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Formerly the lead guitarist of highly revered metal band Metallica, Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth alongside bassist David Ellefson in 1983. Alongside Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, Megadeth is credited as being one of the driving forces of thrash metal music over the ‘80s and ‘90s, dropping the progressive rock influences common and instead emphasizing the skills of its instrumentalists.
In the early years, Megadeth’s line-up changed regularly. In 1984, it replaced Lee Rausch with jazz fusion drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland. The band’s debut album, Killing Is My Business… and Business is Good!, released through Combat Records in 1985, attracted major label interest and became popular in both underground and mainstream metal circles.
After signing with Capitol Records, Megadeth released its major-label debut Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? in 1986, which eventually went platinum, followed by So Far, So Good… So What! in 1988.
Around that time, Mustaine’s behavior became erratic, leading him to enter rehab and the band to partially break up. After hiring guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. Megadeth’s fourth studio album Rust in Peace, signaled the group’s return.
In the hope of appealing to the same mainstream audience Metallica did, Megadeth stripped back their sound on Countdown to Extinction in 1992, but lost none of the technical proficiency fans had come to expect. The album was certified double platinum and resulted in Megadeth becoming one of the biggest bands in the world.
Megadeth’s sixth full-length album Youthanasia in 1994 followed the same mainstream trend as its predecessor, and was succeeded by a rare collection of unheard recordings titled Hidden Treasures. The band subsequently released Cryptic Writings in 1997, Risk in 1998 with former Suicidal Tendencies drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, and The World Needs a Hero in 2001.
In 2002 Mustaine relapsed on his drug addiction after receiving pain medication following the removal of a kidney stone. He subsequently suffered nerve damage to his left arm, which left the guitarist unable to use his left arm. After temporarily disbanding Megadeth, Mustaine underwent a great deal of physical and mental therapy before releasing the compilation album Still Alive… and Well?.
The band reformed in 2004, and has since released The System Has Failed (2004), United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), Thirteen (2011) and Super Collider (2013). Megadeth has sold over 50 million records worldwide, earned platinum certification for six of their fourteen studio albums. The band has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards, and won its first Grammy for the song “Dystopia” in 2017 for Best Metal Performance.
Due to COVID-19, Megadeth’s tour, The Metal Tour of the Year with Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames, was postponed from the summer of 2020 to 2021, with Hatebreed replacing In Flames due to visa complications.
In early 2021, Megadeth announced the upcoming release of its next studio album during a Masterclass Zoom video. Leading up to the album’s release, the song “The Dogs of Chernobyl” dropped and drummed up a lot of fan anticipation. However, before The Sick, the Dying...and the Dead! was officially released, sexually explicit videos of Ellefson surfaced online. He was subsequently dismissed from the band and formally replaced by James LoMenzo.
To create buzz around the replacement, the band released a photo showing the neck of the bass guitar and the new band member without revealing his identity.
Over the course of its 39-year career, Megadeth has had numerous guitarists, drummers, and bassists. Mustaine has the distinction of being the only original band member still in the group. Following the dismissal of Ellefson, the band’s current lineup includes Mustaine, drummer Dirk Verbeuren, guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and bassist James LoMenzo.
To promote the album, the band is currently on tour again. The current tour, The Killing Road, stretches across the globe, hitting several major cities. It will continue through late 2023, so keep an eye on the band’s official website for timely updates on Megadeth tour dates, tickets, and cool fan perks.
The band boasts a dedicated fanbase. In return, Megadeth offers some fantastic fan merchandise and benefits. For the current tour, there are VIP packages available for the die-hard fans out there.
The Exclusive Viewing Area Experience includes a premium reserved ticket or a general admission pit ticket — plus, VIP early access to the venue, a photo with the band, a commemorative VIP laminate, and more. The Q&A Experience includes a premium reserved ticket or a general admission pit ticket — plus, a special Q&A session with the band, exclusive VIP merchandise, and a collectible Megadeth poster. These VIP packages have limited availability, so be sure to purchase early.
Membership is open for true Megadeth fans to join the Cyber Army Fan Club. There are multiple levels of membership, including a free tier. The top membership tier, the premium level, comes with loads of perks and exclusive access to members-only contests, giveaways, and prizes.
Megadeth creates tons of fan merchandise. For beer lovers, the band even has its own beer line, which includes two tasty selections: Unibroue Megadeth A Tout Le Monde and Unibroue Megadeth Saison 13. Purchase the gift set, which also comes with a Megadeth-branded pint glass, to try them both.
The band has its own mascot named Vic Rattlehead. The mascot regularly appears on stage with the group during performances and on tours. He is also featured on album cover artwork and promotional materials.
Megadeth hosted its own music festival, dubbed Gigantour, in July 2005 and numerous times since then. The group also had a MegaCruise in October 2019.
Formed in New York in the early 80’s, the band picked a name that they deemed ‘sufficiently evil’ sounding and immediately began to draw notoriety from its rowdy live performances.
After signing with heavy metal powerhouse Megaforce Records, things were looking good for the band however they struggled to a find a line-up that worked. With a debut album in the bag they eventually settled with Joey Belladonna as the frontman.
