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Los Angeles, United States (1983 – 2002, 2004 – present)

Megadeth is an American band led by founder, frontman, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 Los Angeles, California with bass player Dave Ellefson following Mustaine’s departure from Metallica, the band has since released thirteen studio albums, three live albums, five compilation albums, two extended plays, thirty-four singles, eight video albums, and thirty-two music videos.

As a pioneer of the American movement, Megadeth rose to international fame in the 1980s, but experienced numerous line-up changes, due partly to the band’s notorious substance abuse problems. After finding sobriety and securing a stable line-up, Megadeth went on to release a string of platinum and gold albums, including the platinum-selling landmark Rust in Peace in 1990 and the Grammy nominated, multi-platinum Countdown to Extinction in 1992. Megadeth disbanded in 2002 after Mustaine suffered a severe nerve injury to his left arm, but following extensive physical therapy, Mustaine reformed the band in 2004 and released The System Has Failed, followed by United Abominations in 2007; the albums deputed on the Billboard Top 200 chart at #18 and #8, respectively.

Megadeth is known for a distinctive guitar style, often involving complex, intricate musical passages, and trade off guitar solos. Mustaine is also known for his original “snarling” vocal style, as well as his recurring lyrical themes, often involving politics, war, addiction, and personal relationships.
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  • Oferthrash

    I prefer underrated bands with underrated albums with underrated songs about ladies underwear.

    3 hours ago Reply

  • guyraddudeman

    "underrated" doesn't make sense when the band who plays it is overrated 2DEEP4U

    yesterday evening Reply

  • adhisatyanugra

    ROTFL

    yesterday evening Reply

  • MosherSam13

    The World Needs A Hero = underrated

    yesterday evening Reply

  • njitetezero

    Glad that the Kroegster question was cleared up.

    yesterday afternoon Reply

  • spineshank155

    xD

    Yesterday 3:26pm Reply

  • snake289

    Yeezus > St Anger. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Super Contralidar

    Yesterday 1:42pm Reply

  • DimebagMustaine

    xD

    Yesterday 9:37am Reply

  • Oferthrash

    lol I troll lol and someone else gets banned lol and then I lol.

    Yesterday 7:39am Reply

  • spineshank155

    Stop banned or got trolling lol.

    Yesterday 6:10am Reply

  • Shadow-Run

    Это не просто говно, это сама вонь, блять.

    Yesterday 3:40am Reply

  • ale193

    Supercolider is an improvement over the last one, but still not brilliant. There are some good riffs scattered through it, and a few of the songs even manage to be good overall, but on the whole it still felt dumbed down compared to old megadeth- like the whole album had just enough riffs for one oldschool megadeth album. I actaully liked the parts with Dramian a lot, I wish they had used him more than they did.

    Yesterday 2:53am Reply

  • adhisatyanugra

    Stop trolling or got banned lol.

    Yesterday 11:26pm Reply

  • kailynsrs

    DARKNESS IMPRISONING ME ALL THAT I SEE ABSOLUTE HORROR

    Yesterday 10:40pm Reply

  • Backwater_Park

    It's a known fact that the WTC exploded into a thousand fiery pieces because someone inside the building was listening to the 'Knot© and teh 'Back™ simultaneously BELEEVE IT

    Yesterday 10:16pm Reply

  • guyraddudeman

    v DIE, INFIDEL

    Yesterday 6:07pm Reply

  • njitetezero

    what is kroegster?

    Yesterday 5:45pm Reply

  • Rfhnjy

    Overpriced shit \ Переоценённое говнарьское говно

    Yesterday 4:58pm Reply

  • MallkorrLives

    DATS TRVE I WAS THERE 2

    17 Jun 4:17pm Reply

  • guyraddudeman

    Guize once I played Opteh on one stereo, the 'Knot on another stereo at the same time. and do you know what happened well I will tell you what happened the sky turn blood red and the clouds parted and it started to rain liquid hot magma and out of heaven Teh Kröegster descended and with his golden leonine voice he said "Child, mixing the two most brutalist bands (outside of the 'Back) is not a good idea do you remember Chernobyl well that was because they had concert with the 'Knot and Opteh so don't fnck with this shit oh and also big titties are teh bessssst" and after that the clouds formed a giant phallus and Chad™ ascended up to heaven in the middle of it. so the lesson here is do not mix the 'Knot with other musics OR YOU FEAR

    17 Jun 12:47pm Reply
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