Satan's Anus wrote:
Death Magnetic is a mish-mash of great ideas. I find myself constantly being jolted from my enjoyment of that album because of dynamic shifts that seem so unnatural. The band had tons of great ideas, but instead of jamming out great songs, they simply used Pro Tools to cut and paste all those ideas into something that could pass as a song. It's fucking lazy songwriting.
It works, sure, but it's not that great. Hardly any of the transitions are smooth; they're abrupt and awkward. A solid album, really good even, but nothing like Endgame, which is a smooth and concise album; everything feels right. It's a collection of real songs, written as whole works of art.
Death Magnetic is good. Endgame is great.
"You know how I know you're gay?" You think endgame is a work of art.
The transitions are smooth? Maybe thats because the whole thing blurs in together with its sameness. I like to refer to that as "boring"
I also get tired of turning everything Megadave does into a "VS METALLICA " argument. Metallica don't give a toss about Megadeth. The fact that Mustaine and his fans are still pre-occupied with trying to prove something to Metallica is just sad. Sad to the point of crying about it like Dave is too ashamed to admit he did on "Some Kind Of Monster"
For the record I think Endgame is instrumentally impressive. But I wouldn't call it a great album. I don't think more than 3 or 4 of the songs are at all memorable. Death Magnetic is irrelevant, this is United Abominations part 2, with a bit more wank and fewer hooks.
Listen here, fagporn. I only brought up Death Magnetic because someone asked. I've always said comparing the two bands is stupid.
Either way, I do think this album is great. Surely not a classic by any means, but I've listened to it countless times already and it's only gotten better.
as much as some other bands. I don't quite know why, and it's a shame because it's clearly a really good album. Maybe it needs more listens.
