My First Time Listening to Countdown To Extinction by Megadeth | My Reaction 

The best Megadeth line up. RIP Nick Menza.

Such a great album, probably my 2nd favorite by Megadeth but nothing will ever beat Rust In Peace for me

This was the biggest Megadeth ever was. The album hit #2 on the Billboard Top 200, they were doing sold out shows headlining arenas, had multiple videos on MTV, were getting airplay on rock radio, the whole nine. The follow-up album Youthanasia is superb too, it's less thrash and more of a traditional heavy metal record.

Now I'm curious how she will react to Megadeth - Youthanasia album

"Sweating Bullets" original video is a must see! 😜

good stuff Molly! you're the best in the biz!

Yay!! So glad you got to this one! If you want to really get the theatrics of sweating bullets, watch the video! He’s crazy in it!

Love this. Your expressions while listening to the music are priceless. Really enjoyed watching your reaction to this album.

"Waking the fallen" waiting you molly 😊

Certainly wouldn't work with every album, but I love the dry production on this. Really let's every instrument shine, and complements the staccato guitar riffs.

This takes me back to Sophmore year of college, cranking this album up in my dorm room.

The demo version of Psychotron is one of my most favorite Megadeth songs of all times. It’s the grooviest aggressive riff I’ve ever heard.

This was the album that got me into Megadeth. Great masterpiece

The first thing that I love about this album is the artwork on the cover, great reaction as always

Great album!! Loved your reaction

I'm in love with Mollly...hehe

love your videos! I'm eagerly waiting on you to do Faith No More's The Real Thing. 🤘

The next album, "Youthanasia" from 1994, it's also amazing! A must listen

Happy New Year Molly! Your face during Captive Honour was a picture, Dave was at his witty best with the lyrics in this album. I actually got this when it came out and was a bit disappointed with it but have been listening to it more recently and it's definitely a great album. I think after Rust in Peace any album was going to pale a little bit in comparison. Have a nice end to the week!!

Architecture of Aggression is one of my favorites.

My favorite Megadeth album. ❤ They wanted to achieve the same success Metallica got with there black album. Of course this did not work out for them. Youthanasia is another great album you have to hear. Really love your reactions. Keep on rockin' ❤❤

One of their best albums, great timeless songs all over. Must have listened to symphony of destructions a thousand times. Marty and Dave were such a good fit. And the best is yet to come! Youthanasia is not their heaviest but most melodic album, lookin forward to your reaction soon. Thanks!

Such a good reaction to great Megadeth's album! I cannot waiting to see your reaction to album "Reign in Blood" from Slayer. I'm sure you will impressed by drumming on this one)

Such a great album

Hey Molly, nice video! It’s Sam who wrote to you about your reaction to Ten. Was gonna make more recommendations including the underrated third Megadeth album “So Far So Good…So What?” As well as “Vulgar Display of Power” by Pantera and (if you can stomach it) “Gallery of Suicide” by Cannibal Corpse. And on the non metal side definitely check out “Doolittle” by Pixies, “You’re Living all over Me” by Dinosaur Jr and “zen arcade” and “new day rising” by husker du (zen arcade is a double album but there’s a lot of short tracks). Enjoy!

You should react to youthanasia, it is their most melancholic, melodic and personal album, it is wonderful

Well done, Molly! 👍

Love your description about Daves singing Torpedoooooo at "high speed dirt" track...

Album sounds like bastard child of alt-rock of 90-s and old-school metal and that is why I love it! My personally favourite albums by Megadeth is their debut from 1985 and 'Youthanasia' from 1994.

One of my favorite metal albums

This got me thinking... the perfect Megadeth album? Not talking top 10 songs but something that would make the greatest ever impression on me as a long time fan on 1 LP (Yes I know Im old.) Countdown to Extinction would definitely have 2- 4 songs on it! Still deciding the order! Rust in Piece and Youthanasia will still have most influence. But again, I'm old and my original LP of "So Far, So Good... So What!" will always be my favorite. Would love to get remastered version!

