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“I had two viable options: to be in Megadeth or not. I chose my personal life. No regrets”: Kiko Loureiro opens up on what he meant by “freedom,” how he trained up his replacement, and why he suggested Marty Friedman should return

The former Angra guitarist reveals his current relationship with Dave Mustaine after his temporary departure became permanent, and where he wants to take his guitar playing next

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“Are you improvising? Damn, you’re good!” Kiko Loureiro has released his first music since leaving Megadeth: a “harmonically weird” song he wrote with Plini in just one day

The two musicians met in the studio for the first time to showcase Neural DSP’s newly updated Archetype: Plini X plugin, with a mini-documentary detailing their creative process

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Ex-Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro wanted the band to bring Marty Friedman back: “He was a part of those iconic albums.”

Kiko Loureiro, who stepped down as Megadeth’s guitarist last year, has revealed that he wanted one of the thrashers’ most iconic ex-members to replace him

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“I thought bringing Marty Friedman back would be amazing”: When Kiko Loureiro left Megadeth, he suggested Dave Mustaine rehire Marty Friedman to fill his spot

Finnish metal prodigy Teemu Mäntysaari eventually got the gig, but that seemingly doesn't rule out the possibility that the former Megadeth icon could return in the future

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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

Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson takes a philosophical view of the controversy that saw his tenure with the thrash legends come to an end

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Riots, breakups and a ghost in the attic: The track-by-track guide to Megadeth’s Rust In Peace

From Holy Wars… The Punishment Due to Rust In Peace… Polaris, this is everything you need to know about Megadeth’s thrashtastic masterpiece

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“When I finished the solo to this one, Mustaine came into the studio, listened to it once, turned around and, without saying a word, shook my hand" – the story of Megadeth's Tornado Of Souls

Best of 2023: Marty Friedman and a "watershed moment" for Dave Mustaine

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Our 15 favourite metal and heavy rock guitar moments of 2023: featuring Wolfgang Van Halen, Nita Strauss, Nuno Bettencourt, Paul Gilbert, Metallica, Periphery and more

Including the guitar solo of the year

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Kiko Loureiro explains Megadeth absence: I’m someone who “needs freedom”

Megadeth guitarist Kiko Loureiro has elaborated on why he’s taking an “extended leave of absence” from the band in a new interview

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“Being in a band is so much more than the playing. Actually, the playing is down on the list”: Before Megadeth, Marty Friedman says he auditioned for Ozzy Osbourne – but “failed miserably”

Shortly before he became Megadeth's lead guitar player, Friedman took part in an ill-fated Osbourne audition – here's why it didn't work out, according to the man himself

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"They smelled like L.A. and I smelled like San Francisco": Former Megadeth guitar hero Marty Friedman explains why he "failed miserably" auditioning for Ozzy Osbourne in the '80s

In a parallel universe, life could have been very different for '90s Megadeth and late '80s Ozzy

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The 10 longest songs by 10 iconic heavy metal bands

Metallica, Iron Maiden and Slipknot have all extended their excellence well beyond the 10-minute mark

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The 11 most amazing onstage team-ups in heavy metal history

Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. Trivium and Slipknot. The entire Big Four. These are the most excellent onstage collaborations we’ve ever seen.

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“I would like to thank Kiko for his dedication and hard work these past nine years”: Kiko Loureiro leaves Megadeth, Dave Mustaine confirms Teemu Mäntysaari as replacement

Kiko Loureiro stepped down temporarily for family reasons in September and now to remain on “extended leave of absence” as Megadeth scheduled to spend most of 2024 on the road

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“Kiko is a top-notch professional, a maestro – and he did not want to hurt me or Megadeth”: Dave Mustaine pays tribute to outgoing guitarist Kiko Loureiro – and names his successor

Megadeth's main man put to bed speculation surrounding Loureiro's replacement, and named the guitarist who would help carry the band into 2024

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Dave Mustaine reveals Megadeth will move forward without Kiko Loureiro

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine says the thrash heroes will continue with Teemu Mäntysaari on lead guitar

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“I don’t want to hinder any of the band’s plans”: Kiko Loureiro announces his departure from Megadeth after 9 years – and his successor may already be in place

Is Teemu Mäntysaari, the young star currently filling in for Loureiro, set to take the mantle full-time? Or is a past player poised to make a sensational return?

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Ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson celebrated his birthday by seeing Metallica

Former Megadeth member David Ellefson has sent “heartfelt thanks to my dear friend Lars Ulrich & the Metallica camp”

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11 legendary heavy metal bands with only one original member left

Superstars from Iron Maiden to Slipknot are still thriving, despite having just one founding member among their ranks

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“Chris Cornell said I created ‘a symphony of chaos’ – it was his favorite thing about the track. It meant even more because he was gone less than a year later”: Meet Ryan Wariner, go-to session guitarist for everyone from Dave Mustaine to Ann Wilson

He may be a Nashville session cat, but Ryan Wariner doesn’t play country. Music City’s resident rock guitar enthusiast reveals how he ended up playing slide with Megadeth, what it takes to perform a last-minute show with Gene Simmons, and why he sought a different path to his father, country…

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“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

2013’s Metalhead understands heavy music better than any other film – and features nods to Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest and Venom along the way

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Kramer Dave Mustaine Vanguard review – if shredding is your business... then business is good

The Megadeth main man's signature Kramer V might just be the most metal MegaDave model yet

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10 hard rock and heavy metal music videos that got banned for the dumbest reasons

Classic songs by Foo Fighters, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slipknot have all been taken off the airwaves with the most frivolous excuses

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Three ex-Megadeth members once started a Metallica cover band together

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

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“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

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.

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