Tag Archive: Megadeth

Just So You Know, Megadeth’s Gigantour Is In Progress Right Now!

Feb.01, 2012

Fun fact: 2008′s Gigantour was my first real metal show. My dad took me and a friend of mine to Louisville, KY to see Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For A Cowboy, and High on Fire. That show was pretty awesome, and it set in motion my concert-going and have made a dedicated effort to see at least one show a year since then (travel is hard on the wallet).

It’s good to know that Gigantour is still going on! This year’s lineup consists of the yearly headliner Megadeth alongside Motorhead, Volbeat, and Lacuna Coil. Tonight the tour’s hitting Glen’s Falls, New York. Don’t miss it!

Here are the remaining dates on Gigantour 2012:

Feb. 01 – Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center
Feb. 02 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
Feb. 03 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
Feb. 05 – Kingston, ON – K-Rock Centre
Feb. 07 – Oshawa, ON – General Motors Centre
Feb. 08 – Hamilton, ON – Copps Coliseum
Feb. 09 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
Feb. 10 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
Feb. 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
Feb. 14 – St. Paul, MN – Myth
Feb. 16 – Saskatoon, SK – Prairieland
Feb. 17 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre
Feb. 18 – Calgary, AB – Big 4 Building
Feb. 20 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre
Feb. 21 – Kent, WA – Showare Center
Feb. 23 – San Jose, CA – Events Center
Feb. 24 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
Feb. 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
Feb. 26 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
Feb. 28 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium

- JR

Tags: Gigantour, Lacuna Coil, Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat

Anthrax – Worship Music

Filed Under: Reviews

Jan.27, 2012

Anthrax
Worship Music

01. Worship
02. Hell On Earth
03. The Devil You Know
04. Fight ‘Em Til’ You Can’t
05. I’m Alive
06. Hymn 1
07. In The End
08. The Giant
09. Hymn 2
10. Judas Priest
11. Crawl
12. The Constant
13. Revolution Screams

[09/12/11]
[Megaforce Records]

Worship Music is Anthrax‘s most recent album. I don’t think any of you don’t know who Anthrax is but if you don’t, I am more than obligated to say you’ve obviously been living under a rock. But for those rock-dwellers, Anthrax are one of the pioneers of thrash and progenitors in metal and alternative metal. Having dominated the 80′s with their signature brand of thrash and pushed through the 90′s with some of the best material of that decade, Anthrax have always had staying power and the music to back it up. I have always been a fan of thrash having grown up with parents that grew up in the 80′s. It was commonplace for me to be listening to Anthrax as a toddler and through my formative years. They have always been there.

You could say I am biased, but my tastes have changed in time. I am no longer the obsessive kid who listened to nothing but Megadeth, Metallica, and Slayer. My tastes have turned to things more inaccessible and more obscure. Coming back though, after years of nay-saying and thinking I was above these bands (enforced by Metallica’s digression), I never thought I would hear good material from a thrash progenitor again; it just seemed like a lost cause. Metallica doing jams with Lou Reed; Judas Priest on American Idol; Jeff Hanneman of Slayer saying “a Slayer album speaks for itself now. I think people know what they are getting into with a new Slayer album.” It was tiring and I just shut it all out after a while. Though, Anthrax has finally broken this trend. Here we have something fresh; an old attitude with new aesthetics; a fantastic new record breaking through the stagnant era of the Big Four.

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Tags: Anthrax, Judas Priest, Lou Reed, Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Worship Music

Basick Records Announces New Signings: The Algorithm and Skyharbor!

Filed Under: General News, Upcoming releases

Nov.25, 2011

Oh hey, more Basick-related news! I think at this point it’s safe to say that Basick Records are the best record label around when it comes to the ratio of excellent bands on their roster, which comes out to about 100%. They’ve just been on fire lately, releasing some of the best albums this year, including Uneven Structure‘s Februus and Aliases‘ Safer than Reality. In case you didn’t think they could get any better, think again, because they’ve just announced the signing of both The Algorithm and Skyharbor.

