On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Bryan Newell wrote: > so, and I didn't know how to pronounce "wyvern" properly (*) until Megadeth > released "Five Magics" 12 years later in 1990... _Rust in Peace_ - such a great album. The first track is like the dyadic overture to a long speed-metal opera, with an astonishing density of economically-developed layered motifs - and most of the songs sound like entire album compressed into coherent four-minute rages. It never ceases to amaze me that such an important band as Metallica started out by dumping their most gifted member. Mustaine doesn't have the wherewithal to bludgeon the listener into helpless submission (I once saw this happen to two non-metal-fan friends hearing Metallica's "One" for the first time) but the active listener will be rewarded, esp. on this (sober) album.