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Latest Megadeth News
Below is our complete Megadeth news coverage, including columns and articles pertaining to the band. Some articles listed may be indirectly related, such as side projects of the band members, etc.
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David Ellefson Checks In From Tel Aviv
David Ellefson of Megadeth has checked in with a video update from the Tel Aviv stop of the European Carnage tour. You can check out the clip below.
You can also find a video clip of David Ellefson appearing at a Hartke Bass clinic by heading over to this location.
David Ellefson Hartke Bass Clinic Footage Posted
Footage has been posted online of David Ellefson of Megadeth appearing at a Hartke Bass clinic in the Netherlands. You can check it out below.
The most recent video clip from David Ellefson's "Rock Shop" series is also still available for viewing here.
David Ellefson Posts New "Rock Shop" Clip
Megadeth's David Ellefson has posted a new clip online in his "rock shop" series, which can be viewed below. In this clip, taken from the 2011 European Carnage tour, Ellefson talks about writing songs that groove.
Footage of Chris Broderick and David Ellefson at a Jackson Guitars signing session is also available here.
Orange Goblin To Play Sonisphere
Orange Goblin has posted the following announcement online about appearing at the U.K. Sonisphere Festival 2011:
"We are happy to announce that Orange Goblin have been confirmed to appear at the UK Sonisphere Festival 2011 which takes place at Knebworth on the weekend of 8th, 9th and 10th July. The band will be playing the Jagermeister Stage on Sunday 10th July.
"Other bands appearing over the weekend include Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax (this will be the first ever 'Big 4' show in the UK), Motorhead, Slipknot, Mastodon, Arch Enemy, Airbourne and many, many more."
For more info on Sonisphere, check out this location.
Chris Broderick Signing Footage Available
Footage has been posted online of Megadeth's David Ellefson and Chris Broderick at a Jackson Guitars signing in Germany. The clip can be viewed below.
A clip of David Ellefson at a recent bass clinic in Budapest is also available at this location.
David Ellefson Bass Clinic Footage Available
David Ellefson of Megadeth has posted footage online from his appearance at a Hartke Bass Clinic in Budapest. You can check out the clip below, or watch footage of Ellefson in NYC here.
2011 "Heavy T.O." Festival Lineup Revealed
The official lineup has been announced for the first ever "Heavy T.O" festival, which is set to take place at Downsview Park in Toronto, Ontario on July 23rd and 24th, 2011. The following acts have been announced thus far, with more expected to be announced shortly.
Megadeth
Rob Zombie
Billy Talent
Slayer
Anthrax
Opeth
Motorhead
Mastodon
Children Of Bodom
Testament
As I Lay Dying
Baptized In Blood
Anvil
The Sword
Times Of Grace
Melissa Auf der Maur
DevilDriver
Footage Available Of David Ellefson Bass Clinic
Footage has been posted online of Megadeth's David Ellefson appearing at a recent Hartke Bass Amp clinic in NYC. You can check out the clip below.
David Ellefson has also announced several upcoming European meet and greet sessions. Details can be found at this location.
Dave Mustaine Posts Health Update Online
Megadeth's Dave Mustaine has posted the following update online regarding his recent trip to the hospital and having to cut the band's March 16th performance in St. Petersburg, Russia short.
"Last night I was getting ready for the concert, and two hours before the show, I started to feel like I had a hernia, or more like I had been hit in the groin.
"I told my tour manager that I needed a doctor and that there was no way I was going to get through this on my own; that I thought it might be in my best interest to consider canceling the show.
"Now I rarely, if ever cancel shows, and after 45 minutes of prayer with my loving wife and sweating like a dog, I was told to pee for the doctors. They then explained that there was blood in my urine. I was mad; I would say pissed, but that is an obvious pun.
"So they gave me an IV, and analgesic, and an anti-inflammatory injection. The next hour is kinda blurry, but I woke up and David [Ellefson, Megadeth bassist] was holding my hand and praying over me, and even Tom [Araya] and Dave [Lombardo] from Slayer came in to check on me, so I knew I was gonna be OK.
"For now.
"And to anyone that thinks Tom and I are still opposed, I feel sorry for you.
