ENDGAME
In guitarist Chris Broderick, Dave Mustaine has finally found an adequate replacement for Marty Friedman, the legendary axeman who helped lead Megadeth in its glory years. The searing chemistry between Mustaine and Broderick is what incites *Endgame* and puts Megadeth’s 12th album alongside the band’s best work. There are great grooves on “Bite the Hand” (a Bush administration indictment) and “Bodies,” but nothing matches the supercharged blitzkrieg of the title track, “Head Crusher,” and “This Day We Fight!,” songs that seem bound to make *Endgame* the best metal guitar album of 2009. “How the Story Ends” explodes in an angry gallop, a song that is as intensely rhythmic as it is blisteringly accurate. With its galloping rhythm and dueling guitar “Dialetic Chaos” is an instant metal anthem. Mustaine never lost his passion or ferocity — and now he\'s put together a band that can match his energy. Old-school Megadeth fans will not be disappointed.
The release of 2009's Endgame brings with it a startling realization: if first-generation thrash metal fans had been polled about which of the genre's "Big Four" -- Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax, and Megadeth -- would prove to be the most resilient and consistently prolific over the next quarter century, the only sure-fire consensus would probably have been "well, anyone but Megadeth!"
Don't call Andrew Staehling a control freak. He just happens to know what's best for his "band" SOULSCAR. On "Endgame", the project's third full-length release, Staehling contributes vocals, guitars, bass and keys, not to mention producing the album. Although other musicians do contribute vocals and...
A review of Megadeth's Endgame, which is now available for streaming on their MySpace page.
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Megadeth - Endgame review: No one is going to be clamoring for “Rust in Peace Part 2” anymore – this is now the album against which all other Megadeth albums will be judged.