The relentless and legendary EXODUS have released their 13th studio album today: Goliath. I’ve streamed it on Spotify and will definitely buy a physical copy now, due to the fact it blistered my metal infested brain! Plus, vocalist Rob Dukes has returned and he sounds more pissed off than ever before! Long live EXODUS!
The MEGADETH newsletter has announced that the newest memoir from the remarkable Dave Mustaine releases on September 8th, 2026. Dave opens up about his courageous battle with cancer in his upcoming book. Yes, I’m pre-ordering a copy!
The prodigious Lamb Of God released their 10th studio album on March 13th and it can arguably be considered their best output of their existence! Not. Joking. All the metal bearings are spinning and blazing on Into Oblivion and I strongly urge you to stream, buy and get annihilated by LOGs’ auditory assault! Damn, I relish this LOG album!
Thank you for stopping by, have a safe and enjoyable weekend. Metal be thy name. – Stone
Megadeth is heading north in 2026! The band returns to Canada for a powerful run of dates, bringing their signature intensity and a set built for diehard fans. Cyber Army members get first access—exclusive presales begin Wednesday, November 26 at 10am local time. Special VIP offers including Side Stage Experience and Band Member Meet & Greets will be available.
Don’t miss your chance to secure tickets before the rest of the world. Let there be shred!
MEGADETH Canada 2026 Tour Dates:
February 15, 2026 | Victoria, BC @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
February 17, 2026 | Abbotsford, BC @ Rogers Forum
February 18, 2026 | Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place
February 20, 2026 | Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
February 21, 2026 | Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place
February 24, 2026 | Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre
February 25, 2026 | Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre
February 28, 2026 | London, ON @ Canada Life Place
March 1, 2026 | Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre
March 3, 2026 | Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre
March 4, 2026 | Moncton, NB @ Avenir Centre
March 6, 2026 | Québec City, QC @ Videotron Centre
Dave Mustaine shares some insight into the new track.
“How many times have you wanted to say this to someone? I know you want to! Deep down inside, if we had the balls, we would tell more people, ‘I don’t care’ more often.”
“Part of the main riff in this track had been floating around in my head since we did TSTD&TD, so I was pumped to start recording ‘I Don’t Care’ for this LP. I really love the guitar nuances in the track. There is the main rhythm riff, next, a very deliberate down-picking part, next, the octave chords with jump picking on octave notes (while still down-picking!). And the soloing and back and forth between me and Teemu is magnificent!!”
MEGADETH have revealed the full track listing for their self-titled final album that’s due out January 23, 2026. Pre-order the album, via DAVE MUSTAINE’s Tradecraft imprint in partnership with Frontiers Label Group’s new BLKIIBLK label, HERE: https://www.blkiiblk.com/
The album includes “Tipping Point,” the previously released first single, and a very special bonus track: a reimagined version of “Ride the Lightning,” which MUSTAINE co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album.
“As I come full circle on the career of a lifetime, the decision to include ‘Ride the Lightning,’ a song I co-wrote with James, Lars, and Cliff, was to pay my respects to where my career first started,” MUSTAINE says.
The album’s full track listing is as follows:
Tipping Point I Don’t Care Hey, God?! Let There Be Shred Puppet Parade Another Bad Day Made to Kill Obey the Call I Am War The Last Note Ride the Lightning (Bonus Track)
Megadeth’s This Was Our Life world tour is coming to Latin America in 2026, with massive shows just announced in Lima,Bogotá, Buenos Aires, São Paulo,Santiago, Mexico City and more.
Megadeth Cyber Army members get first access to tickets through exclusive presales.
Lima: Cyber Army Presale November 2 – 3 at 10am local time General On-Sale: November 6 at 10am local time
Colombia: Cyber Army Presale November 3 – 4 at 10am local time General On-Sale: November 7 at 10am local time
Argentina: Presale details coming soon
São Paulo: Cyber Army Presale November 3 – 4 at 10am local time General On-Sale: November 5 at 10am local time
Santiago, Chile: Cyber Army Presale November 2 – 3 at 10am local time General On-Sale: November 4 at 10AM local time
Mexico (all 3 shows): Cyber Army Presale November 8 – 9 at 10am local time General On-Sale: November 12 at 10am local time
VIP package upgrades including full band member Photo Ops and individual band member Meet & Greets will be available starting with presales via Megadeth.com.
The countdown is on, Latin America! Megadeth is coming for you in 2026!
Iron Maiden have announced dates in the USA and Canada for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026. The tour includes huge shows in Montréal and the Alamodome in San Antonio, two of the biggest rock shows Maiden have played in North America. They will also headline Louder Than Life, which is America’s biggest Rock Festival!
These upcoming tour dates will mark 45 years since Iron Maiden first visited Canada and the USA on the 1981 Killer World Tour, and feature some of the biggest shows the band has ever played there. The return to BMO Stadium concert in Los Angeles on September 25th will be the 25th time the band has played in the City of Angels. A history-making tour for sure!
