13 Songs Where the COUNT is Crucial → Playlist
![13 Songs Where the COUNT is Crucial (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/13-songs-where-the-count-is-crucial.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
13 Songs Where the COUNT is Crucial features songs by Beyoncé, Brandy, Bruno Mars, Europe, Megadeth, & OneRepublic.

Sifting through all of the musical hype

Sifting through all of the musical hype
![13 Songs Where the COUNT is Crucial (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels; Gordon Johnson from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/13-songs-where-the-count-is-crucial.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
13 Songs Where the COUNT is Crucial features songs by Beyoncé, Brandy, Bruno Mars, Europe, Megadeth, & OneRepublic.
![Megadeth, Countdown to Extinction: Throwback Vibez No. 92 (2026) [📷: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Capitol Records, LLC; Clker-Free-Vector-Images, Gordon Johnson, schubinger from Pixabay]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/megadeth-countdown-to-extinction-throwback-vibez-92-2026.jpg?fit=640%2C640&ssl=1)
In the 92nd edition of Throwback Vibez (2026), we reflect on “Countdown to Extinction” by the heavy metal and thrash band Megadeth.
![Getting to Know... Crypitus [Photo Credits: Brent Faulkner, The Musical Hype, Crypitus]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/getting-to-know-crypitus-interview-41.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
For Interview #41 in the Getting to Know… series, The Musical Hype gets the scoop from all four members of Vermont metal band, Crypitus.
![Getting to know... Shattered [Photo Credits: Flash Flood Photography, The Musical Hype]](https://i0.wp.com/themusicalhype.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/getting-to-know-shattered.jpg?fit=768%2C768&ssl=1)
For the 18th interview in our ‘Getting to Know’ series, we get some background and career perspective from Floridian metal band Shattered.