Things start out promisingly enough with the blistering "Kingmaker," a thrashy, cautionary tale about oxycontin that evokes classic Megadeth, but any residual warm and fuzzy feelings vanish abruptly upon the arrival of the surprisingly out of character title cut, a rote, state fair-ready, light beer-hoisting rocker that sounds like a late-'80s/early-'90s Tesla or AC/DC throwaway (actually, how did Megadeth release an album called Super Collider before AC/DC?), which is exactly the kind of thing that the band has not only avoided, but brazenly stood against since its 1983 inception. Super Collider is indeed big and beefy, but it’s awfully light on flavor. Megadeth won its first Grammy Award in 2017 for the song "Dystopia" in the Best Metal Performance category.Megadeth's 14th studio outing finds the venerable metal outfit parting ways with Roadrunner Records, but not with producer Johnny K ( Disturbed, Staind), who brought some much needed sonic heft to 2011's Th1rt3en. Megadeth has sold over 38 million records worldwide, earned platinum certification in the United States for five of its fifteen studio albums, and received twelve Grammy nominations. These albums, along with touring worldwide, helped bring public recognition to Megadeth. After their lineup stabilized, the band released a number of platinum-selling albums, including Rust in Peace (1990) and Countdown to Extinction (1992). but Who's Buying?, was released in 1986 and greatly influenced the underground metal scene. Their first major-label album, Peace Sells. In 1985, the band released its debut album, Killing Is My Business. Themes of death, war, politics, and religion are prominent in the song lyrics. Megadeth plays in a technical style, featuring complex arrangements and fast rhythm sections. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, Megadeth is credited as one of the genre's "big four," along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization.
Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson formed the band in 1983 shortly after Mustaine's dismissal from Metallica. Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Megadeth won its first Grammy Award in 2017 for the song "Dystopia" in the Best Metal Performance category. A pioneer of the American thrash metal scene, Megadet h is credited as one of the genre's "big four," along with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, responsible for thrash metal's development and popularization.
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