Supermassive black sinkhole…

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Daniel Montesinos-Donaghy: This is the heaviest material I’ve heard in some time from Jon Bon Jo — oh, for real?
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Edward Okulicz: Any expectations that this will be huge, scary and awesome don’t even last the length of the intro. The guitars are about as heavy as you might hear on any non-metal ’70s classic rock station. The chorus sounds like a particularly lame ’90s post-grunge act. The solo is unimpressive and short. It’s tough, sure, but mostly in the way an overcooked bit of steak is tough — there’s no blood and no flavour either.
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Anthony Easton: This is the least heavy that I have heard Megadeth, weirdly reminiscent of KISS rather than the band that scared all the Christian parents in my private junior high. Have I grown up, or have they grown wan? 
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Iain Mew: The only song I’ve ever heard featuring a member of Megadeth past or present is by Momoiro Clover Z. So I don’t know if “Super Collider” is typical or not, but what I enjoy most about it is how gnarled it sounds, not so much aggressive as just tough from the vocals to the chewy blasts of guitar. It gives it a satisfying weight and momentum that just about carries it through lack of melodic progression and unimpressive lyrics.
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Brad Shoup: How to make a super collider boring? By just invoking it, I guess. A hungrier band would construct the sonic equivalent of heavy ions winging into each other; a less self-serious act (the Spotify commentary stretches to three-plus minutes) could, I dunno, resurrect the goonish boogie of “I Ain’t Superstitious”. But our guys go full late-period Jane’s Addiction. Never more than a bratty add-on, Dave’s tradewind-battered pipes are winningly rough here, making the chorus suitable for driving. The only other place I could imagine hearing this would be in promos for NBC’s Revolution.
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Scott Mildenhall: Generic beginner-level Guitar Hero track. Probably one of those “as made famous by” ones, too; the percussion in particular just sounds so clear and slickly produced, nullifying any excitement the guitars might provide. On top of that, Megadeth have seemingly used the fairly original theme of a super collider as a jumping-off point for some of the most tired shiggsoleths in rock music. You could even go as far as to say it’s a Standard Model, indisCERNible from hadrons of thousands of other songs, but of course that would be labouring the point.
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Jer Fairall: For someone who opposes gay marriage, this is dripping with the wrong kind of santorum.
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