I must say, I am disappointed. If there was ever a time for "they were so close" it would be now. The album is so inconsistent, songs just jump into the verse and sound unoriginal, but they are all short songs (by my standards; 7 minutes is average) so nothing overstays its welcome. There are a few points in the album where things begin to turn around, but it doesn't last long.
We open with the "intro" Dialectic chaos, which is more like a short instrumental, the kind you find in the middle of an album and a mediocre one at that. Then it jumps right into This Day We Fight!, a rather unspectacular way to start a average song. The "RiP" factor is definitely there, but it's barely noticeable. This is straightforward thrash, you will not find complex song structure, and the guitar is the only instrument that does any dancing. That was more that what i can say for their last 2 albums though. It also lacks any kind of direction, just verse-chorus-verse-chorus-breakdown-ending, the latter of which is equally lacking.
44 minutes is a slow track, lyrics about some sort of shootings. Again, it's straightforward, nothing you haven't heard before. The song picks up at the end.
Now we come to one of the better songs of the album, and its second single, 1,320. If I had to compare it, i'd say its a better successor to Hanger 18 than Return, even though the lyrics are far from being related (cars n' shit). Dave really kicked it up for this one, it's a shame he couldn't do it for the rest. Great guitar duel to finish it off, sound familiar?
Bite the Hand reminds us of another song from that hallowed album from 1990, Take no Prisoners. Albeit slightly downtempoed, the feeling you get listening to the latter is there. Another good song, however it feels somewhat uninspired. It's as if Dave was expected to put out RiP #2, and he thought that putting in a hook here and tempo change there was good enough.
Bodies. Sounds good to start, but quickly turns into another rehash of the stuff from yesteryear that made him who he is. Another tempo speedup to finish, I guess Dave thinks it makes a song better.
The title track, Endgame, takes a positive step by not rushing into the song, and it is more complex than most of the album. Worth listening.
The Hardest Part of Letting Go...why is a sappy love ballad on here?
Here comes the Headcrusher! The previously released single, unlike the rest of the album, makes up for what it lacks in originality by being a pure headbanger. However, this is not Megadeth, this is your average thrash band, and not what we expected. Notice a trend here?
This is how the story ends, same old same old. Yes, that is a song title.
And we end with The Right to go Insane. Where is this song going? Ends on a rather good note though.
TL;DR Shit sux relatively, better than their last 2.
We open with the "intro" Dialectic chaos, which is more like a short instrumental, the kind you find in the middle of an album and a mediocre one at that. Then it jumps right into This Day We Fight!, a rather unspectacular way to start a average song. The "RiP" factor is definitely there, but it's barely noticeable. This is straightforward thrash, you will not find complex song structure, and the guitar is the only instrument that does any dancing. That was more that what i can say for their last 2 albums though. It also lacks any kind of direction, just verse-chorus-verse-chorus-breakdown-ending, the latter of which is equally lacking.
44 minutes is a slow track, lyrics about some sort of shootings. Again, it's straightforward, nothing you haven't heard before. The song picks up at the end.
Now we come to one of the better songs of the album, and its second single, 1,320. If I had to compare it, i'd say its a better successor to Hanger 18 than Return, even though the lyrics are far from being related (cars n' shit). Dave really kicked it up for this one, it's a shame he couldn't do it for the rest. Great guitar duel to finish it off, sound familiar?
Bite the Hand reminds us of another song from that hallowed album from 1990, Take no Prisoners. Albeit slightly downtempoed, the feeling you get listening to the latter is there. Another good song, however it feels somewhat uninspired. It's as if Dave was expected to put out RiP #2, and he thought that putting in a hook here and tempo change there was good enough.
Bodies. Sounds good to start, but quickly turns into another rehash of the stuff from yesteryear that made him who he is. Another tempo speedup to finish, I guess Dave thinks it makes a song better.
The title track, Endgame, takes a positive step by not rushing into the song, and it is more complex than most of the album. Worth listening.
The Hardest Part of Letting Go...why is a sappy love ballad on here?
Here comes the Headcrusher! The previously released single, unlike the rest of the album, makes up for what it lacks in originality by being a pure headbanger. However, this is not Megadeth, this is your average thrash band, and not what we expected. Notice a trend here?
This is how the story ends, same old same old. Yes, that is a song title.
And we end with The Right to go Insane. Where is this song going? Ends on a rather good note though.
TL;DR Shit sux relatively, better than their last 2.