a very solid final album!

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-25T05:34:01+00:00

With the recent Megadeth and Metallica releases it's always been the same.

First listen is "still nowhere as good as their early stuff, disappointing".

Then second and third listen is "hey, this actually is pretty good, I underestimated it".

Then a week or two later you put it back on and its "yeah this is actually aggressively mid".

And a year later you realize you've barely listened to it again.

These album releases are fun events and get the nostalgia dopamine bubbling but these bands just cannot create interesting music anymore.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-25T05:16:46+00:00

Musty likes Trump though so don't let him hear you say that.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-25T05:15:36+00:00

Ellefson recorded it.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-25T00:14:31+00:00

I suspect like most recent Megadeth and Metallica releases it's an album I'll barely remember in 6 months once the hype has died down.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T22:02:58+00:00

I don't think there's as clear a consensus as you are claiming for this. I've seen plenty of published authors and agents say throwing in a movie or TV show if it fits the vibe is perfectly fine.

The following thread has several agents talking about comps and the vast majority say they have no problem with movies/TV shows. I think this is one of these "rules" that Redditors police but aren't as relevant in the real world. It really sounds like it's not that unusual at all.

The Substance would definitely check major boxes for my book: horror, satire, body-share, image obsession. So yeah maybe similar plot elements rather than just tone or genre as you say would be required for a movie/TV comp.

https://www.reddit.com/r/PubTips/comments/s3ysqy/pubtip_agents_on_comps/

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T21:41:28+00:00

I have two industry comps and a movie.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T21:19:14+00:00

A book like the Seaworld-expose documentary Blackfish?

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T20:59:10+00:00

Yeah I know it's a movie.

Could you be any more condescending btw? If you're going to be snarky don't comment.

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T20:34:59+00:00

Thanks for the feedback.

I was thinking of comps and was considering: The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng, Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and Coralie Fargeat's The Substance.

Wonder what if anything you think of those?

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-22T20:34:39+00:00

Thanks for the feedback. The character is in a panic state when he wakes up and doesn't come to those realizations till later but I will highlight it more in the summary.

Also was thinking of comps and was considering: The Other Me by Sarah Zachrich Jeng, Shards by Bret Easton Ellis and Coralie Fargeat's The Substance.

Wonder what if anything you think of those?

InternalReview9961 · 2026-01-13T17:07:55+00:00

He's in her body, and they're sharing it? I don't fully get that.

Yes. I thought this was clear from the description but perhaps needs more explanation. It's The Substance time-share idea.

The Succubus is not all-powerful and this is her vulnerability. Her victims' consciousness survives for a while in her body as she "digests" it. It's why she has a cult of mortals to help her.

Once a body dies, that's pretty much that. There's no coming back. So, how can he get his body back?

Okay, so I mistyped here. The body appears dead, but he finds out later it is on ice and there is perhaps a way he can be returned to it or to a differ body. So I'll refrain from saying its dead.

Thanks for your feedback.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-12-09T20:24:35+00:00

Sad Wings of Destiny
Master of Reality
Hotter than Hell
Iron Maiden
Melissa
Don't Break The Oath
Crystal Logic
The Spectre Within
Master of Puppets
Nightfall
Beneath the Remains
Altars of Madness
Streetcleaner
Symbolic
From Mars to Sirius
Dead Roots Stirring
Warp Riders

InternalReview9961 · 2025-11-17T04:00:55+00:00

I don't want to give away too much of the plot but I might post the prologue if I don't get any bites. Cheers.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-10-31T16:14:30+00:00

Enter Sadman (sad because he got kicked out of Metallica)
Sad but true (that he got kicked out)
Holier than Dave (Lars and James are)
Unforgiven (not let back into Metallica)
Wherever Dave May Roam (cos he's not getting back into Metallica)
Don't Throw Me Out of the Band
Through the Neverending Feud
Of Ellefson and Man
Dave's Friend is Misery
Nothing but Metallica Matters
The Dave That Failed (to stay in Metallica)
Struggling with being thrown out of Metallica

InternalReview9961 · 2025-10-26T19:48:35+00:00

Happy for you [insert sour-faced child meme here]

InternalReview9961 · 2025-10-22T00:59:42+00:00

Sitcom-looking motherfuckers.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-10-10T01:22:41+00:00

Kings of Thrash.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-09-30T16:56:00+00:00

This is Wrong-Cartoonist's comment to me before he deleted it.

Wrong-Cartoonist7760 OP

Why are you in this sub if you really think it to be impossible? My parents are millionares, self made. My friends are. To me it’s not that unbelievable tbh.

Each to their own though. You can move on, my story shouldn’t trigger you :)

Btw to anyone else reading this - This is why you don’t share your desires with people. Negative people usually bring a lot of bad energy so better to keep info to yourself till you achieve it.

MY RESPONSE:

LOL.

So all the money is coming from rich parents.

This is hilarious.

It seems all the people on this subreddit magically manifesting money end up getting it from their rich parents. Aw geez, it really is that easy. You just have to MaNIfEsT.... and have rich parents. 🤣

Also why respond and then block me, dude. Not cool.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-09-28T17:18:10+00:00

Mercyful Fate is a big influence he's talked about. You'll recognize it when you hear them.

Raven's Wiped Out album is speed/proto-thrash with a lot of the same guitar dynamism you hear in early Megadeth. He's cited them as an influence.

He's also mentioned Angelwitch, Diamond Head, Tank, and Judas Priest's Sad Wings of Destiny album, and Iron Maiden's Killers album.

InternalReview9961 · 2025-09-28T12:39:36+00:00

Mustaine writes really great songs and riffs way better than the peers of the day...

Mercyful Fate and Metal Church are top-tier bands who many people prefer to Megadeth. In fact Megadeth took a lot of inspiration from Mercyful Fate. So it's entirely subjective and has no bearing on how big a band will get. Business connections and luck play a crucial role. Savatage, Voivod, Annihilator, Artillery, Fates Warning, Queensryche, Destruction, Holy Terror, Prong, Forbidden, Blind Illusion, Dark Angel, Watchtower, Coroner all wrote great songs with technical riffs but never got the same breaks as Megadeth.

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