United Abominations
Occupation
- Vocals, Guitar: Dave Mustaine
- Guitar: Glen Drover
- Bass: James LoMenzo
- Drums, Percussion: Shawn Drover
United Abominations ( engl. "United Abominations ") is the eleventh studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. It was released in May 2007 on Roadrunner Records. It was the first of the brothers Shawn and Glen Drover and bassist James LoMenzo. It received mostly good reviews. In the U.S., it reached number eight with the highest chart listing since Youthanasia.
Formation and style
After the release of the previous album The System Has Failed guitarist Glen Drover came ( Eidolon ) and after a brief interlude with the former drummer Nick Menza take this brother Shawn Drover in the band. Bassist James McDonough of Iced Earth, the " not to " fit according to Dave Mustaine was replaced in 2006 by James LoMenzo of Black Label Society. For United Abominations Megadeth signed with Roadrunner, but had problems getting the rights from the previous record companies Sanctuary and Capitol. As a producer himself Mustaine decided to Andy Sneap, with whom he had " understood shiny ". Dave Mustaine said to the musical direction that he wanted to " make no further inflated, big rock record ".
" Megadeth are not a rock band, but between speed and thrash metal at home, with fusion, jazz and classical elements. A classic Megadeth song has peppered lyrics and jazz -influenced solo breaks. Now, why there was not more for some time? It was because the typical Hitschema precludes. "
Pungent forth on the album is the song À Tout le Monde ( Set Me Free), which has already appeared on Youthanasia and was re-recorded as a duet with Cristina Scabbia of Lacuna Coil. Lyrically designated Mustaine Amerikhastan as " Holy Wars Part 2 ", inspired by the television series 24 with Kiefer Sutherland it comes to religious prejudices and the fear of a " clash of civilizations ". In Washington Is Next Mustaine addressed the ". Fact that large empires inevitably eventually collapse due to their uncontrollable size " Among other things, in allusion to the title, a variation of " United Nations", Mustaine said:
" Do I believe that the world has mighty problems? Yes, this is the case. Where the hell is the UN? Why terrorism gets so out of control? It was never as bad as now. "
Reception
In Rock Hard United Abominations by Holger Stratmann was graded with eight out of ten. He called the album ". Give a damn loud metal plate that is fun, demonstrates enthusiasm and produced by the militant texts a lot of friction surface " Also on the website allmusic.com learned United Abominations praise: While the band did in the days of the Risk lost track, but with this album sounded Mustaine and Co. "born again". The evaluation was three and a half stars out of five.
Title list
All pieces were written by Dave Mustaine, only at Never Walk Alone ... A Call to Arms Glen Drover was involved. On the Japan version of the Led Zeppelin Cover Out on the Tiles ( Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Bonham, 4:03 ) included. A bonus version for pre-orders contained the piece Black Swan ( 4:04 ).