Another Megadeth album where I've only heard a few of its tracks. Now I gotta listen to the whole thing! Loved your reaction as always 🤠

Amazing album

I always liked the additional textures they brought to their sound on this one.

Great album. Cool to see you react to this. I’d say check out the next album after this one Youthanasia. That album or So Far So Good What.

This Megadeth lineup is one of the best in metal history. The music these 4 guys wrote is legendary.

I wish you can check out all their albums in some point in time, the first one, "Killing is my business" that one pretty good tho.

I really love the way how you start this year with this "Trasher Mood". Loving your reacting as usual. 👌

You should take a listen to the album The American Way by Sacred Reich!

Love this album! So much guitar and so much "dramatic" Dave vocals lol. Check out the video for Sweating Bullets, so entertaining

Even though Rust and Peace Sells are considered their best, this is my favorite. Also, I think you'd really like Strapping Young Lad. Devin Townsend is a genius.

This is kind of their "black album" A more straightforward version of themselves kinda like what Metallica did lol I love both, but this one doesn't have that "overplayed on the radio" quality so I'd probably choose this over that. Great reaction, haven't left many comments in a bit but the reactions are always a joy to watch

Killer album 🔥

One of my first metal albums as a teen in the 90’s. I had this on repeat for months.

This is right up there in the top albums of this genre!

Such a good album. I've been loving your reactions, and i would love to see you react to Foiled by Blue October

Great reaction! Not a fan, but love how Mustane delivers the A1 thrash. The dark melodic Symphony of Destruction made it to my playlist.

Another classic! Rust in Peace is still the torch bearer but this was a solid follow-up. Almost every song on here is good.

Me encantan tus reacciones, tu personalidad y todo, me gustaría que reaccionaras al álbum posterior a este "Youthanasia" mucho más melódico pero personalmente me llega al corazón, saludos desde chile! 🇨🇱

Um clássico !!! os melhores álbuns do Megadeth são dos anos 90 pra mim

Molly, I'm totally cool if you go out of discography order for whoever you are reacting to. Just happy to get your great content. Would love to see you go back to "Type O Negative" again and check out "Life is Killing Me." 👍💯

This is another very nostalgic record for me; definitely a big shift in direction from Rust in Peace. I definitely prefer the original mix to the remaster. Along with a couple Metallica albums, I listened to this A LOT growing up until I eventually discovered more extreme genres like death metal. Thanks for the review! If you're feeling adventurous, check out Artificial Brain - Labyrinth Constellation (2014). One of my favourite tech death albums ever.

Classic!

I remember listening to this album on cassette non-stop when I was 6 yo inside a truck my father was doing the painting job for (we didn't have a cassette player at that time cause we were very poor lmao)

Hogh Speed Dirt us about jumping from a plane without a parachute hence the dirt torpedo and slam ending, also on Symphony beginning was orchestra warm up

Ashes in your mouth , my favorite song!!!

You won me over with that one. You + Megadeth = \,,/

The guitar work of Megadeth is unmatched, another great review Molly!

This album followed Metallica's Black album and they saw the success of the Black Album and also the grunge of the early 90s and wanted a piece of the pie. This is Megadeth's most commercially successful album to date. If you listen to Anthrax of the 80s it is very thrash sounding. With Anthrax of the 90s, you can also hear that they went softer with a more grunge sound. Of the big 4 of 80s thrash metal, Slayer is the only band that did not go softer in the 90s.

Sweating Bullets as a broadway musical staring Dave Mustaine, Dave Mustaine, and Dave… sign me up!!! (Psss. Watch the music video.)

Molly, if one day you come to Mexico let me know, I would love to take a selfie with you 🤭🩷

Molly, have you ever listened to the band Meshuggah before??? They are IMO one of the most influential, technically skilled, & HEAVY Metal Bands of all time. I Highly Highly recommend their album "obZen" as a starting point, but the entire discography is fantastic.

