Rust In Peace

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

That onion article might be the realest review out there

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.

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!

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

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.

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.

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

Listening to older metal and rap albums that caused such panic in middle- and upper-class white suburban America back in the day always makes me laugh. So much of it sounds so quaint and even silly today. There’s so much cheesiness here; but you have to respect its place in history and what it inspired later.

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.

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 😕

I tried but it was trying!

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

That’s a naw for me dawg.

YES! Beavis! This rocks! Classic thrash!

Picture what you'd think a band called "Megadeth" might sound like. There. You've listened to this album already.

Considering the guitar histrionics and standard metal double kick drum and intentionally difficult musical phrases and disjointed riffs and the endless circuitous path this music puts you on, I have always marveled at how dull the end result is. For all the metal we've listened to that's noisy and boisterous and loud and aggressive, there's an energy you can relate to — or at least recognize the existence of — even if the music itself doesn't speak to you. Megadeath has those elements and somehow strips it down to a bland mess of notes. A 2-star rating is harsh, there is a fair degree of musical acuity to speak to here, but when the end result is a forgettable porridge of burnt toast, what's a reviewer to do?

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

peace in rust

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.

Are Megadeth incredibly talented? Without a doubt. Rust in Peace is a showcase of their virtuosity and technical prowess. Is it an album full of excellent songs? Not quite. They reach some absolute career high points on songs like “Holy Wars”, “Hangar 18”, “Rust In Peace…Polaris”, and even “Tornado of Souls” - even if Dave Mustaine’s delivery of the word “tornado” during the line “…in the eye of the tor-naay-do” never fails to make me laugh. Megadeth tend to emphasize technicality at the expense of song structure sometimes, which is fine and it works really well on “Lucretia”, but other times, the songs end up a little too stilted and nerdy for me to really buy into this record.

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

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.

A couple reviews refer to the Onion article on this album. It would be pointless for me to write anything new with that out there.

One of the greatest metal albums of all time

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.

I notice that all the four and five star albums were foregone conclusions. They were albums that we've listened to plenty of times before. Is it possible for an album to get four or more on the first listen? Or can one only make such a big statement after familiarity and scrutiny? This isn't my first time listening to Rust In Peace, but it is my first close listen. For all the distortion, the production remains crisp and clean. The guitar-playing is precise and articulate, as though Mustaine and Friedman had been playing together for years, rather than this being their first record together. Yet, even with such accuracy, there is the sense of spontaneity and the risk that some of the solos might go off the rails. They don't though. Most satisfying is the breadth of the musical palette. It sounds like thrash, of course, but there are moments when it sounds like Led Zeppelin, moments where it sounds like Soundgarden, like Helmet, like the Melvins. And very frequently it is groovy. What would familiarity do for this record? Would it excuse some of the jarring transitions, accepting them as one accepts the warp on a cassette tape you've listened to hundreds of times? Would it excuse Mustaine's strangled vocals when he sings? The croaking vocals whenever he does whatever that is on Dawn Patrol? The study period lyrics? I've certainly forgiven - or accepted - equally dubious things from artists that I love, because I love them. Or I love them because they make some dubious choices. This is just who Dave Mustaine is and I don't know if that is something will enchant or annoy me in the long term. I am confident, had I committed myself to metal as I have committed myself to other areas of music, that I would recognise Rust in Peace as a four if not five star record. But, without that commitment, I am not confident to say it is now. 3.5 Silly cover, silly lyrics, silly vocals, silly guitar solos. Silly! Yet the dramatic commitment as well as the energy and conviction in the carefully wrought music runs very hot. It’s serious, sincere work and I really enjoy it. Of course these comments can be applied to a majority of Thrash Metal so it should also be said that Rust in Peace has its distinctions even beyond the outstanding technical achievements of the individual musicians. Five Magics is my favourite Megadeth song not just for its absorbing structure and Marty Friedman‘s beautiful little solo at 3 minutes (my favourite of an album of terrific solos) but for those mesmerising incantations. It has the poetic, or at least theatrical, instincts of Mercyful Fate - a rung above what Metallica were capable of even in their best lyrics, in my opinion. 3.5 Magics/5 Magics

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

3.9

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

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.

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.

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

This album fucking rips!

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.

