# The Best Dave Mustaine Guitar Solos > The 18 best Dave Mustaine guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Hangar 18 (1990), then Holy Wars... The Punishment Due and Peace Sells. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Dave Mustaine's jagged, frantic lead style helped define thrash metal, first in Metallica's early lineup and then as leader of Megadeth. His snarling solos and his trade-offs with players like Chris Poland and Marty Friedman set the standard for technical thrash guitar. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Dave Mustaine](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Mustaine), [Wikipedia: Rust in Peace](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_in_Peace) 1. [Hangar 18](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-hangar-18/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman & Dave Mustaine · 1990 2. [Holy Wars... The Punishment Due](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-holy-wars-the-punishment-due/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman, Dave Mustaine · 1990 3. [Peace Sells](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-peace-sells/) — Megadeth · solo by Chris Poland, Dave Mustaine · 1986 4. [Wake Up Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-wake-up-dead/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1986 5. [Rattlehead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-rattlehead/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1985 6. [Mechanix](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-mechanix/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1985 7. [Killing Is My Business... and Business Is Good!](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-killing-is-my-business-and-business-is-good/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1985 8. [In My Darkest Hour](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-in-my-darkest-hour/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1988 9. [Take No Prisoners](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-take-no-prisoners/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990 10. [Rust in Peace... Polaris](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-rust-in-peace-polaris/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990 11. [Devil's Island](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-devil-s-island/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1986 12. [The Conjuring](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-the-conjuring/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1986 13. [Five Magics](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-five-magics/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1990 14. [Hook in Mouth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-hook-in-mouth/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1988 15. [Skin o' My Teeth](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-skin-o-my-teeth/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 1992 16. [Blackmail the Universe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-blackmail-the-universe/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 2004 17. [Head Crusher](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-head-crusher/) — Megadeth · solo by Dave Mustaine · 2009 18. [Tornado of Souls](https://greatestsolos.com/song/megadeth-tornado-of-souls/) — Megadeth · solo by Marty Friedman · 1990 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)