They began to release albums like ‘Spreading The Disease’ and ‘Among the Living’ which is widely considered the band’s breakthrough record and is often cited as a fan favorite. During this time they toured with big names such as Living Color and Metallica and were on the tour that saw the untimely demise of Metalica’s much beloved bassist Cliff Burton.
In the early 90’s the band embarked on an unlikely partnership that turned out to be one of their best moves. After collaborating successfully with Rap group Public Enemy on their track ‘Bring The Noise’, the group embarked on a US tour with the group and the meeting of Thrash and Hip Hop turned out be a successful pairing.
The band has continued to tour and release albums under a variety of line ups and have come to be respected and worshiped amongst metal fans. In 2010 the band headlined the UK’s Sonisphere Festival as part of the big four event and the reaction from hundreds of thousands of people was the ultimate sign of respect.
When Zakk Wylde formed the band after his long run being Ozzy Osbourne’s right hand man, he formed a southern rock band called Pride & Glory… and then Osbourne decided that he wanted to record another album, so he did, in the form of an album called “Ozzmosis”. It was around this time that Wylde was also offered not only the “Ozzmosis” tour with Osbourne but also a slot in the line up of Guns N’ Roses tour in 1995. As neither of those projects materialised, Wylde decided to finally record his solo acoustic album entitled “Book of Shadows” which unfortunately didn’t achieve the commercial success he had hoped.
Out of this phase only came good things when Wylde teamed up with drummer Phil Ondich and formed Black Label Society. It was this then side project that became Zakk Wyldes commercially successful freight train of a band releasing nine studio albums to date, with their two most recent releases, “Order of the Black” released on August 10th 2010 made it to number 4 in the US charts and “Catacombs of the Black Vatican” released on April 8th 2014 went to number 5 in the US charts, securing Black Label Society’s place in the mainstream.
Dave Mustaine is consistently one of the most intriguing rock stars in metal. Whether you agree with him 100% of the time or not... it's indisputable that his presence is a marvel to behold. One thing's for certain, from the moment the intro tape stops to the closing notes of "Holy Wars" - a Megadeth show is going to batter you with a high energy, virtuosic, anthem laden roller coster.
Of the many times I've been lucky enough to see Megadeth, I've never seen them deliver a show as impactful as their 2007 Download Festival appearance. Mustaine & co excel when they have a point to prove, they absolutely wanted to make sure they were the band of the weekend... and breezed through to achieve this.
It's been a long held desire of mine to see Megadeth in Buenos Aires, Argentina... Dave Mustaine's favourite place to play. Hearing the South American football crowd like atmosphere on their 'That One Night' DVD is infectious and perfectly demonstrates the magnetic connection a Megadeth devotee can have to their rich catalogue. From their pioneering thrash metal, through to their intelligent hard rock music, Megadeth have the ability to pace a show perfectly and you're in for a treat when you make the very wise decision to buy a ticket.
WillBeardmore
Anthrax has made quite a comeback in these last couple of years. In 2010 they re-enlisted lead singer, Joey Belladonna, who contributed vocals on Anthrax’s breakthrough album, Among the Living, and in 2011 they released their first album in eight years entitled, Worship Music, which shows the band revisiting their intense thrash metal style that made them so renowned. Regardless to say, Anthrax is back on top of their game and their live performance is their greatest testament to their adept skills in captivating the audience with their high speed thrash metal.
Guitarist, Scott Ian, is a driving force behind the band prowling up and down the stage and jumping all over the place, all while playing face melting guitar riffs in the heaviest tones. Lead singer, Joey Belladonna is also quite captivating belting out his lyrics while rocking back and forth, signaling the rock salute. He is also known for performing stage antics, which was displayed when I saw them play a show at the Gwinnett Arena and he came out on stage in an Indian head-dress to play the song “Indians”.
The stage set-up is similar to what you might expect at a metal show. Amps are piled on stage with loud distorted thrash metal blaring out of them, a massive drum-kit containing two bass drums is elevated on a large platform, which the drummer ferociously pounds away at, and massive displays of metal art are plastered behind the band. The audiences are usually quite rowdy, as would be expected. They fiercely head-bang, yell out all the lyrics to the songs word for word, and start up mosh pits. When at an Anthrax concert you can most likely expect to get caught in a mosh pit all while listening to the band perform the song, “Caught in a Mosh”, but you can also expect to see one face-melting performance that is ensured to rock your socks off.
wjmcc
I love Disney World. I know that's a strange way to start a discussion about a heavy metal band, such as Black Label Society, but the reason I mention it is because getting to see them at the House of Blues in Downtown Disney this past vacation truly made my trip even more special than it normally would have.
My wife, knowing my love for the band and for House of Blues, managed to get us a reservation and surprise me with their performance on our anniversary trip there this past year, and it truly was an incredible experience.
The crowd wasn't the greatest crowd at this venue, but I think that had more to do with not knowing the band, as opposed to not appreciating them, because Black Label Society but on a great show, and Zakk's vocals were great. Dario Lorina's guitar riffs were also quite hot, and really added a lot to the performance, in my opinion.
While it was sort of strange attending a Black Label Society concert where the audience was calmer than I'd expected to see, having been to several Black Label Society concerts, I think that this performance still held up to my expectations for the band, and I know my wife and I had a great time.
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