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Kiko Loureiro
Kiko Loureiro posts his original Megadeth audition tape playing Hangar 18 - after learning the song the day before

By Richard Bienstock Last updated

Dave Mustaine's response? “There’s a lot of wrong notes!”

Guitarists
Dave Mustaine 2022 rig
Dave Mustaine’s latest rig tour shows he’s made the full switch to Neural DSP’s Quad Cortex

By Matt Parker Published

The Megadeth man has gone full modeller, with power amp and cabs still pushing air onstage

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Dave Mustaine (left) and James Hetfield
Dave Mustaine wants to write new music with James Hetfield: “There is a pretty good possibility of it happening”

By Matt Owen Published

The Megadeth maestro says he's been secretly harboring hopes that a link-up with Metallica will become a reality

Guitarists
Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine breaks down every track on Megadeth's The Sick, The Dying… and the Dead!

By Jon Wiederhorn Published

From the fastest song Megadeth have ever recorded, to calling in Ice-T for tactical support, Megadave goes track by track and unpacks the story behind the band's 16th studio album

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Dave Mustaine and James Hetfield
Here's what Dave Mustaine texted James Hetfield after the Metallica leader felt insecure about his playing

By Matt Owen Published

The Megadeth frontman revealed he has also struggled with playing insecurity in the past

Guitarists
James Hetfield, Kurt Cobain and Dimebag Darrell
The greatest guitar albums of the '90s

By Jenna Scaramanga Published

From Pearl Jam to Pantera, Metallica to Morello

Music Releases
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Kiko Loureiro
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

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Dave Mustaine
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

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Megadeth
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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[L-R] Dave Mustaine and Marty Friedman
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

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