Dave Mustaine Reveals His Favorite Megadeth Album 

Heroin much?

@@Joe-eq8we Cancer unfortunately, not anymore but he did age alot. Not surprisingly tho knowing what that fucking decease does to ones body.

Cancer is evil. He looked very different before it.

Sleepy Dave!!

He's also back into drinking. But hey if I survived cancer, I'd have a few glasses myself.

The last half is too

That whole record is incredibly good

Completely agree, Youthanasia is just incredibly good Rust in Peace is in it's league, Countdown to Extinction is very solid, but Youthanasia is HARD

I like everything they did through youthanasia. I think that whole album is great and so far so good so what is a badass album too.

Youthanasia is a fucking masterpiece, such amazing songwriting on that album. I whole heartedly believe that Youthanasia fell victim to being released during a time where metal as a whole,in a sense, was practically dead. This mainly coming from the rise and popularity of the grunge movement. Therefore this album took a backseat to a lot of the other stuff being released at the time, it hadn't near the promoting and airtime on MTV as previous years and albums and for anyone who was old enough to remember will tell you how much that had to do with a artist or album being successful. It was still a success, but with a flood of new music and bands from a newly discovered genre, it didn't receive the recognition or notoriety it deserved. At that time most bands of yesteryear were changing their sound and trying to go with the new trend and totally sold out instead of just writing what they truly felt. That's not saying a bands sound can't change and evolve, there's a big difference between evolution and premeditated bullshit. Once an artist changes their sound or process because someone else tells them it's in their best interest, or because they believe it's in someone else's best interest, instead of writing it for themselves is the difference. It then loses its rawness and appeal and the universe and future as a whole suffers from such decisions.

Same here. My top 3 favorite songs are GM/BF, Holy Wars and Devils Island but my favorite album is Rust In Peace lol

Yeah rust will always be the top 1, but I varie between every album, some days I crawe so far so good and other days some youthanasia!

GM/BF is such a rad song.

Brilliant taste 👍

Are u dave mustaine? Don't think so....

has the biggest single of the band

Mastermind 😅

Agreed! Personally I feel like Megadeths return to their roots wasn't on The World Needs A Hero or The System Has Failed. It was with United Abominations.

Endgame is the heaviest I love it

Endgame is phenomenal

Agreed 100%. Especially the re-recording of A Tout le Monde with Cristina Scabbia. My mother caught me in my room headbanging to that song more than once.

UA its kinda slow but It have so many good riffs and solos

Same bro nothing beats killing is my business.🤘

There's something about Killing is my Business that just kicks ass. Maybe it's the lore lmao

@@YungDebuff yeah especially songs looking down the cross and rattlehead

Yeah, that's a great Megadeth album.

very good album

@@dave23024 Nah Lucretia has the cutest riff!" :)

It was over produced. So Far So Good had a better, rawer as sound

@@StuartSeaton SFSGSW sounds ass imo.

Agreed !

For sure, Peace Sells has some of the most groundbreaking work in the history of both thrash and metal in general. The sick beats Gar was pulling off with such precision at high speeds, along with some really vibey tempos in some parts, no doubt fueled by his Jazz roots and copious amounts of heroin. I still believe Gar was a better drummer back then than most drummers are today, save for a few untouchable legends like Danny Carey. That and the riffs man! Every song a riff fest is the name of the game, and fast riffs that are not only primarily represented by the guitar work as it usually does with Megadeth, but it has a lot of bass stand-out moments with Junior giving some fast bass lines in My Last Words' verses for example, or in pretty much any other song. Bad Omen and the gem that is Good Mourning... Black Friday come to mind. My favorite Megadeth album wobbles constantly between Rust in Peace and this masterpiece. But for me, no one can deny that all of them have really good music,. Yes, even Risk. Prince of Darkness, I'll Be There, Time (Both), Wanderlust, Seven, all great songs. I personally even like the non-metal songs like Ecstasy and Breadline.

Countdown to extinction was my introduction

my intro to megadeth was symphony of destruction

I have it on dvd-audio 5.1 and it's excellent. Really loud.

Yes.countdoqn m8the4f7cking perfect songwriting!!!@!@

Youth is so underrated man.

I completely agree.

Youthanasia is probably my favourite!

It is great and even cryptic writings and risk I love them yet I have a very soft spot for the world needs a hero that is just such a jamming record the lead guitar is off the chain

"Into the lungs of hell" is on my daily play list

@@SuperPsychoterror good song. My favorites from that are Hook in Mouth and In My Darkest Hour

Thats my 3rd favorite. It is awesome !

Mustaine plays all the rhythm tracks but Young did some cool solos for sure.

I'm here for Dave. Loudwire is trash.

Dude I agree. The beginning of that track is so wholesome. My mind exploded when I heard that song for the first time. It still gives me goosebumps.

