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Life After Deth
Nick Menza
CD Review by Drums.com
Nick Menza, having tenured in Megadeth for ten years, breaks out on his own. Nick wrote every song on the CD, sang, and played all the instruments. In addition, Christian Nesmith, whose Dad is a primate, did a few guest guitar solos. Nick has been writing these songs for the past 13 years. With his busy role in Megadeth, time to record his own stuff was tight. But since leaving the band, and having a son, he found the time to record all his tunes. Some of them are quite good, some are OK. The main deciding factor was the vocals, as they are not to par with the music. But don't worry, cause Nick does not plan on singing on the road! Most of the music can fall into a 80-90s metal sound, but there are a lot of interesting keyboard parts. A couple of songs had sections as if they movie scores. Nick may have a career in that as well. There were a variety of drum sounds, from open acoustic, to tight triggered sounds. He plays some cool rock shuffles, double bass chugga chugga beats, and some great sixteenth note triplet fills. The production could be better, but you can think of this as a good demo. I enjoyed listening to it, it had some nice hooks that I sang along with while driving my car to work. When Menza comes to a town near you, check them out, as they should kick some ass.
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