I Am War: Some thoughts on the final Megadeth album, Anarchy and Epstein's USA in 2026
For mainstream metal at least, unless the Slipknot 'Look Inside Your Asshole' record lives up to all the Avengers: Goonsday level hype, the metal event of the year has already happened. Nothing is more important to the wider and to be debated for years metal scheme of things than the final Megadeth album. Like 'em or not, they are a huge institution and Mustaine has carved his smirk into the halls with one sharp-edged riff after another for decades. So, here we are. Vic Rattlehead was always my favorite mascot. My friends and I would debate if he could beat Eddie or Dio's Murray in a fight. Seeing him burning in effigy like the (cough) Wicker Man on the cover of the final Megadeth album is a bold image. In the USA of 2026 it reminds me however that we recently had Aaron Bushnell self-immolate against genocide (someone who really died for his convictions), or that the AI that Megadeth recently used in a small capacity is truly going to hurt us all via global warming....