"Anyway, when I woke up, they said that there was so many people outside of the venue still, that they could hold the show for 30 additional minutes, and I said, 'Guys, I am OK, and we can do this.'
"Well, the doctors were not amused at all.
"But then again, they have never met the likes of one Dave Mustaine. More...
David Ellefson Announces European Meet And Greets
David Ellefson of Megadeth has scheduled several in-store appearances over the next few weeks while in Europe to sign autographs and some brief bass playing. These appearances are not considered full on Hartke clinics like the others he has done lately, but David will be there to show off his gear and meet with the fans. All appearances start at 12:00 noon with the first happening this Saturday, March 19 at RIFF Musikk in Oslo, Norway.
The dates and locations for David's upcoming appearances are as follows:
March 19th - Oslo, Norway RIFF Musikk AS Prinsens gate 2
March 24th - Nuremberg, Germany Musik-klier
April 8th - Budapest, Hungary Mezzoforte Hangszerbolt
April 9th - Frankfurt, Germany Musik Messe Trade Show Hartke Booth
April 11th - Lodz, Poland Guitar Center Poland
April 14th - Eindhoven, Holland Feedback Musical Instruments and More
Marty Friedman To Sell Megadeth Guitars For Japan
Former Megadeth axeman Marty Friedman, who currently lives in Japan, has posted the following statement online announcing that he will be selling his own Megadeth-era guitars for help in the relief of Japanese earthquake vicitims.
"Thank you all for your support and prayers. I am 100% fine, 100% healthy and in better shape than ever. However, there are many, many people here in Japan that are facing an unbelievable tragedy.
"It's time to go to the next step. I will be auctioning ALL of my guitars from the Megadeth-era and will donate 100% of the proceeds to the earthquake relief.
"I am going to L.A. right NOW to the climate controlled lockup where all the guitars have been in their cases since January 2000. All guitars I used on all the Megadeth recordings, tours, videos, everything WILL be auctioned off.
"When I get to the lockup, I will do my best to sort out which was used for what (I suck at that...I'm sure many of you guys know better than I do) and notate as many details as possible. Pictures, descriptions and how to bid will all be up on my U.S. website as well as my Japanese website within 2-3 days.
"I have NEVER sold ANY of my guitars before; this is the only way these guitars will leave my possession. I urge you to please spread the word and most of all BID HIGH. You will be putting a huge deposit in the 'karma bank' and have some pretty cool guitars to show for it. DO IT!"
More information will be posted online as it is made available.
David Ellefson Checks In From Moscow
David Ellefson of Megadeth has checked in from Moscow with a video update from the European Carnage tour. You can check out the video clip below.
David Ellefson and Chris Broderick also have a series of upcoming meet and greet sessions. Details can be found at this location.
2011 Metal Hammer Golden Gods Nominees Revealed
The nominees have been revealed for the forthcoming edition of the Metal Hammer Golden Gods awards. The 2011 event is set to take place on Monday, June 13 in London, England. The list of nominees and the award categories can be viewed below. You can vote for the award nominees at this location.
Best International Band:
1. AVENGED SEVENFOLD
2. DIMMU BORGIR
3. STONE SOUR
4. CHILDREN OF BODOM
5. DOWN
Best U.K. Band:
1. IRON MAIDEN
2. BRING ME THE HORIZON
3. SKINDRED
4. ARCHITECTS
5. BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
Best Live Band:
1. CANCER BATS
2. DEVILDRIVER
3. ROB ZOMBIE
4. SKINDRED
5. MACHINE HEAD
Best New Band:
1. THE DEFILED
2. KVELERTAK
3. TESSERACT
4. THE DAMNED THINGS
5. LETLIVE
Best Underground:
1. WATAIN
2. KYLESA
3. PRIMORDIAL
4. THE DEAD LAY WAITING
5. CLUTCH
Best Breakthrough:
1. PARKWAY DRIVE
2. A DAY TO REMEMBER
3. SYLOSIS
4. SABATON
5. VOLBEAT
Shredder(s):
1. Gus G. (FIREWIND, OZZY OSBOURNE)
2. Mark Tremonti (ALTER BRIDGE)
3. Alexi Laiho (CHILDREN OF BODOM)
4. Marc Rizzo (CAVALERA CONSPIRACY, SOULFLY)
5. Synyster Gates (AVENGED SEVENFOLD)
Metal As Fuck:
1. SLAYER
2. BEHEMOTH
3. SLIPKNOT
4. Zakk Wylde
6. DEFTONES
Event Of The Year:
1. Rob Zombie's return
2. Manowar's return
3. System of a Down reforming
4. The "Big Four" U.K. announcement
5. "Beavis And Butthead"'s resurrection
David Ellefson Announces Meet And Greets
Jackson Guitars will be hosting one hour meet and greets with David Ellefson and Chris Broderick of Megadeth during the European Carnage Tour. All appearances in the dates below will be from 12:00-1:00pm.
