"Watch it, you metallic mini-meatball, or I'll step on you! With RIP, Megadeth reached the top of their creativity. There are a couple songs on this album that are necessary to mention. The last track on the album has to be the worst for me. One can't help but wonder if Megadeth would have flat out ceased to exist if all of Metallica died in that 1986 bus crash. As the Dinobots push the building back into place, Grimlock has his old head design, and Sludge has that strange yellow mouth interior again. This resulted in a fine listen in its own right, as one can be able to discern actual notation and riffing schemes without needing a compass to cut through the chaos that came from their earlier, drug-fueled mayhem. ", "Hey Optimus, how'd you like to hear the number one on the Decepticon hot cassette charts?" For those who have listened to this album, I am of course talking about This Was My Life, Foreclosure of a Dream, Countdown to Extinction and Captive Honour (although to be fair, Captive Honour has a catchy chorus, I’ll give it that). "As I believe the Earthlings say... lay it on me, man. Mustaine really wanted to create something that stood up to The Black Album as a heavy metal legend. The next few tracks, This Was My Life, (a great "Hey, why don't I murder my girlfriend?" But Who's Buying was the band's best work, I bought it, only to find that the title track was the only real standout. Starscream has the badly-injured Doctor 'repaired' by the medicroids, leaving him more machine now than man. 2003 — Transformers — Collection 1: Series 1 (Madman Entertainment) Sure, Dave Mustaine must have seen the dramatic commercial success that greeted Metallica's radical shift in style and probably thought that it was another opportunity to try to outdo his old bandmates. With Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover, Dave Ellefson, Dave Mustaine. It's not a voice that is easy to get used to though once that happens he's not so bothersome. Ironhide unleashes his old favorite, supercooled nitrogen. His body fuels the power fire and the flames rise to the sky As usual when he's playing back a tape report, Soundwave's tape door suddenly becomes transparent as Laserbeak plays back. There are many excellent tracks on here which rarly get any attention like Skin O' My Teeth, Architecture of Aggression, Foreclosure of a Dream, Psychotron, Captive Honour not to mention others. It does a fairly good job of making a more marketable sound and still having it sound like a Megadeth album and for the most part is a good album. With all this change to a more stream lined approach it would be reasonable to think that there are many more individual songs that are good, which would be correct. The atmosphere of the guitar can be described as “doomier” than previous four albums. If I had to make an honest recommendation, get the remaster. The songs start to slow down, the band made their thrust to the mainstream and the 90's change the face of metal forever. Despite softening up the sound, the music still remains enjoyable and the band still maintains its identity, something that the band lacked in albums like Risk. Countdown to Extinction's first single was about how cult of personalities can manipulate their way into positions of power and have disastrous results for mankind, whereas Metallica's first single was about babies having scary nightmares. It alone makes this more than worthy of any Megadeth fan's collection and would not be out of place on Rust in Peace. Still, I'd rather hear this than 99.9% of what get's played on the radio these days. The song builds up layer by layer perfectly and is in my opinion the albums best song. 2011 — The Transformers — The Complete Original Series (Shout! Megadeth guns for arena thrash success and gets it on Countdown to Extinction.Following the lead of 1991's Metallica, Megadeth trades in their lengthy, progressive compositions for streamlined, tightly written and played songs more conducive to radio and MTV airplay. Every other track became a live staple for a reason, so it's not hard to pick any that don't definitively stand out; "Symphony of Destruction", "Sweating Bullets", "Ashes in Your Mouth", even the seemingly lesser-tier likes of "Captive Honor" and "Foreclosure of a Dream" given unto listeners the world over as much substance as they can/would allow. Like you! Mostly gone are the cascades of distinct riffs, the brilliant high-speed shredding, the intricate soloing and unconventional song structures, all making way for generally shorter, simpler tracks focusing more on melodic hooks and memorable choruses than a barrage of crushing thrash riffs. Thus began the commercialization of Megadeth. Or better still, "Sweating Bullets," another huge track that was everywhere. You get the drift. The riffs are slower yet still fairly speed metal influenced, albeit less aggressive. Mustaine's goal was to become a badder, more dangerous band than Metallica would ever