Youthanasia or So Far, So Good, So What... Either of these would be good for reaction to -- 🖤

It was my first exposure to Megadeth and it may just be nostalgia, but I think it's my absolute favorite Megadeth release. Every song is a winner, IMO.

Generally considered the number 3 album by many Megadeth fans, "Countdown to Extinction" was Dave's move towards more radio friendly music. Not full on Thrash, like the first 4 albums, "Countdown..." has songs like 'Symphony of Destruction' , 'Foreclosure of a Dream', and 'Countdown to Extinction' which could be played on the radio while songs like 'Skin O My Teeth', 'High Speed Dirt' and 'Ashes in Your Mouth' are heavier. You should listen to "Killing Is My Business...." the first Megadeth album. The raw energy of this album makes it a must. "Youthanasia," Megadeth's 6th studio album, follows the tend of the "Countdown..." with more slower Metal songs than Thrash inspired. A great album though. Dave's writing become a bit sporadic in the 2000's.

I'd be delighted if you did Youthanasia. I think you'll be surprised at how Dave's vocals really stepped up to enhance the band's melodies as a whole.

Speaking of Megadeth and Alice in Chains both bands have songs featured on the soundtrack to the 1993 movie "Last Action Hero" that are definitely work checking out. Megadeath has a song called Angry Again,, and Alice in Chains has 2 songs on the sounndtrack What the Hell Have I and A Little Bitter. AC/DC and Def Leppard are also on the soundtrack, but I don't know if you've heard much of their music

Hey there, Im new to your channel. I just kinda stumbled on to it. Anyway, have you done any Pantera yet? Its a whole rabbit hole but quick fun fact... in the song Sweating Bullets there's a line about a black tooth grin. The Pantera guitarist, RIP, Darrell "Dimebag" Abbott loved Megadeth. He made a famous drink with Crown, S7 and coke called a Black Tooth Grin. There are bars and clubs across the country that serve the drink now.

More Megadeth Reactions would be nice. Maybe just listen to their latest Output "The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead". Or "Youthanasia" ;)

You mentioned you picked up the vocal disrtortion, maybe it's because it's the remastered version of the albuym perhaps? I have no idea but maybe that's it

You’ll absolutely love their next album; Youthanasia

That stink face you made when the Symphony riff hit. Damn right

Trent Reznor did an interesting remix of Symphony of Destruction.

19:48 - Dystopia, please! Or, The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!

I live high speed dirt ❤ .

Totally appreciate your thoughts on this. I am a Thrash Fan since I was a Teenager. And i always thought that it resonates with feelings and thoughts women hold. WoMEN GET So much Shit in Life and aren’t supposed to let the Anger and Aggressiveness out......when there is plenty of it. Thrash helps me to work all those Feelings....listening to it in the Car. Go.....Listen to Thrash ...once it clicked you get it.

Ashes In Your Mouth is absolutely sick.

This a flawless album there’s only a few flawless metal albums and this is one of them

This album was what got them mainstream. Good album.

I never was big on this band; Imma keep it honest. However, this album, Youthanasia, and Cryptic Writings did get my ear for a few years in the 90s/early 2000s. I can get this sense that the band must have had fun writing and recording this record. That blues solo that just sticks out like a sore thumb in "High Speed Dirt?" Hilarious! I love stuff like that. Other highlights for me is the closing track; "Ashes In Your Mouth." I like "Symphony..." - lotta play-moshing at high school dances where teachers thought me and my friends were fighting but what they never understood was we're bonding. I guess I can see it from their POV now though. "Psychotron" is pretty dope too. I made an online gamertag based on that at one time. Very cool record. Rhythmic complexity meets expert phrasing and good lyrical content.

