Rust In Peace

https://www.theonion.com/humanity-still-producing-new-art-as-though-megadeth-s-1819578062

OK, this one really surprised me. All those years ago as a teenage metalhead I quickly discovered that thrash metal just isn't the right subgenre for me. It simply didn't appeal to me and that included all the old legends such as Slayer and Sepultura (which I rated 1 and 2 stars respectively, when it was their turn in this album generator) and also Megadeth. For some reason Rust In Peace hit me in a completely different way this time though. It just sounds really good, the riffs are great, the groove is exactly right, the voice fits perfectly, the songs are well-structured; just a great album - regardless of if my teenager-self would have agreed or not. We learn and grow, I guess.

Man, there's nothing quite like old-school speed metal. Is it a bit dated? Sure. But it still shreds so damn hard. The sheer, raw musicianship on display is out of this world. Really fun record.

That onion article might be the realest review out there

Not an ounce of flab on this album. Crisp, lean, melodic, rhythmic, and incredible management of audio dynamics. One of the best in this genre. Standout tracks: Holy Wars, Take No Prisoners

Holy shit Megadeth is straight up loser metal

This album was really good. The speed or the drums the wails of the guitar and even though I'm not the biggest fan of the singers voice, it mixed so well with the instrumentals. I cannot say enough good things about the guitar work. The album starts strong with "holy wars..." but ramps it up with the next rrack("hanger 18") and even these 2 songs are a great showcase of the masterful guitar work. Also to note the drums fit so perfectly and just punch up the entire album. This is one of the greatest metal albums I've ever listened to, it's so relentless with its speed and precision. Even when it lets you take a break from head banging it(" five magics" 4 songs in) still delivers a true metal experience.

When this came up I was not thrilled about more metal. Oh well, here goes... "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" started and I was liking what I was hearing in the opening guitar. The lyrics were melodious expressing sentiments I could agree with. Is this me liking a Megadeth song? On to "Hangar 18" and I'm really digging it. Somehow I've plugged into this and... can repeated exposure to metal bands in this project turn me into a metal-head? "Take No Prisoners" takes off like a rocket. The guitar streaks through the opening and locks in on the melody as the drum starts kicking its ass. Fantastic stuff! The lyrics come in and… wow! If thrash metal has hooks Megadeth knows how to write them. Blown away by this song. "Five Magics" takes things down a notch and makes me want to get back into Dungeons & Dragons. Typical of their songs there are several killer guitar solos, not what I typically think of as my thing but man these are good... Is it me or is this album a lot of fun? "Poison Was The Cure" opens ominously and then explodes into Megadeth's high-speed thrills. Even if you hate this stuff you're delusional if you can't recognize the talent behind it... I love the witch cackle kicking off “Lucretia” and its lyrics. Yes, this is me loving some Megadeth. “Tornado of Souls” rocks! Incredible song. The music is intricate. Incredible performance. Then the guitar solo… holy crap! Wow wow wow! “Dawn Patrol” switches to a more ominous tone and much slower pace quite suitable to the seriousness of the lyrics. It is more frighteningly applicable today than when it was created. Should have heeded this song in 1990…. Who knew to go to Megadeth for environmental action songs? “Rust in Peace… Polaris” is sung from the perspective of a nuclear missile. Cool! Takes me back to my youth until I realize there are still nuclear missiles pointed at most of us today...may they all rust in peace. Feel like I'm getting a little Halloween treat as "My Creation" treats us to some Dr. Frankenstein serenading his monster. Love the abrupt ending. I'm sitting here with my hair blown back and a huge smile on my face... I went from dreading this listen to listening to RUST IN PEACE four times through already. I did not expect a topical, comprehensible, melodic, technical, downright fun listen... a real surprise!

This album is like an hour long and 50 minutes of that are tappin solos, if you like metal you're a virgin, but if you don't you're a bigger virgin

Not quite a five for me, but where do I begin ..... Holy Wars, Hangar 18, Tornado of Souls and Polaris to start... impeccable muscianship, Mustaines lyrics , their high point for sure - they don’t make it like this anymore kids 😕

YES! Beavis! This rocks! Classic thrash!

peace in rust

Megadeth is so fucking cool. The best thing that happened to Dave Mustaine was getting kicked out of that band of losers Metallica. This album cover is so stupid too. Look at George Bush and Gorbachev. God this rules. This album references the Punisher, aliens, fucking wizards, nuclear bombs, and is the dorkiest thing ever. I loved every second of it.

