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10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

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

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

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

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“I'd hear Dave Mustaine aimlessly riffing on the couch, and it's the riffs that ended up on the first two Megadeth – and, frankly, Metallica – records”: Megadeth's first lead guitarist Greg Handevidt on the birth of a metal institution

The first guitar player to stand toe-to-toe with Dave Mustaine in Megadeth looks back on his intense initial meeting with the metal icon, and his memories of the band's mythical demo tape – their equivalent of Metallica's No Life 'Til Leather

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The 10 greatest Megadeth riffs of all time

Love him or hate him, no one can deny that Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine has written a host of legendary riffs. Here are the 10 most neck-snapping.

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"I grew up listening to Megadeth, Metallica and White Zombie. A good riff will always grab my attention": How metal-raised blues dynamo Eric Johanson is taking a heavy approach to a classic genre

The Louisiana gunslinger on why stacking overdrive pedals is the key to great sustain, what he learned from working with Jesse Dayton and how being present opens him up as a guitarist

Guitar World

Watch Megadeth's Dirk Verbeuren smash out The Killers' Mr Brightside perfectly on drums after hearing it for the very first time

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren is tasked with the challenge of recreating The Killers' indie rock classic Mr Brightside after hearing it for the first time

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"I don't even own a Strat! I used my Dean Thoroughbred, a far cry from what David Gilmour used": How ex-Megadeth guitarist Chris Poland ended up covering Pink Floyd

Dave Mustaine's former right-hand man was surprised to find himself tackling Floyd's San Tropez, but it's the perfect showcase for his flexible chops. He explains his approach to playing Gilmour's leads, what he thinks of Megadeth's latest material, and why he was "so bummed out" when he first heard Peace…

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"I think this song is about Dave Mustaine considering moving to Colombia": Megadeth and The Offspring take on Shakira in one of 2023's best mash-ups

Listen to My Hips Aren't Alright, the internet's latest brain-melting mash-up, in which Megadeth and The Offspring meet Shakira

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Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson pay tribute to late Megadeth drummer Lee Rauch

However the former bandmates disagree on whether or not Rauch featured on Megadeth’s Last Rites demo

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Dave Mustaine explains why "it's not really that hard to shred fast" and what makes his Gibson and Epiphone models impossible to tell apart

The Megadeth leader shares how working with Gibson is "the greatest thing that's ever happened" in his career, the "massive piece of the puzzle" that makes a good guitarist, and why he "unfairly" poked fun at Kirk Hammett

Guitar World

This week’s essential guitar tracks: from a former Megadeth shredder’s Pink Floyd cover to Dumble-assisted slide brilliance

Fresh six-string inspiration from Joe Bonamassa, Voice of Baceprot, Cory Wong, Alice Cooper, Rivers of Nihil, Duff McKagan and oh so many more

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Dave Mustaine thinks everyone has been using the whammy bar wrong – with two exceptions

“Whatever you do on the guitar with the whammy bar you should be able to emulate with your fingers,” says the Megadeth icon

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson's Insane Clown Posse collab The Lucid to nu metalcore newcomers Graphic Nature, you need to check out these brilliant new metal bands

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Dave Mustaine’s signature Vs from Epiphone and Kramer are officially released and they look mighty thrashable

Today is a V big deal for Mustaine fans as Epiphone unveils Classic and Prophecy versions of his signature Flying V, and Kramer drops a trio of Vanguards

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Dave Mustaine’s Epiphone and Kramer signature models are finally here – and it looks like they’ve been worth the wait

More than 3 years after the guitars were announced, Mustaine's affordable signature models have arrived, complete with Seymour Duncan or Fishman Fluence pickups and an assortment of metal-friendly aesthetics

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Here are the hardest songs to play by each of the Big 4, as chosen by one of thrash metal’s greatest drummers

Jon Dette has played with two of the Big 4, so he knows exactly which songs by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth are toughest to nail

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What if Dimebag Darrell played the solo in Megadeth’s Symphony of Destruction? Kayla Kent makes it a reality – and the results are scary accurate

Can anyone channel the spirit of Dimebag better than Kent? We don’t think so – and after watching this, you might agree

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Listen to this fake Megadeth album written by an enthusiastic mega fan in under 24 hours

Bradley Hall wrote an entire fake Megadeth album called Megabeans in just one day as an ode to Rust In Peace, with songs including Master Of Muppets and Hangry Again

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Ice-T on metal, Dave Mustaine and making it against the odds: “My hustle is strong. It’s a survival instinct”

Body Count frontman, hip hop icon, controversy magnet, friend of Megadeth, Lemmy, Slayer and more – it’s Ice-T’s world, we just live in it

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10 metal musicians who hate backing tracks and 6 who don’t have a problem with them

From Kiss and W.A.S.P. to Iron Maiden, Slipknot and Megadeth, metal is divided over the use of backing tracks live

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Ex Megadeth bassist says Dave Mustaine's long-held Metallica grudge is "f***ing pathetic"

David Ellefson takes aim at former Megadeth bandmate Dave Mustaine over his decades-long beef with Metallica

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Celebrating the ridiculous moment Megadeth's Dave Mustaine appeared on Daffy Duck spin-off, Duck Dodgers

Remembering the time the world's state-of-the-art speed metal band rocked the outer reaches of the universe with the help of a duck

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Mass brawls and possessed guitar pedals: the high-speed hijinks of British thrash metal

Unlike their American peers, British thrash metallers never hit the big time – but over 30 years on, their scene is thriving

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Marty Friedman has an interesting theory about why distorted guitars feature in far more top 20 songs in Japan than the US

"Japanese people are able to accept the distorted sound of a guitar at any age" believes the former Megadeth guitarist

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Angry again: how Last Action Hero's incredible soundtrack helped keep metal alive in the 90s

Megadeth, Anthrax, Alice In Chains, Queensrÿche... Schwarzenegger's Last Action Hero may have flopped with critics, but 30 years on, its soundtrack is an absolute classic

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