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The greatest guitar albums of the '90s
By Jenna Scaramanga published
From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello

Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Kiko Loureiro go deep on the tragedy and triumph that fueled The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!
By Jon Wiederhorn published
In this exclusive interview, the state-of-the-art metal guitar duo unpack a story of sickness and recovery, and reveal how their opposing styles yielded some of the heaviest riffs and solos of the thrash titans' career

Dave Mustaine on the secret to playing Megadeth: “A lot of the technique is in the right hand. It's not what the left hand is doing at all”
By Sam Roche published
The thrash legend discusses the nuances of his genre-defining playing style in the new issue of Guitar World

Watch Megadeth perform The Sick, The Dying... and The Dead! single We'll Be Back live for the first time
By Sam Roche published
The thrash metal heavyweights are currently on tour supporting Five Finger Death Punch
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Dave Mustaine reflects on Marty Friedman’s Megadeth departure: “What happened to Marty was definitely not okay”
By Sam Roche published
The Megadeth leader recalls the circumstances surrounding Friedman's exit from the band with a sense of regret in the new issue of Guitar World

Megadeth’s Kiko Loureiro names the best bass players he’s ever played with
By Matt Owen published
The shredder draws from a long list of collaborators new and old and reveals the six low-end legends who he considers to be the best bassists he's collaborated with

David Ellefson on Megadeth ouster: “You find out who your friends are… pretty f**king quick when the s**t hits the fan”
By Matt Parker published
The former Megadeth man has been talking about his journey on the “rock and roll rocket ship”

Megadeth show us their war face on precision-riffing new single Soldier On!
By Jonathan Horsley published
Dave Mustaine keeps the full thrash-metal jacket vibe going with the latest military-inspired track from forthcoming studio album, the The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!

Dave Mustaine reveals the fastest song Megadeth have ever written, and it is 190 bpm
By Jackson Maxwell published
In a brand-new interview with Guitar World, the thrash pioneer also discussed his determination to work on the band's new album while undergoing radiation and chemo treatments for cancer
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