Megadeth - Endgame
Roadrunner
www.megadeth.com

Rating: B

Dave Mustaine is writing songs with a furious, reckless abandon, which in this case is a great thing.  Endgame is a blistering, head thrashing symphony that will have forty-something fans lining up at the emergency room with whiplash.  Dave is back and rockin' as hard as ever.  His voice is still raw, his playing angry and his attitude 100% 'fuck you.' 

Songs like "Head Crusher," "Bite the Hand"  and "44 Minutes" show Megadeth are not mellowing with age.  New guitarist Chris Brokerick  is on fire from start to finish.  Mustaine retains his whinny voice and his facial sneer, tempting the wrath of both God and Satan throughout. 

At the end of the day, this album if a fine return to form from Dave's band of metal loving mortals he calls Megadeth.  In fact, Mustaine has proved to keep his heart and soul in the genre he loves much more consistently and true than his former employers, Metallica.  Endgame is 100% Metal and 100% Megadeth.   

By Jeb Wright