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Preorder a limited-edition vinyl variant of Megadeth’s final album, plus an art card signed by the band only available through Metal Hammer

The thrash metal legends’ final album will drop next year

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“I think we’re all being pushed to the edge right now”: Listen to Megadeth’s thrash-adocious new single Tipping Point, the first taste of Dave Mustaine and co.’s final album

The speedsters’ self-titled swansong is due out at some point next year

Metal Hammer

“I don’t try to point out stupidity, and I don’t like to make people feel bad – unless they annoy me”: The Beatles-inspired 90s song that finally gave these thrash heavyweights the mainstream hit that had eluded them

Just like the Pied Piper…

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“I came upon the V, but I didn’t think much of it because of the weird shape. I didn’t think it was very playable”: Dave Mustaine first discovered the Flying V when he joined Metallica and wasn’t a fan – this is what changed his mind

Mustaine is undoubtedly one of the Flying V’s main poster boys, with several signature models under his belt

Guitar World

“As much as it sucked to start over, I saw Dave become a vastly better guitar player pretty quickly after Metallica”: Dave Ellefson has his say on whether Metallica did Dave Mustaine a favour by sacking him

It put a rocket under him, he reckons

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“One of my favorite moments”: That time Eric Johnson shredded a custom Dean V – which had been built for Dave Mustaine to use on the Experience Hendrix tour

The custom axe nods to one of Hendrix’s most iconic guitars and was used by the Megadeth frontman on the Experience Hendrix tour

Guitar World

Celebrity birthdays for the week of Sept. 7-13

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Sept. 7-13 include singer-guitarist Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, comedian Leslie Jones from ″Saturday Night Live” and model Angie Everhart

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"He's the Bach, Beethoven, and Mozart of the riff": Gibson salutes Tony Iommi in star-studded new film series

Iommi: The Godfather Of Heavy Metal features interviews with Brian May, Slash, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, Scott Ian and more

Metal Hammer

“Fuelled by a combustible mix of chemicals, vengeance and spite”: Every Megadeth album ranked, from worst to best

Dave Mustaine has announced the metal icons’ final album – here’s how they got here

Metal Hammer

Megadeth Farewell Tour: Will Ex-bassist David Ellefson Return After He Was Fired Over 2021 Sex Scandal with Alleged Minor

Megadeth has confirmed that their upcoming seventeenth and final studio album will be released in 2026, accompanied by a global farewell tour, marking the band's retirement after more than four decades in thrash metal.

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Megadeth Farewell Tour Dates: Where Are the Cities for the Band's Last Thrash Metal Ride?

Megadeth reveal final album plans and 2026 farewell tour. Find out which cities could host their last thrash metal shows.

International Business Times UK

“He’s a master. The way he plays is insane. But he was hesitant to teach me until I showed him how serious I was”: How Iron Maiden icon Janick Gers’ son Dylan went from late-starting guitarist to epic collabs with Thom Yorke’s son Noah

Dylan Gers compares the three six-stringers in his dad’s band, explains why his music harks back to the rock guitar hero era, and celebrates the fluke that tied him in with Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke’s son Noah

Guitar World

Megadeth announce final tour and album

Megadeth have decided to call it quits after more than four decades with one last tour and their final 17th studio album.

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The end is near: Megadeth to release final album and embark on farewell tour

Call it a symphony for dissolution

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"This is a perfect time for us to tell you that it's our last album." Megadeth to retire, announce final album and farewell tour to come in 2026

Thrash metal legends Megadeth are officially calling it a day

The Independent UK

Megadeth announce retirement with final album and farewell tour

Influential metal band was formed in 1983

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“We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played”: Dave Mustaine announces Megadeth’s final album and farewell tour

Next year will see the release of the final Megadeth studio album before Mustaine and co ride off into the sunset – and there will be a tell-all memoir coming too

Guitar World

“We changed the guitar world and how it's played. The bands I played in have influenced the world. Thank you for everything”: Dave Mustaine announces new Megadeth album will be his last

The band's final record will be followed by a global farewell tour next year

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Dave Mustaine wanted Megadeth to re-record songs from Metallica’s No Life ’Til Leather demo, ex-bassist David Ellefson claims

Mustaine has songwriting credits on four of the songs on Metallica’s now-legendary demo

Guitar World

“Ozzy changed the world. For millions of people, it’s nearly impossible to imagine where we might be if he hadn’t”: Ozzy Osbourne, 1948-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute

Zakk Wylde, Tom Morello, Yungblud, Slash, Ronnie Wood and more have all come out to remember the life and legacy of the legendary singer

Guitar World

“The opening has less notes than you are playing”: Instagram guitarist posts Megadeth cover – and Dave Mustaine shows up in the comments with some riff advice

Zia Cyan's cover of Angry Again was met with approval from Mustaine, who revealed it's actually easier than how she was playing it

Guitar World

“Korn was doing their 30th anniversary show with Gojira. I was like, ‘I have to go give Christian a guitar, and I have to give Head a guitar’”: Tetrarch on the joy of handing out signature models to their heroes and designing metal’s gnarliest tones

The Ugly Side of Me is an utterly crushing exercise in 21st-century riffs and tones, and if you're wondering how they get these sounds, well, Josh Fore and Diamond Rowe take us behind the scenes and tell all

MusicRadar

"I told them when I left, ‘Do not use my music'. And of course they used it": 42 years on, Dave Mustaine still has a few things to say about his exit from Metallica

"You listen to the riffs, you know they’re my riffs"

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Dave Mustaine claims he was left without credit for songs that 'made' Metallica

Dave Mustaine has claimed he didn't receive credit for the songs he wrote for Metallica that "made them".

Guitar World

“My hand got totally trashed. I looked down and could see the bone of my pointer finger. I lost the ability to bend it”: An accident defined Chris Poland’s playing, but it didn’t stop him handling the high demands of Megadeth’s debut

Chris Poland offers an eye-witness account of a seminal moment in metal history, when Dave Mustaine channeled his fury through his Marshall and debuted with a thrash classic

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