Rust in Peace: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

Rust in Peace
Album by Megadeth
Released	1990
Genre	Thrash Metal
Record label	Capitol Records
Megadeth Chronology
So Far, So Good... So What! (1988)	Rust in Peace (1990)	Countdown to Extinction (1992)

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, as being the band's two best albums.

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 and Mustaine is shown through difficult-to-play songs like "Tornado Of Souls".

The track "Holy Wars" - the first part of "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" - deals with the ongoing crisis between Israel and Palestine. The song, after a bridge, becomes "The Punishment Due"; a track about the comic book The Punisher. 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" has a riff also used by Metallica, in "Call of Ktulu", from Ride the Lightning, which was written while Dave Mustaine was a member of Metallica.

1. "Holy Wars... The Punishment Due"
2. "Hangar 18"
3. "Take No Prisoners"
4. "Five Magics"
5. "Poison Was the Cure"
6. "Lucretia"
7. "Tornado of Souls"
8. "Dawn Patrol"
9. "Rust in Peace... Polaris"

• Dave Mustaine: lead & rhythm guitar, lead vocals
• Marty Friedman: lead, rhythm & acoustic guitar, backing vocals
• Nick Menza: drums, backing vocals
• David Ellefson: bass guitars, backing vocals