MEGADETH - The Sick, The Dying and The Dead (2 septembre 2022)

Je l'aime bien moi cet album. En plus du génial Dread il y a du très bon: le 100% fan service mais ultra efficace Return to Hangar; le single Moto Psycho, l'opener classique et efficace Disconnect, l'oppressant Recipe for Hate... Warhorse, et la reprise de Am I Evil le très bon When.

Je me souviens que j'étais content quand il est sorti, y a rien d'original mais c'était un retour aux sources après l'erreur de parcours du très commercial Risk.

C'est marrant comme on peut avoir des perceptions différentes. Je l'ai réécouté depuis hier et franchement à part "The Dread and The Fugitive Mind" et "Disconnect", je trouve tout insipide et ennuyeux. Alors que sur Risk, j'aime au moins 4 morceaux.

Je suis en train de le réécouter et j'avais oublié 1000 Times Goodbye, très bon morceau mélodique qu'on aurait pu trouver sur Cryptic Writings !

Disconnect est également un pompage de Diamond Head.

Vos commentaires m'ont donné envie d'écouter les albums post Risk que j'avais négligés. Ce soir je me lance.

Le clip de Lying in State: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/premieres/see-megadeths-lying-in-state-clip-with-band-mascot-w516115


Edith l'a trouvé sur youtube:

A prendre avec des pincettes:

New Megadeth Album Will be “Fast” and “Aggressive” and Has Blast Beats; Megadeth Festival in the Works for 2019

MegaDave a écrit:    “We’ve been putting new music up in my Dropbox. And the stuff that Dirk’s [Verbeuren, drums] been playing along to it is scary. We’ve never had any of those blast-beat kind of things in our music before.

   “Some of the drumming on this is mind-blowing. It’s making me a better guitar player again, which I love. But I never thought we were gonna be playing this fast or this aggressive again.”

Da fuck ?

Des blasts chez Gadeth ? Il a perdu la boule ?

Verbeuren doit savoir faire ça.

Gene Hoglan en a mis un peu chez Testament depuis qu'il fait partie du groupe, ça passe bien je trouve. Ça booste et ça modernise sans dénaturer l'esprit. Faut pas en abuser, c'est tout.

Mais Testament c'est quand même plus méchant que Megadeth. Perso, j'écoute Megadeth pour les mélodies (oui, oui) et les riffs thrash incisifs (bon, plus depuis 20 ans). Donc le blast ma parait incongru dans cette équation. Mais encore une fois ce n'est que mon avis de maigre auditeur de 3 albums du début des années 90. Tant mieux s'il évolue du reste, ça ne peut pas leur faire de mal.

Dave part en croisière faire du metal avec ses potos et lance un festival de micro-binouzes :

"Il se passe beaucoup de choses ces temps-ci dans le camp de la formation Megadeth. Premièrement, le groupe travaille sur son 16e album studio en carrière, dont la sortie est prévue pour l’an prochain.

Également, Megadeth a annoncé récemment qu’il allait organiser une croisière thématique avec la compagnie Norwegian Cruise Line intitulée Megacruise, dont le slogan est « thrashing trough the Pacific Ocean ».

Le chanteur Dave Mustaine, en entrevue avec Full Metal Jackie, a dévoilé quelques détails supplémentaires, dont l’itinéraire prévu pour le voyage: « ça va commencer à Long Beach, puis nous allons nous rendre à Catalina puis à Mexico, ensuite nous ferons demi-tour et nous diriger vers San Diego ». Mustaine a aussi confirmé la présence des groupes Anthrax, Testament, Corrosion Of Conformity, John 5, Doro, Metal Church, Armored Saint et plus lors de cette croisière, qui devrait durer 4 ou 5 jours. D’autres noms seront ajoutés sous peu.

De plus, Mustaine a révélé qu’il voulait mettre en place un nouveau festival thématique nommé Kegadeth, un événement qui marierait la musique métal et les bières de microbrasseries. Aucune date n’a été confirmée pour l’instant."

En attendant le nouvel album, le groupe sort un nouveau best of:


MEGADETH will release a greatest-hits album, "Warheads On Foreheads", on March 22. The disc will feature 35 remastered tracks hand-selected by MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine.

