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Dave Mustaine standing on the street with a microphone in 1992

“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

When Dave Mustaine reported on the Democratic National Convention for MTV News, he met protestors, interviewed politicians and got told to get a haircut

Various legendary metal singers

The most played live songs by 25 iconic metal bands

By Merlin Alderslade published

From Metallica, Maiden and Sabbath to Ghost, Nightwish and Slipknot, here are the songs these heavyweights have played more than any other

Dave Mustaine, Jonathan Davis, Kid Rock, Vince Neil and Robb Flynn art various shows

10 metal cover songs that are unforgivably bad

By Merlin Alderslade published

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

Album art by Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Avenged Sevenfold and Megadeth

10 classic heavy metal albums that didn't sell nearly as well as they should have

By Emily Swingle published

These masterpieces by Avenged Sevenfold, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest deserved to rocket up the charts, but fell insultingly short

Dave Mustaine points at a security guard from the stage

"You guys are punks!" Watch Dave Mustaine furiously berate security guards for 'bullying' a Megadeth fan at show in Illinois

By Merlin Alderslade published

Dave Mustaine caught some commotion going on at Megadeth's show in Bloomington on Wednesday night, and he was not happy about it

Dave Mustaine

“I was a drug addict and alcoholic, and I needed to do the right thing to get off drugs.” Watch Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine admit he stole his first guitar

By Matt Mills published

“Where’d I buy my first guitar? I actually stole it,” Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine once revealed during a Q&A

Dave Mustaine

“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