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Dave mustaine 19926/1/2023 ![]() ![]() Simply put, Countdown opened up Megadeth’s fan base to a more mainstream audience, just as Metallica’s Black album had done. ![]() This might be, in large part, because the songs on Countdown are different from previous Megadeth works they’re more linear and hard rock oriented, but still pretty heavy and thrashy. In a way, their album Countdown to Extinction was able to retain the interest of fans who were migrating toward a “simpler” music style. He emerged from the breakup with a new-found aggression and hostility that drove him to writer faster, thrashier, heavier, better songs than his former band.ĭon’t get me wrong, Metallica wrote some masterpieces as well, I just have a preference for Megadeth.Īt the dawn of the Grunge era, Megadeth was kicking ass and keeping metal alive. If Mustaine wasn’t already a rabid, angry young man while in Metallica, he certainly became the spawn of Satan afterward. ![]() Personally, I’m grateful for Metallica’s hasty decision to dump Mustaine because doing so gave us a far superior thrash metal band. By now every metalhead on the planet knows the story of Megadeth‘s genesis and how Metallica bent over Dave Mustaine sideways without so much of a please or thank you. ![]()
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