For more than 30 years, singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine has guided thrash-metal kings Megadeth through shifting musical, social, and political landscapes with a guttural growl, shredded notes, and pointed lyrical daggers. After all this is a band with album titles like Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying?, Countdown to Extinction, The System Has Failed and United Abominations. But with their new release Dystopia — and its extremely prescient and relevant subject matter — the question has to be asked: Has the “real” world finally caught up with Megadeth’s consistently grim worldview? “It’s funny that you say it like that,” Mustaine...
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