So Far So Good So What is amazing, that record got me through some tough times back in the day! Its my 3rd favorite behind Rust and Peace Sells

Nice to meet another Risk fan.

If you like Risk, you should check out their good albums. 🤘

Agreed. What a band. Metal bands are the most versatile

Who cares what the title is WE WANT THE DANG ALBUM ALREADY

Isn't about the pandemic but about the previous diseases that plagued humanity

@Stephen Hughes damn I actually love that song lol.

He’s just a little stitious

It's a great LP!! and the video with the kid in the SLAYER shirt!!

Countdown is good as a stand alone album. But it does mark a pretty major shift in Megadeths style

That's the 2004 remix for you; oddly enough though I don't like Countdown's production

I don’t like countdown production the drums sounded worse

I like the original Rust in Peace production, but wish it was louder. That being said, I'll take the OG over the remasters any day.

id say with Countdowns drum and bass. the guitar tone on RIP depends a lot on the drums and bass but the vocals would be fine if just turned up a bit with this new hypothetical mix

yes!!

And his voice on So far so good so what! Closest thing we had to black metal Mustaine!

Killing...was my introduction to Megadeth. Definitely my favorite, and the #1 Thrash album...period.

I agree

My first Megadeth album and my favourite

Same here, and it's still my favourite Megadeth album.

It also contains one of the greatest songs Dave has ever written, "Hook In Mouth". Brilliant album.

Absolutely. Some killer songs on it.

Fapping is my business and business is good

Fuckin classic lmfao!

Agreed! I always mention how superb the songwriting is on that album. I think it's by far their best from a songwriting standpoint. Such great arrangements, melodies and lyrics. Along with such killer production, the tone on that album is huge and they sound so tight. Truly an undermentioned/underappreciated masterpiece.

I'll second that

It's my second least favourite of theirs simply because it's the only one I put on and didn't remember anything from after having listened to it. It's technically impressive but emotionally absent, just chugs by for a length of time and then stops. Can't say that about any of their others.

The writing on dystopia felt like it could have easily been written by Alex Jones. That's my #1 criticism and for me it makes the songs almost unlistenable despite the instrumentals being pretty good.

@@droptherapy2085 Yup. Dave's political songs are cringeworthy. It's been really really bad since around Endgame. Some songs are memorable but the political crap is horrible.

Yeah it's so catchy I listened through it twice and had no desire to listen to any of it again, dystopia blows

That award goes to the black album

@@theethniccleanser1385 LOL

@@theethniccleanser1385 naaaah

@@theethniccleanser1385 You clearly don’t know what Thrash metal sounds like.

@Sam Why Piss off? Master of Puppets is another masterpiece of Thrash. The sounds mighty be different each other,but both albums still Untouched.

I love that album. I'll never forget hearing Wake up Dead the first time, the first solo is what I call "face melting" quality, let alone all the other badass solos on that album.

Could not agree more !

@@snowman4098 Poland and Gar gave Megadeth a flavour you can't recapture, it's probably the jazz fusion background of those two guys.

@@yearginclarke that's my favorite song of theirs. RIP is my favorite album but Dave's ending solo in Wake Up Dead blew my mind when I first heard it after that cool ass transition

peace sells and killing are technically and very cleverly written albums, some of the guitar work is off the grid and so different to any other band around at the time.

Wow you listen to cassettes in 2022! Rock on!

@@midnight347 Oh yeah, for sure! I like collecting them, and my '03 Mazda has a tape player. Haha, rock on!

Truly. Th1rt3en holds some gems like Sudden Death

It's my 4th favorite Megadeth album

13 is Thrashy af, the thrashiest album since Rust in Peace, tbh

@@Scrubermensch dystopia is more thrashy than 13 I don't know what you're smoking

No

Welcome to the family 🤘😝🤘

@@jonsmith1066 👊😂🤘 Thanks, man!

I first heard Megadeth's symphony of destruction when guitar hero world tour came out to Wii, and I used to listen to that song only. But back in 2017 I looked more into Megadeth's discography and oh boy was I hooked.

@@222MovieMan 🤘

I wanted to mention that one. It has some really heavy stuff. Breakpoint and Angry again !

Into the lungs of HEll... sEt the World Afire

It's incredible. People miss out on it, Endgame, The system has failed, united abominations, etc. 2010-2020 was a decade owned by Megadeth.

@@59thfsaviation79 I know. If only we had the time to listen to everything worth hearing. :)

which track on peace sells?

@@alessandro9740 Good Mourning Black Friday

Everyone admires brave people

Noticed that, too. A personal favorite from AIC to me.

FUCK YES!

Oh yea. There’s about 8-9 Megadeth records I like more than Dystopia

@@scipio8866 me too. Honestly, the only albums I like less than Dystopia are Risk and Super Collider.

At last! Someone who realises "one of" before "the best" is not needed in this sentence!

Fuck yeah! From the first time I heard Dystopia, Death From Within was my favorite track. It struck a chord then and still does