#also just Dave mustaine bro

[kortactics]

If I ever caved and used an IRL fc for König it’s no doubt going to be Dave Mustaine

[rockstarslutt]

Hey bro keep positive abt school lol. I'm from the UK and just finished my own final exams I get your pain 💜💜

Been loving ur work so far

If your waiting on reqs for then can I request just super fluffy Mustaine comfort lol.

Reader/POV is just burned out and depressed and hes all cuddles and pet names just LOTS of physical affection so POV just climbs into his lap and they snuggle.

YAYYYYY DAVE FLUFF!!!!!! Also tysm for the support love you

Also I’m sorry for responding pretty late I had to write an essay about why autumn is my favourite season and why it brings me joy💀

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I came home from work, tired as hell after a day of printing and writing and reading. Every day feels the same. The only little light in my boring ass life is Dave, my crazy rockstar boyfriend. I stepped into the living room where on the couch was Dave, watching a random movie on tv. His whole face lit up when he saw me.

“Hey honey! I missed you!” He said, his voice full of energy.

“Hey” I said in a dry tone. Not because I was mad, because I was just sick of it. Sick of live. Dave frowned and shot me a look of concern.

“Everything okay? Rough day at work?”

I felt like dying. My eyes welled up with tears and my eyebrows arched. I sniffled and nodded. Dave let out a “Awwww” and upended his arms, signaling he wanted to comfort me. I walked to him and slumped in his arms, burring my head in his hair, smelling the faint cigarette smell.

“Shhh. It’s okay. I understand.” He said and patted and caressed my head. I melted in his arms and took a long breath. We stayed there for 30 more minutes until I fell asleep in his arms. He just smiled and carried me to bed, wrapping me up in a soft, warm blanket. He laid down as well and looked at my sleeping face. He leaned forward and kissed my forehead, then slung his arms around my waist and dozed off to sleep.

[bulletproofthroat]

PSA IMPORTANT READ PLEASE I FUCKING BEG

CAN PEOPLE STOP MAKING COREY FUCKING BLONDE WHEN THEY ARE MENTIONING THE IOWA TOUR THAT WAS 2001-2002 UNLESS YOURE ON ABOUT THE FREDDY VS JASON PREMIER THAT WAS IN 2003

THIS WAS 2001

THIS WAS FUCKING 2002

AND THIS WAS FUCKING 20000000333333333333333

AND FOR A MATTER OF FACT THE STONESOUR TOUR 2002-2003 WAS BROWN-DARK BLONDE/GINGER YALL GATTA STEP YALLS RESEARCH UUUPPPPPPPPPPPPP

THIS AINT DAVE MUSTAINE THI SCOREY TAYLOR

I BEG BROS HAIR IN 2001 WAS LEGIT SHORT AS FUCK TOOOOOOO

AND THEN IT GREW OUUUUT

THEN IN 2003 THEN IT WAS FUCKING GINGERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

PLEASE ITS PISSING ME OFFF ITS SUCH A DISAPPOINTMENT YALL GOT POTENTIAL BUT YALL MIXIN THE ERAS UP BLONDE COREY NEVER WORE THE FUCKING IOWA MASK FOR TOUUURINGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

ALSO MY FRIEND SAID DO YALL EVEN LOOK AT THE PHOTOS YALL BE REFERENCING WHEN DRAWING HIM OR YALL JUST RAW DOGGING IT??? LIKE DAMN

thank you good bye

[haywire-hetfield]

bro i need a soft sex fic with dilf dave mustaine

dave mustaine x gn reader

Sure thing! (This'll be a more headcanon list type of thing, I don't really do full fics for x reader stuff yet)

-A lot of times, sex is soft and slow with Dave. He really enjoys the intimacy he feels with you, so he often focuses on that.

-There's a ton of foreplay involved. He'll take his time with you, building up to the moment, spending a lot of time just touching and kissing.

-He's also very into praise, both for you and himself. He loves complimenting you, telling you how gorgeous you are and how much he loves getting to do this with you. (He will also melt if you reciprocate that praise.)

-There's a lot of focus placed on you and your pleasure.

-He'll usually try to get you off or at least get you close before he focuses on himself and fucking you.

-If you're able to come more than once, he will do it. He loves making you feel as good as he can, sometimes bordering into overstimulation, but always stopping before it becomes actually painful.

