Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

About Holy Wars...The Punishment Due

"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is a progressive thrash metal song which is opening track of Megadeth's fourth album Rust in Peace. The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", and returns towards the end back to "Holy Wars", after a solo played by Dave Mustaine. The entire song is generally referred to as simply "Holy Wars". .

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About this song

Credited to

Megadeth

Album

Rust In Peace · Track 1 of 9 · Opens the album · Longest track on the album

Released

January 1, 1990

Duration

6:36

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From the album: Rust In Peace