Whoa, what a lead in on Holy Wars. If you don't like guitars, you do now. Incredible work and at such a pace! Sorry, hard to type with a melted face. The album doesn't always keep up with the opener but it's still pretty impressive. The first 4 tracks are awesome from a music standpoint (Mustaine's voice is annoying). The next 3 are still good but each is up and down (awesome sequences surrounded by so-so ones). Tornado of Souls is a good example; it really cranks up around the 3min mark then settles back down to decent around the 4min mark. Of the final 3, I didn't care much for Dawn Patrol (My Creation was ok but brief) but the title track is almost as good as the first half of the album.

Oh fuck yes. Drums yes. Guitar YES. Vocals were good, not quiiiiite great, which is why this album gets 4 motherfuckin stars from me.

Technically sounds great. But I was very bored. Its just so lacking in charisma charm, guile.

That’s a naw for me dawg.

This fucking album fucks! One of the all time best metal albums, period. every song on this album is a fucking banger and it gets you going on every track.

Incredible album, cannot remember the last time I listened to an album with so much raw energy bursting through it. Makes me want to run through a wall.

Classic thrash metal album. Great musicianship - Marty Friedman's guitar and Nick Menza's drums, in particular. Music to motivate. Always much preferred Megadeath to Metallica. A truly great and inspiring metal record.

This album fucking rips!

Bon album de megadeth. J’aime bcp ce groupe 4.5*

Definitely in the love it or hate it category. This is Megadeth at the top of their trash game though, so I have to give it props.

The result of of a threesome involving Scrappy Doo, Richard Madeley and a self employed wellness guru named Breeze. A real hate fuck between the three of them.

A fun 40 minutes of catchy and accessible thrash metal with interesting themes and lyrics. Not too dense, a good handful of bangers, and doesn't outstay it's welcome. My only real criticism is that the depiction of John Major on the cover looks more like the Demon Headmaster. Rating: 4/5 Playlist track: Hangar 18 Date listened: 12/09/22

3.9

maybe I'm biased because I was in the gym and listening to this but I really enjoyed this. I also love dirk - watch his drumeo videos please 😭 8/10

In general I enjoyed this album. I'm not a huge fan of thrash, but I can appreciate it, particularly the great tone and precision. I have to ding this album for two reasons. The first is probably not fair, but there were times I felt like I was listening to Tenacious D, particularly songs like Holy Wars...the Punishment Due, Take No Prisoners, and Lucretia. These songs made me think of songs like Car Chase City and the Metal. It's not fair to ding an album because of songs that parody the style, but I had a hard time taking it seriously as a result. The other ding is deserved: there's a lot of lyrical cheesiness: "Welcome to our fortress tall" in Hangar 18 (but, to be fair, the song rocks). "A snake you were when we met" in Poison was the Cure. "Thermal count is rising/in perpetual writhing/the primordial ooze/and the sanity they lose" in Dawn Patrol (but I like the bass line in the song). "Immense in my girth, erect I stand tall" (Rust in Peace...Polaris). Ugh.

The fourth album from Megadeth is just as "thrashy" as one would expect. The thrash metal songs whips you around from one to the next, but never getting boring. If you like fast, nasty jams on guitars and drums - including many guitar solos - than this is the album for you. The album was popular at release due to Megadeth's many tours with other prominent rock and metal bands, so it was no wonder that only 4 years later the album was certified platinum. This album defined a genre of metal music at the beginning of the 90's, and is still widely regarded as one of the best albums out there for thrash metal. Helluva-rocking good time!

This felt kind of repetitive and mind-numbing. Like a punk elevator muzak.

While I admire the skill required to play metal music, I just can't get into it at all. That said, this might have been the most tolerable metal album I've listened to so far.

My first experience with Megadeth. The production value and composition is solid. After a while the cacophony of it all loses me and I drift away. The music falls into the background. It's fine. Could get back to it someday.

Thrash metal. Ni fu ni fa.

Un muy álbum de "speed metal" con tintes de Thrash. Creo que este es el disco más accesible de Megadeth, con composiciones pegajozas y fáciles de escuchar incluso para aquellos que no están versados en el género del metal. Las pistas más destacables de todo el trabajo son definitivamente "Hangar 18" y "Tornado of Souls". Recomendable, pero ciertamente no indispensable.

I don't really know how to take this. When I started listening to it, a huge grin broke out across my face. It's so over the top, it's amusing to me. It almost seems comical, fun somehow. Is that what Megadeth were going for? Do they have a good sense of humor? I honestly don't know. This type of music obviously shreds and shows off the skillz, but I think I'd have to be in a hyper, manic state to reach for it. "Lucretia" is a standout to me; I liked the groove.

