MEGADETH is one of the seminal bands without which it would be hard to imagine modern metal.
Ever since Dave Mustaine founded the band in 1983, their influence has only grown. They’ve sold over 50 million albums worldwide, won a Grammy and received twelve additional nominations, amassed billions of streams, reached the Billboard Top 10 seven times, and played countless concerts in front of hundreds of thousands of fans. Their influence is felt across culture—from Post Malone’s “So Far, So Good… So What!” tattoo to The Simpsons to movies and TV shows where their music plays a pivotal role.
MEGADETH has been a driving force in thrash metal for more than four decades. They set the tone in the 1980s, elegantly broke into the mainstream in the 1990s, kept up the pace after 2000, and rose to iconic heights in the era of streaming platforms. Not even the pandemic could stop them—on the contrary, they transformed the uncertainty of that time into one of their boldest and most powerful recordings.
And today? In 2025, they’re releasing their seventeenth album, and they still sound just as fresh and uncompromising as they did at the start. You’ll find lightning-fast riffs, complex rhythms, breathtaking solos, and lyrics full of biting sarcasm and deeper reflections.
The current lineup—Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari (guitar), James LoMenzo (bass), and Dirk Verbeuren (drums)—proves that MEGADETH can still push boundaries and deliver thrash like no other.