-There's a lot of kissing during sex. He'll kiss at any piece of skin he can reach.

-He loves times when you ride him, he loves the view and it allows him to relax a bit.

-He always wants to cuddle afterwards. He'll get you whatever you may want/need and then snuggle up to you.

[groupiewhoreee]

❥ Could you possibly write some nsfw head canons for megadeth

hiii! yes yes yes, i could! thnx for your request! <3

MEGADETH HEADCANONS! (NSFW ADDITION!)

Minors don't interact! (18+ folks only, i'm very sorry! Yes, you can still interact obviously, I can't force ya with anything. Its just recommended you leave.)

90'S LINEUP! (Mustaine, Marty, Nick, and Junior.)

DAVE MUSTAINE

Ah yes, Dave. He legitimately becomes an animal during sex. He's rough, degrading, and a dirty talking son of a bitch/j. Although at other times, he can be very sweet— and affectionate. He can also be quite sensual. He doesn't mean to be all rough with you. But, I feel as if it just depends on his mood and how he is feeling at the moment. Aftercare though, omg.

Aftercare is the BEST. Woweee. He holds you, cleans you up, makes sure ur okay. He will do anything for you. He will cuddle you afterwards, and spoon you. But he can also just pass out afterwards quickly enough. Not all the times though.

Thigh man. He loves thighs. He lives for biting and leaving marks on them. Best place to stick ur head between.

Also a tiddy dude. He can't stop staring at them ong. Big boobie, Small boobie, boobie is boobie. Just like booty is booty. He'll walk behind you or when he stands behind you he'll smack ur ass or just randomly grope ur breasts.

Loves eating you out. He can't help it, he says you taste like sweet candy. He loves it. He goes under tables and teases you with his tongue. He loves when you cum on his face.

Okay last headcanon. I think he likes when you tug at his hair. I think he loves when you just- lightly tug his hair and hold onto it. He gets turned on by it so much.

DAVID (JUNIOR) ELLEFSON

He's very sweet and caring during sex OMG. Like, he goes very slow, always making sure ur okay. Asking if what he's doing is alright, he wants to make sure ur okay :) He is very sensual. He can also be rough though, and demanding with you. But it depends on what ur doing. If ur pestering Dave, somewhat flirting with Marty or anyone else besides him he gets mad. He's possessive. Not all the time though.

Ass. He loves ass. Small ass, big ass, any ass is fine with him. He loves to just, grab or smack ur ass when he stands or is walking by you. Dave had to talk to him about doing that in public, because he's noticed him do it to you. Marty and Nick think it's hilarious, lmao.

Definitely has a breeding kink. Nuff said.

Loves when you moan his name out, public or not. He wants people to know how good he makes you feel, so moaning his name is the way to let him know.

Seeing you in white or red lingerie. OMG. It turns him on sm. He will not hesitate to take photos of you in it.

MARTY FRIEDMAN

Aw Marty is so sweet during sex. Its like all giggles and fun. Like he can't help but remain eye contact with you and crack a smile, and get you to laugh. Sometimes he'll randomly blurt out a joke or something. He can never be as rough. But sometimes he can be dominant enough. But he's always laughing when you make a funny noise or fall off the bed which, has happened before.

Aftercare is just— wow. He'll make sure ur okay, clean you up. He'll hold you until the end of time, mess with your hair afterwards, and make you laugh afterwards as well. He will spoon you, cuddle you, bro its so sweet and affectionate.

I feel as if you have to get him going in order to have sex. Either teasing him unfairly under the table, tugging at his hair, and trying to do things to him sexually is what you'll have to do. But either times its, He pops one and its the go-2 usually is what mostly happens.

Tit and thigh man. Loves to leave hickeys in those areas, and he love to stick his head between ur thighs, or rest his head on them. He loves to just randomly grope ur boobs at times in public. Nick saw him do it once and never said anything afterwards.

Purple, or red lingerie. He goes nuts seeing you in it, no way.

If he's on tour without you, he has a small photo book of you, so he jerks to that, or he has phone sex with you.

NICK MENZA

Sex is practically shits and giggles too. Nick can't help but joke around with you sarcastically during sex unwillingly. He will randomly crack jokes with you or laugh when you did something stupid. Literally, he can't help but giggle like a little school girl. He can get rough and degrading for sure, muttering slut and whore in ur ear, whispering sweet nothingness in ur ear as well. Dirty talking off to you.

