Rust in Peace Songs Ranked
Rust in Peace is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth, released on September 24, 1990 by Capitol Records. It has been mentioned as one of the best thrash metal records of all time by publications such as Decibel and Kerrang!, and listed in the reference book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance at the 33rd Grammy Awards. At the 1991 Foundations Forum, the album received a Concrete Foundations Award for “Top Radio Album” and the single “Hangar 18” won “Top Radio Cut” award. Rust in Peace was the first Megadeth album to feature lead guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. The songs “Hangar 18” and “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” were released as singles. A remixed and remastered version of the album featuring four bonus tracks was released in 2004. Here are all of Rust in Peace songs ranked.
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9. Dawn Patrol
“Dawn Patrol” – nothing but bass and drums, and vocals, but there are rumors that it’s being sung by David, it sounds nothing like him, so I’m not sure, but at least you can have sex to this song, but very evil sounding, probably because it’s about the environment being destroyed by global warming and greenhouse gases, and the life of humans after a nuclear war.
8. Poison Was the Cure
“Not only is this one of Megadeth’s most fast-paced songs, but I’d venture to say it’s one of the most badass, intense songs I’ve ever heard. Even the lyrics are catchy: “I miss the warm embrace I felt the first time you touched me, secure and safe in open arms I should’ve known you’d crush me”. This is a rare case for me but I knew I’d be grow to love this song the first time that I heard it.”
7. Take No Prisoners
“Fast and energetic. The riffs are brilliant. This song you’ll have to listen to a lot, but you’ll enjoy it the first time, the remastered vocals are just as good as the original.”
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6. Lucretia
“This song has one of the most epic solos, Tornado of souls still has the best solo ever but this song is so powerful and heavy and then the solo just finishes it off so well. The intro is intense. Marty Friedman did most of the guitar work on this album”
5. Five Magics
“This masterpiece is easily an all-out amazing track. I actually think that this song is everything that Megadeth is. The intro is like the calm before the storm, deceiving and yet so haunting. Then the chorus comes and slaps you in the face. Amazing song overall!”
4. Rust in Peace… Polaris
“The most unnapologetically hateful and venom charged mess Mustaine has ever rasped out of that voice of his, and I live by it. Prefect closure for one of the best metal albums of all time.”
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3. Hangar 18
“Peace Sells was the first Megadeth track that really attracted my attention but Hangar 18 was the first track I heard. played on repeat and drew me to exploring everything Megadeth had to offer. I always thought Dave Mustaine was an irritant but he’s also grown on me, although perhaps not as much as his music.”
2. Tornado of Souls
“Dave’s voice goes really high pitched (which is my favorite thing about his voice) during the whole song, and of course there’s Marty’s solo about half way through, absolutely beautiful, and to top it all off the lyrics disguise it as a song about killing people and yet it’s a breakup song, utter perfection”
1. Holy Wars…The Punishment Due
“I believe this to be the greatest song that has ever been written in all of human history. The epic riff, the thundering complex drums, Dave’s death defying vocals, the complex bass part, it’s all amazingly perfect. No other music anywhere even comes close to this, not David Bowie, Elvis Presley, or even the Beatles have written a better song than this. It hits me on an emotional level whenever I listen to it, its just that good.”