The cover artwork for the effort can be seen below.

MEGADETH recently released a 25-second video teaser for "Warheads On Foreheads" featuring a snippet of the band's classic track "Take No Prisoners".

This is not the first time MEGADETH has released a greatest-hits collection. Back in 2005, the band issued "Greatest Hits: Back to the Start", the track listing for which was selected by fans in a poll at the band's official web site. That effort packed 17 top hits and favorites on a 78-minute single disc, including "Peace Sells", "Symphony Of Destruction", "In My Darkest Hour", "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" and "Sweating Bullets".

Prior to the arrival of "Warheads On Foreheads", MEGADETH will reissue two of its iconic records, 2001's "The World Needs A Hero" and 2004's "The System Has Failed", through BMG on February 15.



Edith en profite pour nous dire que l'ancien guitariste du groupe, Glen Drover, a un nouveau projet de "high-class power metal" avec pleins de guests:
Former MEGADETH Guitarist GLEN DROVER Joined By QUEENSRŸCHE, TESTAMENT, Ex-JUDAS PRIEST Members On WALLS OF BLOOD Debut

On est à fond dans la subtilité, tant par la pochette que par le discours ou la pertinence du projet... Curieux de savoir quels seront les 35 morceaux élus. Curieux mais en même temps, j'm'osef un peu-beaucoup.

Pietro a écrit:




The cover artwork for the effort can be seen below.

Fake news !

On a la tracklist du best of:

On March 22, MEGADETH will celebrate its 35th anniversary with the release of "Warheads On Foreheads", a 35-track career retrospective. The anthology spans the band's entire studio recording career, from its first album "Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good" to its 2016 Grammy Award-winning release "Dystopia", and will be available as a 3-CD set, a 4-LP set and a digital edition via UMe Recordings. A limited-edition, four-LP set pressed on silver colored vinyl will be available exclusively through the band's online store, with deluxe bundles to be announced. Visit this location for details.

"Thirty-five years ago I chose the name MEGADETH for my band and I see these songs as the most efficient weapons in the band's arsenal," says Dave Mustaine. "'Warheads On Foreheads' is a U.S. military term for targeting efficiency. It's all about using the right tool for the job and these tracks were created for maximum destruction (or stopping power, or something else!)."

In 1984, Mustaine was determined to start a new band that would be heavier and faster than his peers. Mustaine's songwriting was rapidly maturing, and he set about combining the attitude and energy of punk, with the power and intricate riffing of metal, along with direct, sociopolitical lyrical content. With David Ellefson on bass and Gar Samuelson on drums, the band recorded its infamous three-song demo which quickly circulated through the underground tape-trading circuit and became an underground hit leading to a deal with Combat Records.

"Warheads On Foreheads" starts at that beginning with the early thrashers "Rattlehead" and "Mechanix" from the band's 1985 debut, "Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good", an album that would lay down the blueprint and establish MEGADETH as forerunners of what would later be called thrash metal (and recently hailed by VH1 as the greatest thrash metal debut of all time).

MEGADETH was quickly signed by Capitol Records and released its 1986 major label debut "Peace Sells…But Who's Buying?", which became the band's first certified gold record and would go on to become MEGADETH's first platinum-selling release. Featured on "Warheads On Foreheads" are "The Conjuring" and the track "Good Mourning/Black Friday", which Pitchfork describes as "everything great about hardcore, plus a dose of the kind of show-off skill that makes lesser musicians' fingers bleed." Other songs included are "In My Darkest Hour" from its platinum-selling "So Far, So Good, So What!" (1988), "Hangar 18" and "Holy Wars…The Punishment Due" from its Grammy-nominated platinum album "Rust In Peace" (1990), and "Symphony Of Destruction" and "Sweating Bullets" from 1992's Grammy-nominated double-platinum release "Countdown To Extinction". Also featured are "A Tout Le Monde" and "Reckoning Day" from 1994's platinum-selling release "Youthanasia", "Kingmaker" from 2013's Top Ten release "Super Collider", which hit No. 3 on both the Hard Rock Albums and Top Rock Albums charts, "She-Wolf" from the Grammy-nominated Top Ten release "Cryptic Writings" (1997) and the title track from the band's most recent album "Dystopia".

