Ελληνικά
Genre: Heavy Metal
Country: U.S.A.
Label: Universal Music
Year: 2016
Whether you like them or not, each Megadeth’s new album is a topic of discussion and controversy especially to those that worshiped this band up to one point and those that still do. I don’t think that any of the rest gives a damn about Megadeth so none of them will also get in the trouble to read this review, since this band had always a love ‘em or hate ‘em impact on metalheads.
So, it’s “Dystopia”. The band’s 15th album after the utterly disappointing -to say the least- “Super Collider” finds them with two changes in their lineup. First, it’s Chris Adler (Lamb of God) and Kiko Loureiro (Angra) that came to fill the place of Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick. There are certain things in life that run in circles and the new album leaves you with exactly the same taste as “The World Needs A Hero” after listening to one of the biggest potatoes in music history, called “Risk”.
No. “Dystopia” sounds nothing like “The World Needs A Hero”. It’s closer to “The System Has Failed” and “United Abominations” – speaking of direction and sound. But we’ll get to that part.
The new guys seem to fit in just fine. No need to speak about how good they are; they wouldn’t be in Megadeth if they weren’t! But, there were some occasions in the past that a new member was totally in different waters. Take Al Pitrelli for example. Loureiro brought (part from the peanuts) some Friedman-style solos that we hadn’t heard in Megadeth since the latter left the band. In some songs like the title track or “Fatal Illusion” the solos fall like rain and combined with some “Rust In Peace” alike riffs the result is very interesting. Interesting not impressing!
I also think that the variety of exotic scales and licks that are scattered here and there are Loureiro’s work. On the other hand the riffs of “Post American World” or the verses of “Lying In State” are 100% Megadeth.
2016 Megadeth to be exact with whatever meaning has this to anyone. The whole album now leans more to the direction of “System and Abominations” rather than “Endgame” or “Thirteen” and sounds more like the continuation of the first two.
In a sum, it’s also the best Deth album since “System” and will put a smile on the face of those who find their last 3 albums boring. But concerning the band’s history is simply one of their good albums. You can do better Mr Mustaine, can you?
4/6