The Algorithm is the experimental one-man project of Frenchman Rémi Gallego that fuses electronic music and metal with a style come have called djentstep, which actually works far better than you’d expect. The Algorithm will release a new single EP titled Tr0jans in early 2012, as well as a new album later on in the year! You can stream a track from the single, “Isometry,” below.

Skyharbor also began as a one-man project from Keshav Dhar under the joke moniker Hydrodjent before evolving into a project that is now seeing worldwide attention, bringing in guest artists including Daniel Tompkins (ex-Tesseract) and Marty Friedman (ex-Megadeth). This is top-notch Indian progressive metal that will likely blow minds next year when the debut album Blinding White Noise: Illusion & Chaos. Here’s an edit of the song “Celestial”, featuring the work of the aforementioned guest artists.

Exciting! We’ll have more info on these releases when they’re available!

- JR

Tags: Aliases, Basick Records, Megadeth, Skyharbor, TesseracT, The Algorithm, Uneven Structure

From The Archive: Megadeth – Countdown To Extinction

Filed Under: Albums You Should Hear, From the Archive

Oct.26, 2011

From The Archive

The discovery of a new band is always exciting. Will it be something you’ve heard countless times? An experience that leaves a bad taste in your mouth? Or is it a treat from which you cannot stop consuming? I wanted to take a trip back in time to reminisce about bands/albums that not only introduced me to heavy music, but kept me coming back for more…

From The Archive: Megadeth – Countdown To Extinction

Hey, it’s Evan here. With the release of Megadeth’s next album just around the corner I asked Dan if it would be alright if I were to do From the Archive this week and reflect on my favorite, and first Megadeth album. I hope you guys enjoy the read. Cheers!

As a child and young teenager I never really listened to music. Like, at all, with the exception of Eminem (yeah, I’m metal), but when I entered high school I found myself being drawn to new areas of entertainment to deal with the stupidity that takes place there. I started with classic rock like Aerosmith, and moved on to more modern alternative rock acts like Breaking Benjamin and The Killers, and while those were all well in good, I wanted something more, something fiercer, something heavy – so I listened to a bit of Disturbed and liked it at first, but it just felt shallow and repetitive, then I moved on to System of a Down, who I still think are an excellent example of accessible yet heavy music, but I was still young to the sound, and I wanted more. Then one day I entered a metal thread on a random forum site. I asked them to recommend some music to a new listener, and the first thing that was recommended was Megadeth’s Countdown to Extinction.

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Tags: Countdown To Extinction, Megadeth

Megadeth – Th1rt3en

Filed Under: Reviews

Oct.26, 2011

Megadeth

Th1rt3en

01. Sudden Death
02. Public Enemy No. 1
03. Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)
04. We The People
05. Guns, Drugs & Money
06. Never Dead
07. New World Order
08. Fast Lane
09. Black Swan
10. Wrecker
11. Millennium Of The Blind
12. Deadly Nightshade
13. 13

[11/01/11]
[Roadrunner]

Megadeth are arguably the most consistent band in the ‘Big Four’ of thrash metal. While always falling short in terms of recognition and record sales of their mega competitors and career long rivals Metallica, Megadeth have always trumped the aforementioned trainwreck in terms of sheer skill and unwavering faith to their fans and their genre. With really only one blip on their radar to cast a doubtful eye at — the pop ‘sensation’ Risk — Megadeth have crafted a solid lineage for themselves in the metalverse, and since their revival in the early 2000′s have consistently improved and honed their sound and maintained a unique style and presence that outshines all of their Big Four contemporaries.

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Tags: Dave Mustaine, Megadeth, Roadrunner Records, TH1RT3EN

Apparently It’s Megadeth Day, So Listen To “Black Swan“

Filed Under: Audio

Oct.26, 2011

As you’ll see later on this afternoon, thanks to our new guy Juular we’ve got a glut (okay, tow more articles) of Megadeth-related hijinks, including a review of Th1rt3en and a very special From The Archive.

I know about zip-all about Megadeth so I’m not going to embarrass myself with some half-hearted commentary about the song. All I know is it has the same as that Natalie Portman film wot has the lesbeen bit with Mila Kunis who is also Meg Griffin in it. Make of that what you will.