be. How times change. Endangered species, caged in fright Shot in cold blood, no chance to fight The stage is set, now pay the price An … And the songs themselves? Follow-up Youthanasia is actually a better all-around record than this, though the highs here are so much higher. For these reasons, Countdown could unfortunately never hope to achieve the commercial heights of the black album, despite being an all around more honest record. Why do I hate "one of the greatest Megadeth songs of all time" you may ask? Starscream, still believing Megatron destroyed, forces Doctor Arkeville to take him to his secret laboratory. And it was with that in mind that, when looking back at their 1992 breakthrough wrecking ball, I found not only their biggest album to date but, in my humble opinion, their most deplorable... ’Countdown To Extinction’ is also Dave Mustaine and Co.’s catchiest release, and something that will stay with you for some time. The production job in this album is one of the shittiest ever heard in a Megadeth release. Dave Mustaine might as well have said "sweating balls" because it couldn't get any worse than what it already is. Youthanasia could be rightly compared to the Black Album, but this album still has traces of thrash, or at least thrash influences throughout. But this was not the same band anymore, something had been traded in. Megatron was beat to hell at the end of last episode. Optimus: Hahaha! Now, unlike that album, which would go on to sell 16 million+ copies in the U.S. alone, “Countdown to Extinction” is a solid heavy metal album from start to finish. The remnants of MegaDeth's 80s material are highly obvious, "Skin of my teeth" is super fast, and showcases Nick Menza doing a rather brilliant drum intro. It's a very catchy song with an equally memorable and groovy main riff that has multiple phases to its construction, including a set of extended solos that form its bridge. Leave your reply Cancel reply. The same sentiment can be made for “Sweating Bullets,” a song which crystallizes the unintentionally hilarious nature of this album. This squabbling is short-lived, however, as Megatron returns, having survived the explosion of his starship. Dr. Jack Greer's startling discovery beneath the Gulf of Mexico proved to the world we were not alone in the universe. 2002 — The Original Transformers — Volume Three (Rhino Entertainment) Isn’t that nice or what? Mustaine, Ellefson and his new members Marty Friedman and Nick Menza had put out a very, very strong contender for the greatest metal album of all time. The self-titled song is though a bit mediocre since it doesn’t give out much energy. There's time changes, thoughtful lyrics, riffs, as always, and two realy solid solos by Marty. I wouldn't recommend hearing this all at once, as the similarity is odd the first time. Made during in era in which Dave and crew tried their damnedest to go clean, "Countdown..." was their most tight and technically performed album up to this point. Best viewed without Internet Explorer, in 1280 x 960 resolution or higher. Virtually every song here is simpler in every respect compared to before, being built around a verse-chorus structure with little deviation in that formula, and the songs are more focused on catchy choruses and the vocals than ever. Over their careers, many big bands change the style of music they play. Most of the album sans a couple of songs either sucks or is painfully average. The solos retained their style and tempo while the lyrics still spelled out to us listeners an impending doom. This means much of the thrash from the previous albums is lost in favour of more mid-tempo numbers. Once again, no one is safe. Youthanasia is basically Countdown Part II but even more commercial. Menza doesn't hit it as hard as usual, so instead he leans on his technical acumen. in that nasaly voice he has. Not all the speed is lost though some tracks still rip along (High Speed Dirt and Skin O' my Teeth). And rivalry-fueled Dave Mustaine, ever-eager to outdo his competitors, decided that the only logical path for his band to take was to also expand their sound into a more accessible format. The title-track also shows Mustaine writing about themes the band had never really touched on before this album. The reason this gets a 60 is because despite its downfalls, it doesn’t deserve any less than the equivalent of a three-star rating. Pretty please? In his quest to beat Metallica Dave has done the drastic, he released an extremely mareketable album. It has often been cited as "Megadeth's Black Album". The difference between this and the band’s previous effort, the brilliant Rust in Piece, is indeed striking. The notable buildup in the playing style and the final approach to the solo with the marching bass line and stable drum beat make it good. Sweating Bullets. Without further adieu, my review of Countdown to Extinction. It has some of the greatest songs ever written by Deth just like Metallica’s 4th