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Vorlage:Album infobox Rust in Peace is a music album by Megadeth. It was released by Capitol Records in 1990 (see 1990 in music). The album is considered by many to be a thrash metal classic. Many Megadeth fans consider the album, and its follow up, Countdown To Extinction, to represent the high-point in the band's career. The album's name also appears to be a parody of the famous figure of speech "Rest in Peace".

Historical Significance

Rust in Peace was the first Megadeth album from the Mustaine / Ellefson / Menza / Friedman line-up. This line-up would see the band through most of the 1990s. It also marks the last time Megadeth produced an all-thrash studio album; the band moving in a hard-rock direction with its later albums.

The album's popularity amongst its fan base is due, in part, to a combination of Mustaine's often political lyrics, and guitar-playing ability, with the guitar solos of Marty Friedman. The technical ability of Friedman is shown through difficult-to-play songs like "Hangar 18" and "Tornado of Souls".

The track "Holy Wars" - the first part of "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" - deals with the ongoing sectarian violence in Northern Ireland (despite common misconceptions that it refers to Israel, contradicted by Mustaine. The song, after a bridge, becomes "The Punishment Due"; a track about the comic book The Punisher (which Mustaine claims to have stopped reading due to the commercialization of the character). Other political songs on the album include "Take No Prisoners" (which deals with prisoners of war), "Dawn Patrol" (a track about pollution), and the title track (which deals with intercontinental ballistic missiles).

"Hangar 18", a song inspired by UFO conspiracy theories, has a riff also used by Metallica, in "The Call of Ktulu", from Ride the Lightning, which was written while Dave Mustaine was a member of Metallica. The lead guitarist, Marty Friedman, claims that the original version of the song was much longer than what appears on the album.

Rust in Peace is by and large known for its relentless riffs, aggressive & fancy solos and pounding double-bass drums. It is the first album featuring the popular Mustaine / Ellefson / Menza / Friedman lineup that would last for almost ten years.

Track listing

  1. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" - 6:36
  2. "Hangar 18" - 5:14
  3. "Take No Prisoners" - 3:28
  4. "Five Magics" - 5:24
  5. "Poison Was the Cure" - 2:58
  6. "Lucretia" - 3:58 (the song does not reference the Lucretia of Roman mythology)
  7. "Tornado of Souls" - 5:22
  8. "Dawn Patrol" - 1:50
  9. "Rust in Peace... Polaris" - 5:36
  10. "My Creation" - 1:36 *
  11. "Rust in Peace... Polaris" (demo) - 5:25 *
  12. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" (demo) - 6:16 *
  13. "Take No Prisoners" (demo) - 3:23 *

* bonus tracks on 2004 rerelease featuring Chris Poland on lead guitars

Remastered

In 2002, vocalist / rhythm guitarist Dave Mustaine remastered the debut Megadeth album, Killing Is My Business... And Business Is Good!, including three extra bonus tracks and a new album cover completely different from the original. Inspired by the positive outcome of the re-release, he worked to remaster all of the subsequent Megadeth albums (up to 1999's Risk).

Rust in Peace was re-released in 2004 with a new sound and four new bonus tracks. During the audio mixing process, Mustaine found that the original lead vocal tracks for "Take No Prisoners", "Five Magics" and "Lucretia" were missing - he had no choice but to rerecord the vocals on "Take No Prisoners", and use alternate takes for "Lucretia" and "Five Magics".

Personnel

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