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 ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The origin of Megadeth is a tale of redemption for its central figure, Dave Mustaine. After being fired from Metallica for his ...

The heavy metal pioneer known for his lightning-fast shredding and snarling vocal style is going out his way, with a final ...

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 ...

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 ...