|
User
Reviews 5
Approval 100%
Soundoffs 10
Album Ratings 2344
Objectivity 78%
Last Active 09-15-21 4:33 am
Joined 01-31-18
Review Comments 5,644
| Megadeth Ranked
One of the most important metal bands in the genre's history. Let's rank. | | 1 |  | Megadeth
Rust in Peace
After a slight slump with So Far...So Good...So What!, it's amazing that they actually made an album that matches (and in some instances, surpasses) Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?. With virtuoso Marty Friedman and the now legendary drummer Nick Menza being brought into the fold, this band released one of the best thrash metal albums ever made. It built upon the intricate rhythms and imaginative lead playing that was already present in the previous albums with even more compositional ambition thrown into the mix. Classic. | | 2 |  | Megadeth
Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?
Trying to choose between this album and Rust in Peace is utterly torturous but this is how it turned out for this list. Really, what I stated for for Rust in Peace's improvements from this album could also be said in the improvements from the debut to this one. The production was somewhat better, the composition was more ambitious and all the members involved were performing at their best. Hell, even the cover of "I Ain't Superstitious" is pretty good and a far better cover than what was on the debut. Essential. | | 3 |  | Megadeth
Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!
I don't usually see this album this high on the list but for me, it really is that good. If Energetic Disassembly hadn't come out the same year, this would have been the craziest metal album to have been released from a technical perspective in 1985. It's a speed-laden whirlwind of razor-sharp leads and complex rhythms and every second of it (barring the cover, I guess) is fantastic. Hell, even the more downpaced track on the album, Looking Down the Cross, is a highlight. An unrelenting debut. | | 4 |  | Megadeth
Cryptic Writings
When I was first getting into this band about a decade ago, I had largely written off a lot of this band's output post-Youthanasia but when I finally decided to give albums like this one a listen a couple years and I was pleasantly surprised. It's not thrash at all but it manages to be among my favorite Megadeth albums despite this. The writing is quite strong, a lot of the melodies are great, some welcome complexity that provides texture where needed, Dave's vocals fit the album like a glove and every member finds opportunities to shine. A varied and compelling change in style that I wish was more representative of other band's changes in sound. A quality release. | | 5 |  | Megadeth
So Far, So Good... So What!
Their least consistent '80s album but it still manages to be pretty good. The opening instrumental and Set the World on Fire are pretty epic and so are tracks like Hook in Mouth, Mary Jane and In My Darkest Hour. However, there are some noticeable weak spots like 502 which bring the album down a bit. | | 6 |  | Megadeth
Countdown to Extinction
There are a couple of dull parts on this album but it still manages to retain the band's identity despite being more mainstream. Tracks like Symphony of Destruction, Architecture of Aggression, Captive Honor and Sweating Bullets are particular highlights. | | 7 |  | Megadeth
Youthanasia
This album and Countdown trade places quite often as they are both strong releases in their respective styles. Again, some sections could have been a bit more eventful but still, it's good. | | 8 |  | Megadeth
Endgame
A thrashier affair with some great tracks on it. It's a bit overblown, in my opinion, but it's by no means terrible. Besides, we're still in the good areas of their discography. | | 9 |  | Megadeth
Dystopia
Kind of mediocre compared even to Endgame. I like Mustaine and Loureiro's guitarwork and some of the tracks are good but some of the writing is really uninspired and the production does not do the album any favors. | | 10 |  | Megadeth
The System Has Failed
Another mediocre one with some decent tracks like Kick the Chair, Tears in a Vial, Blackmail the Universe and The Scorpion but other than that? Pretty forgettable, sad to say. Not what I'd expect out of a collaboration with Poland returning. | | 11 |  | Megadeth
United Abominations
This one is really dull. Nothing outright terrible but just mediocre with no real bright spots. | | 12 |  | Megadeth
Th1rt3en
This one's just bad. | | 13 |  | Megadeth
The World Needs a Hero
This one was really crappy. I see what the point of this album was but Dave and co. was just off the mark completely. | | 14 |  | Megadeth
Super Collider
Terrible but not the worst. | | 15 |  | Megadeth
Risk
This is the worst one by far. | |
Casavir
04.12.18 | I can see Cryptic Writings being the sticking point for some people here but I really do think that it was a change towards more standard heavy metal that was far more substantive than what you'd usually hear from other bands in similar changes of style. Tracks like She-Wolf, Trust, Vortex, The Disintegrators, Mastermind and FFF are great. | DominionMM1
04.12.18 | lol | Casavir
04.12.18 | OK. | Casavir
04.12.18 | Anyway, pretty much everything from 11 downwards is the bad section. | Rowhaus
04.12.18 | Endgame is killer bro I think you low-balled that one | Casavir
04.12.18 | Probably. I still consider it to be good if that's any consolation. | bgillesp
04.12.18 | Swap 7 w/ 4 and 13 w/ 15 and you're good | RippingCorpse1986
04.12.18 | Was jamming Cryptic Writings while reading your list. Agreed with your description on it, although I wouldn't rank it that high imo. Still a really cool album.
Also your list sums up pretty well how I would rank their post-2001s stuff (8-14), although I disagree with the description on 10. | Casavir
04.12.18 | Thanks, I appreciate it. It kind of hurts to critique The System Has Failed the way I do here but given my being a fan of Chris Poland, it just kind of rings hollow as a release for me. | Doctuses
04.12.18 | yo PRAISE for 4 being 4. That album is criminally underrated and is a total sleeper. I happy af to see it there. | Sabrutin
04.12.18 | What's up with people calling 502 a weak spot, it's one of my favorites. Happens every time :( | Doctuses
04.12.18 | Naw it sux | Casavir
04.13.18 | Bump for thoughts. | Doctuses
04.13.18 | I might have 6 > 5 and 10 > 9 but this is basically the same as my list, I also don't think 13 is too bad | OverkillFanBoy1980
10.10.18 | this is messed up
| OverkillFanBoy1980
10.12.18 | I don't get what people see in rust in peace it's not that great, it is great, but not as good as most would say. | Casavir
10.12.18 | Because it's easily the best big 4 album with Peace Sells being a close second. | Cryptkeeper
10.13.18 | I'd make 5 3 but otherwise good list yes | Flugmorph
05.03.23 | risk > super collider | ballsohard22
05.03.23 | 1 2 3 are 1 2 3, 4 is too high, 10 and 11 aren't too bad |
|