Very special guests Megadeth will appear at all headline shows, with the addition of Anthrax for the dates in Montréal, Harrison, LA and San Antonio.
Run For Your Lives North American Tour Dates:
August 2026 29 Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena * September 2026 03 Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau *^ 05 Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium *^ 09 Boston, MA – TD Garden * 11 Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live * 12 Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion * 15 Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium * 17 Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life Festival 19 Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater * 22 Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre * 25 Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium *^ 29 San Antonio, TX – Alamodome *^
Megadeth ^ Anthrax
Fan Club presale will kick off on Tuesday October 28.
Headline shows go on general sale on Friday October 31.
Trooper VIP will be available across all headline shows. Eddie’s Pop-up Dive Bar experience will also come across the Atlantic for the very first time.
For the rest of the world – don’t worry, there are still more countries to be announced for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026!
Iron Maiden have announced a return to Mexico for the Run For Your Lives World Tour 2026!
October 02 – Estadio GNP Seguros, Mexico City – MEXICO
This upcoming show will mark 34 years since Maiden first visited Mexico on the Fear Of The Dark World Tour, and this show is the eighth time at this award- winning venue.
Special guests for this show will be announced in due course. Our popular Trooper VIP experience will be available in Mexico for the very first time.
Fan Club presale will begin on Monday October 27, before tickets go on sale to the public on Friday October 31.
“There’s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional. Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now. I have traveled the world and have made millions upon millions of fans and the hardest part of all of this is saying goodbye to them.
We can’t wait for you to hear this album and see us on tour. If there was ever a perfect time for us to put out a new album, it’s now. If there was ever a perfect time to tour the world, it’s now. This is also a perfect time for us to tell you that it’s our last studio album. We’ve made a lot of friends over the years and I hope to see all of you on our global farewell tour. Don’t be mad, don’t be sad, be happy for us all, come celebrate with me these next few years. We have done something together that’s truly wonderful and will probably never happen again. We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played, and we changed the world. The bands I played in have influenced the world. I love you all for it. Thank you for everything.”
Megadeth Cyber Army – Presale tickets & VIP packages are on sale now! We’re stoked to join Disturbed for The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour this fall. We’ll be joining Disturbed for 17 dates across Europe & the UK, starting on September 28.
Public tickets go on sale this FRIDAY at 10am local.
DISTURBED With Special Guest MEGADETH 2025 European Tour Dates:
Sep 28: Copenhagen Royal Arena, Denmark Oct 01: Dusseldorf PSD Bank Dome, Germany Oct 03: Stuttgart Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle, Germany Oct 04: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland Oct 06: Budapest Arena, Hungary Oct 07: Prague O2 Arena, Czech Republic Oct 10: Krakow Tauron Arena, Poland Oct 12: Paris Zenith, France Oct 14: Amsterdam Ziggo Dome, Netherlands Oct 15: Brussels Forest National Arena, Belgium Oct 17: Munich Olympiahalle, Germany Oct 18: Berlin Velodrome, Germany Oct 20: Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK
Oct 22: Dublin 3Arena, Ireland Oct 24: Manchester AO Arena, UK Oct 26: London The O2, UK Oct 28: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK
Megadeth is bringing its iconic live show to North America with a 33-city, nationwide tour, Destroy All Enemies, this fall including stops in Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Boston, St. Louis and many more. Tickets for all dates will be on sale Friday at 10am local time with an exclusive presale for Megadeth Cyber Army/Megadeth Digital beginning today, Tuesday, April 23 at 12pm local time at Megadeth.com.
“Our ‘Crush The World’ tour has been a tremendous experience for the four of us,” shared Dave Mustaine. “We are all playing tight, and that has made it possible for me to really focus on solos and singing, we are playing more songs than ever before, and we are closer to each other, onstage AND off. I’m excited to see Mudvayne, and All That Remains. Join us as we DESTROY ALL ENEMIES.”
The band will make their triumphant return to Latin America for 10 shows, with the first stop in Lima, Peru on Saturday, April 6. In addition to Peru, upcoming stops include Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and México. Presale tickets for Mexico will be available for Cyber Army members beginning Saturday, November 11 at 10AM local time. Presales for the rest of the tour dates are listed below and coming soon.
“April of 2024 Megadeth returns to South America to support our latest record, The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead!, and I always get excited because there is something truly different about South America. I don’t know what it is… but whatever IT is, they come by it naturally,” shared frontman Dave Mustaine. “We are also planning a really big surprise for where “Aguante Megadeth” all started in Buenos Aires, too! So… if you can, DO NOT MISS THAT SHOW!”
Ticket and VIP Package Presales begin Saturday, November 11, 2023 in select markets.
