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SATURDAY SONG TO GET STONED TO: MEGADETH – “HOLY WARS…THE PUNISHMENT DUE”

 Saturday, December 8th, 2007 at 12:58pm by

megadeth - rust in peaceThis opening track to Rust In Peace (and the entire subsequent album) is truly kick-ass. I’m not huge into Megadeth, but the songs on this record make me long for more intelligent thrashy metal. (Any suggestions?)

And so therefore I’m quite thankful that Dave Mustaine got his pasty ass kicked out of Metallica — it was worth it, if only for Rust In Peace. Doesn’t this album make you wanna fuck shit up?

It stands to reason that the songwriting/playing on this album is so damn tight due to Dave getting sober for the first time in ten years. And what brought on the healthy change in lifestyle? Mr. Mustaine got arrested in the summer of ’89 for intoxicated driving and possession of narcotics after slamming into a parked car occupied by an off-duty police officer. Talk about a wakeup call…

And yes, I know that this song is not so stony per se, but it’s a good one to get stoned to. You can put on Pink Floyd afterwards.

Now go get to lootin’!!

-KW

MEGADETH – “Holy Wars…The Punishment Due”, from Rust In Peace (1990)

BONUS QUESTION: Which Megadeth song features an audio sample of a U.S. President’s famous speech, and can you name another song (from any genre) that features a sample of that same President’s son?

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My name is Dave, and I’m sick of being sober!

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  • Matt

    Foreclosure of a Dream features George H.W. Bush’s 1992 Republican National Convention Speech.

    Ministry’s remix of N.W.O. features the current president, George W. Bush.

  • Reverend

    Ministry’s Death & Destruction also features sound bytes of Dubya.

  • Eric

    Forclosure of a dream, and Diefy by Disturbed has soundclips of George Bush.

  • TTquick

    Amazing, classic, legendary all describe this song. Sick changes and love Dave’s growl.

  • Shnaz

    Best Megadeth record hands down. I can listen to this record over and over and never get sick of it—some of the best metal riffs ever written, especially the opening to Holy Wars. I want to fucking break things when I hear this song, especially when I’m stoned–is that against stoner law?

  • http://www.cheadleography.org/Don Don Cheadle

    Stoner law simply requires that you be mellow whilst fuckin shit up

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    While Rust In Peace certainly featured more mature songwriting, nothing will ever compare to the raw fury of Peace Sells. Sorry, but RIP is a great album while Peace Sells is the classic and consummate Thrashterpiece within the genre. You can try to argue the point, but I doubt you’ll win.

  • Shnaz

    Thrashterpiece!!!!

  • http://www.myspace.com/freaksystemband Sammy

    Mustaine = vocal sneers

    This album is a masterpiece.

  • http://www.myspace.com/freaksystemband Sammy

    And devil, I think it’s silly to debate which of the middle Megadeth albums are better/worse than the other. They are all “thrashterpieces”.

  • http://DarkTwinCities.com devil

    Incorrect!

    So Far So Good So What has some great riffs but the whole album was a little muddled and not everything worked. A number of the songs on RIP are too slick and overproduced, and the guitar tone doesn’t shred the way it does on Peace Sells; it’s just not raw enough. Every single thing about Peace Sells works. And a lot of the lyrics on RIP (except for Holy Wars, which turned out to be PROLIFIC in a lot of ways) are just downright silly.

    Peace Sells is one of the five best Metal albums ever. RIP might be somewhere in the top fifty.

  • http://www.metalsucks.net Kip Wingerschmidt

    Devil, you’ve convinced me to revisit Peace Sells as soon as possible….out of curiosity, what are your 4 other best metal albums ever?

  • http://www.myspace.com/freaksystemband Sammy

    I remember when Peace Sells came out. It was the album that turned me into a Megadeth fan. My best friend (still!) at the time was disappointed because I didn’t give the cassette to him. That album started a trio of monster metal releases.

  • http://countshockula.blogspot.com ezra

    hey devil, do you mean PROPHETIC?

  • TTquick

    Or PROSTHETIC?

  • TTquick

    I absolutely love So Far, So Good, So What! It is a classic release and is no doubt an all time great thrasherpiece.

  • billygoat213

    Intelligent Thrashy Suggestions: Heathen, Forbidden, Defiance, Coroner, Dark Angel, Nuclear Assault…

  • Sammy

    Add Death Angel to that list.

  • http://blueskyhunter.com BlueSkyHunter

    I used to love this album. I’ve been thinking about how it could have been written today and wanted to revisit a few tracks. I remember seeing them perform a couple times in my teens. They were great. Anyways, thanks for the post.

  • Big Jared

    Megadeth has some ass kicking metal thunder……musically speaking.
    Dave ShitstAine is not an ass kicking metal vocalist. He really just doesn’t have a lead vocals voice at all.
    ShitstAine = Vince Neil trying to sound heavy.

    With vocalist worth of the music, there is no telling what this band might have accomplished.