Megadeth - Th1rt3en

Published November 03 2011

*=Staff's pick	Sudden Death* Public Enemy No. 1 Whose Life (Is It Anyways?) We The People Guns, Drugs & Money Never Dead New World Order Fast Lane Black Swan* Wrecker Millennium Of The Blind Deadly Nightshade 13

Genre	Thrash Metal	Dave Mustaine	Vocals
Tracks	13	Dave Mustaine	Guitar
Running time	58 Min.	Chris Broderick	Guitar
Label	Roadrunner Records	David Ellefson	Bass
Release	02 November 2011	Shawn Drover	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Johnny K./D. Mustaine
Similar artists	---

Megadeth are back after two years with their thirteenth album. This album contains mostly new songs, but also a couple of previously released bonus tracks which have been re-recorded for Th1rt3en. According to guitarist, vocalist and main man Dave Mustaine solely because he hadn't fixed the final parts of the songs and they just didn't feel right at that moment.

Th1rt3en follows the same path as the latest releases Endgame and United Abominations with Megadeth's trademarked guitar parts, solos and licks. Still it has some elements from two decades ago of course, with rearranged songs New World Order and Millennium Of The Blind. Both songs that didn't make the final cut back then and were later released as bonus tracks on the remixed and remastered album Youthanasia and maybe they should have stayed where they were?

Two other songs that have been previously released are Sudden Death and Black Swan. The first recorded for Guitar Hero one year ago and the latter was released as a bonus track on United Abominations. This gives me an odd feeling when listening to this new album, considering I have heard four songs before and therefore wonders if Mustaine and his band have lost their inspiration or if their well has run dry. These two songs are however among the best tracks on the album, especially Sudden Death with its late eightees touch and great guitar play.

What about the new songs? I can't find many songs with that extra spark. With this album I'm more impressed by their instrumental skills than their ability to write great songs. Most of them feels like a day at work and they don't make me want to listen to this album over and over again. I don't want to call this album bad in any way, but I highly doubt that this will be a future Megadeth classic.

See also review of: Dystopia , Super Collider , Endgame , The System Has Failed

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
9	5	7	3	5

Summary
5 chalices of 10 - Tobbe