album. Fillers are mostly inevitable in every album but Megadeth seems almost to bring a sense of humor to them as heard in “Captive Honor”. And that's the first thing that's gone right all day. Countdown to Extinction is just a bunch of watered-down thrash anthems with one track that has a country twang ("High Speed Dirt"). There's something inexplicably wrong with this, some necessary yet ultimately invisible ingredient missing from the recipe, and as a result i just plain do not like this album. Once again, Dave delivers vocally on this song perfectly, putting plenty of feeling into the performance. This raging thrasher just might be the greatest song of Megadeth's career for the simple reason that if you were to put it on any other Megadeth album, especially the classics, it would be considered the best song on the respective record, the only question being by how many sonic miles (mileage would of course vary by the record). This is a far cry from the variety seen on the earlier albums. I think it was achieved by mastering it more mono and reducing the audio content that's far left/right which is harder to reproduce for record players. One of my all-time favourite Megadeth tunes! From a subjective point of view, Mustaine had won the war. It's a strong note on which to close. The traces of thrash metal are still on this album but essentially heavy metal is a more accurate description. I am only saying how it sounds. 2014 — The Transformers — The Complete First Season: 30th Anniversary Edition (Shout! The hard drums and the beautiful breaks place it atop of the song list. Directed by James Yukich. Nick Menza has a good time of it on drums too, ripping the album open with his fill intro to 'Skin o' My Teeth' and never resorting to Lars Ulrich's favourite slow stadium beat. However, the songwriting was really simplified a few notches on this album. It does have its weaker sides, but it also does contain many unforgettable songs. But Countdown To Extinction was the unmissable sound of a band arriving in the rock mainstream, hitting No. Don't get me wrong- there are a few notable tracks which saved the album from being a total trainwreck. If you're looking for the more dangerous, fiery successor to Rust In Peace, you aren't going to find that here nor likely anywhere in metal. Factory) Countdown to Extinction is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth. Main Objective - Survive 20 Mins. "..........Mankind has gotta know.....his limitations." Marty's guitar solos are also much better sounding than on Rust in Peace, particularly in songs "Psychotron" and "Architecture of Aggression". And I'm Mary Queen of Scots. The bridge and chorus is cool though with the descending arpeggios. Yes, this is a song about someone free-falling out of the sky on his way to certain death once he meets the ground as a “dirt torpedo”. For all these flaws, it's still a good album. First of, let me start of by saying this album IS slower than Megadeth’s previous releases. The lyrical structure, lyrical execution, vocal effects, and the lyrics themselves. The Autobots detect the Decepticon activity and set off after them. This song also starts with one of the most beautiful acoustic riffs Mustaine has ever written. The reissue also has a pretty good bonus song called 'Crown of Worms' done with Diamond Head that's worth a listen. To go along with this, when a song fails it makes the rest of the music more repetitive. The sound is produced well, but for all you thrashers out there that are looking for a Black Friday or Five Magics level of insanity in the songs and raw production, stay away. The key tracks on “Countdown to Extinction” are “Skin O’ My Teeth”, “Symphony of Destruction”, “Foreclosure of a Dream”, “Sweating Bullets”, and the title track “Countdown to Extinction”. The riffs are played with calculated accuracy and Dave is no longer straining himself in the vocal department as he would occasionally on Rust in Peace. This was one of the last real good Megadeth albums that were able to maintain its patent Megadeth edge while holding a certain degree of accessibility and catchiness never seen before in thrash. Countdown to Extinction. That said, the catchiness of some of the riffs is welcome, the best examples being on the rollicking opener, 'High Speed Dirt', and the bridge of 'Sweating Bullets', which are mostly the quicker numbers. Lyrically, this is a new stepping stone for the boys. Finally we end with Ashes in Your Mouth which sounds like an outtake from Rust in Peace. Factory) Gone are Dave Ellefson's creative fills like in Peace Sells or Killing is My Business. Next is the title track which is slow and has another very catchy chorus and cool lyrics and solos ending up as a total classic. 