Megadeth: Rust In Peace (CD)

Rust In Peace marked the dawn of a new era for Megadeth – one that could have reshaped metal as we know it. Coming off the back of one of the many line-up changes that have defined different stages of the band’s career, it saw the first appearance on a Megadeth record of both drummer Nick Menza (who’d been brought in on the So Far, So Good… So What! touring cycle, replacing the departed Chuck Behler) and guitarist Marty Friedman, who took Jeff Young’s place in the band. With longstanding bassist Dave Ellefson completing the quartet, the “classic” 1989-98 line-up of the band was in place.

With Rust In Peace, Megadeth cemented themselves as one of the most technically proficient and progressively complex bands in metal. The singles “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” and “Hangar 18” helped propel the album to No.23 on the Billboard 200 and No.8 in the UK charts on its release, on September 24, 1990. It earned Megadeth a Grammy nomination in 1991 for Best Metal Performance, with the album eventually going platinum in December 1994.

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
10. My Creation
11. Rust In Peace...Polaris (Demo)
12. Holy Wars...The Punishment Due (Demo)
13. Take No Prisoners (Demo)