What’s the best thrash metal album of all time? While most people would probably answer with Metallica’s Master Of Puppets, or even Slayer’s Reign In Blood, it’s Rust In Peace that’s the true dark horse for the genre’s diehards.
On their seminal fourth album, Megadeth brought speed metal’s obsession with technicality and politics to its apex. Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman trade callus-blistering guitar leads for much of the 41-minute run-time, yet the band also never skimp on the hooks and melodies needed for top-notch songs. This has resulted in such standouts as Holy Wars… The Punishment Due and Tornado Of Souls staying in metalheads’ regular rotation for upwards of 30 years.
