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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

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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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Megadeth comes to World of Tanks and World of Warships in the Metal Fest event

A new collaboration between Wargaming and Megadeth called Metal Fest, is coming to World of Tanks and other titles in the massively multiplayer military series.

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Watch Marty Friedman, Kiko Loureiro and Dave Mustaine rehearse for one of the summer’s biggest festival sets in new Megadeth behind-the-scenes footage

See the ensemble run through sections of their four-song setlist – complete with an up-close view of Friedman's absurd solo powers

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10 classic metal albums with horribly ugly cover art

These masterpieces by Metallica, Iron Maiden and Black Sabbath are much easier on the ears than they are on the eyes

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Megadeth's return to the UK for Bloodstock was far from perfect, but a riotous, career-spanning celebration all the same

Dave Mustaine needed a little help from the crowd on this one, but it all made for a hella fun, thrashing good time

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Marty Friedman revisits his thrash heyday once again for ferocious four-song guest spot with Megadeth

The Wacken Open Air festival played host to the legendary shredder's second 2023 reunion with the metal icons

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Epiphone Dave Mustaine Flying V Custom review – a metal-tailored V that virtually plays itself

MegaDave's signature 24-fret V reveals itself as a serious metal guitar at any price

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Watch Marty Friedman nail the greatest solo in thrash metal history as he plays Tornado Of Souls with Megadeth at Wacken

Fan-shot footage offers a pit's eye view of a historic moment as Friedman rejoins Megadeth for a live cameo and blazes through his ripping lead from the Rust In Peace classic

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10 of the wildest things you can see on Thunderflix, the world's only streaming service dedicated to heavy metal

From mind-blowing anecdotes to incredible live footage, Thunderflix is an essential streaming addition for any self-respecting metal fan

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10 terrible thrash metal albums with one classic song

Metallica, Megadeth and Exodus all have some clangers in their catalogue – but at least these songs saved them from being total write-offs

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Watch Dave Mustaine angrily call out a drunk loudmouth fan at a Megadeth show before making a weird joke about incest

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine gets increasingly angry at a drunk fan who insists that he can play guitar as well as Mustaine can

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