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Dave Mustaine announces new Megadeth album will be his last
By Matt Owen published
The band's final record will be followed by a global farewell tour next year
![Zia Cyan shreds on Instagram [left]. Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine riffs onstage at Norway's Tons Of Rock Festival 2025](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/TDZpXhNEANsNq94k87kRE9.jpg)
Instagram guitarist posts Megadeth cover – and Dave Mustaine shows up in the comments with some riff advice
By Jonathan Horsley published
Zia Cyan's cover of Angry Again was met with approval from Mustaine, who revealed it's actually easier than how she was playing it

The freak injury that changed the way Chris Poland played guitar – and informed the sound of Megadeth’s Rattlehead
By Matt Owen published
The former Megadeth guitarist had a stand-off with a 200lb oak door, resulting in an injury that would forever change how he plays guitar

Dave Mustaine says nu-metal guitarists aversion to solos was down to a lack of lead talent – not stylistic choice
By Phil Weller published
He believes nu-metal players had limited abilities, but could the movement’s shred-friendly second coming change his mind?

Marty Friedman reveals the real reason he rejected Megadeth's proposed Rust in Peace lineup reunion
By Janelle Borg published
Friedman sets the record straight on the much-rumored reunion and claims that the amount the Megadeth team offered him was “right around the first salary I got when I joined Megadeth in 1990”

The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there
By Richard Bienstock published
The story of Metallica's meteoric rise – as told by the people who were there, including Dave Mustaine, Scott Ian, Kerry King, Gary Holt, and, of course, Metallica themselves

“David Ellefson told me, ‘You got the gig. Oh and by the way, Dave told me to tell you that you played many of the wrong guitar parts’”: Marty Friedman tells the inside story of his auditions with Ozzy Osbourne and Madonna – and landing the Megadeth gig
By Marty Friedman published
In this exclusive excerpt from his new autobiography, Dreaming Japanese, the guitarist looks back at his early years, when he was broke and forced to choose between eating or auditioning

Megadeth fire back at Peter Frampton – who claimed the band damaged a stage during their soundcheck
By Matt Owen published
After Megadeth and Frampton were both forced to cancel live dates at the same venue, Dave Mustaine has issued a strongly worded response to Frampton's claim it was the heavy metal group's fault
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