The lineup for the 2013 Heavy MTL festival has been revealed, with Avenged Sevenfold, Rob Zombie, Megadeth and Godsmack leading the way. This year's event is scheduled for August 10 and 11 at Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau and will feature two solid days of metal and hard rock acts.
Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has been named as a featured soloist for California's San Diego Symphony. The thrash shredder will participate in an April 2014 program, which will feature music from Richard Wagner, Antonio Vivaldi and Antonin Dvorak.
June is going to be a massive month for metal! Not only will Black Sabbath be unleashing their new album, '13,' but Megadeth are also set to reveal their 14th studio effort, 'Super Collider.' And just like Sabbath recently laid down the final tracks for their next album, Megadeth just announced to the world that recording for 'Super Collider' is completed!
As Wednesday (March 13) progressed, more and more rockers expressed their admiration and love of late Iron Maiden drummer Clive Burr, who passed away Tuesday night (March 12). The musician, who was part of the classic Iron Maiden lineup, suffered from multiple sclerosis in the later portion of his life, but still remained in contact with his former bandmates.
Megadeth's David Ellefson makes the most out of his bass strings on a nightly basis, but now he's found yet another use for them. The rocker is donating his used bass strings the Wear Your Music Organization so that they may turn them into bracelets.
The ever-evolving music industry endured another shift recently when Vivendi SA's Universal Music Group agreed to sell Sanctuary Records, the onetime label of metal giants Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden and Megadeth, to BMG Rights Management. The Los Angeles Times reports that the deal was part of divestitures required by European Commission regulators.
One of the reasons Megadeth has lasted as long as it has is Dave Mustaine's commitment to evolving the band's sound. And it looks like Mustaine has another trick up his sleeve.
Megadeth are inching closer to a new record. In their latest online update, singer Dave Mustaine provides the news that mixing has begun on their forthcoming release.
Megadeth are hitting the home stretch on their latest album. In a picture posting on the band's Facebook page, it was revealed that Dave Mustaine and drummer Shawn Drover were finishing up tracking on the ten songs for their upcoming album, with another song set to wrap things up that evening. The photo (seen above) shows Mustaine and Drover in the studio together. With the album near completion, Mustaine offered a few more details in a video interview with VintageRock.com at the NAMM Convention.
There are definitely some avid Dave Mustaine fans out there and one of them just shelled out just over $11,000 to own an ultra rare prototype Jackson Y2KV guitar that was specifically created for the Megadeth leader.
In part three of the Dave Mustaine vs. Men's Wearhouse saga, the Megadeth guitarist scored a mention on a big-time news program. On Jan. 8, the tale of Mustaine's public statement about how Men's Wearhouse messed up a delivery made it all the way to CNN program 'Anderson Cooper 360' and the show's 'RidicuList' segment.
