some ║ │
│║ chanting. The sixth track, "Dance in the Rain," ║ │
│║ is a song about the blue collar condition that ║ │
│║ reminds me a little bit of "Sweating Bullets." ║ │
│║ "Dance in the Rain" is followed by "Beginning of ║ │
│║ Sorrow" which starts out with a strong bass riff ║ │
│║ and goes on into a call and response type lyric ║ │
│║ between Dave and the response coming from David ║ │
│║ and Chris. The first solo sounds like one of ║ │
│║ Dave's solos to me more than Chris's but I'm not ║ │
│║ 100% on that. The eighth track is "The Blackest ║ │
│║ Crow" which was initially going to be sung by ║ │
│║ Willie Nelson and/or Miranda Lambert, but this ║ │
│║ fell through for reasons unknown and Dave ║ │
│║ handles the vocals. It starts out with some ║ │
│║ banjo and slide guitar but somehow has an almost ║ │
│║ Indian sitar feel to it. "The Blackest Crow" is ║ │
│║ absolutely the most stand-out unusual track on ║ │
│║ the album, but currently it is also my favorite. ║ │
│║ The album closes out with a cover of the Thin ║ │
│║ Lizzy track "Cold Sweat," which is a pretty ║ │
│║ close interpretation of the original, just ║ │
│║ changed enough to put Megadeth's stamp on it. // ║ │
│║ 7 ║ │
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│║ Lyrics and Singing: You definitely know you're ║ │
│║ listening to a Megadeth track when Dave ║ │
│║ Mustaine's vocals come in. Over the years Dave's ║ │
│║ voice has changed to become slightly deeper with ║ │
│║ less high range. This is something that comes ║ │
│║ with aging and you have to remember that Dave ║ │
│║ Mustaine has been doing vocals in a metal band ║ │
│║ for 30 years. His current vocal ability isn't ║ │
│║ bad û in fact, I'm envious of his vocal ability ║ │
│║ û but it is less than what it was back in the ║ │
│║ day. David Draiman from Distrubed contributes ║ │
│║ some guest vocals on the album on the tracks ║ │
│║ "Dance in the Rain" and "Forget to Remember." It ║ │
│║ is also a good thing to hear David Ellefson ║ │
│║ backing up Dave Mustaine's vocals again. The ║ │
│║ actual lyrics from the album are pretty much ║ │
│║ standard fare for Megadeth, mostly focusing on ║ │
│║ social issues as Dave sees them. Here are some ║ │
│║ lyrics from "Dance in the Rain" to illustrate my ║ │
│║ point: "Sentenced to work/ a dead end 9 to 5/ ║ │
│║ trapped in a dingy corporate cubicle hell/ then ║ │
│║ go to work in the darkness on the midnight ║ │
│║ shift/ every chance you get selling gas at the ║ │
│║ corner shell/ three letter groups listening in ║ │
│║ on you/ under surveillance courtesy of big ║ │
│║ brother in your car/ drones monitor each and ║ │
│║ every move you make/ it doesn't matter who you ║ │
│║ know or who you think you are" then the chorus ║ │
│║ comes in saying "you better learn to dance in ║ │
│║ the rain instead of waiting for the sun." I like ║ │
│║ the 1984-ish tone of the song. If I had to rate ║ │
│║ the vocals alone, then I would rate this section ║ │
│║ a little lower, but I think the lyrics are ║ │
│║ interesting and I find myself singing along so I ║ │
│║ bumped up the score a tad. // 8 ║ │
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│║ Impression: Okay, bottom line û is this a thrash ║ │
│║ metal album? Sometimes it is, but sometimes it ║ │
│║ is a hard rock album. Is it a bad album? No, but ║ │
│║ it isn't necessarily what you're expecting from ║ │
│║ a Megadeth release. Coming at this with my ║ │
│║ specific perspective, I think that there is a ║ │
│║ habit of fans (myself included) when a band has ║ │
│║ been around a while to measure everything they ║ │
│║ do against their previous work. When a band ║ │
│║ releases some true masterpiece albums, then we ║ │
│║ grade them on a stricter scale than we would ║ │
│║ otherwise on their subsequent releases. I'm ║ │
│║ going to attempt to not do that with this ║ │
│║ release û while this isn't "Peace Sells," it ║ │
│║ isn't a bad album. My favorite songs from the ║ │
│║ album are "The Blackest Crow," "Dance in the ║ │
│║ Rain," "Built for War" and "Beginning of ║ │
│║ Sorrow." My least favorite song from the album ║ │
│║ is "Super Collider," which seems like it didn't ║ │
│║ quite live up to Dave Mustaine's idea. I'm ║ │
│║ grading this album based on the following ║ │
│║ thinking: "Killing Is My Business..." and "Peace ║ │
│║ Sells..." would each easily rate a solid 9 out ║ │
│║ of 10. By that line of thinking I rate Super ║ │
│║ Collider overall as a 7 out of 10. ║ │
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│║ Dave Mustaine - Guitars, Vocals ║ │
│║ David Ellefson - Bass ║ │
│║ Shawn Drover - Drums ║ │
│║ Chris Broderick - Guitars ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - Kingmaker [04:16] │
│ 02 - Super Collider [04:12] │
│ 03 - Burn! [04:11] │
│ 04 - Built For War [03:58] │
│ 05 - Off The Edge [04:12] │
│ 06 - Dance In The Rain [04:46] │
│ 07 - Beginning Of Sorrow [03:51] │
│ 08 - The Blackest Crow [04:28] │
│ 09 - Forget To Remember [04:28] │
│ 10 - Don't Turn Your Back... [03:47] │
│ 11 - Cold Sweat [03:11] │
│ 12 - All I Want (Bonus Track) [02:54] │
│ 13 - A House Divided (Bonus Track) [04:05] │
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│ ║ Greetings To: ║ │
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│ Too all people who contributes to make this │
│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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