Megadeth - Risk | Regretting The Past | Rocked

[@rushguy1]

Dave's grunting is actually the result of a rift in time when, in the year 1986, a young Dave Mustaine, fresh off the success of Peace Sells, was drinking at a bar when a wormhole appeared. Through said wormhole came the sound of "Crush 'Em." All the younger Mustaine could do was grunt in disgust at the sounds he heard, and when he found out the responsible party was in fact HIS OWN BAND IN 13 YEARS, he growled in anger. And with that, the wormhole closed. Either that or he ate some Taco Bell too fast and got the shits.

[@RockedNet]

Well done, sir.

[@drpibisback7680]

rushguy1 Is there a way to eat Taco Bell without getting the shits?

[@eliasmg9144]

Occam's razor would say it was the latter

[@BigD-jc6rj]

Haha! This is why I love the comment sections on viral videos!

[@HafthorBjornssonFan]

@@drpibisback7680 I regularly eat Taco Bell and don't get the shits.

[@JudaiEldritch]

It's called Risk because, like the game, it NEVER FREAKING ENDS.

[@RockedNet]

+TheLastLevel999 ...I wish I would have included that joke in this video.

[@EvanSchatz]

@@carltontheduke2571 you serious? It's a legendary board game.

[@EvanSchatz]

@@carltontheduke2571 it's much, much better than this Megadeth album.

[@connorhart1363]

Every alternative album feels like that. Like is it over now no another guitar solo this will take 1hour. Great

[@princealigorna7468]

You know what's a better Megadeth alt-metal album? Cryptic Writings. Seriously, like that album has that very 90's flair to it, with some slower tracks like "I'll Get Even" and some big ballads like "Trust" and "Use the Man". But it also knew when to let loose and just be ball-crushingly heavy, like on "She Wolf". And the material is top to bottom much more engaging.

[@Mandilore89]

I do agree. I really enjoy Cryptic Writings. I do wish they would have went with a heavier sound on songs like "Mastermind" and "The Disintegrators" and "Have Cool Will Travel".

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Cryptic Writings reminds me of Load & Reload.

[@l30S3UX]

cryptic rocks hard!

[@andrejbogicevic3090]

The Disintegrators is also an awesome song! FFF also!

[@LaughWhileItsStillLegal]

Andrej Bogicevic And Vortex too which btw was later self-plagiarised on Never Walk Alone single from United Abominations.

[@geekymetalhead5112]

Also you know what Gamers call Sonic 2006? SEGA Death

[@pradiptogitokusumo616]

dude

[@geekymetalhead5112]

***** It's a sonic joke and a Megadeth joke

[@angeld7975]

Eddie disproves... Sorry dude.

[@aikoyumi4014]

+Geeky Metalhead Yeah, I'm sure that Sonic '06 is a beaten horse at this point. Now, if you said Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, you'd be onto something.

[@sirspookybones1118]

Segadeth

[@jadegecko]

5:28 "My victims are young or old... rich or poor... strong or weak... I cause millions of accidents..." Hang on. Is this about the Prince of Darkness, or is this a PSA about texting and driving?

[@trevorbohn8020]

Sadly, it's about what happens when you listen to risk in the car

[@carlazer9982]

btw the reason dave is groaning is because he realized how bad risk was after the first song and was mad he had to do the rest of the album.

[@Cyborcat]

"Rob Schneider is ... THE BREAD! Rated PG-13!"

[@doughboydevito4529]

+Cyborcat How do you make a movie about fucking bread PG-13?!😂🍞

[@Cyborcat]

+Doughboy Devito The same way you'd make a movie about a stapler PG-13, I guess =P

[@doughboydevito4529]

+Cyborcat By stapling people off screen? :p

[@RockedNet]

+Cyborcat Rob Schneider derp de dum de twiddley dee THE BREAD!!!

[@Cyborcat]

+Rocked Seriously, tho, that's one of my all-time favorite South Park gags XD Any time a cheesy trailer comes on, my husband or I will go, "Rob Schneider is ... THE STAPLER!"

[@hmpz36911]

Dave had mentioned in an interview that the next album would be a return to Peace Sells' style. Then Lars made that comment and Dave pulled a 180. Thanks Lars. Ruining Metallica just wasn't enough...

[@jerryonlychild7003]

hmpz36911 what did Lars say? I don’t recall any of this lol

[@_Only_Zuul]

what did lars say?