Has a large photo-book of you doing sexy poses and you dressed up in nurses outfits, school girl outfits,, and lingerie. (Black or white preferably for him.) He can't help it. He weirdly made like a magazine out of you doing sexy stuff that turns him on.

He can be submissive at times with you. Adores calling you mommy and how you tease and edge him on. Calling him good boy and shit gets him going.

He can't help but love when you tug lightly on his hair as well. He loves it.

Hates when your talking to others. Specifically men. He's like junior. He gets possessive over you. He won't hesitate to pull you to the side to teach you who you belong too.

Boobs. Nuff said.

[queer-and-nerdy]

this has been tumbling around in my mind for the last week so now i have to expose all of you to it. shoutout to @wellgoslowly for listening to this in person

lockwood LOVES listening to classic rock and metal (as well as a few older pop-punk but he'll never admit to it). anything from the seventies and eighties (he pretends that no other era of metal exists and if you even say the phrase "nu metal" around him he WILL see red and draw his rapier). it doesn't matter who the band is or what subgenre they are, as long as the song was released pre-nineties he loves it, although he tends to prefer more mainstream bands and artists (respect) like ozzy osbourne, judas priest, kiss, etc. the only band he will break this rule for is metallica - they are his all-time favorite band and i will die on that hill. and when i say he WORSHIPS james hetfield... that is an UNDERSTATEMENT. james is like a pseudo-father to him. he doesn't want to put posters on his walls so he keeps a scrapbook of pictures cut out of old magazines of james, lars, kirk, cliff, even jason and rob. he is a number one dave mustaine hater and will defend lars's drumming skills until he's blue in the face. lucy got him a signed copy of ride the lightning for his birthday one year and george didn't see either of them leave lockwood's room for a week. there are only three things he loves in this world: his family, his friends, and james hetfield.

lucy, i feel like, has the most whiplash taste in music. like, yes, we can all agree lucy is your average indie pop listener and i am a major supporter of that hc (i know what linnie’s playlists sound like) but i guarantee you when she shuffles her most-listened-to playlist it goes from crane wives immediately to cannibal corpse. she loves death metal, deathcore, goregrind; the nastier the better (except for black metal - iykyk). the era doesn’t matter to her either although she tends to gravitate toward the older stuff. think opeth, cryptosy, morbid angel, deicide, obituary, venom, slayer, even xavlegimaofffassssitimiwoanindutroabcwapwaeiippohfffx - she loves playing the “can i figure out the name of the band given the logo” game and if she loses she listens to them. she finds it a great way to unleash her stress and anger without hurting herself or others or even taking it out on a case. she doesn't like to mosh (autism) but she loves watching people in the pit at concerts. she drags lockwood and george to the store to help her pick out plushies to give to corpsegrinder. one night she goes to a taylor swift concert and rushes out at the end to make it to sanguisugabogg in time. she's also a big female-rage/female-led fan (fem supporting fem yk how it is). if there is even a single fem-presenting band member she is instantly ride-or-die (within reason, of course). any time conquer divide/castrator/cyrpta do an eu tour she essentially becomes a roadie.

george. oh, george. my beloved kin. the only one who understands me and i him. his taste in rock and metal is... i don't know a better way to describe it other than neurodivergent fruity. it needs to have some kind of element to it that he can latch onto other than just the music - costumes, over-the-top production, detailed lore, etc. like lockwood, he doesn't really care about the subgenre; as long as he likes the sound he'll listen. he tends to frequent more of the nu/prog/melodic/symphonic side of metal, though. he's your average autistic ghost fan and makes it everyone else's problem. he knows all the lore and has dedicated his life to every incarnation of papa (primo is his favorite but he loves them all). he can tell the ghouls in every era apart in an instant and is a consistent quintessence ghoul kinnie. he will not hesitate to get into twitter beef to defend his opinions (bro's in the trenches of toxic ghostwt). he's one of the most well-known ghost accounts on every social media platform and actively writes fanfiction (about the characters, NOT the real people), character analyses, and essays. he's also a HUGE sleep token fan (he understands their lore better than vessel himself and has created a youtube commentary channel just to break down each of their songs) and ice nine kills fan (he's a number one ricky armellino lover and has forced lockwood and lucy to watch all of the horror movies that the silver scream one and two are based off of). he loves avatar and made his own ringmaster costume (lucy walked in on him trying to recreate johannes's makeup and slowly backed out of the room; the situation was never mentioned again) and when chris motionless unveiled his new hair he screamed so loud that the others thought someone had broken into portland row (lockwood had to restrain him while lucy hid his laptop to prevent him from ordering purple hair dye). he has a ziplock bag of (definitely expired) marshmallows that he calls his “rammstein concert care package.” he pretends to be a gatekeeper but the instant someone mentions even a passing interest in any of his favorite bands he will burst into tears.

