Countdown To Extinction
by Megadeth
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Megadeth bestography
Countdown To Extinction is ranked 3rd best out of 25 albums by Megadeth on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Megadeth is Rust In Peace which is ranked number 423 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,936.
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Countdown To Extinction track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Countdown To Extinction rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 23 Music Albums of 1992 | 8/23 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | 1992: Metal | 18/27 | - |
| 2026 | Repo | Rank 'Em: Megadeth | 5/11 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 5 Music Albums of 1992 | 4/5 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Larcx13 | Top 46 Music Albums of 1992 | 16/46 | 3 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (61), #0101-0200* | 21/95 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s | 6/50 | 18 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1992 | 49/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1992 | 62/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 78/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 158 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 762 | |||
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Countdown To Extinction ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/04/2026 15:38 | Sentido | 352 | 84/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2026 02:09 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/16/2026 12:51 |  LedZep | 5,144 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.1/100, a mean average of 76.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.5.
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Countdown To Extinction forum mentions
pedro1976 05/05/2024 16:04 in What album are you listening to right now?
dihansse 11/15/2023 20:18 in My discoveries per year
Mercury 07/14/2017 19:28 in Greatest Metal According to Gowi/LedZep/Repo/Rocky and I!Countdown To Extinction comments
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Very solid album, probably their most consistent outside of Rust and Peace Sells, but for me it doesn't hit the same highs as those two albums. Lots of the solos are very tasteful (Marty's influence?).
Decent album but nothing that sets it apart or makes it superior to any of their other albums. It's pretty much paint by numbers Megadeth. 'Skin O' My Teeth', 'Symphony of Destruction' & 'High Speed Dirt' my picks of the bunch.
VictorVale 04/21/2021 19:42 | #268842
Suavizado, mas longe de ruim!
Really solid album without a single weak song. It succeeds in being more accessible than their other albums even for guys who are not huge fans of this kind of music without compromising in terms of musicianship.
Era difícil mantener el nivel tras editar un disco que es obra maestra de la historia del Metal. Dave Mustaine repetía la clásica formación de 'Rust in Peace' con Friedman como guitarra solista, Ellefson al bajo y Menza a la batería. La alineación de Champions League. Después de un disco como 'Rust in Peace' no debió ser fácil componer el disco en cuestión, y Megadeth, al igual que sus rivales de Metallica, abandonó el Thrash Metal que tantas noches de escenarios les había proporcionado para abrazar un Heavy Metal puro sin concesiones, machacón y con melodía, aunque todavía embrutecido con ciertas reminiscencias thrashers que se intuyen principalmente en los riffs de guitarra. Pero la realidad es que Megadeth aquí se convirtió en una banda de Heavy Metal, más comercial que antaño pero con una calidad innegable.
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