Megadeth

With a significant delay, but I still can't help but mention the release of the new album by the band in question.

Endgame

This wonderful album was released on September 15, 2009, although the release date varied in different countries. It all started with the amazing single Head Crusher, which could be freely downloaded from the internet. Perhaps one of the most notable songs on the entire album, as well as one of the heaviest. This song was also nominated for "Best Metal Performance" at the 52nd Grammy Awards. The song itself is about a medieval torture device, which, however, corresponds to the aggressiveness and heaviness of the track.

The tracklist of the album is as follows:

1. «Dialectic Chaos» — 2:24
2. «This Day We Fight!» — 3:31
3. «44 Minutes» — 4:37
4. «1,320» — 3:51
5. «Bite the Hand» — 4:01
6. «Bodies» — 3:34
7. «Endgame» — 5:52
8. «The Hardest Part of Letting Go… Sealed With a Kiss» — 4:42
9. «Head Crusher» — 3:26
10. «How the Story Ends» — 4:27
11. «The Right to Go Insane» — 4:20

At first, all of this seemed boring and monotonous to me, and I didn't remember anything except the first instrumental track. However, everything changed drastically after a few listens, as often happens. I began to notice the beautiful, "juicy" riffs, these killer solos, and a little later, I also read the lyrics with great interest. The lyrics are about robbing a bank, about cars, about a torture device, as mentioned above. There is a song that seems to be inspired by the theme of the crisis... Or at least has something to do with the economy of the United States. On Wikipedia, you can read the following:

Mustaine said that the songs «How The Story Ends» and «This Day We Fight!» were written under the influence of «the faith of a warrior from the great Sun Tzu, as well as under the influence of Aragorn's passionate address to his loyal warriors in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, respectively»

Overall, the album was quite well received by critics. In my opinion, the band recorded one of their best albums of all time, which is not something that happens often for veteran bands in the 21st century.

And some information:
Wikipedia (Russian)
Wikipedia (English) (there is more information here)
Lyrics