2009 — The Transformers — The Complete First Season: 25th Anniversary Edition (Shout! Also, High Speed Dirt, despite being decidedly catchy and upbeat, is about the quite dull and un-metal subject of skydiving. Bumblebee wonders what will happen to Starscream, and the other Autobots are amused at the thought of what Megatron plans to do. Mustaine just wanted to turn venues upside down and deport all the glam bands to Uranus. These are my legitimate opinions. The clean guitars and harmonized leads are great too. Of course, he was twisted and evil to start with, so. One of the principle differences between 80s thrash and Power metal is the level of emphasis on structure. Check. Just a chip, not a complete break. During the battle, the Darkspear trolls and the Horde managed to escape the Sea Witch and her murlocs. 'Symphony of Destruction' is an amazing single, combining a beautifully simple, hard-edged heavy/groove metal riff that is impossible to forget with snarled verses and one of the best sung passages on the album in the form of its catchy chorus and an always welcome set of leads. Lars, being the sniveling weasel that he is, recognized the stupidity of the masses and chose to exploit them. It's tucked away right at the end of the album but it's a great way to finish off. Best lyrics on the damn album. Megadeth has always been in my top 10 favorite bands. This basically describes the album’s overall sound quite well. The insignia on Starscream's wing-back is badly out of place. The verse riff is just a power chord that bites at my eardrums in the worst way possible every time it is plucked (which is quite often). It’s obvious Mustaine wrote half of the album to be radio-friendly and commercial, while the other half he attempted to stay true to his fans. One thing to understand is that although these differences are a bit subtle, they are noteworthy and are what contrast this album from MegaDeth's earlier works. NOT COOL. Things start falteringly with "Skin O' My Teeth," a speedier, up-tempo number that's barely a patch on what Megadeth was doing previously. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 2012 Cardboard Slipcase CD release of Countdown To Extinction (20th Anniversary Edition) on Discogs. Overall, a decent album - definitely not at all bad, just a bit too polished and commercial at times. Fifth track Sweating Bullets is, in my opinion, Dave Mustaine's greatest composition. Yet something soon becomes apparent – Megadeth can’t keep it up. Foreclosure of a Dream has some good melody playing all throughout it, while Sweating Bullets established the stop and start standard with the guitars and psychotic lyrics that makes it feel like someone is suffering from Multiple Personality Disorder. "Puny flesh creature!" As Starscream prepares to flip the switch, his wings are missing most of their paint details. In terms of music, the basic elements of Megadeth are found here. Ultimately like the album Dave wanted to replicate so badly, this winds up being a perfectly decent if inconsistent foray into commercial waters, and a waste of potential given what had come before it. The album succeeds in conveying a dark atmosphere which "Rust in Peace" tried very hard to achieve but without much luck. There are a couple of quiet verse/loud chorus hard rock/heavy metal ballads (the title track, 'Foreclosure of a Dream') that progress in a very predictable fashion and don't bring much to the table instrumentally or vocally beyond catchy choruses, which are admittedly some of the best on the album. Recommended Megadeth album but suffers from slow/commercial/non-thrash offerings and dumbed down musicianship. Psychotron is a mid paced chugger with numerous extended solos by Marty. With Chris Broderick, Shawn Drover, Dave Ellefson, Dave Mustaine. Instead of combining the vicious attitude of the previous albums with the things listed above, the band took a lazier approach in songwriting and in maximizing its musical abilities. The middle of the album, however, is what makes it worth buying. I remember the first time I heard that track, my friend and I were in tears laughing. Despite the cries of "sellout" from some metal purists, "Countdown to Extinction" is a … 'Ashes in Your Mouth' pretty much bucks every stylistic change seen here, being an amazing thrash epic that combines this album's more melodic, hook-driven formula with the aggression and technicality found on the albums that came before it. The band had released four excellent thrash albums, with two of them being considered thrash masterpieces, Rust in Peace in 1990 and Peace Sells…But Who's Buying in 1988. Countdown to Extinction is the final chapter of the Exodus of the Horde campaign. The album’s title-track is similar in formula, beginning with a melodic bass riff that explodes into a guitar riff and has one of the catchiest choruses on the album. I for one applaud Mustaine for giving an added dimension to CTE's sound but despite a very good musical performance it just doesn't quite feel up to par with classic metal releases like Peace Sells or Rust In Peace. ", "I, Doctor Arkeville, genius of science, say... OPEN SESAME!" More TIE engine as the