Kirk Hammett (Metallica guitarist): I could tell it was really blossoming into something to be reckoned with. Every song we came up with was like the greatest thing. Every time we’d write another it ...

After 43 years in the business, Californian heavy metal band Megadeth released their eponymous and final album last Friday, Jan. 23. It’s a 47-minute ride through what made Megadeth one of the ...

Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw teamed as co-producers for a third straight album. It’s the Megadeth debut for guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari and the first studio release with bassist James LoMenzo since ...

Megadeth's final album is now out, and after sitting down with these 10 new tracks it’s clear the band are not riding the ...

I remember the first time I saw Megadeth like it was yesterday. It was Sept. 23, 2006, at the Columbus stop of that year's Gigantour, an ultimately doomed Ozzfest competitor that booked some killer ...

Last August, thrash metal icon Dave Mustaine announced the end of Megadeth. After one final album, the band’s seventeenth, and a farewell tour, Mustaine ...

Some of punk and metal's most influential outfits arose from the Bay Area, with many of them serving as an exciting and explosive response to classic rock.

Dave Mustaine has divulged the details of his last conversation with James Hetfield — and why it didn’t go well. The Megadeth bandleader told Classic Rock that the last discussion he had with his ...

Tailgunner's bassist and founder, Bones, opens up about the band's history, the new album 'Midnight Blitz' and how they ended ...

The competition is fierce. Kendrick Lamar’s dominance continues at the 2026 Grammy Awards, where he leads the nominations with nine. He’s followed closely by Lady Gaga, Jack Antonoff and Canadian ...

Megadeth's final self-titled album brings the metal band to No. 1 on two Billboard charts — the Billboard 200 and Vinyl Albums lists — for the first time.

This week, Harry Styles' "Aperture" debuts atop the Hot 100, as the former One Direction star begins to roll out his ...