March 13 MuzTorg Basseyna Street, Kiev, Ukraine
March 15 Muztorg-Tagan 115172 Krashnoholmskaya naberezhnaya 3, bldg 1 Moscow, Russia
March 28 Madrid Musical Alberto Aguilera 50, Madrid 28015, Spain
March 29 Rock Box Alfredo Vicenti 44, Laroruna 15005, Spain
March 30 Muifex Professor Francisco Gentil Lote 1A, 2620-096 Lisbon Portugual
April 1 Auvisa Via Sergia, 86, Barcelona 08301, Spain
April 9 Musik Messe Jackson Exhibit Booth, Frankfurt, Germany
David Ellefson also recently conducted an interview with Bravewords.com about his bass clinics. You can check out the highlights at this location.
Glen Drover Readies Solo Album, "Metalusion"
With the release of his solo debut, "Metalusion" (due out April 5th), guitarist Glen Drover, best known for his precision and power playing with Megadeth and Eidolon, "blends the venom and attack of modern metal and the technically demanding musicianship that defines the classic jazz-rock genre."
The instrumental, 10-track album features five original compositions and metallic- edged interpretations of material composed by musical giants Frank Zappa, Al DiMeola and Jean-Luc Ponty.
"Metalusion" presents a side of Drover's musical identity that the metal community has rarely witnessed, while boasting diverse yet highly cohesive tracks. "Each song should sound as though it was meant to be included on the record," says Drover. "Nothing should seem as though it's out of place."
Assisting Drover are a number of special guests, including Nevermore's power metal/prog metal guitarist Jeff Loomis, Opeth's and Talisman's axe man Fredrik Åkesson, veteran Steve Smyth of the Bay Area's Forbidden, Ohm's guitar hero, Chris Poland (Megadeth) and classical metal master Vinnie Moore of UFO.
Here's the tracklisting for "Metalusion":
1. Ground Zero Special Guests - Chris Poland and Vinnie Moore
2. Frozen Dream Special Guest - Steve Smyth
3. Egyptian Danza [Al DiMeola Cover]
4. Colors Of Infinity
5. Illusions Of Starlight
6. Don't Let The World Pass You By [Jean-Luc Ponty Cover] - Special Guest - Fredrik Akesson
7. Mirage [Jean-Luc Ponty Cover] - Special Guest - Jeff Loomis
8. Ascension
9. The Purple Lagoon [Frank Zappa Cover]
10. Filthy Habits [Frank Zappa Cover]
David Ellefson Discusses Bass Clinics And More
Megadeth bassist David Ellefson recently conducted an interview with Bravewords.com, in which he discusses his current string of bass clinics, the "Big Four of thrash" touring together, and offering bass lessons. You can check out excerpts from the interview below.
Bravewords.com: You’re currently doing bass clinics with Anthrax' Frank Bello.
David Ellefson: Yeah, it’s cool because Hartke amplifiers has been a really big supporter for me. I started using them as far back as the Peace Sells tour and I’ve turned back to my weapons of choice which is the Jackson bass and the Hartke amplifiers. I did some clinics for Hartke while I was out on the Jagermeister tour and Frank Bello just came on board with Hartke, so I thought it was a really cool idea that during our down time that Frank and I go out and do some clinics together. The Big 4 thing has become the anchor between the four bands now. We’ve really put a name to our community and I think that anytime any of us do things together whether it’s the SLAYER/Megadeth Carnage tour, the Slayer/Anthrax/Megadeth Jägermeister tour, Frank and I doing bass clinics or all four of us getting onstage as the Big 4 again… More than ever we’ve become so tightly knit as a community of thrash metal right now and anything that we can do together as either pieces of the big machine or as the big machine itself is great for the fans and great for empowering the movement.
