I own most of their discography (14 of them) and listen to them regularly. Besides Megadeth, I love Metallica's first 4 albums and also really enjoy a handful of songs from Slayer, Machine Head, Testament, and Overkill.

Outside of that I don't really listen to any other thrash. Just curious how many big Megadeth fans are really into thrash vs how many listen to mostly other genres when not listening to Megadeth.

Sounds fake to me, what do you think?

Vortex won the poll for which Cryptic Writings song sounds the most like it's from Youthanasia.

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Ya pasó el hype de la reedición del CTE 2026 pero a mí recién me llegó hoy. Para los que pudieron hacer comparación del de época y este nuevo qué tal les pareció?

En lo personal me gustó bastante el Audio del 2026, es calidad a buen precio a comparación del de época que no baja de los 200 USD

what happened to massive Megadeth announcement i thought they were supposed to announce this month i guess that has changed

Curious to know what song/solo he's playing. I'm guessing, Into The Lungs Of Hell. I could be wrong, though.

If anyone has a meet and greet with Dave for either Wisconsin shows, could you please please ask Dave to even think about and consider playing The Conjuring or Rattlehead!!?

Going to both shows, I’ve seen Megadeth 4 times now in MN since 2016…. Never seen either song. He’s pulled both out randomly at times over the last few years. Hoping playing with Obituary, Dave will want to play some of the heavier tracks he has in his rotating set…. I just don’t want to hear She-Wolf(okay song, but compared to the other two it ain’t got shi*) and Dread And The Fugitive again over some cool super thrash songs. It’s a long shot, but if someone sees this and thinks the same🤣🤣🤣 see ya in Wisconsin.

This is a random aside, but when Metallica played in MN last time, I literally jumped out of my seat freaking out they played Hit The Lights. If Megadeth would pull out say Rattlehead I would lose my head rattling so hard lmao. I see Take No Prisoners has been subbed in recently…. Haven’t seen that and is amazing…. But man getting something from the first two albums that’s not Mechanix and Peace Sells title track. I have seen Wake Up Dead live multiple times.

Just came across this! Such a great live set!

I’ve always been curious what style he wears, does anyone know? I think Gary from Exodus wears the same style

Trust AND Mastermind were tied for which Cryptic Writings songs sound the most like they're from Countdown To Extinction. Didn't think that would happen again.

Now, which Cryptic Writings song sounds the most like it's from Youthanasia?

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Not necessarily the best but the most badass sounding. I’ll give you my top 5:

1. Take No Prisoners
2. Life In Hell
3. Killing Is My Business… And Business Is good!
4. The Conjuring
5. Skin O’ My Teeth

This is to be debated but these tracks are the ones that stuck out to me. Thoughts?

Anyone able to snag pictures of the merch for the first couple of US headlining shows the past few days? Trying to prepare for August 1st, thanks!

Somebody in another thread asked about Vic mythology other than ‘badass guy Dave came up with”. Looks definitely human in this art in the vinyl gatefold, and the cover makes it look like Angel Lady is morphing him into the Vic we all know? Any thoughts on this?

Bonus points for spotting Jr. pulling pork in the balcony.

This one’s for the lore of the beloved mascot, every time I wonder when I look at the album covers of Youthanasia and Countdown To Extinction. Vic isn’t in the cover, or more like he shape shifts into a human.

Could this be possible? Let me know!

I don't know whether this story is true, but I read some excerpt from an interview of a Bad Brain crew member, I think he was security or something, who said he once bashed Dave's head in the shared dressing room they had because he came in and started swearing in front of kids that were there.

Does anyone know the source of this?

I couldn’t fit all of them, it only let 12 so I did the first 12. Sorry Super Collider fans.

Addicted To Chaos won the previous poll for which Youthanasia song sounds the most like it's from Risk.

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I remember there used to be this whole blog where Marty Friedman wrote about each Megadeth song he performed on. It went into detail about the legendary Tornado of Souls handshake, the music theory behind Lucretia, and even random stuff like how they had to record the call and response Addicted to Chaos vocals manually.

But now I can't find this blog anywhere! I've looked all around, though it looks like his official site is down right now so it could be there I guess. Anyone else remember this? Am I crazy?

"I let it rip on The Doctor Is Calling, Wanderlust and Time. But nothing showed my pain more than I'll Be There. I knew that the days were numbered now, and the band's end was near, and I just wanted to say 'thank you' to those I loved."

Not sure if this was ever posted on this subreddit. What are you guys' thoughts on this? On this booklet it almost sounds like a suicide note, and I guess that's what it turned out to be after The World Needs A Hero's release.

Still a fantastic album IMO that while I don't think would have ever topped the charts, would have been received extremely well if it wasn't under the Megadeth name.