Oh Marty Friedman... why did you have to leave the world of metal? Tornado of Souls has one of my favorite guitar solos ever. This is technically speaking, Megadeth's best album. Holy Wars and Hanger 18 are immortal tracks.

From the begining it is incredibly clear that here's a band who is imaginative when it comes to songwriting. It starts, it stops, a gentle row outo on the lake and torrential avalanche. 'Holy Wars...The Punishment Due' really does set a scene, perhaps a frightening one. Like some super weapon kept away from prying eyes, this album stacks power past the clouds. 'Take No Prisoners' isn't an idle threat and 'Tornado Of Souls' is a relenteless piece of guitar wizardry. Do you believe in aliens? Do you believe we got just 2 months left of basic freedoms? This is all completlely irrelevant. The sound is sharper than the pencil beside me, the songwriting is no afterthought and the album something someone shouldn't shy away from. It's creative, it is music. Take it or listen to it.

I'm not a death metal fan but this one has its moment.

A nearly flawless metal album always overshadowed by Master of Puppets and Reign in Blood, which are great albums btw but usually RIP gets overlooked. pity

Megadeth are probably my second favorite thrash band behind Overkill. Rust in Peace is thrash excellence.

This album's decent, but anyone who thinks that it's better than Master of Puppets must be mentally ill.

As far as guitar work goes, this is among the top few albums of all time. Peaking on Tornado of Souls, Holy Wars, and Hangar 18, Marty Friedman demonstrates why he is one of the most critically underrated guitarists ever. Excluding Dawn Patrol, there isn't a single weak track on here.

Technical and unrelenting thrash metal. Mustaine and Friedman show us what a guitar can do. Hangar 18 is the height of technical heavy metal.

Best album ever. Pure thrash through and through, no one has been able to match this. Mustaine's lyrics are great and so is Nick Menza's furious drumming. Can't forget guitar god Marty Friedman's amazing solos and riffs, either. Marty's in top form here, giving us a real testament to why he's considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time. Anyone should love this album.