Decepticons move to land a second later. Of course, such a view would surely piss off fans of the old albums (especially, those crybabies who hold records like "Peace Sells..." or "Rust in Peace" in such high esteem) but really, who cares right? Chalk it up to my fondness for the more thrashy type of metal (which this album usually doesn’t try to be) or for its speed or for whatever, but I cannot accurately describe, in objective terms, why this is better than the good tracks on this album. COUNTDOWN TO EXTINCTION By Dave Mustaine, Dave Ellefson, Nick Menza and Marty Friedman This is a real good and easy song, hope you enjoy it Normal tuning Moderately Rock = … Nick Menza's drumwork has also been dumbed down since RIP but has moments his moments in songs like Psychotron and Ashes in Your Mouth. A little too similar. Most metalheads push back against this brief (and utterly minimal) flirtation with mainstream rock culture but the omnivorous devourment of diverse musics in the 90's helped many people in rural areas like myself discover metal. Ashes in Your Mouth is located at the very end of the record. Behind him, Thundercracker's canopy is still over-oranged, and his wings aren't symmetrical. Why do you think they kicked Glen Matlock out of the Sex Pistols? (Also, most metal musicians decided to scrap spandex pants altogether, so at least there’s that.) Foreclosure of a Dream is also very catchy and alternates between clean verses and hard driving choruses. But that is not necessarily bad. 2006 — Transformers — The Complete Generation One Collection (Metrodome) Easily their best line up to date they storm through a firery inferno of songs that are bound to make anyone think. In the following years, metal acts with a certain status and name recognition largely fell into one of three categories: some changed their image by incorporating alternative elements into their music, some didn’t go alternative but watered down their sound to become more mellow and mass-appealing, and some stubbornly stayed true to their trademark sound or got even heavier than before. Unfortunately, Megadeth’s fifth album constitutes an end to the breakneck thrash of old, again just like Metallica. The result was Countdown to Extinction. The rhythms are some of the tightest they've ever written, and while the crazy chord progression and signature changes aren't there anymore, the melodic end of it is one of its greatest features. No, I am not saying that this is a bad album, but the changes are evident. This is one of the faster, upbeat songs on the album and has a wide intervallic solo from Friedman. As Megatron asks about Arkeville, Skywarp's chest intakes are colored black. Fortunately, he failed. When Shockwave contacts Megatron about the generator's imminent destruction, the eyes on his Decepticon insignia are missing. Super tight riffs? I’m not even talking about Megadeth “selling out” or its radio-friendly tendencies here; Mustaine didn’t “sell out” until the late nineties, and 1994’s Youthanasia was Megadeth’s most radio-friendly album at the time (although this still did better than Youthanasia on the charts). Does Megadeth do spoken word now? This album isn't up to the quality of most of what Megadeth has written prior, but really, comparing this to "Peace Sells" or "RIP" would be ridiculous because it's not in the same league. I am one of the few people in the Archives who don't believe this "thrash or technical is better than other types of metal" crap. Throughout the whole album Dave adopts a lower singing style approach without losing the edge or grit in his delivery, something I wish he would do today since his voice sounds like Spongebob nowadays. Mustaine can still write riffs that's for sure. This is a well-developed thrash classic (of course it's hidden at the very end of the album) that could have been on Rust in Peace. This means that when a song fails, your attention turns to what goes into the song itself. Again: Make no mistake, this definitely works, and if this album had ended one track earlier it would’ve been a big miss. Besides, such a logical fallacy is very childish and juvenile. As well, Nick Menza's (R.I.P.) However, once I got my hands on some Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?, Last Rites, and So Far, So Good...So What? They were doomed! Even if Youthanasia wouldn’t have been as much of a natural and logical progression from Rust In Peace than this was (and it would’ve been harder to accept by the diehard ‘Deth fans), it is nowhere near as uneven or forgettable as this. Megadeth trades in its lengthy, progressive compositions for streamlined, tightly written and played songs more conducive to radio and MTV airplay. Anyone else see the title track as a dis on the slaughterhouse/meat/dairy industry? Friedman is still very technical and catchy with his soloing. Mixed success, the solo's once again didnt feel as amazing as older material. And again, big-time staccato machine-gun