Jon Hadusek, writing in, labeled Countdown to Extinction as Mustaine's 'political record' and said that the record 'saw Megadeth moving away from thrash metal and closer to generic hard rock, a sonic shift they would embrace on subsequent albums'. Chad Bowar from raved the album's 20th anniversary edition, describing the songs as 'more straightforward' and the lyrics predominantly being 'politically charged'. According to Greg Sandow from, Megadeth's 'music has lost its former hurricane verve but keeps its crunch, and feels more rooted, even more melodic'. Writer Craig Hayes opined that Countdown to Extinction was 'either an exemplary illustration of nimble-fingered thrash metal that introduced Megadeth to a legion of new fans' or 'an unimaginative, artistically cynical stab at arena-baiting commercial success'.
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