I've been a Megadeth fan since I was thirteen or fourteen, which means I've literally been listening to them for half of my life, but I've always ignored a lot of their nineties output. By the time I got around to those albums I'd come to the conclusion that I had no desire to. I mean, once I'd listened to
Risk I figured ignorance was bliss. Besides, I had Exodus and Bathory to listen to now.
So I've actually never heard this album past "A Tout Le Monde". I was missing out. When I heard it compared to
Countdown to Extinction I didn't have particularly high hopes. As much as that album did right ("Symphony of Destruction", "Skin o' My Teeth", "Sweating Bullets") that album had some embarrassing moments (the goofy vocals, the goofy song titles, and I don't want anyone to ever know that one of my favorite bands ever recorded "Captive Honor"), so I figured
Youthanasia would just be a worse version of an album I've been liking less and less for years. Granted this is my first listen, but this is a riff monster. And there are no songs called "Foreclosure of a Dream", "Architecture of Aggression", or "Psychotron".
I still have no desire to ever listen to
Cryptic Writings though.
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Originally Posted by Forward To Death
Would almost be kind of cool if not for the cheesy kid vocals and synth.
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What are you talking about? The cheesy kid vocals are the entire reason to listen to this, otherwise it's bog standard power metal. I mean, without the little girl that Dragonforce solo is as boring as any other Dragonforce solo, but with her...time stands still.