Dave Mustaine
"There can be more spices – we have a choir on three songs – but the foundation must be secure." 16 albums into a 44-year career, German thrash veterans Kreator are still doing their own thing
Kreator's Krushers Of The World album is out now
Metal Hammer
3 min read
"My role in life was to be a proud, bold lion, to tell the truth, and stick up for what's right." Dave Mustaine on Megadeth's final chapter, his love for Ozzy, finger numbness, and trading mosh pits for a silver-screen future
With Megadeth's final album topping the US charts, Dave Mustaine is determined to go out on a high note
Metal Hammer
9 min read
“I liked Master Of Puppets, but I’d definitely change the channel when Dave Mustaine got in the car”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson remembers his first impression of Metallica’s 1986 game-changer
Playing in Metallica’s rival band didn’t stop him from loving their landmark third album same as everyone else
Metal Hammer
4 min read
“This was a journey of me saving myself, staying alive, keeping my family together and continuing to make music”: Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine’s memoir In My Darkest Hour, looking back on his cancer battle, to come out in September
The book will detail the thrash singer/guitarist’s life after being diagnosed with a squamous cell carcinoma at the back of his tongue in 2019
Metal Hammer
3 min read
"It'll be a fat cheque!" This thrash guitarist reckons he's due some cash from Metallica for his role in writing Creeping Death — and it's not Dave Mustaine
Gary Holt jokes that his lyrics on Exodus' 1983 demo Die By His Hand should entitle him to a cut of those sweet Metallica royalties
Metal Hammer
3 min read
“People wanna assume the worst and say he’s some kind of dictator and forced me to do it. It was totally not like that”: Steve Di Giorgio sets the record straight on what it was like to sideman for Dave Mustaine and Megadeth
The Testament bassist has looked back on his experience recording on Megadeth's 2022 release, The Sick, the Dying... and the Dead!
Guitar World
4 min read
“I had rock stars much bigger than Dave coming to my side”: Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson responds to Dave Mustaine’s jab at former member’s past “behaviour”
Mustaine recently said that Megadeth won’t reunite with former members on their farewell tour due to one particular person’s past
Metal Hammer
4 min read
Dave Mustaine says Metallica spent years trying to 'hold him back'
Dave Mustaine is once again speaking out on his intense past with Metallica.
BANG Premier
2 min read
“Combining two of my favorite things”: Teemu Mäntysaari shreds Megadeth… while ice skating
With the Winter Olympics sending the world into ice skating fever, the Finnish virtuoso has taken the opportunity for one hell of a flex
Guitar World
2 min read
“Where would I be right now if I didn’t have one of the biggest bands in the world spending their time trying to hold me back?” Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine claims Metallica and others held him back during early career
The singer/guitarist now believes “there’s no reason why we shouldn’t be friends”
Metal Hammer
4 min read
