Not to mention the fact that I feel the current line-up of the band, with Shawn Drover on drums and Chris Broderick on guitar, is the hands down the best incarnation of Megadeth since the Friedman/Menza era. Which may be the ultimate reason why I think that while this DVD is really, really good that I know it’s not as amazing as it could be. The idea of going to see them do it front to back was like a dream come true and one that I managed to do a few times in person before the release of this DVD. Actually, it was something that made me really, really happy, as I have always loved the album more as an entire piece than as a group of separate songs. It almost seemed a no-brainer for the band to announce they would celebrate RIP’s twentieth anniversary by playing the album in its entirety. The twin riffing of Mustaine and Marty Friedman, the rock-solid rhythm section of Ellefson and Nick Menza and perhaps the best group of songs ever penned by Mustaine secures its place in the upper pantheon of must have metal releases. It is the culmination of the early formative years of Megadeth, which betters the already impressive levels the band had reached previously on Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying a few years before. It is the type of album that you pull out when a curious friend wants to know what the best metal albums of all time are. Originally released twenty years ago, Rust In Peace easily sits in the same revered place as true metal classics like Piece Of Mind, In Rock, Ace of Spades and Stained Class. And as far as this writer is concerned, no album Mustaine plays on has ever been as important as Rust In Peace is. Many believe Mustaine single-handedly started thrash – I think I might give that nod to Lips from Anvil and his riffing on the Metal On Metal album – but no matter what you think there is no denying just what an important figure he has been towards the continuous evolution of metal music. Dave Mustaine is arguably one of the five most influential people in the world of heavy metal his groundbreaking guitar style and succinct song writing not only kick-started both Metallica and Megadeth’s career but also influenced at least two generations of budding metal musicians.
Of course, the real reason that Megadeth is so important is because of their place in the history of modern metal. Not to mention the fact that Junior (AKA Dave Ellefson) returned to the group after an extended hiatus, proving once again that yes, time can heal all wounds. Since we started this here place back in 2009 the band has been in high gear, releasing what was arguably their best album in nearly a decade in Endgame and touring their asses off for the better part of a year afterwards. In fact, two of the five most read articles on this website are articles dealing primarily with the band – check the Most Viewed feature on the bottom of any page to see what I mean – and it is very easy to see why. Megadeth is a pretty important band to Hellbound readers.
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