I am very happy about this album. I just bought it on Tuesday and have only had an opportunity to listen to it once through so far, but it appears as if Megadeth is officially back. This album reminded me a lot of Countdown to Extinction and Youthanasia. There are some thrash metal elements present, but it is largely more of a traditional heavy metal album. Still though, the fact that the band has retraced its steps into a more listenable time in its evolution is definitely a step forward. Most of the Big 4 thrash metal bands have changed their sound and released some clunkers (Slayer being the exception, though changing their sound, they never released a truly awful album). Megadeth's Risk was the worst of them all though. Which is a major shame, because Megadeth was one of the first metal bands I got into, in fact they were the second after Metallica. It's good to have them back.
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