[@jamesm6083]

At least dave finally sorted his shit out with the world needs a hero

[@chrisshaw4069]

​@@jerryonlychild7003Lars said he should take a risk

[@oxymoronic-ephiphanies]

wish you mentioned Japanese Bonus Track "Duke Nukem Theme" At least that track is not boring IMO

[@sinancemcetin4060]

It does remind you that you could have be playing Duke Nukem 3D instead though.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Best song from Risk then.

[@orkhan.s]

+Sercan Yelen azeri bulmakda imkansız sanıyodunmu? ben azeri

[@wretchedegg9042]

Bende hep kesin bu herifi izleyen tek türk benimdir diyordum.

[@kisu_odd]

I think the thing that made risk so... alternative(?) was Marty Friedman. he left after a year of this album being out to venture into more alternative music...J-Pop.

[@sawbonesquad4876]

I dunno, he was there since 1990?

[@toddwilliams8128]

Woukd rather listen to Marty's solo stuff. When he tries something poppy, it works, and he still knocks out a lot of bangers. So, the exact opposite of Risk.

[@drpibisback7680]

@MrRantingRandy Totally agree that Dave must bear some fault here. Dave fired a lot of band members before. If he hadn't been into "Marty's idea," I can't imagine he wouldn't have just dropped Marty and found a new guitarist. This is the work of someone who really doesn't know how to write alt rock but who really wants that alt radio money, not someone who wants to make a good metal album in spite of his sideman's bad ideas.

[@Joybuzzard]

He wanted it to be heavier at the same time, the combination of extreme heaviness and light poppiness would have been really cool at the time.

[@splendrousflame]

When Dave is groaning, it sounds like he's constipated.

[@RockedNet]

+Ben Brinton ewww

[@1krani]

+Ben Brinton I'll be _he_ regrets his lunch.

[@sergentharker7182]

+Ikrani The real Regretting the Past

[@splendrousflame]

+Michael Alvarado You are

[@0LoggyLoggy]

5:47 - Dave listening to the line, "This is not about sex! SEX!" and groaning in horror and confusion. 5:51 - Dave having gone back to make sure he actually heard the line, "This is not about Sex! SEX!" and groaning again, knowing that this drivel will be featured in the same stores as Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? And then realizing that even HE bought that album, and wanting in on that sweet, sweet mediocrity dough. That's right. Scott Stapp is responsible not just for Weathered, but Risk. You can panic now.

[@MRSludgedude]

Scott stapp was a musical genius. 40 years ahead of his time. His riffs blow daves out of the water. He created his own prison....he had a dream he could fly and he can take you higher were them blind men see.

[@jaodasilva7993]

@@MRSludgedude But the people who criticize him doesn't look at him when they shoot a bullet through his head , and none of his friends got his back then, and he had to make his sacrifice , to write his lullaby.

[@MRSludgedude]

@@jaodasilva7993 I don't hate creed honestly but to me it's ok background noise. Out of all those bands nickleback is the worst . And the first two albums were not bad at all. They got really bad on that album this is how you remind me. They started as a grunge band then turned buttrock on there 2nd major lable album. Most of it was lable contracts and demands for all those Seattle wannabes to get soft and clean.

[@jaodasilva7993]

@@MRSludgedude i agree. I was just continuing the trend of make Creed's songs names into a joke. Regarding Buttrock , to me the worst was that trend of putting hip hop crap on metal. Like Fred Durst , Linking park and whatever ... ewww the early 2000's were tough.

[@MRSludgedude]

@@jaodasilva7993 yea music died in general fully around 2000. I think alice in chains, nirvana, soundgarden were the last great bands. I do like a small amount of nu metal but it's mainly crap.

[@patrickkeeney2126]

Dave's groaning is obviously the mating call of tim the tool man taylor.

[@RockedNet]

Well the show was still on while this album came out...

[@Davidwash3r3]

How about a RTP on a band that you liked back then but now regret. It would be interesting to air out your dirty laundry.

[@droptherapy2085]

That would be awesome.

