by Metal Iain on Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:26 pm
Nah, I thought they were quite well poised to make the jump from '80s Thrash to Groove Metal - or whatever you call it - to fit in with Pantera. Youthanasia is clearly the best post-Thrash album that the Big Four have put out but Risk through to United Abominations (worse title than Death Magnetic) have really undermined Megadeth in my book. It's a bit of a shame because Megadeth are by far and away my favourite Metal band ever.
I think the problem with Anthrax is that, like Testament, their post-Thrash stuff got no exposure whatsoever. Granted, some of it was just shite but nowhere near as bad as Diabolus In Musica, Risk or St. Anger. I guess Megadeth are the only one of the four to have put out three stellar albums - Countdown To Extinction, Youthanasia and Cryptic - but this is balanced out by the last ten years of terribleness. Anthrax, on the other hand, remained largely consistent until the hare-brained idea of a reunion tour prevailed and fucked any future prospect of Anthrax being good. Anthrax, with John Bush, are also the best live band out of the lot.
![Image](http://www.52shows.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/08/def-leppard-1.jpg)