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SLAYER, MEGADETH, ANTHRAX Making Another U.S. Run this Fall

SLAYER, MEGADETH, and ANTHRAX, who are currently on tour, will be making an additional run of U.S. tour dates via the 2010 Jagermeister Tour. Tour dates: September 24 Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX 25 AT&T Center, San Antonio, TX 26 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX 28 Lakefront Arena, New Orleans, LA 30 Civic Coliseum, Knoxville, TN [...]

The Big Four’s Sofia, Bulgaria Concert to Be Beamed to Movie Theaters Around the World

The “Big Four,” METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX, are bringing their historic European tour to the global stage by beaming the event via satellite to movie theaters around the world in a special HD cinematic event. These four legendary acts broke out of the underground thrash movement in the 1980’s to dominate the metal world, [...]

SLAYER to Perform Seasons in the Abyss, MEGADETH to Perform Rust in Peace Live

MEGADETH and SLAYER have confirmed that they will each perform, start to finish, their 1990 releases – SLAYER‘s world-wide, million-selling Seasons In The Abyss and MEGADETH‘s Platinum Rust In Peace – on the upcoming Canadian and American Carnage Tours. The six-date Canadian Carnage kicks off July 23 in Quebec City, while the 19-city American Carnage [...]

Dave Ellefson Rejoins MEGADETH

MEGADETH founder and frontman Dave Mustaine has announced the return of original bassist David Ellefson (1983-2002) to the iconic multi-platinum group. This reunion is appropriately timed to MEGADETH’s upcoming historic month-long Rust in Peace 20th anniversary tour which launches March 1 in Spokane, WA. At these incredibly special shows, MEGADETH will play their landmark, genre-defining [...]

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Announce New Dates for the “American Carnage” North American Tour

SLAYER and MEGADETH are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23. SLAYER will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg [...]

SLAYER, MEGADETH, TESTAMENT Tour Cancelled; Tom Araya Forced to Undergo Back Surgery

The American and Canadian Carnage Tour, featuring SLAYER, MEGADETH, and TESTAMENT, have been cancelled due to SLAYER‘s Tom Araya needing to undergo back surgery. Araya began experiencing back problems while on the band’s Australian/New Zealand/Japanese tour last October. Upon returning from that tour, he saw an orthopedic specialist who diagnosed a Cervical Radiculopathy. Initially declining [...]

METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH, and ANTHRAX to Share the Stage for the First Time

The world wide web has been abound with speculation on a possible “Big Four” tour for several months. Now, the UK/European Sonisphere can exclusively reveal that METALLICA, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX will play together for the first time in history, in a move that will have metalheads across the globe frenzied with excitement. Says Lars [...]

MEGADETH, SLAYER, TESTAMENT to Team Up for “American Carnage” Tour

MEGADETH and SLAYER have announced that they will co-headline the “American Carnage” tour. TESTAMENT will be opening all date on the tour. “American Carnage” will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows [...]

MEGADETH – Endgame

If you needed any indication as to what Endgame would sound like, you only need to look to MEGADETH‘s last album, United Abominations. The band open the album with power and style with the instrumental, “Dialectic Chaos,” which sounds heavily inspired from MAIDEN‘s Powerslave. The song is quickly followed by Endgame‘s most intense song, “This [...]

MEGADETH: New Album, Endgame, Out in September

MEGADETH have announced Endgame as the title of their twelfth studio album. The album is tentatively scheduled for a September release through Roadrunner Records. Endgame was recorded at the band’s brand new, self-built studio, Vic’s Garage, located near San Diego and named after their iconic Vic Rattlehead character (seen on the band’s album covers). Production [...]