Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by its founder, vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. The group was formed in 1983, after Dave was fired from Metallica. Since then, the band has released fifteen studio albums, four live albums, two EPs and five compilations

The band gained international fame. It became well known for always changing its line-up due to Mustaine’s constant personality problems and the fact that the lead singer did not want addicts in the band on his tours (even though it was known that he himself had serious drug problems). After the release of their debut album in 1985, the band released gold and platinum albums. The album Rust in Peace (1990) is considered the band’s best achievement.

The album Countdown to Extinction (1992) was the group’s biggest seller and a Grammy nominee the same year, and Youthanasia (1994) kept the group’s good momentum going. With the releases of Cryptic Writings (1997) and Risk (1999), Megadeth moved away from their previous releases, having almost abandoned thrash metal and went to a heavier side, and only with The World Needs a Hero (2001) the band returned to the thrash roots. The band was disbanded in 2002, after Mustaine discovered a serious nerve injury in his left arm, but after two years of long and exhausting physiotherapy sessions, Mustaine reformulated the band and decided to get back to work with the release of The System Has Failed (2004). Since then, the band has released five other albums: United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), TH1RT3EN (2011), Super Collider (2013) and Dystopia (2016). Megadeth is part of the “Big Four of Thrash,” along with Slayer, Metallica and Anthrax.

I am an ardent fan of Mustaine’s talent as a musician and songwriter. He is behind of Metalica’s best songs and riffs.

.If you want to listen to Megadeth for the first time, you could start with a classic album like “Rust in Peace”.