[@Ellthom]

Well respect to them at least Megadeth warned us by naming the album "Risk". Almost like, would you risk buying this? :P

[@brentbowman4498]

The only reason I'd buy a physical copy of risk is so I can finish image of Vic Rattlehead on the side of their CD covers between peace sells and risk

[@MosoKaiser]

Uh, you sure? The 2004 remasters are garbage.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

It's also a great coaster :p

[@brentbowman4498]

Demon Rantz maybe I'll make it into a stand for my trooper Eddie action figure

[@sirspookybones1118]

I'm genuinely considering this if I can find it really cheap (Same with St anger, it's the only Metallica studio album I dont have)

[@AdamBlazer]

True story, I was once blasting Spotify radio on my phone while I was working in the basement at work, and SOMEHOW I got I'll Be There. My co-worker who's in his 60s comes down and hears it, and he says "Hey, is this that band 3 Doors Down?" And that my friends, is how you know Megadeth dun fucked up. When you can compare one of the kings of thrash metal to 3 Doors Down... that's not a good sign.

[@TearsinaVial]

AdamCrow That dude is just an idiot. They sound nothing alike 😑😒

[@Jarmsdomain]

@@TearsinaVial yea tho this band kinda did

[@_Only_Zuul]

no. your co-worker dun fucked up..

[@itsfayde1454]

megadeth can actually pull off an ok alternative album.

[@brutalmorality5885]

I am a hardcore Megadeth Listener and have been listing to them since 1985. I have no problem with RISK, in fact I really think it is a fantastic record. I don't really understand why so many people hate it, unless they can only listen to trash and nothing else. If this record was released by another band it would have gotten killer reviews...

[@hazougaming]

Holy crap, i neglect watching your videos for like a week or so, and then suddenly a shiny new intro appears! Oh yeah, great episode as usual :3

[@RockedNet]

Thanks!

[@SirJoelsuf1]

I remember Sevendust "Home" coming out around the same time Risk came out and kicking its ass.

[@shakebake2680]

Home smashes!!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@ExValeFor]

The new intro is kickass

[@RockedNet]

+1337n00binc Thanks!

[@sawbonesquad4876]

Mustaine is on the toilet after eating chipotle

[@SageVallant]

They didn't film the footage for that video, that is from a movie. Universal Soldier: The Return. Goldberg was in it. Crush was on the soundtrack.

[@toddthesweatynerdguy1450]

I was going to bring that up but I thought I'd check to see if anyone else had brought it up already, found out it has been multiple times in fact.

[@TylerFurlongAK]

Great review, Luke. As a Megadeth fan, I can understand why a lot of fans hated this album a lot, but I found it intriguing (despite its big flaws). Well done! :) And also, the new intro is awesome too!

[@RockedNet]

+AkariJaganashi Thanks!

[@steves4533]

IMO, and I am speculating, two things happened that resulted in this album. A) the 90s. It was a hard decade for metal. With the rise of grunge, glam metal literally died overnight and became instantly uncool which didn't help the over all metal genre. And then as hip-hop and alternative music became mainstream, it was even harder for the genre which seemed old. Only the best of the rock and metal bands survived this decade, and even for them it was a decade of uncertainty. I can see why they wanted to try new things. B) Dave let Marty Friedman indulge his artistic ramblings with this album. Now we all know Marty is a bad ass guitar player, but he has even said "Megadeth is gun metal gray, and there's more colors out there." But like many virtuouso class musicians, they don't always excel in the composing of songs that people want to hear.

[@verkshopbeats8332]

Dude, I would TOTALLY listen to a band made by Skeletor! It would be more entertaining than Risk at least.

[@cujosephwalker9707]

Cryptic writings (97) - soundtrack to my favorite summer ever. Had a hot gf, drinking in the woods with my best buds who also rocked this cd the whole summer. This album reminds me of being on top of the world. Risk (99) - father diagnosed with cancer. Hot gf gone and best buds never bought the album. One of the worst times of my life. A good Megadeth album could have got me through it, but no, it was the soundtrack for misery.

[@brandenlikesbeer]

Damn this was a movie

[@sergentharker7182]

I've got to be honest, I haven't listened to a full Megadeth album since high school, or much thrash metal in about a year or so, but I'm very happy that my introduction to Megadeth was Rust in Peace, if this is what I started with, I would laugh at anyone trying to tell me they made good music, it's just bad.

[@joaoloureiro163]

+Sergent Harker ('Stonetooth') It took me a while to understand you xD I thought you were saying that Rust in Peace sucks. But now I get you xD

[@sergentharker7182]

+Joao Loureiro Fair enough m9, didn't mean to cause confusion. I still like that album, even if I haven't listened to it in a while.

