well i guess since dave mustaine wrote a good portion of the first two metallica records i have to give it to him as a single musician, and song wrighter. Plus anyone who sings through his teeth is freekin bad ass. After what m-tallica pulled on us with the last 17+ years of crap I have no faith even working with rick ruben they will ever put out anything i would buy or steal for that mater. I do consider the first 4 metallica albums landmark ,timeless, and historic pieces of art that hold up as well today as they did in the 80s. I hate to say it but metallica died with cliff. He was powerful enough to carry over to Justice and still make it a good record. Mustaine is a great guitar player (highly under rated) imho, and always put together great bands around him. I guess since i can still listen to some megadeth, in the long run megadeth wins............... LISTEN TO MASTODON!!!!!!