Comments on: Megadeth – TH1RT3EN

By: Cynicgods

Cynicgods — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 23:32:37 +0000

Would be called Hidden Treasures II if not for the fact that most of the songs on HT I are quite good. This batch of tunes is quite uninspired.

Taken aback they released this right after Endgame. Oh well, at least they didn’t find some artsy fartsy geriatric who can’t even speaksing anymore and just doesn’t know when to quit (and this is coming from someone who actually likes some of Reed’s stuff).

By: Dimaension X

Dimaension X — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:48:54 +0000

“At least it’s not Lulu.”

Perfect.

By: faust

faust — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 18:11:17 +0000

Yep, Larry says it like it is. A very fair review for a very mediocre album.

By: gordeth

gordeth — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 19:43:18 +0000

It seems to me that this album is nothing more than a contractual obligation. It’s their last album for Roadrunner, many of the songs are leftovers, and I even heard that the producer had a big hand in writing some of the new songs.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 18:00:27 +0000

good writeup Larry, I’ll check this out for old time’s sake but not expecting much. At least he didn’t pen any songs about Jesus.

By: Larry "Staylow" Owens

Larry "Staylow" Owens — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:01:10 +0000

Aaronius, I’m a HUGE Megadeth fan, but this album mostly bores me to tears. A couple cool tunes and a bunch or mediocre boring crap. As for “Sudden Death” and my gripe about the album not being thrashy enough – I do in fact love the shred, but when you shred just for the sake of shred and leave solid songwriting at the door, that’s not good – I’m not really a fan of that. It boils down to a piss poor song loaded up with a ton of flashy guitar work.

By: Larry "Staylow" Owens

Larry "Staylow" Owens — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:57:50 +0000

Fixed.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 15:55:50 +0000

Shit, typo. The second mention is supposed to be Never Dead. I’ll fix it.

By: Evil In U

Evil In U — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:23:13 +0000

Read the review even though I have no interest in Megadeth whatsoever and I’m a bit confused by the fact that you mention Sudden Death twice in the same paragraph. Is it a Guitar Hero track or a track for another video game of the same name?

Aaronius, he doesn’t complain about Sudden Death being too thrashy, he says it’s a bunch of shred disguised as a song.

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:15:54 +0000

Waaaaaaay too harsh. This album is solid. Guns, Drugs, and Money is a very cool sleazy groove metal song which I think compliments Dave’s sleazy (aquired taste) vocals. Also why complain about how un-thrashy the album is and then in the next paragraph rip on how thrashy Sudden Death is?

Don’t get me wrong, every song isn’t a winner but I’m enjoying Thriteen every bit if not more than Endgame. I also actually think Dave made a good move by using Johnny K instead of waiting on Sneap. Thirteen overall sounds a lot less sterile, and I feel the tones are somewhat heavier sounding.

And it has to be said, at least the groove Dave’s settled into doesn’t find him collaborating with some avant garde geriatric…