skull enjoys smooth jazz.

[narcisbolgor-blog]

Pantera drummer and co-founder Vinnie Paul dies at 54

Tributes pour in from rock and heavy metal groups including Kiss and Guns N Roses

Vinnie Paul, the drummer and co-founder of heavy metal band Pantera, has died, the group announced in a statement on Facebook.

The Texas-born musician died aged 54 on Friday evening, but no cause of death has been given yet.

Paul formed Pantera in 1981 with his brother, Dimebag Darrell Abbott, and went on to earn four Grammy nominations and a No 1 album in the US in 1994.

The band disbanded in 2003 following reports of a rift in the group and its singers intention to leave.

In a statement on Panteras Facebook page, the group wrote: Vincent Paul Abbott aka Vinnie Paul has passed away. Paul is best known for his work as the drummer in the bands Pantera and Hellyeah.

No further details are available at this time. The family requests you please respect their privacy during this time.

Panteras platinum-selling album Vulgar Display of Power is considered one of the most influential heavy metal albums of the 90s, having sold more than 2m copies.

Paul and his brother Darrell Abbott, formed a new band Damageplan in 2004 after Pantera disbanded, but Darrell was murdered by a gunman during a concert in Columbus, Ohio later that year.

Artists from the wider rock and heavy metal scene have paid tribute to Paul.

The English-American rocker Slash tweeted:

Slash (@Slash)

Tragic news about Vinnie Paul today. He was one of the warmest people I knew. A truly good & fun friend. We're going to miss you more than you could possibly have known. RIP buddy. https://t.co/yQqruY4tio

June 23, 2018

Guns N Roses bass guitarist Duff McKagan also posted: RIP Vinnie Paul. Friend. Humorist. Badass drummer. All-around good man. Condolences to the family. You will be missed bro...

Kiss guitarist Paul Stanley tweeted:

Paul Stanley (@PaulStanleyLive)

So sad to hear of the death of Vinnie Paul. Loved when Pantera did shows with us and in later years Vinnie was always front and center at all KISS shows. RIP and condolences to his family. https://t.co/DaQREBNVW7

June 23, 2018

Rock group Papa Roach tweeted: Gutted to hear about the nicest guy in metal passing. Vinnie Paul showed us nothing but love. Well miss you Vinnie.

The lead singer of Megadeth, Dave Mustaine, added to the condolences:

Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine)

I just woke up in Belgium to the news that my friend Vinnie Paul has passed away. Another metal hero taken too soon. Say hello to Daryl for me. Rest In Peace, my dear friend. @Pantera @hellyeahband #vinniepaul

June 23, 2018

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[wineanddinosaur]

Celebrities Aren’t Becoming Brewers Because We, the People, Want to Believe Beer Is Ours

Francis Ford Coppola, Bob Dylan, John Legend, Kyle MacLachlan, and George Clooney are among the many celebrities who have gotten into the wine and spirits game.

“I’m the official winemaker,” Alecia Moore, the singer better known as Pink, told Food & Wine’s Ray Isle upon launching her Two Wolves wine label in October 2018. “I love physical work. I prune vines while listening to Beck.”

And yet there are almost no celebrities-slash-brewers. Beer endorsements are ubiquitous, from Frank Sinatra hawking Budweiser in 1965, to Stella Artois’ Super Bowl 2019 advertisement with Sarah Jessica Parker and Jeff Bridges. Societal perceptions of beer, however, and the intricacies of celebrity culture, keep boldface names from monitoring the mash.

In simplest terms, wine has ancient, Old World gravitas. Spirits are collectible and infinitely sellable. Beer, on the other hand, is the people’s drink.

