In a current interview with BBC Radio 4’s “Saturday Dwell”, MEGADETH frontman Dave Mustaine spoke about what makes a track a great track. He stated (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “For me, what I would like to depart for future generations is to know that melody is so vital to songs. Quincy Jones is a really well-known producer right here in America. We have been making the ‘Rust In Peace’ file on the time and had gone to this get together, and Quincy was there. And he had stated to our engineer/producer that the important thing to profitable songs was beat, melody and 10 easy phrases.”

He continued: “So I suppose an important factor I want to depart to future generations is to echo what Quincy had stated, however to make it my very own, I’d say with the intention to achieve success in thrash, you want to have a heavy beat, melody and I would say most likely 20 easy phrases as a result of we sing a lot quicker.”

MEGADETH kicked off the summer season 2023 European leg of its “Crush The World” tour on July 23 on the Triple Thrash Triumph competition at Spodek in Katowice, Poland.

MEGADETH‘s present lineup contains guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, Belgian-born-and-now-Los-Angeles-based drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who had performed with SOILWORK for greater than a decade earlier than becoming a member of MEGADETH, Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro, who was beforehand greatest identified for his work with ANGRA, and bassist James LoMenzo. James was MEGADETH‘s bass participant within the mid-2000s and stepped again in as a touring member for the 2021 leg of “The Steel Tour Of The Yr”. In Could 2022, it was introduced that Lomenzo was formally rejoining the MEGADETH household.

Final September, MEGADETH‘s newest album, “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!”, debuted on the high of the charts throughout its first week of gross sales, taking the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 in addition to quantity ones on Prime Album Gross sales, Prime Present Albums Gross sales, Prime Rock & Various Albums, Prime Rock Albums and Prime Arduous Rock Albums. “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!” was the highest-charting MEGADETH album of all time around the globe, notching No. 1 In Finland, No. 2 in australia, poland, Switzerland, and Scotland, No. 3 within the U.Okay., and extra.

MEGADETH‘s earlier high 10 entries on the Billboard 200 have been “Countdown to Extinction” (No. 2, 1992),“Youthanasia” (No. 4, 1994),“Cryptic Writings” (No. 10, 1997),“United Abominations” (No. 8, 2007),“Endgame” (No. 9, 2009),“Tremendous Collider” (No. 6, 2013) and “Dystopia” (No. 3, 2016).

MEGADETH lately obtained its thirteenth Grammy nomination for “Finest Steel Efficiency” for the track “We’ll Be Again” from “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!”.

MEGADETH gained the 2017 Grammy Award for “Finest Steel Efficiency” for the title monitor of the band’s 2016 album “Dystopia”. This marked the group’s twelfth Grammy nomination on this class (together with nominations within the discontinued “Finest Arduous Rock/Steel Efficiency” class).