Megadeth

David Scott Mustaine celebrates his landmark 50th birthday on September 13. A legend of thrash metal, Dave Mustaine has survived every challenge his colorful life has thrown at him: substance abuse, black magic, an arm injury that threatened his career, rooming with Lars Ulrich… and much more. The first lead guitarist in a young Metallica, Mustaine formed Megadeth in 1983...

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine says he wants to form a Megadeth/Metallica supergroup. He told Texas radio station 97.1 The Eagle Rocks, “I’ve talked to Lars and James about me and David doing a supergroup record with Lars and James. “Well, James said ‘no,’ but it’s still kind of out there in the air,” he said. “I’m gonna keep hammering on him...

When the Big Four announced their upcoming date at Yankee Stadium on September 14, undoubtedly the first thing that came to mind for many Yankees fans was “Enter Sandman.” The 1991 Metallica classic has been a staple of Yankees games for years, heralding the entrance of the greatest relief pitcher of all time, Mariano Rivera. Lest fans be worried the...

Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax are collectively known as thrash’s Big Four – the cornerstones upon which the entire thrash movement is built, and the compass one uses to orient oneself when navigating the turbulent waters of that aggressive, precise, angry, powerful metal variant. But thrash does not begin and end with those four bands. For each one of the...

In 2010, for the first time ever, the four giants of metal – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax — shared one stage for seven European shows. The final stop on June 22 at the Sonisphere Festival in Sofia, Bulgaria, was beamed by satellite to more than a thousand cinemas worldwide. On Nov. 2, the historic June 22 concert will hit DVD...