But, after several listens I felt deflated, as if I built myself up and up and up and then made myself fall to the floor in spite.

I’m not saying this is a bad album, or am I? On the first few listens nothing really stuck out to me, I sat there expecting some big guitar riff or hook, some massive drum rhythm to blow me away. Conversely, Super Collider does have its good moments, just not merely enough to make it a memorable album.

As much as I was enjoying the album it still felt a little bit too commercial and not daring enough like Endgame was, or even as 13 was in places. However, given that I’ve already stated that I am a through-and-through Megadeth fan I must say that at times I had to put down my headphones or press pause for a moment to be able to absorb what I was hearing. I still think even on Endgame his vocals were a little dodgy. There is a real chunkiness to this album especially in the guitar area, whilst everything else remains solid as always, I think this is Dave Mustaine’s best vocal performance of the past three albums. Mentioning that is significant as I think it has allowed Megadeth to flex their more well-known metal roots, instead of trying to fit into Roadrunner’s commercial money-making music. I would say that this album returns to a more traditional thrash sound, albeit forgiving the normal fast beats typically associated with most thrash metal. I think 13 was always going to be under-the-cosh album seeing as it would be the end of their contract with Roadrunner, and now under their own label Tradecraft with distribution handled by Universal.

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