Terrible news just coming in from the MEGADETH camp, where Dave Mustaine just confirmed that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer via his Twitter account. Here is what the official statement from MegaDave on the band’s website looks like,
The first ever Exit 111 festival is coming to the Tennessee Bonnaroo grounds this fall and features a monster musical lineup including Guns N’ Roses, Def Leppard, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Slayer, Megadeth, ZZ Top, Ghost, Mastodon, Deftones, Coheed and Cambria, Lamb of God, and many more. The three-day experience will take place on Friday, October, 11th, Saturday, October 12th, and Sunday, October 13th at Great Stage Park in Manchester, Tennessee. Grab your tickets (on sale now) right here. Continue reading
Dave Mustaine – Megadeth
We have been hearing about the upcoming MEGADETH record, that is the follow up to 2016’s grammy winning ‘Dystopia‘, ever since Dave Mustaine confirmed Guitar World that the new album is dropping in 2019, “absolutely. For sure“. So, guess we aren’t too far away from witnessing the 16th studio album from the thrash titans. All of this is turning out to be even more truer as Dave Mustaine yesterday teased us a small snippet of Dirk Verbeuren practicing his parts for an unnamed song, which is most likely to be included in the upcoming album. The video shared on Dave’s twitter account was captioned as, “The Cheshire Cat is smiling! Enjoy a lil tease. @Megadeth @VerbeurenDirk #Album16″ The sessions are being co-produced by Chris Rakestraw, who previously worked on 2016’s “Dystopia” disc.”
Did someone say new Megadeth album? SOMEONE SAID NEW MEGADETH ALBUM, and not just anyone, Dave Mustaine himself! Mustaine and drummer Dirk Verbeuren took to the studio today to begin work on the 16th studio album from the Metal titans. The band will once again be working with Grammy winning co-producer Chris Rakestraw, whom also worked on Dystopia, the previous effort Megadeth released to the world. No full details of the upcoming release have surfaced yet, all we know is that work has officially hit full swing and details should be revealed soon. The pioneers of our beloved genre are approaching their 35th anniversary, coming off of the Dystopia tour ending this year. The band will have two shows left on their iconic year of 2018, playing Rock In Rio, and capping off this year with the MEGACRUISE later this winter, featuring Dragonforce, Anthrax, Testament, and more. For all of your breaking Metal news, be sure to check out Metal Nexus!
Today, our drummer @VerbeurenDirk and I start @Megadeth Album 16 with Dystopia co-producer and @Grammy winning partner Chris Rakestraw at my side again. No Rest For The Wicked! (relax…that’s not the new title). ?
— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) November 3, 2018
So the speculation has finally been laid to rest and all that Dave Mustaine, your father of thrash metal, ever said about re-issuing their iconic thrash metal debut album is coming true. Yes, you heard it right! MEGADETH will be unveiling the deluxe re-issue of their debut album, “Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good: The Final Kill” this June 8th, pre-orders of which are already up and running.
“A festival of classic rock for true rock fans with the odd piece of pantomime chaos and the occasional contemplative moment thrown in for good measure.”
Stone Free Festival, London’s biggest festival of classic rock returns to the O2 Arena, London on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th June with an absolutely astonishing line-up. Featuring world-class artists across multiple stages, comedic gold at the Speakeasy Lounge, a vinyl-record fair, a dedicated acoustic beer garden (featuring performances from some of the best upcoming acoustic and rock talent in the country, all curated by Richer Unsigned), and a fabulous Saturday Night After Show Party and Rock Royalty VIP packages – this festival is shaping up to be one hell of a weekend! And it only gets better, Kilimanjaro Live and The 02 are proud to announce a brand new selection of artists and performers to the already impressive line-up! .
“It’s a rock festival… but not as we know it!” – Team Rock Continue reading
Throughout history, the San Francisco Bay Area has long been deemed as the epicenter for thrash metal, whereas Los Angeles has invariably been considered the stomping ground for glam and hair metal. True, San Francisco has birthed many exceptional thrash bands since the early ‘80s, but the fact remains – Los Angeles is the rightful birthplace of three of the “Big 4” thrash bands and is the breeding grounds for unconventional thrash/punk-metal bands. From legendary thrash icons Metallica, Slayer, and Megadeth, to punk/metal renegades Suicidal Tendencies and combative thrash stalwarts Dark Angel and Hirax, they all generated from this pretentious, megalopolis hellhole we call Los Angeles. Continue reading
Dave Mustaine, the Grammy award-winning guitarist, lead singer, songwriter and founder of legendary band MEGADETH, is joining San Francisco-based startup Gimme Radio, the world’s only 24/7, all-metal streaming radio station as DJ and host of “The Dave Mustaine Show“. His first show will air TODAY at noon PT / 3 PM ET, with a new show airing at that time every Thursday.
Remember when Dave Mustaine dressed up in a long black overcoat as Torchy Thompson, flung a series of ridiculous punches and kicks to Brent Huff back in 2001 on an episode for the Sci-Fi channel series called ‘Black Scorpion‘? Dave Mustaine is definitely a bad ass in the entire metal music industry, and he has a characteristic voice which any Mustaine fan can recognize, even if one’s two or three feet deep down underwater. Well, this bad ass combination of an antagonist like persona and his unique voice has brought him to some mainstream spotlight again. Turns out Dave Mustaine this time around will be lending his voice to the character who will be playing the villain in this recent new and upcoming horror movie called, ‘Halloween Pussy Trap Kill! Kill!‘. What more would you want if you’re a horror and metal fan!?
It has been a few days, but we are still recovering from an absolutely legendary weekend at Toyota Park. We witnessed several remarkable performances across the rock and metal genres from bands like Code Orange, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Clutch, Body Count, Godsmack, Amon Amarth, Avatar, and more. There were the classic artists like Ozzy Osbourne, Kiss, Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, and Metal Church while new comers like Aversed, Whores., Code Orange, Crobot, and more lit it up early in the day. Without these younger bands, there won’t be any of these festivals in the future, so make sure you get out early and support these young talents. The wide variety of bands playing the festival made for an eventful weekend as there was something for everyone attending. Today’s article will be about the performances on Friday. Before I dive into that, I’d like to talk about the other experiences at Chicago Open Air. Continue reading
