Megadeth's 13th studio album, and first since 2001’s The World Needs a Hero to utilize the talents of bassist/founding member Dave Ellefson, was produced by Johnny K (Staind, Disturbed) and features a combination of newly composed tracks, along with older cuts written years ago but never put to tape.
Darker, heavier, and more immediate than 2009's Endgame, Dave Mustaine's snarling vocals ride higher in the mix this time around, but fans need not fear, as his fleet fingers are still possessed with the power to conjure the dead.
Much of the aptly named Th1rt3en feels vintage, from the familiar political themes on “We the People” and the tightly wound, Dio-esque riffing on “Public Enemy No.
1” to the soft, melodramatic military snare intro of “Never Dead,” which eventually explodes into a wicked blast of retro-thrash that feels positively invigorating, not redundant.
Elsewhere, the melodic slow-burn “Millennium of the Blind” fuses Ten Years After's “I’d Love to Change the World” and Metallica's “Fade to Black” into an anti-corporation/war rant that calls out the “millennials” on their submissiveness, the snaky “Black Swan” casts long shadows that mimic “Symphony of Destruction,” and first single “Sudden Death” stands defiant before the skeptics who thought that Mustaine's newfound faith would render him bereft of the old ultraviolence.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudden DeathDave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 05:07 | 0 MB | 36 MB |
| 2 | We the PeopleJohnny K., Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:33 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
| 3 | Guns, Drugs, & MoneyJohnny K., Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:19 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
| 4 | Never DeadDave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:32 | 0 MB | 32 MB |
| 5 | New World OrderDavid Ellefson, Marty Friedman, Nick Menza, Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 03:56 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
| 6 | Fast LaneJohnny K., Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:04 | 0 MB | 31 MB |
| 7 | Black SwanDave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:10 | 0 MB | 30 MB |
| 8 | WreckerDave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 03:51 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
| 9 | Millennium of the BlindMarty Friedman, Johnny K., Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:15 | 0 MB | 28 MB |
| 10 | Deadly NightshadeDave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 04:55 | 0 MB | 38 MB |
| 11 | 13Johnny K., Dave Mustaine | Megadeth | Play | 05:49 | 0 MB | 41 MB |
| 12 | Whose Life Is It Anyways | Megadeth | Play | 03:50 | 0 MB | 29 MB |
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| 53 mins | 391 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chris Broderick | Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals (Background) |
| 2 | Zachary Coleman | Engineer |
| 3 | Matt Dougherty | Digital Editing, Mixing Assistant |
| 4 | Shawn Drover | Drums, Group Member, Percussion, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Ken Eisennagel | Engineer |
| 6 | David Ellefson | Bass, Composer, Group Member, Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Marty Friedman | Composer |
| 8 | Ted Jensen | Mastering |
| 9 | Johnny K. | Composer, Engineer, Lyricist, Mixing, Producer |
| 10 | Megadeth | Primary Artist |
| 11 | Nick Menza | Composer, Lyricist |
| 12 | Dave Mustaine | Composer, Engineer, Group Member, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Rhythm), Lyricist, Producer, Vocals |
| 13 | David Rath | A&R |
| 14 | Chris Rodriguez | Vocals (Background) |
| 15 | Andy Sneap | Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |