The new year traditionally heralds new beginnings, but the start of 2026 brought the last statement from one of thrash metal’s leading bands. Megadeth, masters of fast since 1983, put out their ...

When Dave Mustaine looks back on making Countdown to Extinction, the 1992 album that propelled Megadeth into the mainstream, he’s thankful for his clarity of mind at the time. After years of alcohol ...

In a recent episode of Sobre La Dosis, former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson named Countdown to Extinction as the most demanding album the band ever recorded. "In retrospect the most demanding Mega ...

In the latest episode of Jonathan Montenegro's "My 3 Questions To," bassist David Ellefson named the Megadeth album that was the most demanding and, no, it wasn't the tech-thrash masterpiece Rust in ...

You’d think getting kicked out of Metallica just as the band was on the verge of becoming one of the biggest acts in the history of heavy metal would do some serious damage to a guy’s ego. It didn’t ...

Megadeth went heavy on songs from 1992’s iconic “Countdown to Extinction” when the Destroy All Enemies Tour hit Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on Thursday, Aug. 8, with special guests Mudvayne and ...