Would this be the album to change my opinion on thrash metal, from a mostly creativity-free fingering exercise practised by sad dorks and enjoyed by oblivious virgins? Sadly not, but it wasn't horrible

Thrash/speed metal is not exactly my thing, but I can certainly appreciate the musicianship here (even though a lot of the songs all sound the same to me). What I cannot get past, however, are the vocals. Sorry, Dave. If this were an instrumental album, I'd definitely throw it on during a workout. But otherwise I probably won't be returning to this any time soon.

I'm not a fan of Thrash Metal, but I appreciate the skills of the musicians and the intense performance on Rust In Peace. The songs were generally good, which made it listenable and didn't have me reaching for the mute button. If you're a fan of the genre, this is definitely worth checking out, but for the rest of us that don't love Megadeth, there are far worst options out there and Rust In Peace is a fine gateway to Thrash.

Noisy!

No. 253/1001 Holy Wars 3/5 Hangar 18 3/5 Take No Prisoners 3/5 Five Magics 3/5 Poison Was The Cure 3/5 Lucretia 3/5 Tornado of Souls 3/5 Dawn Patrol 2/5 Rust In Peace 3/5 Average: 2,89 Liked this quite a bit more than I would have expected.

Not my style but a solid album.

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.

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.

Thrash metal. Ni fu ni fa.

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.

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.

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

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!

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.

This shed smells of body odour and is packed with moronic rants. Yet unforgivably, it’s soft.

Yes! Finally an album with non-stop repetitive slamming guitar at super speed with a singer yelling non-coherent lyrics! No wonder it is head-banging music! Wow!

Rust in Peace Got one chance, infiltrate them Get it right, terminate them The Panzers will, permeate them Break their pride, denigrate them And their people, retrograde them Typhus, detriate them Epidemic, devastate them Take no prisoners, cremate them Is this actually not that bad, or is it not that bad in comparison to the majority of the dogshit metal or metal adjacent albums we’ve had; your Panteras, your Napalm Deaths, your Sepulturas, your Alice in Chains, your Marilyn Mansons? It's certainly more melodic and accessible than those albums, and I didn’t really feel the urge to bin it off entirely, and I actually think I kind of enjoyed the first two; Holy Wars is probably a superior bit of thrash metal and Hangar 18 has an almost latin feel to it and is actually pretty fun. But then that familiar sense of tedium sets in, the rhythmic monotony, the guitar squealing and general juvenile take on politics and war. The odd, occasional moment when it deviates, e.g. when it slows down a little on Five Magics, when those little bits of Spanish guitar that appear here and there and the bass intro on Dawn Patrol, are pretty welcome, but are too few and far between. If you were to take any track in isolation it would probably be a fun enough silly metal listen, but when you stack them over 40 minutes it is pretty tiresome, and fundamentally there isn't really much for me here beyond the novelty of listening to the first couple of tracks. Like any genre, if you are into metal this is probably great, and you can probably differentiate and appreciate the nuances of all the metal sub-genres, and hear the little things that make this good, but if you struggle with any metal post-Black Sabbath, like I do, it all just become a rather laborious jumble of drums, guitars and adolescent histrionics. It isn't that bad in comparison to much of that dogshit metal, but for me ultimately it isn’t really that good either, and although I’m glad to have given it a go a couple of times I can’t imagine listening again. ☮️ ☮️ Playlist submission: Hangar 18. Ps I think that’s meant to be John Major on the right hand side on the cover Pps https://theonion.com/humanity-still-producing-new-art-as-though-megadeth-s-1819578062/

I expected this to be unlistenable and it wasn’t. I also appreciated the guitar work. I’ll never listen to this again, but it wasn’t as awful as I thought it would be!

Not that interesting or good, but not actively bad either

you know...I liked the drums

dated

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

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

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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

I’m sure it’s amazing if you like thrash metal Also we’ve had too many 5’s recently and I’m gonna help with the regression to the mean

So fast-paced, I felt like I needed to rush to go somewhere. Annoying vocals, reminded me of cartoon characters. Too loud, and a lot of the songs sounded very similar. Not my vibe. I need to take a break from the noise.

Metal. Nix für mich, macht mich aggressiv

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

You know, good for them.

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!

Mega-nope.

Thrash metal? More like trash metal amirite?

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

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

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.

The other thousand albums on this list are superfluous.