Bravewords.com: It really is great, but it was a little late in the making don’t you think? The Big 4 should have been done ten years ago.
Ellefson: The truth of it is – it should have been done twenty-five years ago, but there was a period of time where we were all carving out our own paths and our own destinies which would eventually become our own names for ourselves. To be honest with you, we all had our own course to chart and I think that the fact that we all four went and did that… We were called the Big 4 in the early ‘90s or late’80s even, but it took us to go through what we needed to go through to build our own legacies. Every one of these bands has its own legacy, which then creates this dynasty called the Big 4.
Bravewords.com: Tell me about your Rock House On Demand bass lessons.More...
Avenged Sevenfold To Headline Golden Gods Show
Orange County, California based hard rockers Avenged Sevenfold have been confirmed as the headliners for this year's edition of the Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which will take place on April 20th at the Nokia Centre in Los Angeles, California and will be televised by VH1 on May 28th.
Also performing at the show will be the original lineup of the Alice Cooper band, as well as Duff McKagen's Loaded, Devildriver, Asking Alexandria, Volbeat and Fozzy, who's lead singer Chris Jericho will also be hosting the event. Alice Cooper is also set to receive the eponymous Golden God award, while Motley Crue will be picking up the Ronnie James Dio Lifetime Achievement Award. The list of other nominees for the awards are as follows: More...
Vader Announces Show With Slayer
The official Vader MySpace page has been updated with the following message about the band supporting Slayer and Megadeth at an upcoming live show:
"Massive Music and Live Nation are glad to inform that during the Polish concert within 'European Carnage Tour 2011' Slayer and Megadeth will be supported by...Vader! The show will be held on April 11 in Atlas Arena in Lodz. After the outstanding success of Slayer and Megadeth on Sonisphere Festival 2010 in Warsaw they decided to go on a tour together!
"Slayer and Megadeth smashed the Warsaw audience in 2010 giving the show for over 80,000 people. Their fans left the concert with a hunger for more. So what is the best news for them? Slayer and Megadeth will play together in April in Atlas Arena (Lodz)!
"We will be represented by our native Vader. Get a move on and buy the tickets - they're going to go like hot cakes! Tickets at the cost of 154, 176 and 209 PLN available on LiveNation.pl and in shops."
Vader also recently announced the departure of bassist Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek. A statement from Rejek can be found here.
Big Four Of Thrash Headed To Sweden
Metallica has issued the following announcement about an upcoming "Big Four" show in Gothenburg, Sweden:
"One more show... The final announcement in our recent series of European adventures finds us in Gothenburg, Sweden on July 3, 2011. Of course Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer will all be there for our first Big 4 show in Scandinavia!
"Tickets go on sale Monday, March 7 at 9:00 AM local time. Met Club members should check here for more details about a special pre-sale this week. That’s it with announcements . . . for now!"
The Big Four also recently announced gigs in Germany and Italy.
Eight More Bands Confirmed For Sonisphere UK
The organisers of the British leg of the Sonisphere festival has announced eight more bands for this year's event. Amongst the new confirmations are rap legends House Of Pain, Swedish metal outfit Arch Enemy and Fozzy, the band fronted by wrestling superstar Chris Jericho and featuring members of Stuck Mojo. Also newly confirmed for the bill are Youmeatsix, Sum 41, All Time Low, Periphery and Grinspoon. The festival will be held at Knebworth from July 8th-10th and features the following lineup:
Metallica
Slipknot
Megadeth
Slayer
Anthrax
Diamond Head
Biffy Clyro
Airbourne
All Time Low
Arch Enemy
Architects
Fozzy
Gallows
Gojira
Grinspoon
House Of Pain
In Flames
Inme
Kids In Glass Houses
Limp Bizkit
Mastodon
Motorhead
One Minute Silence
Parkway Drive
Periphery
Protest The Hero
Sum 41
Sisters Of Mercy
Volbeat
Weezer
Youmeatsix
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