style riffing and double-bass towards the finish with Dave's weird-voices "I'm crazy" lyrics and odd vocal delivery make this one of the heaviest songs to find minor mainstream acceptance. A lot of the so-called "die-hard" fans of the band diss the album for its supposed lack of thrash elements or it isn't "Rust in Peace Pt. After Symphony of Destruction, Architecture of Aggression kicks your ass with some quality heavy/thrash metal with Mustaine attempting to sing again in the chorus. Imagine being trapped in a room with them! As I said, the huge change in this album is the catchiness. To start off, Menza begins with a short drum fill and Dave opens up with the riff to Skin O' My Teeth. Finally, the production is top notch and all I can say is that although is not the best Megadeth album is one of the good ones, it was a standard, just like the Black Album, for that period of time and comparing with the even more ‘’suicidetanasia’’, cryptic and risky albums following, this one still stands in a troubling time for metal. The remastered DVD releases of this episode use an incorrect closing credits sequence, which overlays the text credits from Season 2 over the animation from Season 1. But don’t cry out “sellout” as this still maintains its artistic credibility. "Can't you do anything right, Skywarp?" Meanwhile, the spoken verses of “Sweating Bullets” are annoying beyond belief. Countdown to Extinction reached #2 in the American charts. Instant classic pure and simple. Tell the truth, you wouldn't dare. While nothing else on here can come close to the greatness of that song, Skin O' My Teeth and High Speed Dirt are both faster paced songs with great riffs. Even though the band had placed themselves in the ranks of metal history when "Rust in Peace Sells" (as I like t call it to combine their greatest achievements) came out the effort to get some radio airplay was spearheaded by this album. On Rust, you didn't have this problem. I was like "Hey listen to this chorus it sucks ass," and they said "did he just say 'sweating balls'?" It's a cheesy tune to begin with and that little bluegrass/banjo interlude just sets me laughing. This song is pure thrash, and seems like something that could easily belong on ‘Rust In Peace.’ It’s funny how Mustaine put the songs right there at the end of the album, almost unnoticeable. The Transformers ep 14 Though it hasn’t changed dramatically since it opened along with Disney’s Animal Kingdom in April of 1998, Countdown to Extinction has experienced a few changes in its lifetime. I find "High Speed Dirt" comical as well. Oh well, Metallica is pretty much a "brand" within the metal genre, so of course it will sell better. In 1992, the band opted for a more accessible release, entered the studio, and came out with Countdown to Extinction, the band's most successful album to date. The focus has been taken off of speed and more on writing and melody, and Countdown to Extinction benefits from it nicely. As opposed to combining the two, most songs seem to be based simply on two or three riffs, with the leads thrown in seemingly as a necessary afterthought. Countdown to Extinction is the chapter five (5) of the demo campaign and the chapter three (3) of the custom campaign, Exodus of the Horde. Despite the huge differences in musical approach and intensity, you can see that the band has maximized the potential in every one of the buns (which are Rust In Peace and Youthanasia) to a point where there are barely any weak moments- a thing which is very evident in this album. song) Countdown To Extinction, and High Speed Dirt are all great songs, and while the ninth and tenth tracks Psychotron (stupidest Mustaine lyrics I've ever heard) and Captive Honour (a failed experiment using voices of a judge, or something) are pretty lame, it ends on a high note with the thrasher Ashes In Your Mouth. The masses despise the smart, the educational, and being educated, preferring primal faux masculinity and James's ridiculous southern oohs and yeah-eahs. The problem here is another one that dogged that album though - the music reeks of wasted potential as many of the songs here simply aren't that impressive and don't serve up much to interest the listener or commit the songs to memory, perhaps caused by deliberate restraint on the band's part and not being comfortable writing in a more accessible heavy metal style. So really, just because this is a step softer than works that proceed it, saying that it's generic or poorly written shows an obvious lack of musical understanding, theory, and what goes into song writing. Yeah right. Instead, we now hear no bullshit, balls to the wall heavy metal which isn't afraid to experiment with different sounds or speeds. What the hell were they thinking? No! With this new decade, metal as a whole seemed to be changing. Brawn's helmet is yellow instead of gray in the big lineup of firing Autobots. Do listen. 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