That's what bassist David Ellefson revealed in a virtual panel at Headbangers Con earlier in December, as relayed through the Megadeth Facebook page. "2013, we were on a Gigantour with Black Label ...

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has revealed that late Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul is the reason the band has opened all of their shows since 2013 with “Hangar 18.” Ellefson first shared the story ...

The Deciblog posted a video of guitar-violin duo covering Megadeth’s “Hangar 18” today. You can view it below. While string versions of metal songs are a dime a ...

"We started opening the show with 'Hangar 18' and that was actually Vinnie Paul’s idea," recalls Ellefson. "We were on a Gigantour, and we’d been opening the set with 'Trust,' which had a great ...

Megadeth‘s Gigantour set played like most of their festival appearances of the past year- a greatest hits of their career with a few surprises peppered in. As longtime fans of Megadeth, their catalog ...

A pair of outer-space rock 'n' roll songs square off against each other in the first round of our Rock Star Wars battle. To try and fill our days between now and the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens ...

Megadeth earned its spot in the “Big Four” of thrash metal in the mid 1980s, and they showed they still have what it takes more than 40 years later. Founded in 1983 by Dave Mustaine, Megadeth put on a ...

Megadeth at Hauptstrasse, Wacken, Germany on Wacken Open Air on August 4th, 2023. Setlist: 1-Hangar 18 2-Wake Up Dead 3-In My Darkest Hour (without intro) 4-Dystopia 5-We'll Be Back 6-Dread and the ...