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"When you bare it all, you’ve got nothing to hide." David Ellefson on the sex scandal that got him fired from Megadeth
By Merlin Alderslade published
Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson takes a philosophical view of the controversy that saw his tenure with the thrash legends come to an end

Riots, breakups and a ghost in the attic: The track-by-track guide to Megadeth’s Rust In Peace
By Matt Mills published
From Holy Wars… The Punishment Due to Rust In Peace… Polaris, this is everything you need to know about Megadeth’s thrashtastic masterpiece

Kiko Loureiro explains Megadeth absence: I’m someone who “needs freedom”
By Matt Mills published
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
Hellfest has done it again with another absolutely stacked lineup for 2024

The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history
By Matt Mills published
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
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
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
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
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
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