- CG

Tags: Black Swan, Megadeth, TH1RT3EN

Dave Mustaine Is Clearly A Big Ryan Stiles Fan…

Filed Under: New music, Upcoming releases

Oct.18, 2011

Because the Brian Clark play was god-awful…

Out of the big four I’d say Megadeth are the only one’s that have had at least a couple of good songs on EVERY album. That sort of statement is bound to bring people out of the woodwork who will call me out on it but I still think that “Insomnia” and “Crush ‘Em” are pretty catchy tunes on a terrible album. Either way, Megadeth are set to release the unfortunately titled TH1RT3EN on the 1st of November and after three song releases I’m feeling pretty positive about it. It definitely doesn’t hark back to their thrash heyday in any way but if you’re like me and enjoyed the last few records or even just the Countdown To Extinction-era in general then I can’t see you having much to complain about.

- DL

Tags: Dave Mustaine Is A Crazy Ass Son's A'Bitch, Megadeth, TH1RT3EN

Revocation – Chaos Of Forms

Filed Under: Reviews

Sep.29, 2011

Revocation

Chaos Of Forms

01. Cretin
02. Cradle Robber
03. Harlot
04. Dissolution Ritual
05. Conjuring The Cataclysm
06. No Funeral
07. Fractal Entity
08. Chaos Of Forms
09. The Watchers
10. Beloved Horrifier
11. Dethroned
12. Reprogrammed

[08/16/11]
[Relapse]

The neo-thrash/nu-thrash movement fell down for me in one big way. It wasn’t a movement that was trying to break any new ground but instead was one that insisted on recreating a sound. Very few bands seemed interested in anything more than taking a few Exodus and Testament riffs and stretching them out over a whole album, and that’s fine for some and I certainly enjoyed quite a few bands who did just that – but bands with real substance were few and far between.

Revocation were and indeed still are a breath of fresh air to the exhumed corpse of retro-thrash. Maybe it’s the unbelievable guitar wizardry of David Davidson, the complex song structures or even the drum acrobatics of Phil Dubois-Coyne, but whatever it is, it makes Revocation stand out like no other band. However, part of the appeal for their second record Existence Is Futile was that it came completely out of nowhere after their distinctly average debut, so this time Revocation can be judged only on their merits as musicians.

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Tags: Chaos of Forms, Cradle Robber, Devin Townsend, existence is futile, Exodus, John Petrucci, Megadeth, Relapse, Revocation, Rust In Peace

Speaking Of Contests, Enter To Win A Guitar Signed By Dave Mustaine

Filed Under: Contests

Jul.13, 2011

As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’re giving away meet and greet passes/tickets to see Rob Zombie and Slayer in Vancouver. We’ve had a couple of entries already, so if you’re in the area, you need to hit this up at some point in the next two weeks! If you’re feeling lucky, you can now also enter to win a signed Megadeth Peace Sells Dean guitar signed by the man himself, Dave Mustaine, in a contest that is being sponsored by our good friends That Devil Music. You can click the above banner graphic for more information and to enter the contest! Good luck!

- JR

Tags: Megadeth, Rob Zombie, Slayer

New Job For A Cowboy Cover Art Is Sweet As Always

Filed Under: Audio, General News, Upcoming releases

May.09, 2011

I’m sure you know by now that we aren’t really huge Job For A Cowboy fans here at Heavy Blog; in fact, there are probably a few writers that despise them. I do appreciate their evolution from run of the mill deathcore to respectable death metal, though. Shit’s not bad, and I have no qualms about seeing them sandwiched between The Ocean and Between The Buried And Me this weekend. One thing that JFAC does get consistently right is their album artwork. Like Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Children of Bodom, JFAC seems to carry a mascot through each album, and unlike the cliche grim reaper that Bodom has, I like this character as it’s something different.

The Gloom EP artwork above is a bit different from their previous work, but it’s still pretty rad by any means. If you haven’t heard it yet, you can listen to the new song “Misery Reformatory” below.