MEGADETH - Rust In Peace

 

MEGADETH - Rust In Peace

Capitol Records

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Probably my favorite Megadeth release to date.  It's just melodic as all hell!  That's what drove me to like this album!  Dave sounds great, too!  Especially on "Holy Wars..." and "Hanger 18."  Megadeth has been such a huge influence in the metal community since they came about after Megadeth's great Dave Mustaine was fired from Metallica.  They've been more consistent than that legendary band staying within the thrash/heavy metal roots.  They never sold out, they always came back to write more great music but on 'Rust In Peace', the riffs were top notch, ABSOLUTELY!

Both Dave and Marty rip on the lead department!  And the riffs are God-like.  "Holy Wars..." probably my favorite song from the entire album.  It's just so original and fresh.  The intro to "Hanger 18" is killer too.  But the whole album displays areas of amazing creativity by Dave mostly.  I can't believe that Dave considers himself as a "failure" because of getting fired from Metallica.  He's way better than he gives himself credit for especially for albums such as this and 'Peace Sells...But Who's Buying?'  Amongst the countless other classics that Megadeth has contributed to the metal community!

The production was decent though it could've been a little better.  But still, the album is ingenious!  They deserve all the press that they get for this one and many others.  Megedeth always came up with fresh riffs and on this one you'll hear what I'm talking about.  These guys rip it up Nick and Dave Ellefson sounded great as well.  Nick's passing at 51 was just way too young!  And Dave now is out of the band permanently.  What a waste.  But his time with Megadeth was grand.  New material is going to be out now too, but to reflect on this, Megadeth was at their primordial best and most creative.  Other bands have duplicated riffs from them.

I had the cassette of this that's how old it is!  But it's still a countless classic!  They stayed great in the 80's and 90's but I kind of took a break from them in the later 90's and more recent albums.  I kind of lost interest and wanted to focus only on the classics.  Definitely a band that will never be able to duplicate.  Only emulate.  A lot of bands cover Megadeth songs and for a good reason: they AWESOME!  I'm sure newbies to the metal scene need to get introduced to this album and other Megadeth albums that I mentioned.  They're priceless!  'Rust In Peace' will go down as my favorite release of theirs ever!

Ryan “Death8699” Fanucchi