VH1 Blog — Last night, Jimmy Kimmel Live celebrated Halloween the way it was supposed to be celebrated — with grotesque costumes and Megadeth playing on stage. The iconic metal band went all out and got ghoulish in some of the best creepy costumes we’ve see... more info

USA Today Music — Heavy metal legend Megadeth returns with its 13th studio album. Also: Lou Reed with Metallica, more. more info

Metalsucks — As of this writing, I’ve listened to Megadeth’s TH1RT3EN all the way through only once, but I’m kinda sad to say I think it’s good but not great. The problem is that, frankly, there just aren’t enough good songs — basically, the same pr... more info

Metal Injection — "Black Swan" is now our fourth taste of Megadeth's upcoming release, TH1RT3EN, and yet another winner. The chorus is infection, the riffs are solid, but overall I can understand why this is the fourth reveal and not the first. It's not as s... more info

Metalsucks — Ever since Jim Malone announced that Arsis would be touring without him — the Dave Mustaine of Megadeth, the Trent Reznor of NIN, etc — we’ve been scratching our heads. Would it be weird? Would it be good? Would it still even be Arsis? If you w... more info

Metalsucks — Everybody knows that whatever’s currently popular in the hardcore scene basically = copying whatever metal bands were doing 10-15 years earlier. 80s bands like DRI and Leeway were basically just little kids screaming over the “choppa-choppa” ri... more info

Guardian Music — It's a collaboration that has prompted much head-scratching, but Lou Reed and Metallica tell Edward Helmore that teaming up to make their new album was a thrillLou Reed and Metallica were leaving Madison Square Garden in October 2009, when Reed came... more info

Metal Injection — Another new track from Megadeth's upcoming release, TH1RT3EN premiered on Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show over the weekend. The track is called "Whose Life (Is It Anyway?)" I don't understand the need for parenthes... more info

Metalsucks — I like new-era Megadeth. There, I said it. Endgame was sweet. United Abominations was sweet. Even The System Has Failed had some really good songs (although it had some duds too). No, MegaDave’s not breaking new ground or upping the ante, but when ... more info

Metalsucks — The release year is winding down. Aside from new Megadeth and Animals as Leaders records, I think we’re pretty much done with bigtime new albums until 2012. The #1 record on the Current Hard Music chart last week came from a band whose music it’d... more info