“Beer tends to be about authenticity and ingredients. Having it be endorsed by Kanye or Kim Kardashian wouldn’t really help your case, it would probably hurt you,” Steven Grasse, who owns Tamworth Distilling in New Hampshire, and who has created or revived such blockbuster brands as Hendrick’s Gin, Sailor Jerry rum and Narragansett beer, says.

For many Americans, beer is linked to craftsmanship and workers putting in long days at steel mills. Craft beer fans wait in lines on sidewalks for can releases to demonstrate their devotion, whereas wine and spirits collectors have Sotheby’s associates and whiskey insurers.

Celebrities aren’t brewing beer because it doesn’t have the cash or cachet of wine and spirits. The thing is, consumers aren’t particularly thirsty for celebrity-brewed beer, either. We, the drinking public, want to believe beer belongs to us.

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In 2007, rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs became the first star to sign an agreement that put him in charge of all brand management decisions for a spirit. As director of brand management for Ciroc vodka, Combs’ compensation came in the form of 50 percent of future profits from growth. Analysts estimated he could make up to $100 million from the deal.

One hundred million dollars isn’t a number most craft brewers will see in a lifetime.

Just ask Stone Brewing founder Greg Koch. He has released collaboration beers with “Star Trek” actor Wil Wheaton and Metallica, and is currently traveling the world to co-host events with the band during its world tour. As someone whose business has gone through several major expansions and contractions over the past few years, Koch acutely understands brewing’s financial pinch.

“George Clooney with his tequila made the kind of money that is not available in the brewing world. I don’t think a celebrity would be able to swoop in and make bank,” Koch says

Grasse agrees. When VinePair asked him to speculate why fewer celebrities are brewers, he immediately responds, “Maybe it’s because the beer business kinda sucks.”

Kidding not kidding. Grasse elaborates.

“The brewery business requires a lot more attention and babysitting than the spirits business because when I make a whiskey I have huge margins on it and I have forever to sell it because it doesn’t ever go bad,” he says.

Stone Brewing and Metallica recently launched a collaboration beer, Enter Night Pilsner. Credit: Facebook.com/ArrogantConsortia

Image also plays a part. While beer has moved out of dive bars and into Michelin-starred restaurants over the previous 20 years, in some circles it does not have the same heritage or prestige as premium wine and spirits.

“Beer was built on the back of a bro culture with mud wrestling women and lizards and ‘Whazzup!,’” Joe Heron writes in an email. Heron developed and sold Nutrisoda to Pepsi, and Crispin Cider to MillerCoors, before starting Copper & Kings American Brandy in Louisville, Ky. “That image has been hard to shed (and they are trying), but wine is perhaps perceived as more elegant and reflective of good taste.”

Nile Zacherle, a Napa winemaker who co-owns Mad Fritz Brewing with his wife, believes that the notion of terroir gives wine a limited-engagement quality that might appeal to celebrities as well.

“The romance of wine perhaps offers a more seductive allure to celebs that aspire to have their name associated with a product (wine) that is limited by its resources, perhaps not dissimilar to their abilities to do what they do,” Zacherle writes in an email. “There is only so much of a person to go around so they are as limited, rare, and exclusive as the place they grow their grapes.”

Beer marketing invokes ingredients and craftsmanship far more than spirits advertising. Grasse says mass-produced spirits rely on packaging and advertising to mask their general lack of distinction.

“In that world celebrity endorsements work because if there’s nothing I can say about the ingredients I can just put b.s. on and it’ll sell,” he says.

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There are a few beer-loving celebrities bucking the trend. Wil Wheaton, Metallica, and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine have collaborated with craft breweries to create special beers for their fans. They seem to sell well, generate buzz, and help cross-promote the brewery and the band to each other’s respective followers. Everyone wins.

“I find it attractive to work with a fellow enthusiast, a fellow geek. Somebody who likes to enjoy life from a deeper perspective,” Koch says of his collaboration with Wheaton, an avid homebrewer who visited Stone for years before collaborating with the craft brewery.

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine worked closely with Unibroue brewmaster Jerry Vietz to create a dry-hopped session saison, A Tout le Monde. Metallica’s James Hetfield keeps bees and engaged enthusiastically with the beermaking process.

