Kiko Loureiro explains Megadeth absence: I’m someone who “needs freedom” By Matt Mills published 29 November 23 Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro has elaborated on why he’s taking an “extended leave of absence” from the band in a new interview
Hellfest release insanely huge 2024 lineup announcement: Metallica, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, The Prodigy, Corey Taylor, Tom Morello and dozens more now confirmed By Merlin Alderslade published 28 November 23 Hellfest has done it again with another absolutely stacked lineup for 2024
"They smelled like L.A. and I smelled like San Francisco": Former Megadeth guitar hero Marty Friedman explains why he "failed miserably" auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne in the '80s By Paul Brannigan published 27 November 23 In a parallel universe, life could have been very different for '90s Megadeth and late '80s Ozzy
The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history By Matt Mills published 22 November 23 Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.
Dave Mustaine reveals Megadeth will move forward without Kiko Loureiro By Stef Lach published 21 November 23 Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says the thrash heroes will continue with Teemu Mäntysaari on lead guitar
Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson celebrated his birthday by seeing Metallica By Matt Mills published 14 November 23 Former Megadeth member David Ellefson has sent “heartfelt thanks to my dear friend Lars Ulrich & the Metallica camp”
11 legendary heavy metal bands with only one original member left By Matt Mills published 14 November 23 Superstars from Iron Maiden to Slipknot are still thriving, despite having just one founding member among their ranks
"Mustaine held his Flying V guitar by the neck, and swung it like a baseball bat at the head of a teenager who was spitting at him": the true eyewitness story of the Megadeth gig which inspired Holy Wars By Paul Brannigan published 27 October 23 On May 11, 1988, Megadeth played the Antrim Forum in Northern Ireland, and dedicated their cover of Anarchy In The UK to 'The Cause': "It was like I had set off a bomb," Dave Mustaine later recalled. Our writer watched the chaos unfold
10 times classic metal songs sounded surprisingly beautiful on acoustic guitars By Matt Mills published 26 October 23 Metallica, Megadeth and Slipknot have all turned some of their heaviest songs into lovely acoustic numbers
The 10 worst creative decisions in heavy metal history By Matt Mills published 25 October 23 From Megadeth’s Risk to that Metallica: Through The Never movie, the heavy metal tapestry is strewn with terrible ideas
10 times legendary metal bands performed classic albums live in full By Matt Mills published 24 October 23 Metallica, Slipknot and Megadeth have all played fan-favourite albums in their entirety to very, very lucky audiences
Foo Fighters to headline Hellfest 2024, Queens Of The Stone Age, The Offspring, Megadeth, Royal Blood and more also confirmed By Merlin Alderslade published 23 October 23 Hellfest unleash their first lineup announcement for 2024
The 10 greatest metal power ballads ever By Merlin Alderslade published 19 October 23 Metal has produced some world class power ballads across the decades. Here are the 10 very finest
10 times metal bands made masterpieces late into their career By Merlin Alderslade published 18 October 23 Anyone who thinks bands run out of steam after a couple of decades needs to listen to these modern classics
10 cover versions absolutely hated by the people who originally wrote them By Dave Everley published 15 October 23 Good or bad, it didn’t matter – these cover versions attracted the ire of their original authors
"We went through everything, from homelessness to starvation.” Megadeth at 40: how Dave Mustaine's "revenge" on Metallica lay the foundations for a thrash metal dynasty By Jon Wiederhorn published 12 October 23 Forty years on from their formation, Dave Mustaine looks back at the volatile early days of Megadeth
“This is where the real politics takes place – on the streets!” What happened when Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine became a political correspondent By Matt Mills published 9 October 23 When Dave Mustaine reported on the Democratic National Convention for MTV News, he met protestors, interviewed politicians and got told to get a haircut
The most played live songs by 25 iconic metal bands By Merlin Alderslade published 5 October 23 From Metallica, Maiden and Sabbath to Ghost, Nightwish and Slipknot, here are the songs these heavyweights have played more than any other
10 metal cover songs that are unforgivably bad By Merlin Alderslade published 4 October 23 From nu metal favourites like Korn and Spineshank to heavy metal icons like Megadeth and Machine Head, these are some of the covers that should have never seen the light of day
10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have By Emily Swingle published 30 September 23 These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short
