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“The shows were out of control because hardly anyone knew what moshing was." Dave Mustaine on the chaos of early thrash metal concerts

By Merlin Alderslade published

Megadeth legend Dave Mustaine saw firsthand just how wild live shows got during the early days of thrash

Dave Mustaine and Lars Ulrich goofing around at Donington in 1988

Dave Mustaine: "When I was in Metallica, I was kind of playing at Lars’s level, because Lars was still learning to play drums."

By Merlin Alderslade published

Dave Mustaine discusses the parallels between his search for musicians for Megadeth and his time in Metallica

Dave Mustaine in 1987

“I slugged James in the mouth – what would you do if someone pelted you?” Back in the ’80s, Dave Mustaine admitted he “earned” getting fired from Metallica

By Matt Mills published

Watch Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine say that he deserved to get fired from Metallica and talk about having drinks with James Hetfield “the other night” in 1988

Artworks for Metallica, Guns N Roses, Megadeth and Trivium albums

10 terrible heavy metal albums that sold shockingly well

By Emily Swingle published

Metallica, Guns N’ Roses and Morbid Angel have all scored chart success with sub-par music – somehow

Iron Maiden's Eddie, Megadeth's Vic Rattlehead, Motorhead's Snaggletooth and Children Of Bodom's Roy

The 10 best heavy metal mascots of all time

By Will Marshall published

What’s a great band without a great mascot? Iron Maiden, Megadeth and Ghost all prove that a made-up character can carry you far!

James Hetfield onstage with Metallica in 2008

“Just like the pied piperrrrr!” Watch Metallica’s James Hetfield sing Symphony Of Destruction by Megadeth (and no, it’s not A.I.)

By Matt Mills published

In 2008, Metallica frontman James Hetfield threw a good-natured joke towards former bandmate Dave Mustaine by imitating his higher-pitched vocal style

A poster advertising the lineup for Blue Ridge Rock Festival 2023

Extreme weather blamed for cancellation of Blue Ridge Rock Festival with heartbroken fans stranded on site

By Stef Lach published

Pantera, Megadeth, Limp Bizkit and more were due to perform at Blue Ridge Rock Festival in Virginia this weekend

Robert Fripp holding a guitar

“The solo on Enter Sandman is a real hummer! I just love it!” King Crimson’s Robert Fripp shares his love for Metallica, Megadeth, Slipknot and Korn

By Matt Mills published

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp, whose YouTube covers with wife Toyah Willcox frequently go viral, has expressed his admiration for a host of heavy metal stars

The album covers of Megadeth's Rust In Peace, Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath, Lamb Of God's Ashes Of The Wake and Motörhead's Ace Of Spades

10 classic metal albums where the first song is the best

By Matt Mills published

These masterpieces by Megadeth, Judas Priest and Lamb Of God all put their greatest moments at the very start

The poster for the movie Metalhead, featuring a woman in corpse paint

“The idea was a girl in a leather jacket, holding a Flying V guitar, surrounded by cows.” The story of Metalhead – the most authentic heavy metal movie to feature Metallica, Megadeth and buckets of existential dread

By Joe Daly published

2013’s Metalhead understands heavy music better than any other film – and features nods to Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest and Venom along the way

Screenshots from Slipknot's Spit It Out, Foo Fighters' Low and Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose

10 hard rock and heavy metal music videos that got banned for the dumbest reasons

By Stephen Hill published

Classic songs by Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot have all been taken off the airwaves with the most frivolous excuses

Photos of Nick Menza, James LoMenzo and Chris Poland

Three ex-Megadeth members once started a Metallica cover band together

By Matt Mills published

Drummer Nick Menza, bassist James LoMenzo and guitarist Chris Poland recorded some takes on Metallica and Megadeth tunes in 2014, before quickly and sadly disbanding

Photos of James Hetfield and Dave Mustaine in the 1980s

“I played Sweet Home Alabama, and that became part of Metallica’s The Four Horsemen”: The Four Horsemen vs Mechanix – how Metallica and Megadeth released two warring versions of the same song

By Joe Daly published

Megadeth leader and ex-Metallica guitarist Dave Mustaine wrote a thrash metal classic called The Mechanix in the early ’80s. Today, both bands lay claim to vastly different versions of the song.

The album art for Metallica's Metallica, Iron Maiden's Dance of Death, Limp Bizkit's Chocolate Starfish and Scorpions' Lovedrive

10 classic metal albums with horribly ugly cover art

By Matt Mills published

These masterpieces by Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are much easier on the ears than they are on the eyes

Dave Mustaine live on stage

Megadeth's return to the UK for Bloodstock was far from perfect, but a riotous, career-spanning celebration all the same

By Matt Mills published

Dave Mustaine needed a little help from the crowd on this one, but it all made for a hella fun, thrashing good time

The album art for Metallica's St Anger, Slayer's Diabolus In Musica and Destruction's The Least Successful Human Cannonball

10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

By Stephen Hill published

Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs

Album covers of Iron Maiden's Number of the Beast, Metallica's Ride the Lightning, Avenged Sevenfold's self-titled album and Korn's Follow the Leader

10 classic metal albums almost ruined by one terrible song

By Matt Mills published

Metallica, Korn and Machine Head have all got so close to perfection – just for one song to mess it up

Dave Mustaine admonishing fan onstage

Watch Dave Mustaine angrily call out a drunk loudmouth fan at a Megadeth show before making a weird joke about incest

By Liz Scarlett published

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine gets increasingly angry at a drunk fan who insists that he can play guitar as well as Mustaine can

Bon Scott and Dave Mustaine headshots

"This guy Bon Scott sounds like he’s got peanut butter stuck to the roof of his mouth!": Megadeth's Dave Mustaine on how AC/DC changed his life

By Neil Jeffries published

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine on how Let There Be Rock – and a girl called Cindy – blew his mind

Slash on the Drew Carey Show

Hilarity ensues as Slash, Dave Mustaine, Rick Nielsen, Dusty Hill, Joey Ramone and more "audition" for the Drew Carey Show

By Fraser Lewry published

Is this the most star-studded line-up of musicians to ever appear on a comedy show?