Not my style but a solid album.

Oh yes, instrument-jerking, huge self awareness and cringe, how can anyone not like trash metal? At least the songs are not ridiculously long Cool mix tho

it might've been cool in 1990... but it certainly isn't cool in 2024. I thought trash was supposed to be fast. While I guess it's technically true. Every song is so repetitive that they feel like they barely move. By the time the guitar solos come around, I'm numb. 2 stars because I'm sure Mustaine's current music sucks more now that he's a weirdo christian and right-wing nutjob.

Alright I gotta rant a little. I’m getting sick of the metal pretty quickly - I think it’s mainly because it all feels the exact same to me. I’m probably only saying that because I lack knowledge of the genre and am biased against it not having listened to any metal growing up, but whatever. It’s just a bunch of dudes playing shit thats probably very technically difficult, but just doesn’t sound very good. If they’re so good at playing their instruments, why don’t they just make music that sounds good? And also, why call your band megadeth, is everyone in the band 13 years old? Do they think that sounds like a cool name? Grow up 3/10

Wasn’t in the mood for this. Too noisy 4/10

Guitar is absolutely off the charts, but everything else isn't that special.

I got a Metallica & Megadeth album back to back. Interesting. When I was a teenager I used to say Megadeth was better than Metallica probably just to be different because I didn't really like Metallica, when in truth, I don't like either bands. That being said, Dave Mustaine sucks at singing. He should have started another band and stuck to only guitar. Most of the parts on this album are absolutely cringey at best. Again, I used to say "the music is better" on Megadeth vs Metallica, but even that I don't think is true. The shrieking guitar solos that play in every minute of music become grating very quick over a full album-worth. Metallica is certainly the better band and I don't even really think it's close.

This is the kinda thing you think is cool like your freshman year of college then immediately look back on it and realize how much it actually sucks

I hated it but that may be because I don’t like metal. The musicians are really good and talented. 80s so it gets a few bonus points

I’ve been getting a lot of heavy metal recently. And just like those last albums this just isn’t made for me. I find a lot of this genre (not all) has a paradoxical effect on me. It simultaneously bores me and makes me extremely angry. I get that the anger part is part of the selling point of the music, but it’s an emotion I don’t enjoy wallowing in. It’s obvious the prowess the band members have. But after 30 seconds I just want it to end. 2.5/5

dated

Don't think I could make it through to the end of this thing. Pretty much the worse thing I could be given to listen to.

This man likes... ellipses. Great technical playing, I really don't enjoy the vocals though.

i can't say i was a fan of this one, it was a lot of noise for my hungover car ride let's say 1/5 because of my hangover, if i wasn't deathly i'll i probably would've enjoyed this more and probably given it a 2 or 3 bc there were some good drum parts but def not my thing

Thrash metal? More like trash metal amirite?

Mega-nope.

If there was a metal sub-category this would be toward the top. Because there isn't, and because I don't like this genre even a little bit, this gets the dreaded one-star review. Sure, I got a headache, but it was only a minor one. And I'm hopeful that it'll pass quickly!

You know, good for them.

I've just endured 'Yank Crime' & now this garbage. Seriously, list, give me a break

Metal. Nix für mich, macht mich aggressiv

About as good as guitar gets. The solo in tornado of souls gets me everytime

Another banger of an all time great metal album.

I’d never listened to a megadeth album before. It was great

Awesome!

One of the finest heavy metal albums ever made 5/5

One of the best metal albums of all time!

Like a cross between the Megaman and Doom soundtracks but more metal.

Megadeth’s at their very best and quite possibly the pinnacle of thrash metal itself Give me Alchemy, give me Wizardry Give me Sorcery, Thermatology Electricity, magic if you please Master all of these, bring him to his knees I master five magics I give this five stars

A fantastic record that really has it all. Hot guitar solos, riffs, a huge vocal range, and smart if somewhat edgy lyrics. Way ahead of their time. Somehow all their songs sound unique here. Hanger 18 is my favorite song off the album. I don't see any weak points here, so I'd have to rate it 9/10.

One of the greatest Albums ever created. I knew this before though, so I might be biased.

Megadeth’s best album. One of the essential metal records

A masterpiece.

Megadeth, baby. If you don't headbang to this at least just a little, I don't know what's wrong with you.

5/5 - This album kicks ass

I fucks wid it. Favorite track is Hangar 18.