You need to check out queensryches operation mindcrime sometime. An absolute classic concept album. Melding bits of iron maiden, Judas priest and dream theater. As well as having fantastic songs the story it tells is a page turner.

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The real delight of this album compared to the previous ones is that it shows a huge improvement in the cohesiveness of the song compositions, I think mostly because Dave is exerting real restraint and tastefulness in the songs. He's not trying to smash you over the head with a barrage of raw talent like he was in the prior albums (all still awesome). It shows a lot of maturation and skill, and their next album, Youthanasia, continues the trend very successfully.

Love it, Love it! It was released a few months after Metallica's Black Album. I have to say I enjoy this better than the Black album, though I like them both. I know you are 3 albums into Megadeth, but screw it I am asking this anyways. Which one of the 3 do you enjoy of the most? For me it's a tough one of the 3 because I like them all, but I have to give the slight edge to Rust in Peace. Because it's just an overall Excellent album. Peace sells, but who's buying is personal favorite but so is Countdown. A very difficult choice indeed!

So far so good so what is megadeths 3rd album and worth a listen

8:03 A musical written by Dave and Marty would probably be the one musical I would actually enjoy.

Sweating Bullets is a gem, Symphony of destruction is great. Just wait til you get to RISK.

From what I recall, Dave Mustaine was still trying to out-do Metallica in 1991 when he heard that his former band were preparing to release an album that would 'cross over' from thrash metal into more heavy metal w/ slower tempos... So, he began writing songs that year which would also tone down the speed and technicality of Megadeth's delivery and go for a more streamlined heavy metal sound. The major difference between the 2 bands was Mustaine's lyrics were very socially relevant - songs about political power, the loss of property in the recession, World War II, poaching of wildlife... etc. Mustaine was proven right when Metallica went to #1 in the Fall of '91 w/ the self-titled 'black' album... he finished 'Countdown to extinction' and hoped that it would be their first #1 album in the US... However, when it was released in the Spring of 1992, Billy Ray Cyrus had the massive country hit 'Acy breaky heart' and his album was the pop sensation and Megadeth charted at #2 behind him... Of course, Dave Mustaine was furious... the album sold 2x platinum and outsold 'Rust in Peace'... he and the band were making a fortune that year on tour and album sales finally, but Mustaine felt like he "had nothing" because Metallica was now a massive sensation and had sold more than double the numbers of 'Countdown to Extinction'... In 1993, Dave Mustaine OD'd and nearly lost his life on tour... it ended any possibility of promoting the album any further. Megadeth tried again in 1994 w/ a more commercially appealing heavy metal album 'Youthanasia'... but it charted at #4 in the US. Despite being at a peak of their career, Mustaine could not see Megadeth reach Metallica's heights of success.

Next one my Megadeth must the sequence, Youthanasia.

Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets are some of the best metal songs ever! Such an amazing follow-up to Rust in Peace!

YOUTHANASIAAA

youthanasia album please!

Dystopia next. Best album since Rust in Piece

Symphony of Destruction is Megadeth’s equivalent to Metallica’s Enter Sandman IMO, while they obviously don’t sound even remotely alike, they do share the basic theme of a simplistic yet powerful riff keeping you nodding your head the whole time, a somewhat basic overall song structure compared to much more complex bangers each band can obviously create, easily digestible chorus, a “story” element to the lyrics, so for me Symphony resonates in my playlist with the same vibe/energy as Enter Sandman.

Just wait until you hear Youthnasia.. it's pretty damn good.

Dude you never, never skip over solos.

Next request album hail to the king - avenged sevenfold

Why do Ashes in your Mouth is so agressive that almost diverse of the entire album? Fun fact: Ashes in your mouth should be on Rust in Peace but they had too much songs for the album, if you search “ashes in your mouth rehearsal 1990” you’ll see Marty Friedman and David Ellefson praticing the song during the Rust in Peace tour

react the youthanasia album from megadeth

Please please Molly do Limp Bizkit albums