[@DinsdalePiranha67]

My first exposure to Megadeth was during my first year of college and hearing "Peace Sells" on the college radio station's Friday night metal show. But it was a long time before I bought one of their discs - and the first one I bought was Rust In Peace.

[@aikoyumi4014]

Alright, now that I talked about Metallica, I think it's time to talk about Megadeth. Here's my thoughts on Risk:

[@aikoyumi4014]

1: I didn't mind this song, but it really drags on and on.... Not a good start for this album, I'm afraid. 2: Yeah, this song is pretty bad. 3: Okay, this _does_ lead to something interesting. However..... 4: .....it shoots itself in the foot. I can't believe they used this to promote Universal Soldier: The Return. Not to say that the movie was any good to begin with. 5: This song was terrible. It's monotonous and bland. 6: I have no words for this... 7: It's boring and forgettable. 8: Ditto for this track. 9: I think I'm gonna need some ecstasy for listening to this. 10: Great. A reminder of St. Anger. 11: Yeah, I almost fell asleep on this track, too. 12: Alright, this could've worked. But, it was wasted potential. Megadeth's Risk was anything _but_ a risk. It was too boring to be enjoyable, even in an ironic sense. While I personally like Megadeth (Dystopia was a great example), but Risk was something I willingly wouldn't go back to.

[@matthewsingh407]

What is your favorite soda? Me: 6:56

[@TheOriginal561]

like this is miles worse than St. Anger. At least S.A. maintained some form of metal. This is a new genre entirely. Thankfully this was the last one they did like this.

[@NYPDWeatherman]

5:49 He sounds like a guy doing his taxes

[@ristoherranen816]

My first touch to Megadeth was Crush 'em. That has haunted me since.

[@nomezproductions1562]

do Metallica Lulu.

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Naw fuck that shit

[@fadhil2446]

Ur Dirty Granny Gaming *Lou Reed

[@SpadeVI]

Not metallica. It was Lou Reed's

[@Blackout_1692]

If you go on his patreon the only way he'll ever review / do an RTP on that album if he's clearing over a 1000$ a month on patreon

[@Kikichan456]

Noooooo.

[@lukenotskywalker2957]

Insomnia Prince of Darkness Wanderlust Time: The Beginning Time: The End

[@gunmunz]

5:47 yawning 5:51 blowing nose

[@lewiscarty5517]

13:23 Does anyone think that the intro to Wanderlust sounds similar to the intro of ‘I’ll Be There For You’ by Bon Jovi? Despite they are slightly different instruments, they have that same sort of tone.

[@Aminkaza]

I like I'll Be There and Duke Nukem Theme

[@metalismybusiness1500]

You can judge me all you want, but I love this album. I love every single Megadeth record for a simple reason. They're all different and unique. I always hear people complaining about the guitar work on this album but honestly it's pretty good, especially when played on an acoustic guitar. The melodies are interesting, the vocals are pretty good, the bass gives a lot of depth and the whole album has this atmospgere that just appeals to me. I really do see why people dislike this album, but personally I really enjoy it. Diversity, in my opinion, is what makes Megadeth so good. Their tracks never sound the same. They all have interesting ideas in them. Some bands really lack this, and that's why I can never listen to them for a long time. Some famous examples include AC/DC and Cannibal Corpse. (Also, Dream Theater, not quite on the level of the previous bands, but still really repetetive.)

[@ShinSuperSaiyajin]

9:26 I cannot unsee the Young Bucks walking out of mmmbop by Hanson hahahuhu

[@thenamelessghuleh]

The second you mentioned wrestling and Hanson, I was waiting for a clip of The Young Bucks. You did not disappoint. If you still watch, I’m curious who some of your favorite current wrestlers are.

[@Wokz5612]

Am I the only person who likes this album? :/ Wanderlust is one of my favorite songs of megadeth

[@TearsinaVial]

Cristobal Cofré I like Ecstasy, I'll be There, Time:The Beginning, Prince of Darkness and Doctors Calling

[@eddiekayneofficial2993]

I hated it for years. It grew on me. To me “Seven” is the worst track. I really like a few of them. As a one time kind of album I appreciate it. I’m glad they went back to their metal after this of course

[@bamabat8435]

Maybe you just like Fleetwood Mac. That guitar riff is a blatant FM rip-off.

