Megadeth

We've put together two dynamic playlists on Spotify - Roadrunner's Week in Metal and Roadrunner's Week in Rock - and we'd love it if you'd check them out. Each week, a few tracks rotate out, and a few new ones rotate in.

Back in the day, back when a Big 4 show was nothing but a fanboy's dream, three of the most important thrash metal bands of all time teamed up for a monumental tour called Clash of the Titans. The US version of the trek featured Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax as rotating co-headliners, playing huge venues across America in 1991, still part of the Rust in Peace era to Megadeth fans. In interviews at the time, Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine was often asked which band he thought benefitted the most from the tour.

NAMM, the National Association of Music Merchants, is having its annual convention this weekend at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California, and members of DevilDriver, Korn, Megadeth and Soulfly will be appearing there this weekend. Michael Spreitzer and Jeff Kendrick of DevilDriver will be performing for Blackstar Amplification on Friday, January 20 from 4:30 - 5 PM.

We've put together two dynamic playlists on Spotify - Roadrunner's Week in Metal and Roadrunner's Week in Rock - and we'd love it if you'd check them out. Each week, a few tracks rotate out, and a few new ones rotate in.

At their worst, cover songs are lazy album filler. At their best, they can eclipse even the best original material.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine was interviewed by the Kingston Whig Standard, a Canadian newspaper, in anticipation of the kickoff of the 2012 Gigantour, which features Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil. (Click here to find a show near you.) "I think our management and agents want to kill us, that's why they booked us in Canada in February," says Mustaine.

There's a hilarious new website collecting stories of what they call "Rock and Roll Tedium" - people's encounters with rock stars at the grocery store, on the train, or other everyday places. Here are a few examples: I MADE GEDDY LEE FROM RUSH A CUP OF COFFEE When I lived in Toronto I worked in a cafe when one day Geddy Lee walked in and ordered a latte.

Megadeth was honored in a major way by the editors of the hard rock and metal site Powerlinemag.com on their "Best of 2011" list - not only was the band labeled "Metal Artist of the Year, but "Deadly Nightshade," from their latest CD, TH1RT3EN, won Metal Song of the Year, and the deluxe version of their 1986 classic Peace Sells...But Who's Buying? won Best Metal Reissue. Explaining their decision, the editors wrote, "Dave Mustaine plays in pain at The Big Four gigs (with Anthrax, Slayer and Metallica), gets neck surgery and then releases one of the band’s best albums in years (with bassist Dave Ellefson back in the fold). A great outcome to 2011.

EA is presenting a very special online gaming event this weekend: the Battlefield 3 Metal Vs. Hip Hop Challenge! MATCHUP NO.