Rust In Peace
by Megadeth
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Rust In Peace is ranked as the best album by Megadeth.
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Rust In Peace track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 06/22/2026 20:16 |  DommeDamian | 7,627 | 48/100 |
| ! | 06/09/2026 09:42 | MafkAa | 4 | 90/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 12:37 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
| ! | 05/11/2026 17:36 | Jakor | 5,484 | 70/100 |
| ! | 05/10/2026 12:04 | Adhura | 1,700 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.7/100, a mean average of 79.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.9.
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I admired Peace Sells for the extreme nature of it, but this is more relatable. It has a lot of enjoyable guitar hooks, and better melodies than I would have expected. But the most special thing here is how the playing is so wicked and heavy - for example, the tremendous instrumental outro of "Lucretia" followed by the intro of "Tornado of Souls". Really inspired music making. (Edited)
This album is just a joy to listen to. No bad songs. Has such a high replay value as well. Great songwriting. Enough variety to keep it interesting, but also quite high energy all the way through. 40 minutes is perfect. Could not be more or less. Wish more modern metal albums would keep it to the point like this (Edited)
Arguably the greatest metal record of all time, catchy riffs and solos (that are also never static) make this album an absolute blast.
Highlights: All Songs (Edited)
Very solid thrash metal album with 3 great songs - Holy Wars, Hangar 18 and my favorite Tornado Of Souls. I also really like Lucretia and Rust In Peace...Polaris, I think they're underrated. Unfortunately there are some weaker links here and there that makes it not a perfect album.
A great 2 opening songs but the album drops off after these two tracks which makes for quite an inconsistent listen. There is too many skippable tracks on here for it to be able to be amongst the elite level records. Despite this, there is some brilliant guitar work on here from both lead guitar and bass which is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. It is also extremely energetic and powerful. Overall, a solid album on the whole but not a record I would be ranking near the greatest of all time. (Edited)
There’s more musical diversity here than I thought at first. Style wise, it’s not my bag, and I really don’t like the singer’s voice but some of the grooves get me going, so to speak. (Edited)
IlMala 02/04/2022 10:29 | #280682
Frankly the only album from Megadeth that deserves to be really well considerated; other stuff... not bad, but nothing expecial. (Edited)
VictorVale 04/14/2021 13:32 | #268527
Síntese do que é um bom álbum de metal!
Maybe in top 10 of best Metal album ever (Edited)
The opening of this album, namely the first two songs plus Tornado of Souls, is legendary, but I appreciated "Peace Sells" more due to its consistency. (Edited)
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