Megadeth: United Abominations
Copy at Case Memorial Library
Ben Ratliff wrote in the New York Times: "Dave Mustaine, the guitarist, singer and leader of the metal band Megadeth, has written a lot of songs with two guitars in mind, and he’s been through 10 or so other guitarists during the band’s 25 years. The newest, Chris Broderick, formerly of Jag Panzer and Nevermore, is on tour with the band for the third installment of Gigantour, the no-nonsense, five-band metal caravan with Megadeth as the headline act. Mr. Broderick is a good one. … Otherwise, Megadeth is Megadeth. Long ago it opened up its basic thrash wide enough to bring in a dark, dramatic pop sensibility and to encompass Mr. Mustaine’s wordy cynicism, which goes beyond metal’s generalized, horror-fiction, life-is-pain stance into international politics and specific daily inequities. Its most recent album, from last year, is 'United Abominations' (Roadrunner), whose title song goes after the United Nations mercilessly. From that record, the band played 'Gears of War,' an ultraviolent song that appears to promote nonviolence, and 'Burnt Ice,' about methamphetamine withdrawal" ("Thrash …," 4/24/08).
Ben Ratliff wrote in the New York Times: "Dave Mustaine, the guitarist, singer and leader of the metal band Megadeth, has written a lot of songs with two guitars in mind, and he’s been through 10 or so other guitarists during the band’s 25 years. The newest, Chris Broderick, formerly of Jag Panzer and Nevermore, is on tour with the band for the third installment of Gigantour, the no-nonsense, five-band metal caravan with Megadeth as the headline act. Mr. Broderick is a good one. … Otherwise, Megadeth is Megadeth. Long ago it opened up its basic thrash wide enough to bring in a dark, dramatic pop sensibility and to encompass Mr. Mustaine’s wordy cynicism, which goes beyond metal’s generalized, horror-fiction, life-is-pain stance into international politics and specific daily inequities. Its most recent album, from last year, is 'United Abominations' (Roadrunner), whose title song goes after the United Nations mercilessly. From that record, the band played 'Gears of War,' an ultraviolent song that appears to promote nonviolence, and 'Burnt Ice,' about methamphetamine withdrawal" ("Thrash …," 4/24/08).
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