If you haven’t yet listened to this album in it’s entirety, you owe it to yourself to do so.
We plan to release a complete lesson series containing detailed instruction on all rhythm guitar parts and all lead guitar parts for Holy Wars… The Punishment Due so stay tuned and stick around!
A pure guitar tour de force, the energy built from the right-out-of-the-gate, show-no-mercy intro section of blistering guitars, bass, and drums propels the audience directly in to the verse via a beautifully seamless transition.
Nate shows you the intricacies of Dave Mustaine’s Holy Wars verse guitar riff, which is a long, melodically driven, rhythmically punishing, and harmonically rich composition. The Onion completely nails it (with satire and humor) in this article. Dave Mustaine, Marty Friedman, David Ellefson, Nick Menza – Wow, what a lineup! In Megadeth’s 1990 classic, and in my opinion the greatest thrash metal album of all time, Rust in Peace , the opening track “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due” is a blistering masterpiece of thrash, incredible transitions, smooth tempo changes, and unbelievable guitar work in both rhythm and lead realms.