Not a big fan of the vocals of megadeath but boy oh boy is everything else top fucking notch. Blown away with the talent coming from these musicians🤟

This is a solid Megadeth record, possibly their ultimate best! It's melodic, full of pumped solos and serious guitar work. Undeniable classic! (from a MetallicA fan)

that one onion article was right

Alle mie palle sono cresciute altre palle da quanto è badass questo album

Easily one of the top three thrash albums ever made. By 1990, Metallica had finally exhausted their Mustaine-era riffs and were well on their way to being a radio-friendly juggernaut. Dave Mustaine keeps the promise of thrash metal alive with this set of blisteringly fast and heavy as steel tracks. A lot of people have a problem with Mustaine’s vocals, but the production of Rust in Peace finds Dave at his most snarliest. He’s never sounded better. With the exception of Dawn Patrol, this album has not even a hint of a skip. Long live thrash metal! Long live King Mustaine! 4.6/5

It was cool to revisit an album I'm already so familiar with and grew up loving - unfortunately, some songs are not nearly as amazing as I remember it but I also appreciated some of the songs I used to gloss over more than I used to so it's a wash and it turns out it's still a fantastic, nearly no-skip record. Not sure what the hell has happened to Dave politically to go from writing Holy Wars to being the loser he is now, but there's at least there's a record somewhere of him at one point being against atrocity in the world. Great album, just wish Dave wasn't such a washup these days.

I was surprised by how much I enjoyed this one. Normally, I've found thrash metal albums get repetitive or sound like they're going too fast. This one didn't feel that way, I enjoyed pretty much every track.

The peak of thrash metal along with Reign in Blood (Ride the Lightning and Master of Puppets are great but not on the same level imo).

Awesome metallic rock with sick guitar licks. I loved it and jammed all the way through.

Now we're talking!! Some good ol fashion thrash metal!! 🤘🏽

The missing link between Metallica and Iron Maiden I didn't know I needed. Dorks...

epic metal greatness

… is that Onion article totally accurate?? Biggest surprise of this project for me: I’m really into this kind of music.

It’s always been hard for me to take Megadeth seriously because of Mustaine’s voice. But the explosively ornate arrangements and Friedman’s guitar playing more than make up for it.

Se paras trash levy. Ekoja ceedeitä joita oon ostanut

👌🏼

infuriatingly good as always, with the caveat that ive never managed to listen to the current remaster all the way thru hjsdg. its always been the original mix/recording for me...dave sounds actually kind of tolerable on there! and its just a solid presentation of whats p close to the most undeniable material in the genre. deffo an album that deserves to be described as Blinding...the speed, the brightness, the density. there may not be a more wildly universally entertaining album in the world of techy flashy metal...just the perfect mixture of potent tightness in playing and structure while also being wild and unpredictable...ideal ratios for thrills on thrills. a height of form for thrash fs,,,tho i prefer the aesthetic palpablity of reign in blood these days

Good shit.

Fuck. Yea.

One of my favourite Metal Albums of all time and one of the few albums I regularly listen in full.

Been a long time since I listened to this one in full and I have purposely been skipping tracks on this album because I knew it would pop up on this list eventually. 'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due' for me is one of the best metal tracks of all time. Opens fast and furiously before some chimes and delicate Middle Eastern sounding guitar lick slows things down a bit but still chugs along nicely. Before you know it it's right back to breakneck speeds with some blistering solos. 'Hangar 18' is another of their best tracks ever. The whole second half is just a back and forth guitar solo duel interspersed with a fantastic headbanging riff. Probably one of the greatest opening one-two punches in the history of heavy metal. 'Poison Was The Cure' opens ominously and then explodes into Megadeth's high-speed thrills. 'Rust In Peace... Polaris' opens with some great drumming before yet another good riff. It's sung from the perspective of a nuclear rocket which is pretty odd yet pretty unique and lyrically menacing. It's probably my other favourite track other than the opening two. It's catchy as hell and surprisingly got a pretty singalong chorus. Mustaine spitting out "I spread disease like a dog!" and "Launch the Polaris! / The end doesn't scare us / When will this cease / The warheads will all rust in peace" is fantastic. Mustaine's vocals, though not perfect or technically fantastic, fit the music so well. It's like you can hear the dripping snarl behind every word. He sounds pissed off and I will always love him as a vocalist. The guitar sound is difficult to describe. Compare this to say 'Master of Puppets' by Metallica. The latter sounds thick and fuzzy, whereas this sounds slightly thin and crisp? Still good, but a distinct difference is sound for two of the most famous trash metal albums. Just something I find quite interesting. There's no fat to trim here, it's the definition of all killer, no filler. There's so many riffs packed into this, the solos are phenomenal. A band at the peak of their powers.

I can't believe there are people out there going about with their lives and not listening to Rusty in Peace.