"Thank God that genre went away." Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has no love for nu metal By Stef Lach published 23 March 25 Megadeth mainman Dave Mustaine pulls no punches when it comes to nu metal bands
Disturbed announce arena-scale The Sickness 25th-anniversary UK and Europe tour, Megadeth opening By Matt Mills published 24 February 25 Supported by thrash metal royalty, Chicago’s nu metal stars will play their debut album in full at some of the biggest venues they’ve ever headlined
Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth) likens guitar playing to sex: “If you practise at home, you’re going to get good at practising at home. If you go out and do the real thing, you’re going to get good at doing the real thing.” By Matt Mills published 23 January 25 “Everything that I always say about this can be related to sex in some way,” the legendary guitarist admits
"Just as Dave pioneered a genre with Megadeth, we wanted to pioneer something new in the world of wine": Dave Mustaine's wine company is now offering luxury wine-related excursions By Fraser Lewry published 14 January 25 Elephant safaris! Camel trekking! White water rafting! Wine drinking! Anything is possible at House Of Mustaine
“Dave Mustaine can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth”: Slayer’s Kerry King explains his relationships with Metallica members old and new By Matt Mills published 9 January 25 The Slayer guitarist reveals he’ll spend 20 minutes with Dave Mustaine but then “bolt just before anything gets uncomfortable”
“It’s only a matter of a couple weeks before everybody converges on to the studio”: Megadeth are working on their next studio album By Matt Mills published 27 December 24 Sounds like Dave Mustaine’s thrash icons won’t take another six years to release their next album…
“I was stunned and angry and told them I couldn’t even consider it”: Why Marty Friedman turned down potential Megadeth reunion in 2015 By Matt Mills published 13 December 24 Friedman claims an insultingly low salary offer prevented Megadeth’s most legendary lineup from regrouping 10 years ago
“I’m flat on my back in the ER shivering like a moron in the middle of the Arizona desert”: Marty Friedman remembers intense panic attack he suffered during final Megadeth days By Matt Mills published 27 November 24 In an excerpt from memoir Dreaming Japanese, Friedman looks back on the “unusually strong” panic attack he suffered on Christmas morning, 1999
“That’s a gutless thing to say!” Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine once walked out of spinal surgery because Metallica’s manager insulted him By Matt Mills published 14 November 24 There’s “determined”, then there’s whatever the hell “climbing off of a surgery table to prove someone wrong” is
According to science, metal is the most “intelligent” genre of music you can listen to - and these are its most intelligent bands By Liz Scarlett published 1 November 24 Metalheads are boffins, actually, and these bands prove it
“We had a living, breathing Sex Pistol come in and play on it. He wanted $100 and some ‘suction’”: The insane story of Megadeth’s So Far, So Good… So What!, thrash metal’s most self-destructive album By Malcolm Dome published 26 October 24 Megadeth’s first two albums were thrash classics. And then they made So Far, So Good… So What! and the debauchery caught up with them
David Ellefson calls Megadeth’s most hated album “one of the great Megadeth records” By Matt Mills published 23 October 24 To quote John Cena: “Are you sure about that?”
"It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you": Megadeth vs Peter Frampton is the 2024 beef no one saw coming By Fraser Lewry published 23 September 24 That escalated quickly, etc
“Lars called me, and you’re on a shortlist”: Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson was in the running to replace Jason Newsted in Metallica By Matt Mills published 20 September 24 Megadeth’s David Ellefson was shortlisted to join Metallica in 2003 – and he found out because Dave Mustaine told him
Megadeth drummer hits out at fashion brand for "stealing" heavy metal imagery By Stef Lach published 12 September 24 Hoodie includes Soilwork album art which has caught the attention of Megadeth and Lamb of God members
“It’s never a closed chapter. I helped start the band.” David Ellefson doesn’t rule out Megadeth return By Matt Mills published 8 September 24 Ellefson was dismissed from Megadeth in 2021 following a sex scandal, but seems open to rejoining the thrash icons
"You had guys who would jump into the crowd and then walk across people’s heads." Inside the year that turned thrash metal into a global phenomenon By Dave Everley published 6 September 24 From Anthrax's Fistfull Of Metal to Exodus's Bonded By Blood and Metallica's Ride The Lightning, 1984 was the year thrash broke big
“I’m going to get into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame one way or another and Lars Ulrich can’t keep me out!” How Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine used old rivalries as fuel for the Endgame album By Dom Lawson published 2 September 24 Megadeth‘s 2009 album Endgame capped a killer decade for the thrash veterans
“I’m 5’7” but I’ll have an operation, I’ll do something”: Ex-Megadeth guitarist Marty Friedman was denied a Kiss audition for being too short By Matt Mills published 27 August 24 Marty Friedman’s height cruelly cost him the chance to join one of rock’s biggest-ever bands
Watch Megadeth play rare ’80s cut Liar live for the first time in almost 20 years By Matt Mills published 13 August 24 The So Far, So Good… So What! classic hasn’t been heard live since 2006