[@danziggy77]

Nope I love it not thrash but a great melodic rock album

[@MdlAgedHeadbanger]

You are entitled to make this your favorite album and nothing wrong with that. I was in line to see Black Sabbath when Tony Martin was singing (yes, I paid to see Black Sabbath without Ozzy or Dio singing...it was awesome) and talking with another fan. He told me he had a friend who's favorite Sabbath album was 7th star. I've met people who said Turbo was a great album. Just because an album is maligned doesn't mean a person can't find it enjoyable. Hell, the Motorhead album I'm most likely to break out is Another Perfect Day.

[@OctoberRust02]

**sleeping** **wakes up** **gasp** I had that dream where Super Collider was the last thing Megadeth ever did.

[@mr.amadeuscrisantemus6267]

Im proud to say (i know im alone in this) but this is my favourite megadeth album, this album inspires my music and i give a thumb to megadeth to have the brave to try something different, that is something too much bands dont do and if the album is good or bad thats an individual music taste matter

[@lisapainfulthe7438]

I thought I was also alone on that but IG I'm not. My favourite one as well

[@shanekelley6733]

I got introduced to Metallica with St. Anger. I understand your pain perfectly.

[@hmpz36911]

They did a signing at Tower Records and gave away free merch as promotion for the Risk tour, and I think there were maybe 30 people in line. And this was in Philly!

[@Kittylover074]

Considering Super Collider came out two years ago, Risk is Reign in Blood compared to that garbage. :P

[@Kamapixel]

+Gonzo Lewd Not even close lol Super Collider, as disappointing as it was, at least it has a couple actually good songs. It has some terrible ones like Super Collider, Burn, and the vocals of All I Want (I really like the main riffing), but it's leaps and bounds better than Risk. Both are near the bottom though in terms of Megadeth albums for sure..

[@Kittylover074]

Maybe I'm biased because Super Collider is Dave at his absolute worst as a vocalist.

[@Kamapixel]

***** Even then, musically, Super Collider is way above Risk on the majority of the songs.

[@Kittylover074]

Not really. The instrumentation sounds like commerical hard rock, just like Risk only more boring and forgettable.

[@Kamapixel]

A couple of the songs maybe, but Kingmaker? Don't Turn Your Back? It has an actual pulse to it compared to Risk, even with the hard rock songs. Not denying the hard rock stuff, it's a big part why I don't like the album, but it's hardly as dull as Risk. This is really not disputable, there is simply a lot more going on with the album in comparison lol

[@MdlAgedHeadbanger]

Megadeth was also coming off a hot streak of albums. Maybe "Crush 'Em" wasn't as good as what was off the recent albums, but of course the rest of the album could be this bad. I saw Megadeth on this tour and I'll never forget Dave trying to get a mosh pit going during Crush 'Em. It didn't work.

[@mwheeler138]

Its funny. As much shit as Metallica gets for "selling out" and being radio rock nothing they have done comes close to the pop record that Risk is. Actually, when I go back and listen to Load it isn't something I would expect from a band that was forcibly trying to sell out in the 90s. You would think you'd hear more nu-metal, pop-punk, post grunge, etc. Instead there's lots of mid-tempo, blues flavored tracks. And quite a few are long. Hell, even its first single, "Until it Sleeps", is not an obvious "hit".

[@lizucavictoria]

I've been waiting for you to rip this one apart. I'm a huge Megadeth fan and I feel that it has to be acknowledged just how awful this album is. It just makes the really good Megadeth albums like Rust in Peace and Peace Sells look that much better.

[@dalenewberry4610]

And the bass line from crush em reminds me of funky town lol

[@matthewcordeiro2073]

Lol

[@Joybuzzard]

I can appreciate what they were trying to do with Crush 'Em, it makes sense to want a sports anthem, and it is better to see it that way than to see it as a Megadeth song. The real problem with Crush 'Em is how the producer made the 'crowd' vocal sound, it kills the purpose of the song with the effects because it doesn't sound like an actual crowd. 'We Will Rock You' has a multitude of human voices chanting the chorus that sounds like a multitude of human voices, as does 'Rock You' by Helix and other songs created specifically to be stadium chants. The chanting makes the actual crowds at the stadium feel like they should chant. The Crush 'Em crowd vocal sounds like a digital effect trying to sound like a crowd, by not sounding like an actual crowd it's not going to have the same effect on an actual crowd.

