“Nu metal? No guitar solos! Everyone played with their pants down round their ankles… It was a bleak period, but we came through it”: how Megadeth kicked off the 2010s with the blazing Th1rt3en album

Megadeth posing for a photograph in 2011.

Across their 40-year career, Megadeth have proven themselves to be one of metal’s most enduring bands. Their 2011 album, Th1rt3en, proved to be lucky for Dave Mustaine and co, kicking of the 2010s in style and seeing the return of original bassist David Ellefson (who departed the band for a second time in 2011). As the band geared up to release the album, Mustaine threw open the doors of his home studio to give Metal Hammer a guided tour.

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