Metal music has a very special place in my heart. It was the music of my childhood and continues to get my blood pumping to this very day, though I don't cover a lot of metal music on this blog (something I hope to fix) I really wanted to dedicate this month to some of my favorites in the metal genre. So, without further ado, let METAL MARCH begin!
Megadeth are a Thrash metal band who were born when lead singer and guitarist Dave Mustaine found himself kicked out of fellow Big Four contemporaries, Metallica. Instead of just copying what Metallica were doing, Mustaine took the Thrash style of Megadeth and used them to talk about military and government conspiracy, religious hypocrisy, and D&D fantasy novels.
What I love most about Megadeth (aside from their knack for writing some of the catchiest and headbang-worthy riffs in all of Thrash) is how goofy they can be. This album culminates that goofiness on the track "Five Magics" with a call and response section featuring what I can only describe as being some hideous orge. However, they pair these more laughable moments with some really awesome lines, like the one in "Hanger 18" where Mustaine pens the excellent "military Intelligence/ two words combined that can't make sense".
Now let's talk about the thing that we all come to Thrash metal for; the riffs. And let me tell you, if you haven't listened to this album yet, then the first two tracks will simply devastate you if you're not prepared. The opening track "Holy Wars...The Punishment Due" features one of the most iconic and awesome riffs in all of metal music, and the following track, the aforementioned "Hanger 18" is probably one of the finest songs about government paranoia ever put to tape.
But the rest of this album is, in my opinion, just as good as these two landmark moments. For instance, the track "Five Magics" while goofy, does have an excellent riff and face-melting solos that can't be denied. I also really love the track "Poison Was The Cure" with that heavy, hypnotic bass line, it gets me pumped every time I listen to it. We also get a fantastic closer in the form of the title track, or "My Creation" depending on which version you listen to... hint, pass on "My Creation".
So yeah, I get pretty excited about metal music, and this is an album that I've actually only recently listened to all the way through, though I've listened to the more well known cuts for about ten years at this point. Overall, this album is obviously a classic and deserves all of the praise it has gotten, which makes my rating kind of pointless, but hey, it's what I do!
10/10
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