I'm a long time fan of Megadeth, but even disregarding that, this is the best metal album I've heard in years. A few of the songs on this cd sound like they could easlity fit in on earlier albums, so its great to hear Dave in classic form again. After Metallica stupidly unplugged Kirk Hammit on their last album ( which sucks more than a cheap hooker) its nice to hear someone can play guitar these days. Especially a lead solo. Of course, most of the younger crowd these days don't appreciate such things, and are happy with the generic, same sounding, popular stuff around these days, but us old timers are sure glad that the Megadeth's, Manowar's etc. are still around.