Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson has said that he can still “hear what color the [cocaine] was” at different points on band’s debut album, “Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good!” Speaking with The SDR Podcast, (via MetalSucks) David reflected on the album’s creative process back in 1985, when MEGADETH were apparently given $8,000...
The Canadian dates for this year’s edition of ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year‘, featuring MEGADETH, LAMB OF GOD, TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES have now been rescheduled for this coming May. The three dates were originally set to take place last fall as part of the first leg of the tour, however they had to...
Former MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson and guitarist Chris Poland have come together to record one final song posthumously with their friend, late ex-MEGADETH drummer Gar Samuelson. The new track, “The Raven”, is the latest single from FATAL OPERA, part of a new 12-song collection of demo material compiled as the group’s final release, titled “Fatal...
Dave Mustaine says that MEGADETH’s sixteenth studio album, “The Sick, The Dying And The Dead”, has been pushed back to a summer release. Mustaine spoke about a possible release date for MEGADETH’s new record while promoting the next U.S. leg of MEGADETH’s “The Metal Tour Of The Year” with LAMB OF GOD, IN FLAMES and...
Singer Jeff Scott Soto seems to have reactivated his project with former MEGADETH BASSIST David Ellefson. Back in March, Soto and Ellefson announced that they had been collaborating under the name ELLEFSON-SOTO. The duo’s version of the RIOT song “Swords & Tequila” was also released across all digital streaming outlets via Ellefson’s Combat Records. Yesterday...
Former MEGADETH members David Ellefson (bass) and Jeff Young (guitar) recently reunited to do some interviews for the upcoming feature-length documentary “This Was My Life: The Story Of Nick Menza”. Ellefson is the co-producer of the project, and will also be the narrator in the documentary on the late drummer. On Sunday (January 16), Ellefson...
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has confirmed that James LoMenzo will play bass for the iconic thrash band for the second U.S. leg of “The Metal Tour Of The Year” which commences in April. As previously announced, co-headliners for the tour will be LAMB OF GOD along with special guests TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES. Yesterday, Mustaine...
You can now check out video footage of MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine performing the band’s epic tracks “À Tout Le Monde” and “Symphony Of Destruction” with a group of attendees at this month’s Rock ‘N’ Roll Fantasy Camp in Deerfield Beach, Florida. You can watch the footage below. The whole concept of Rock ‘N’ Roll...
Following the enormous success of their 2021 co-headline U.S. tour, metal titans MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD have today announced the second U.S. run of their aptly named “The Metal Tour Of The Year”. Joining them will be special guests TRIVIUM and IN FLAMES. Tickets for the second leg of “The Metal Tour Of The...
MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has debuted a clip of music from the band’s upcoming sixteenth studio album. Mustaine shared the clip while filming a new video message on Cameo for a MEGADETH fan named Gabe. (For those unaware, Cameo allows users to hire celebrities to record brief, personalized video messages for them). Speaking to Gabe,...