Thrash master Dave Mustaine and his mighty metal cohorts in Megadeth detonated Rust in Peace on September 24, 1990. Coming out shortly after Anthrax’s Persistence of Time and predating Slayer’s Seasons in the Abyss by a few weeks, Rust served as one of the last big bangs of thrash metal’s first era. Just about a year later, Metallica by Metallica (aka “The Black Album”) would change everything forever. The 10 Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Albums So let’s honor Megadeth themselves, Rust in Peace itself, and that final blaze of thrashtastic glory with a roundup of facts, figures, and ferocious horn-throwing in honor of the album’s 25th anniversary. Neil Young famously sang that “rust...
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