Miss, it's too fucking slow. It sounds as if the whole band were fucked up on Ludes or something. I did like "When" though, it was an interesting take on "Am I Evil".

you did give it 89/100 though

you did give it 89/100 though

Yes, I like it being a Megadeth fan, but it didn't live up to the hype. It's good for what it is, but not the return to form that was promised, hence I voted miss.

One thing I don't understand though is that the album was worse than Load, and yet Megadeth seems to take less flack for it than Metallica did with Load. Why is that so?

Because its allegedly cooler and kvlter to bash Metallica than it is to bash Megadeth.

And yes, Risk is worse than Load. Mustaine doesn't get the disgust he deserves for creating that piece of shit, and now when interviewed about it, says he was forced into that style by his bandmates and the record company. Even though I have a magasine interview with him done after Risk was released where he says it was his best album yet and his proudest achievement. But hey, its Mustaine, so we can dispense with logic.

One thing I don't understand though is that the album was worse than Load, and yet Megadeth seems to take less flack for it than Metallica did with Load. Why is that so?

By the way, going against my better judgement, I finally listened to the "Remastered" version of Risk today. To put it bluntly - the album's bad. "Musical growth," "open-mindedness", etc. aside, I found the album to be very dull and uninspiring. Breadline and The Doctor Is Calling have to be the two most aggrivating songs Megadeth has ever written (not because they're "pop/rock songs" but because they're bad "pop/rock songs"). The only songs I really liked were Prince Of Darkness and Crush'em (and quite frankly, I prefer the original version of Crush'em over the "remastered version" - take that, Mustaine!). I'll Be There was also fairly decent despite being probably the most commercial sounding song Megadeth has ever written. Everything else is average at best, horrible at worst. I'd give the album a 45/100.

One thing I don't understand though is that the album was worse than Load, and yet Megadeth seems to take less flack for it than Metallica did with Load. Why is that so?

Because its allegedly cooler and kvlter to bash Metallica than it is to bash Megadeth.

And yes, Risk is worse than Load. Mustaine doesn't get the disgust he deserves for creating that piece of shit, and now when interviewed about it, says he was forced into that style by his bandmates and the record company. Even though I have a magasine interview with him done after Risk was released where he says it was his best album yet and his proudest achievement. But hey, its Mustaine, so we can dispense with logic.