CD Review: Megadeth United Abominations

I know this CD had been out for awhile now but I just got it after a long hesitation. After Cryptic Writings I was very hesitant to buy another Megadeth CD. I didn’t even bother with risk and The System has Failed just didn’t do it for me. I’ve tried to convince myself many times that “System” is a good cd. I take it out to the car and try to listen to it on my way to work but I take it out after two songs and it sits in my glove box until I bring it back inside again.

So I finally bought United Abominations on Friday. So far I love it. Sleepwalker reminds me of a new Black Friday. This CD is packed with great riffs, rhythms and solos from both Drover and Mustaine. Although united abominations, Amerikstan, Gears of War, and Washington Is Next are quite political the rest of the songs are kept simply metal anthem type songs. This is probably the best record since Youthanasia. Much better line up than “System” and Risk. You can tell that this line-up really clicks and I look forward to seeing what else they can do.

To all that Like to compare Megadeth and Metallica, nothing Metallica has put out in the last 17 years can even compete with United Abominations. I’m glad I finally bought this. I would recomend it to anyone. You’ve done the fans proud, Dave! 4 Stars!