Upon its release in 2016, "Dystopia" reasserted MEGADETH's place at the top of the metal world, equaling the chart impact of their early-nineties output, earning the band its first Grammy, as well as rave reviews (The Guardian gave it five out of five stars and stated "'Dystopia' is an absolutely blistering return to the state-of-the-art bombast and refined technicality.")

MEGADETH burst onto the scene thirty-five years ago, virtually inventing a genre and selling more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including a 2017 Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" for the title track "Dystopia", 12 Grammy nominations, and scoring five consecutive platinum albums. With sheer determination and a relentless recording and touring schedule, MEGADETH worked its way up from headlining clubs to headlining arenas, festival and stadiums, cementing a legacy that continues to grow and spread throughout the world.

"Warheads On Foreheads" track listing:

Disc 1

01. Rattlehead
02. Mechanix
03. Killing Is My Business…And Business Is Good!
04. The Conjuring
05. Wake Up Dead
06. Devils Island
07. Good Mourning / Black Friday
08. Set The World Afire
09. In My Darkest Hour
10. Holy Wars…The Punishment Due

Disc 2

01. Hangar 18
02. Tornado Of Souls
03. Rust In Peace…Polaris
04. Five Magics
05. Take No Prisoners
06. Skin O' My Teeth
07. Angry Again
08. Symphony Of Destruction
09. Sweating Bullets
10. A Tout Le Monde
11. Train Of Consequences
12. Reckoning Day

Disc 3

01. Trust
02. She-Wolf
03. Wanderlust
04. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
05. Blackmail The Universe
06. Washington Is Next!
07. Head Crusher
08. Public Enemy No. 1
09. Kingmaker
10. The Threat Is Real
11. Poisonous Shadows
12. Death From Within
13. Dystopia

Et Mustaine qui reprend du Jimi Hendrix, ça vous dit ?

Bon tout le monde s'en fout... vous préférez les comics ?

MEGADETH's 35th-anniversary greatest-hits compilation, "Warheads On Foreheads", will be accompanied by a 350-page graphic anthology, featuring comic book stories inspired by the songs on the album. The collaboration, titled "Death By Design", features stories written and illustrated by top talent from the comics, film, television and music world.

The project, carefully curated by MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine and Heavy Metal, is a powerful book that gives both insight and understanding into the universe of MEGADETH and its harrowed mascot, Vic Rattlehead.

MEGADETH, working in close collaboration with Heavy Metal, has collected an unprecedented pool of talent for "Megadeth: Death By Design", making it any comic book or MEGADETH fan's dream. Brendan Small (creator of "Metalocalypse") teams with Belen Ortega ("Girl With The Dragon Tattoo") for "Hangar 18". Dan Fogler ("Fantastic Beasts And Where To find Them") writes an apocalyptic tale insanely drawn by Andy Belanger ("Southern Cross") for "Rattlehead". An A-list talent pool rounds out the roster featuring Tim Seeley ("Hack/Slash"), Ben Templesmith ("30 Days Of Night"), Brian Wood ("DMZ"), Justin Jordan and John Bivens ("Spread"), Leah Moore and John Reppion ("Judge Dredd"), Joe Keatingue ("Popgun"), Christine Larsen ("Holy Diver"), Frazier Irving ("Annihilator") and more than 50 other talented creators.

Says Dave Mustaine: "I have always fantasized about MEGADETH doing something this gloriously electrifying and gruesome. I hope everyone will enjoy the graphic novel as much as I enjoyed working with Heavy Metal to put it together for you."

Jeff Krelitz, CEO of Heavy Metal, says: "Since I was old enough to buy records, MEGADETH has been one of my favorite bands, not only for the great storytelling in the music, but the world building imagery on the album covers. This opportunity to meld the two worlds together and tell stories inspired by their songs is a privilege that we are excited to present to the fans."

"Megadeth: Death By Design" comes in four different editions and will be in comic stores on June 5.

