It features the birth of Vic Rattlehead in a direct homage to Clive Barker’s Hellraiser! Ice T, the second installment of a trilogy of videos to be released in conjunction with the release of the new album The Sick, The Dying… and The Dead!. Produced by Dave Mustaine, today the band releases Night Stalkers: Chapter II ft. There will also be a limited deluxe edition 2LP, 12-track album pressed on 180g black vinyl housed in a numbered gatefold jacket with a 12×24 lyrics/credits insert, a lenticular vinyl lithograph and a bonus 7-inch featuring “We’ll Be Back” and the unreleased b-side “The Conjuring (Live).” The limited deluxe edition can only be purchased via MEGADETH’s official online store, through Sound of Vinyl, and uDiscover, and can be pre-ordered HERE.Ĭelebrating their return, Megadeth previously shared the very first single off the album, “We’ll Be Back”, which came accompanied by a bloody wartime music video that offers up the origins of Vic Rattlehead for the first time ever. Thankfully, the brutal six-year wait has come to an end with The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, their hotly anticipated 16th LP following 2016’s Dystopia that will release on September 2nd, 2022, via UMe.įeaturing twelve new tracks, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! will be released on CD, vinyl, and cassette, as well as digitally through all online partners and can be pre-ordered/pre-saved, HERE. Unfortunately, the last two releases have been marred by several unavoidable hiccups including COVID-19, founder Dave Mustaine‘s battle with throat cancer, and the replacement of bassist David Ellefson. If you don't own it yet, please do yourself a favour and pick it up.Thrash metal legends Megadeth have released a steady flow of music for over 40 years. And in case you don't own this yet and you've heard about the horrible production (due to the band's large drug budget), don't worry because the remastered version sounds great (though I'm not too down with the Paul Lani bonus remixes). This album is raw, fast at times, melodic at times, but always aggressive. It adds such an interesting texture to the music. Another thing to listen for is the frequent, yet sparingly, use of double-bass drumming, in some cases lasting only a few seconds. Good examples of this are the solo sections in In My Darkest Hour, and (my fav) 502 (which reminds me a lot of the solo from Bad Omen.how it just explodes with that bent high note.just sick). Where this album differs from its predessor is the frequent tempo changes. Mary Jane, Set the World Afire, In My Darkest Hour, Hook in Mouth). There's more of a cynical tone to the album, foreshadowing the epic follow-up (e.g. The complexity in the compositions is about the same as Peace Sells, not overly- but moderately-technical. The cool thing about this album is how dynamic it is. Lately, though, I'm seeing the excellence in it. Initially, though I thought it was cool, I wasn't as impressed with this disc as I was with Peace Sells and Rust in Peace, two of my favs. Here's one I've listened to a good 20 times in the last week or so: Megadeth's So Far, So Good.So What? I've been on this odd binge lately of classic and underrated albums.
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