OFFICIAL MISFITS RECORDS NEWSLETTER: March 26, 2023
The Original Misfits, one of the most influential, genre-defining bands to emerge from North America, have announced a limited run of shows for 2023 kicking off on June 24th in Tampa at MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre with Megadeth, hitting the band’s home turf of NJ at the Prudential Center in Newark on July 8th with fellow New Jersey natives The Gaslight Anthem, followed by a performance at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre on July 15th in Phoenix with AFI. All three dates will also have support from FEAR.
Scroll down for more, including ticket links for each show.
The tour will give fans the rare opportunity to see the horror punk pioneers in their fiendish glory, live on stage as well as mark the first time the reunited ORIGINAL MISFITS have visited the states of Florida and Arizona, featuring the classic line-up of Original Singer/Songwriter GLENN DANZIG and Original Bassist JERRY ONLY with longtime guitarist DOYLE Wolfgang vonFrankenstein.
CLICK THE LINKS BELOW TO GET TIX NOW… WHILE YOU STILL CAN!
For the first time in more than 23 years, Megadeth alumni Marty Friedman will join Megadeth on stage as the special guest for our one-off global livestream from the legendary Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan on February 27!
“Marty and I have remained friends over 23 years, since we last played together. However, I hear his music every night, and he still is among the top guitar players I’ve ever heard. This is an amazing treat for the fans, as well as myself. To be honest, I may drift off while listening to Kiko and Marty play together!” -Dave Mustaine
MEGADETH announce ‘They Only Come Out at Night’ – Live at Budokan – A Global Livestream Event on February 27, 2023 + on-demand for 2 days!
Metal icons MEGADETH will perform live at the legendary Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan for a special global livestream event on 27th February.
Fans will be treated to virtual VIP access to the band pre-show, with an exclusive behind-the-scenes video capturing their trip through Japan. All leading into the band’s first-ever live performance at the world-famous Budokan where they will be performing classic tracks, as well as tracks from their current album, The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead!, including the GRAMMY® nominated single “We’ll Be Back”.
EUROPE… 2023! Most dates on sale now. Poland, Estonia, Sweden & Czech Republic on-sale Friday, 3 February. France on-sale Thursday, 2 February. Tickets & info at megadeth.com/tour
Megadeth announce bass player James LoMenzo as a permanent member of the band. LoMenzo was Megadeth’s bass player in the mid-2000s and recently stepped back in as a touring member for The Metal Tour of the Year. LoMenzo now officially rejoins the Megadeth family.
Dave Mustaine adds, “I am thrilled to welcome back James to the Megadeth family. James rejoined the fold as the touring bassist and it’s been a blast having him back, we thought let’s make it permanent.”
James: “I’m so excited to rejoin Megadeth and move forward full steam into the next phase of this iconic band’s history! With Dave, Kiko and Dirk there’s no stopping us! It just feels great to be home again.”
WARHEADS ON FOREHEADS Greatest Hits album arrives March 22 featuring 35 remastered tracks hand selected by Dave Mustaine. Cyber Army pre-orders begin January 25. megadeth.com/cyberarmy
On February 15, 2019, we will reissue The System Has Failedand The World Needs a Hero on CD, vinyl and digital platforms. You can pre-order both albums now at smarturl.it/MegadethStore
MEGADETH‘s ninth studio album, The World Needs a Hero was originally released in May 2001 and was critically acclaimed as a return to a heavier musical direction for the band. It charted at No. 16 on the Billboard 200 and received positive reviews across the music press.
The World Needs A Hero – Track Listing:
01. Disconnect
02. The World Needs a Hero
03. Moto Psycho
04. 1000 Times Goodbye
05. Burning Bridges
06. Promises
07. Recipe For Hate… Warhorse
08. Losing My Senses
09. Dread and the Fugitive Mind
10. Silent Scorn
11. Return to Hangar
12. When
13. Coming Home (CD Bonus Track)
* The full album has been newly remastered by Ted Jensen (GUNS N’ ROSES, MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM).
* Includes rare live bonus track “Coming Home” on the CD and digital versions.
* First time ever on vinyl in North America.
* CD has been out of print for five years.
MEGADETH‘s tenth studio album, The System Has Failed was originally released in September 2004. Following the direction set by its predecessor, The World Needs A Hero, it headed further into the bands thrashier past and was a hit amongst fans and critics alike. Debuting at No. 18 on the Billboard chart, the album received positive reviews across the board stating it as vital and solid.
The System Has Failed – Track Listing
01. Blackmail the Universe
02. Die Dead Enough
03. Kick the Chair
04. The Scorpion
05. Tears in a Vial
06. I Know Jack
07. Back in the Day
08. Something That I’m Not
09. Truth Be Told
10. Of Mice and Men
11. Shadow of Deth
12. My Kingdom
13. Time / Use the Man (Live) (CD Bonus Track)
14. The Conjuring (Live) (CD Bonus Track)
* The full album has been newly remastered by Ted Jensen (GUNS N’ ROSES, MASTODON, MACHINE HEAD, TRIVIUM).
* Includes rare live bonus tracks “Time/Use the Man“ and “The Conjuring“ on the CD and digital versions.
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