Song + Writers & Artists:

* "Rattlehead": Dan Fogler & Andy Belanger
* "Mechanix": Ben Meares & DAF
* "Killing Is My Business": Alex de Campi & Mack Chater
* "The Conjuring": Llexi Leon & Kevin West
* "Wake Up Dead": Tony Lee & Gyula Nemeth
* "Devils Island": Sebastian Girmer & Esau Escorza
* "Good Mourning / Black Friday": Leah Moore, John Reppion & Ben Templesmith
* "Set The World Afire": Diego Agrimbau & Agustín Alessio
* "In My Darkest Hour": David Baille & Conor Boyle
* "Holy Wars…The Punishment Due": Tim Seeley & Ignacio Calero
* "Hangar 18": Brendon Small & Belén Ortega
* "Tornado Of Souls": Patrick Kindlon & Marco Turini
* "Rust In Peace…Polaris": Hector Lima & Garrie Gastonny
* "Five Magics": Johnathan LaMantia
* "Take No Prisoners": ML Miller & Carlos Granda
* "Skin O' My Teeth": PM Buchan & John Pearson
* "Angry Again": Homero Rios & Anton Kokarev
* "Symphony Of Destruction": Justin Jordan & John Bivens
* "Sweating Bullets": Sean Lewis & Axel Medellin
* "A Tout Le Monde": Llexi Leon & Richard Friend
* "Train Of Consequences": James Harvey
* "Reckoning Day": Jeff Burandt & Jason Gongour
* "Trust": Frazer Irving
* "She-Wolf": Curtis Pires & Antonio Fuso
* "Wanderlust": Abraham Martínez & Patricio Delpeche
* "Dread and the Fugitive Mind": Jonathan Land & Andrea Mutti
* "Blackmail The Universe": Haylar García & Abel
* "Washington Is Next!": Haylar García & Kevin Enhart
* "Head Crusher": R.G. Llarena & Danijel Zezelj
* "Public Enemy No. 1": John Ostrander & Miguel Mora
* "Kingmaker": Brian Wood & Riccardo Burchielli
* "The Threat Is Real": Joe Keatinge & Anand Radhakrishnan
* "Poisonous Shadows": Chistine Larsen
* "Death From Within": Alex de Campi & Wilfredo Torres
* "Dystopia": David Baille & Simeon Aston

Et donc le nouvel album ? J'espère que ça le bosse comme il faut ! (Non parce que bon, c'est un peu ce qui compte, finalement ! )

DAVE MUSTAINE Has 'About Eight Songs' Written For MEGADETH's Next Album

Pour célébrer les 25 ans de Youthanasia ils vont le jouer en intégralité sur scène. J'aimerais bien voir ça, j'aime beaucoup cet album !

MEGADETH To Perform Entire 'Youthanasia' Album At 25th-Anniversary Concert In Denver

Ils vont accélérer le tempo ? J'ai toujours pensé qu'ils avaient volontairement ralenti la cadence pour sonner plus radio friendly (moi je le trouve pas mauvais, mais c'est mou du genou, quoi).

Certes mais c'est un exemple réussi de ralentissement du tempo pour miser sur la mélodie, contrairement à d'autres...

Merde...

MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE Diagnosed With Throat Cancer

Dave Mustaine has been diagnosed with throat cancer.

The MEGADETH leader broke the news of his diagnosis earlier today via his social media.

He wrote: "I've been diagnosed with throat cancer. It's clearly something to be respected and faced head on — but I've faced obstacles before. I'm working closely with my doctors, and we've mapped out a treatment plan which they feel has a 90% success rate. Treatment has already begun.

"Unfortunately, this requires that we cancel most shows this year. The 2019 Megacruise will happen, and the band will be a part of it in some form. All up to date information will be at megadeth.com as we get it. MEGADETH will be back on the road ASAP.

"Meanwhile, Kiko, David, Dirk and I are in the studio, working on the follow up to 'Dystopia' — which I can't wait for everyone to hear.

"I'm so thankful for my whole team — family, doctors, band members, trainers, and more.

"I'll keep everyone posted.

"See you soon, Dave Mustaine"

C'est Kiko qui porte la poisse en ce moment.