Rust in Peace

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Template:Album infobox Rust in Peace is a heavy metal 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 it 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".

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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 moved 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, Menza's drumming, and the guitar solos of Marty Friedman. Friedman's technical ability is shown through difficult-to-play songs like "Hangar 18" and "Tornado of Souls".

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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
  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 re-release featuring Chris Poland on lead guitars
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Personnel

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Songs

  • "Holy Wars" 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).
  • "Take No Prisoners" deals with prisoners of war and the plight of soldiers who return from war with crippling injuries.
  • "5 Magics" is about a man who seeks mastery of five arcane practices to overthrow an evil ruler.
  • "Poison Was The Cure" is about Dave's addiction to heroin; the title could also refer to the use of methadone to treat heroin addiction, since it can become addictive as well.
  • "Lucretia" is about a ghost that Dave visits in his attic. The song does not reference the Lucretia of Roman mythology.
  • "Tornado of Souls" is about a failed relationship.
  • "Dawn Patrol" is about life after an environmental disaster, possibly nuclear winter. The song is a departure from the othes on the album in that it consists of bass and drums with little to no guitar, and Dave speaks the lyrics with an odd quasi-British accent.

Much of the above info is from this site.

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Remastered

In 2002, 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 which had been recorded with Capitol Records (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 re-record the vocals on "Take No Prisoners" and use alternate takes for "Lucretia" and "Five Magics".fr:Rust In Peace it:Rust in Peace fi:Rust in Peace sv:Rust in Peace

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