[@StubzTurner]

The reason Goldberg looked like that in the video for Crush 'Em (and why Jean-Claude Van Damme is also it it) was because the song was part of the soundtrack to Universal Soldier: The Return. The movie isn't all that good by the way.

[@MatthiasPowerbomb]

I have this album. I haven't listened to it since the day it came out. One listen and on the shelf it went and it hasn't come down since.

[@poiuppx]

Watched this video several times since it came out, and only now- only TODAY -did I realize the wrestlers for the Hanson bit were the Young Bucks. I feel amazingly dumb and unobservant now.

[@johnroberts4624]

Breadline just feels like a watered down Livin' on a Prayer without anything that made that song awesome and changed to be about a homeless man

[@sinancemcetin4060]

That groan was what ever dignity Dave Mustaine had left forcefully escaping his body through his mouth.

[@moistier3333]

The reason why Dave is groaning is that he was listening to St. Anger .

[@ExtremeAndy]

Breadline sounds like a car commercial song

[@torak49]

I think Mustaine is flatlining and the groan is the air escaping his lungs.

[@jacktowers7533]

Dave mustaine wrote 10 of the best metal riffs of all time And blew them all in one song

[@1krani]

13:19 Wait... Dream where you were falling again? Were you dreaming about Iron Maiden's "Man on the Edge"?

[@Kamapixel]

Holy crap, I was literally typing out as the review went along that Risk was my first taste of Megadeth and then you say it was yours LOL I was just getting into metal at the time, Metallica first and then learned of Megadeth. Picked the album up at random at a store, was disappointed, and a bit later after that I grabbed Rust in Peace, realized the error of my ways, and was hooked ever since. I've come to appreciate Risk as a "Not-Megadeth" album over the years, but it is still at the very bottom of the discography for all of their albums alongside Super Collider and Cryptic.

[@CurtisAlfeld]

Recently went to a guitar shop and flipped through their sheet music. They had two copies of tablature for this album! Who the fuck wants to learn these songs?

[@MrFutago87]

What I particularly enjoy about these videos is seeing how Luke consistently seems to be getting better, writing, editing and just the overall quality is getting better with each video. It's lovely to see someone grow like that.

[@4ll3sb4n4n3]

Adding the fog horn was a great idea! The look on your face along with the horn at the end of the video: priceless!!! XD

[@SAI-st4uu]

Mötley crüe Generation Swine next. I only liked one song out of it

[@skylarrexwinkle3129]

"Massive amount of talent" when referring to Five Finger Death Punch....woof

[@ZoanBlade90]

5:50 Did he just belch into the mic?

[@johstybach]

I heard it was bad so I never listened to it It was worse than what I expected, and I expected St. Anger. Track 11 sounds like some Adele shit

[@ThierryRocksTV]

Yeah St Anger is loud and obnoxious while Risk is boring and mellow. It feels like a rip off of Metallica's Load & Reload but way worse.

[@jeffc1347]

Breadline is a great song in my opinion. It's not heavy metal, but has great lyrics, storyline, and is melodic and catchy. My family and I went through tough times economically for many years, so the song has always resonated with me.

[@xigxagcorporation6786]

At least they didn't release a follow up album titled "Rerisk"

[@EpicB]

They should have called the follow-up album "Reward".

[@frantic32]

Would love to see a regretting the past on Super Collider. That album makes Risk look like a masterpiece.

[@christopolousvonsnuffolaup7420]

you have got to be a fan from the beginning and a musician to dig his groove man.everything he's done is genius and he did risk for himself.every one of his albums shares with his fans his journey through life,changes in his tastes,experimenting with his craft etc. I personally love all of his music.

[@cristianlopez_8486]

At least Nick Menza wasn't a part of this album. RIP Nick :(

[@SGRev1]

0:23 That was my exact reaction to Linkin Park's One More Light last year. Even Risk was better than that.

[@paulineoismuller1850]

Tbh I like St. Anger more than this shit xD

[@jasonallen5318]

No fucking way man, you couldn't pay me to listen to St. Anger. Risk may be shitty to people who are looking for true metal, but the songs are at least varied and have different sounds to them. The entirety of St. Anger is one big shit show where it all sound the same, and it all sounds shitty.