An absolute cracker

Classic/10

Old but goldie

One of the greatest metal albums

One of the best metal albums

Razor-sharp, unpretentious heavy metal.

Fuck yes, five stars is the least I could give this masterpiece. This absolutely rips. Don't make 'em like this any more, do they?

One of the best metal albums ever made, and certainly twice as good as anything Metallica recorded.

A classic of thrash. Dave's vocals are a acquired taste I suppose you could say, but the music itself is great. After this it was diminishing returns but those first few Megadeth albums are beloved to many a metalhead.

I, um, surprisingly really this album 👍

An absolute class in Thrash Metal. There's honestly nothing new I can add to this album's discussion, but I'll try anyways. The overall sound is great, but Dave's singing might not be for everyone, I'm honestly inbetween liking Mustaine's vocals or not, since I don't dislike them but feel like Metallica's James Hetfield can give his songs the vocals they deserve, especially in the detour from thrash they were doing around this time (Load and Reload) and definitely in the actual thrash albums like Master Of Puppets, Ride The Lightning and my favourite: 2008's Death Magnetic. I honestly haven't been able to listen to any Anthrax or Slayer yet, so I can't compare the stuff that they were releasing at the time to this, but overall even if the output from those bands just happened to be better at the time, this is still definitely worth a listen if you enjoy Thrash. Dawn Patrol sucks ass though, jeez Dave stick to high lyrics

yeah this is great - always liked it but it is much more accessible and melodious than I remembered.

"the guitarrecord"; still sounds fresh and energizes

Probably the greatest metal album of all time. Not MY favorite personally, but objectively the greatest. This album makes Metallica's best work look like child's play.

Amazing thrash metal classic. Marty Friedman's brilliant guitar work brings this album to a new level. Peace Sells is still there best album but these is close second.

El mejor disco de la historia del heavy. Aguante Megadeth. Mi primer 5 en este proyecto.

I cannot handle how awesome this is. The song titles are SICK but also funny and not too self-serious. That's what I'd say about the whole album, honestly. These guys are having fun and we're just along for the ride. Some of the most insane guitar solos I've ever heard to boot. Crazy that tour de force albums like this are on the same list of albums as like 15 Elvis Costello snoozers

classic

It's bloody fantastic

J@@@@

I absolutely love this album. One of the all time great metal albums.

5/5, one of the best thrash metal albums ever.

RIP will always hold a special place in my heart, as well as metal history. The latter because IMO this was so good that this is why thrash had to fade out, there was no topping Dave’s new crew’s chemistry and his ability to balance harmony and anger. The former because this is one of the first metal CDs I got and fell in love with. And even if I ever have to sell off my collection, there is no way that I would part with my 1990 first edition- the remaster that reverbs Dave’s vocals is just not it. But this sounds as technically perfect as ever, even the (likely deliberate) imperfect moments. And I’ll always go to bat for “Dawn Patrol”, which is a neat little interlude before the deadly finish. I don’t think that I can give this a full A due to Dave’s politics and Junior’s recent problems. I’m still willing to compromise for 5 stars and accept that Dave has always had his foot in his mouth (we wouldn’t have “Holy Wars” if he didn’t say some particularly insensitive shit, for instance), and Junior’s creepy behavior is a seemingly more recent development. All I know is that I feel like putting it back on.

I thought this was going to be passable, but didn't have high hopes. I thought I knew what Megadeth sounded like and I didn't think I liked it. Turns out I was wrong and this is a great album! I listened to it all the way through like 4 times in a row. I don't really care for Mustaine's vocals, but they're easy enough to get over. The rest is excellent. 5/5

What a classic. I had this CD when I was 13 or so. It kind of makes me sad that grunge and "alternative" music played such a big role in this genre of music becoming less popular. I was totally one of those kids who absolutely loved metal but within a couple years wasn't really listening to it anymore.

Wicked

A surprise 5 star from me! What a blast! Apparently thrash metal hyped me up big time. Guitar solos were insane!

Nothing to say here; an essential metal album.

Ridiculous, mind-bending riffs that border on orchestral at certain points. An incredible thrash record. Favorite tracks: "Tornado of Souls", "Five Magicks"

A masterpiece of thrash, hard and heavy with clear intent and message. Megadeth at its possibly best, musically if not commercially. Rips louder than your mum's ass after Thanksgiving dinner. 5/5 bangers all the way. Dawn Patril is the weakest track and it still sets a mood unlike many other bands on this list so far.