Coming in at No. 2 (in a fair world we wouldn’t have to choose) is Megadeth’s “Dystopia.” Every single nuance of this track is just sublime from that unforgettable guitar melody in the verse to Dave Mustaine’s gritty delivery and the steady sway of Chris Adler’s drumming. The screeching solo section dips into the song’s thrashiest elements with staccato riffing and scorching guitar exchanges.
Moshing and sweating, the crowd of headbangers scream their angst into the sultry Yangon night, a rare glimpse of a defiant musical subculture now crashing into the open -- though sex, drugs and religion remain off the song sheet. Half a century of repressive military rule virtually silenced Myanmar's heavy metal scene and today its musicians are still shunned by most people in the conservative Buddhist country.But a growing coterie of die-hard metal-heads say the…
