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Megadeth - Countdown To Extinction



8.6 | 1924 votes |
Release date: 6 July 1992
Style: Heavy metal, Thrash metal

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01. Skin O' My Teeth
02. Symphony Of Destruction
03. Architecture Of Aggression
04. Foreclosure Of A Dream
05. Sweating Bullets
06. This Was My Life
07. Countdown To Extinction
08. High Speed Dirt
09. Psychotron
10. Captive Honour
11. Ashes In Your Mouth
12. Crown Of Worms [2004 re-release bonus]
13. Countdown To Extinction [demo] [2004 re-release bonus]
14. Symphony Of Destruction [demo] [2004 re-release bonus]
15. Psychotron [demo] [2004 re-release bonus]

Top 20 albums of 1992: 9

Additional info
Re-released in 2004

Guest review by
Arian Totalis
Rating:
8.2
"Oh my God, really?!?! It's number 2?' is what came out of my mouth, but inside, I was pissed. I wanted that number one spot." (from commentary in the remastered version)

These words are the perfect exemplification of the spirit in the making of this album. The drive to make good music was leaving, and replacing it was a drive for commercialism. Now don't get me wrong, this is a good album, but it was also the beginning of the decline in Megadeth's music, a decline that would last for for the span of four albums respectively, until their redeeming 2004 release of "The System has Failed." But enough about this, let's talk about the quality of the album.

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published 14.01.2009 | Comments (12)

Guest review by
Thyroid
Rating:
8.9
Megadeth, band with multiple personalities. Like a schizophrenic family member, you just have to love it. All Megadeth albums have strong identities, some of them being softer and more melodic - ok, commercial - and some of them more raw and thrashy. Dave Mustaine has always recreated Megadeth's skin over and over again, but the biggest leap in Megadeth's musical evolution happened between albums So Far, So Good... So What! (1987) and Countdown To Extinction (1992).

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published 30.11.2011 | Comments (14)

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28.10.2018 - 03:16
Rating: 10
tominator
At best deranged
Well... call me insane but I like this one more than Rust In Peace.

My favourite Megadeth album.
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19.02.2019 - 14:02
Rating: 7
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Tage Westerlund
Hard to judge if nowadays when we have million of metal to chose from. When I listened it as teenager it was one big killer, now, nothing special, it dont gives me what I am searching in metal anymore. Whats wrong?
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20.08.2020 - 11:46
Rating: 7
Ansercanagicus
endangered bird
Wow the remastered version is quite detrimental to the drums and atmosphere, now that I'm comparing the two
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20.08.2020 - 13:51
Rating: 6
Metal Rasputin

I have never understood why this album is supposed to be so big thing. There's handful of memorable songs, like Symphony of Destruction and Sweating Bullets, but the rest is just mediocre and forgettable. I'll take any of their previous albums over this. However, the production quality of the original version is insanely good. And I mean top notch, couldn't be any better.
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10.10.2020 - 18:00
Rating: 5
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
This used to be my favorite album of all time, not quite sure what went through my head at the time. This release has some pretty good tracks, symphony of destruction, foreclosure of a dream, sweating bullets and high speed dirt being my favorites, but it's still overall pretty alright, nothing mindblowing and a big letdown from Rust In Peace, but I mean it wasn't really possible to beat that one.
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09.04.2022 - 21:27
Rating: 9
Nate612

This is just the Black Album but better
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07.11.2022 - 15:33
Rating: 8
nonZero

Sweating Bullets is the most ridiculous thing they've ever released
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03.12.2022 - 02:38
24emd
Theory Snob
Written by nonZero on 07.11.2022 at 15:33

Sweating Bullets is the most ridiculous thing they've ever released


The video too
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09.08.2023 - 21:18
Rating: 8
Jack_Torrance

Written by Nate612 on 09.04.2022 at 21:27

This is just the Black Album but better

They're equally good imo
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09.08.2023 - 21:20
JoHn Doe

Written by Jack_Torrance on 09.08.2023 at 21:18

Written by Nate612 on 09.04.2022 at 21:27

This is just the Black Album but better

They're equally good imo


I enjoy Testament's Ritual more than both Black Album and Countdown...
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09.08.2023 - 22:37
A Real Mönkey

I like this one more than Rust In Peace, honestly.
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10.08.2023 - 00:58
Rating: 9
Guib
Thrash Talker
Written by A Real Mönkey on 09.08.2023 at 22:37

I like this one more than Rust In Peace, honestly.


That is one rare opinion. But hey considering how different the two are, even in terms of production, the appeal is understandable. Its a very good album too.
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23.09.2023 - 16:52
Rating: 5
Roman Doez
Hallucigenia
Wow this is so much worse than I remembered
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24.12.2023 - 13:20
Rating: 6
suryanshkalia

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10.03.2024 - 13:52
Rating: 10
metalbrat

Late to vote but full marks is less for this album.
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