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| | Rolling Stone : Megadeth: Countdown To Extinction : Music Reviews |
 | | Megadeth, which used to be notorious for its frequent upheavals, seems to be settling down. |
 | | Not only has its outspoken leader, guitarist and singer, Dave Mustaine, gotten married and become a father since the release of Rust in Peace in 1990, but the band's fifth full-length album, Countdown to Extinction, is the second consecutive LP to be recorded by its present lineup. |
 | | While Countdown echoes the band's earlier work thematically, it's stylistically disappointing: The music, which is considerably more subdued than anything Megadeth has ever done, sounds formulaic; the musicianship is pedestrian; and the album as a whole seems to have been written for marketability rather than merit. |
| www.rollingstone.com /artists/megadeth/albums/album/93440 (359 words) |
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