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Artist: MegadethEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2004-07-27
Music Label: Capitol
Product features:
- MEGADETH YOUTHANASIA
- Reckoning Day
- Train Of Consequences
- Addicted To Chaos
- A Tout Le Monde
- Elysian Fields
- The Killing Road
- Blood Of Heroes
- Family Tree
- Youthanasia
- I Thought I Knew It All
- Black Curtains
- Victory
- Millennium Of The Blind - previously unreleased
- New World Order (Demo) - previously unreleased in the U.S.
- Absolution - previously unreleased
- A Tout Le Monde (Demo) - previously unreleased
Free Music Notes for Youthanasia
Free Music Review: Youthanasia; another victory for Megadeth
Hit: 5 Stars
Youthanasia (1994.), Megadeth's sixth studio album
The early 90's saw Dave Mustaine's Megadeth enter their golden years as a band. With the recruitment of guitar genius Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza at the start of the decade, the band had what would become their classic line-up in place. From these changes came firstly 1990's `Rust In Peace', one of the greatest metal albums of all time in my opinion and following this, 1992's `Countdown To Extinction', which was a little more commercial and less thrashy but never the less compromised nothing in songwriting excellence and was a classic album in it's own right. By the mid-1990's though, musical tastes were changing rapidly, metal had maintained popularity alongside the alternative rock burst at first but by 1994, grunge rock was all the more predominant and other acts such as the rap-metal styled Rage Against The Machine were gaining popularity. The metal scene was going underground again. That aside though, how did Megadeth's `Youthanasia' fare?
At the time of it's release, `Youthanasia' sold copies faster than anything else Megadeth had produced and would subsequently produce and peaked at #4 on the billboard. Dave Mustaine and his band make no compromises again with their sound though to fit in with the current musical trends at the time and credit to them for doing that. The album met with good critical reviews upon it's release however for some reason some fans found the album too `poppy'. I personally struggle to come to terms with this view, seen as `Youthanasia' for me comes across as being less commercial than it's predecessor `Countdown To Extinction'. The guitars for me are a little heavier and crunchier and the songwriting is darker and moodier. This is perhaps a good reflection of Dave Mustaine at the time of the album's making where he was becoming frustrated with other band members wanting to write more songs as well as other tensions. There are songs on the album that have a little commercial feel to them, but no way for me is this album poppy. The album was a victim obviously to some `fans' who only liked Megadeth because they were fast and heavy, not because they were Megadeth. Bands develop from their original stylings; ok so this ain't thrashy and fast like `Rust In Peace', get over it and embrace an intelligently developing band with an open mind. After all, it is even as if Megadeth sold out their sound with this album; just look at the beautiful `A Tout Le Monde' - MTV censored the video because the lyrics were `disturbing' on the suicide theme. Dave Mustaine and Megadeth bow down to no-one on this disc. These irritations I have about peoples perceptions of the post-thrash era Megadeth aside, this is one awesome album. Dave Mustaine's lyrics and his vocal delivery of them throughout the album is awesome and he deals with various `difficult issues' such as incest on `Family Tree' and suicide on `A Tout Le Monde' really well. The riffs are heavy, dark and crunchy throughout the album giving way to some mesmerising musical sequences. The album is no slouch on the solos front either and as is per usual for a Megadeth album, there are lots of them and they all shine.
Following Megadeth's re-union in 2004 with the release of 'The System Has Failed', Dave Mustaine personally helped remaster the band's back catalogue. With 'Youthanasia', the remaster is excellent. All of the guitar lines shine through the remaster, the drums are crisp sounding and the bass is ever present. Mustaine's vocals also sound great. The remaster has a demo of the classic `A Tout Le Monde' with slightly different lyrics in the French chorus. Also included is a previously unreleased song called `Millenium Of The Blind' and `New World Order' and a nice instrumental in `Absolution'.
A slow, brooding and foreboding riff gets the album going with `Reckoning Day'. A very strong and atmospheric opening track with a great chorus. I like Mustaine's growled and sometimes distorted vocals on this opener. One of the album's finest efforts in `Train Of Consequences' follows, with it's unusual scratchy riffs and clanging basslines. The verses and chorus are effortless and the solos are great. `Addicted To Chaos' is a sludgier and moodier affair with some quite introspective lyrics, again love the chorus; very effective, as is the echoey `Addicted!' vocal exit. The amazing `A Tout Le Monde' is next. The song about suicide is one of Dave Mustaine's finest songwriting moments and the song pans out to be a timeless ballad styled tune, a great change of pace. Freidman's solo is also astounding and the harmony to end the track is excellent. The more poppy but enjoyable `Elysian Fields' is next. The riffs are catchier on this one and less dark and the harmonised chorus makes a great sound. `Killing Road' has a vintage Megadeth opening with the solo guitar riffing and bass/drum interjections. Lyrically truthful abouts it's subject matter, it has more great riffs and fine solos.
`Blood Of Heroes' is next up. Another slower and in some ways ghostly sounding song, which is appropriate for it's content again. The song has a sirine opening and catchy riffs. Mustaine's vocals have a slighlty different but good sound to them. The chorus is awesome. After this is another one of the album's gems in `Family Tree'. This is a fantastic track which has some rather disturbing subject matter about...incest. The song has some nice contrasts, ranging from a whispery verse and built to climax in the chorus. `Youthanasia' is a solid title track about the forgotten generations. Mustaine's lyrics carry the song very well and are the centrepiece. The bonecrunching chorus is also very effective. `I Thought I Knew It All' is another solid metal song, not too spectcular but featuring some great guitar work in the chorus (I'll say it again, this album has some really cool choruses right through). `Black Curtains' is on a similar level, a little bit slow and stately nevertheless it generates a gloomy atmospheric for the song, as was probably intended. Then though we come to perhaps one of Megadeth's greatest tracks in `Victory'. This for me is without doubt the finest track on the album and is Megadeth at their very best. Only Dave Mustaine could pen lyrics using song titles from his previous albums, but he does it here in this song to create a song to show he has been a victory over drugs and has survived his excessive addictions, `some crazy shit has happened since the conjuring' indeed. That aside, this song has fantastic riffs and a rip roaring chorus that's a real sing along, not that I personally identify with Mustaine's years of heroin and cocaine usage of course! The song has a great, urgent drive and has a vintage soloing section which is the song's highlight. Mustaine and Freidman trade off 4 magnificent solos.
So there we have it, the much underrated IMO `Youthanasia'. Megadeth may have developed and outgrown their earlier thrash roots but they are no way watered down artistically on this album; this album is 50 minutes of kick ass heavy metal with plenty of awesome moments. Another classic, this is the 3rd of 3 five star efforts from the Freidman/Mustaine/Menza/Ellefson era of the band, which is without the best Megadeth ever had. A must for any metal fan, you'll be missing out if you don't own this one!
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