[@sirspookybones1118]

St Anger without shitty snare is a decent album

[@jasonallen5318]

@@sirspookybones1118 NO...Just no, its not

[@jasonallen5318]

@Conrad Nickelson Who are you calling kid? I'm probably old enough to be your daddy

[@sirspookybones1118]

@@jasonallen5318 Have you heard St Anger 2015? It's decent but if it came out like that, I'd still call it Metallica's weakest album in terms of lyrics and composition; no solos and repetitive but catchy riffs.

[@switchbladeshinobi650]

Crush em was also used in the intro video for the first ultimate fighting championship game on ps1 and sega dreamcast

[@MichaelWilliams-ee9iy]

It's that sound you here when that epic taco bell pig out becomes self aware in your gastrointestinal tract, right before it fights its way to freedom.

[@JoenNickforthewin]

When Dave is groaning he is either trying out to be an extra for the Walking Dead, purring like a cat, or trying to replicate the noises you make when you wake up.

[@IOxyrinchus]

The groaning was the sound of Dave’s soul trying to escape his body before it died of boredom

[@milara2103]

Risk was the last album my dad ever bought. I wish I could have seen his face when he heard it for the first time.

[@nickparton5663]

Mustaine wanted a number 1 album, and thought this was the way to do it at the time. He tried again with Super Collider, and you know how that went. He's still chasing it, as far as I can tell

[@jamesheady7216]

It would be a total under statement to say that they sold out, but that’s exactly what they did on Risk. Also, you made that joke about Lulu, but I do think that that would make a really good Regretting the Past Episode. I hope you decide to do one on that album at some point.

[@TheCreedGames1]

Hearing "Crush 'em" makes me feel like i'm playing Vampire: Bloodlines. But not in a good way

[@Grilmour-Archive]

When Dave was growling, he was thinking of what would have happened if he was still in Metallica.

[@ihave_noidea]

Rest in peace Nick, you died doing what you loved at least.

[@doomcrewoutdoors1613]

RISK was Marty Friedman’s brainchild, he was really wanting to get into pop music.... it’s all covered in the Mustaine book

[@Nicolas.Vincent]

I once downloaded this record and added it to my playlist, but had to wait to listen. Later, I played it on random and when this album came on, I was audibly offended! I was annoyed that such crap had landed on my playlist. I rushed over to the player to see who it was. It was Risk. I immediately deleted it!

[@nielsvanoosten]

I actually like this album, it's incompareble to "rust" so if that's what you expect you will be dissapointed. However just on it's own, its a really fun album.

[@billwigmore9798]

5:47 is Dave getting cinched into a corset for extra goth points. 5:51 they tightened it a tad much.

[@The0wlsage]

I'm still 99% sure that wasn't Megdeth, but rather a bunch of aliens trying to learn the ways of human music. Just like Photograph.

[@ludvik926]

st.anger was also metallica's 8th studio release AND IT WAS ALSO IN THE EARLY 2000's THE FUCK EARLY 2000's!?

[@ThierryRocksTV]

People say it was the dark age of rock, but at least there was rock music out there unlike now where it's all obscure.

[@MelomanoAdicto]

I like "Ecstasy", is that wrong?

[@MB-fz8ov]

I think the album was okay.. I mean few songs from the album are pretty decent ... When i first heard the album i was full on thrash and when i first listen to risk i was like well sometimes it feel nice not to listen to heavy fast screaming songs .. Risk is my guilty pleasure ...

[@abark]

Dave made it no secret that he wanted a #1 album, and awards. Brought in a pop song writer. Of course, now, he tries to blame Marty.

[@samfrehley786]

I honestly love Risk. The only songs I don’t like are The Doctor Is Calling and I’ll Be There. Insomnia punches you in the face and I think it’s awesome, Prince Of Darkness is kinda weird and weak, But I still like like it. Crush ‘Em is a great song for what it is and I actually kinda love it. Breadline is fun and poppy albeit with dumbass lyrics. Wanderlust is a great song. Ecstasy may be my favorite because it’s a brilliant chord progression imo and I love the lyrics. Seven is just a great fun track. Then the Time songs are just mesmerizing and Time: The End is kinda heavy and I love it

[@JZBeasty]

That moment when you get excited for a Regretting the Past episode until you see it is for an album you kind of liked. I have lost faith in you Bandana Goatee Guy. ...naaaah, I still like ya.

[@wojosquad4680]

I dont hate this album, yes it is incredibly boring at least its better than Super collider and has some shining moments that make it not horrible