Of course, for every Dave Mustaine there’s at least one Jimmy Buffett. Landshark Lager, Buffett’s self-branded beer sponsor, launched more than a decade ago, but Buffet himself isn’t brewing the beer. Anheuser-Busch InBev makes it under a licensing agreement with the crooner’s company, Margaritaville.

Of the very few celebrity-owned breweries that do exist, one might argue they lack the star power of, say, George Clooney. Rocker Logan Plant, son of Robert Plant, owns London’s Beavertown Brewery. Boy band Hanson privately owns Hanson Brothers Beer Co. in Oklahoma; while its public relations agency says the brewery remains in production, there have been no public sales or social media activity since May 2018.

Similarly, actor Adrian Grenier “temporarily” ceased operation of his Churchkey Can Co. six months after opening in 2015. Barrels & Sons, a Napa County brewery launched by folks with the last names Mondavi and Busch, isn’t conducting any public activity these days. Not even Napa Valley tourism officials have updates.

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When it comes to marketing a consumer product, public perception and industry practices often evolve in tandem. Corporatization has already changed the way beer is brewed, bought, and sold in the U.S., not to mention emerging craft markets like China.

As deep-pocketed investment firms and overseas conglomerates continue to commodify creative fields, there very well might come a day when Big Beer merges with entertainment.

In other words, Landshark Lager could be the first of many. Buzzwords like “co-branding” and “synergy” might overtake “authenticity” and “craftsmanship” in beer marketing. And the slickest celebrity you can think of might be declaring their love of cleaning tanks or curating draft lines by 2024. Emma Stone Saison has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

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[rockrevoltmagazine]

Megadeth Deliver Thrash Filled and Heartfelt Performance in Boston

Dave Mustaine & Megadeth – House of Blues – Boston, MA – June 25, 2017

Megadeth’s and Metallica’s DNA will forever be intertwined as both bands helped define the thrash and speed metal genre that emerged on both coasts of the United States in the early to mid 1980’s.

There’s also the other obvious connection between Megadeth and Metallica as anyone reading this article is likely more than familiar with the pair’s shared history.  

However, it would be short sighted to fixate on the personal history between the two metal titans, as it’s each of these bands’ impact and influence within the world of heavy metal that matters far more.

Hetfield, Ulrich, and Mustaine took the genre of music that Black Sabbath cooked up back in 1970 and added the elements of thrash and speed.  In doing so they simultaneously laid down the foundation for aggressive metal to have its place in music for generations to come.

And let’s be honest here, Mustaine likely long ago came to the conclusion that he’ll never be able to completely shake the shadow that Metallica cast over him since his unceremonious ousting from the group and his formation of Megadeth in the aftermath.   

Perhaps the Big Four shows a few years back, as well as winning a Grammy after being nominated for the eleventh time this past February for 2016’s Dystopia, finally laid to rest any ill will Mustaine once harbored for his former band. 

A peculiar thing though has happened over the course of the last thirty plus years regarding the gap between Metallica and Megadeth in terms of their stature within the metal community amongst the hard line faithful.  

There are more than a few old school metal fans that view Metallica as a legacy thrash and speed act that long since abandoned the genre for the riches and global popularity mainstream success have provided them. 

Additionally, there could be a valid argument to be made that although Metallica’s first three records could go down as three of the most important albums in heavy metal history, Megadeth’s body of recorded material may very well be superior in overall quality when comparing each bands’ complete discography.

This alteration in the perception of each band could also be attributed in part to the fact that Metallica willfully chose to abandon traditional metal with the release of the self-titled Metallica, otherwise known as the “Black” album, in 1991. 

In doing so they opened the door for bands like Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax to further endear themselves to the hard core thrash audience they were choosing to leave behind.  

This condition may be best explained by simply describing how truly divergent the Metallica and Megadeth concert experiences are these days.  Although Metallica may play to tens of thousands on any given night, their live shows are at times as much about spectacle and the opportunity to take in a one of a kind visual experience, than they are about the actual music.

Conversely attending a Megadeth concert, such as the show the band recently played to an at capacity House of Blues in Boston, can make one feel as though they’ve been transported back to the thrash heyday of the 1980’s.

Mustaine, long time bandmate and bassist David Ellefson, as well as new comers guitarist Kiko Loureiro and drummer Dirk Verbeuren, delivered a performance in Boston that was not only fiery in every sense of the word, it was also one that came across as deeply sincere and even playful at times.

When Mustaine and company played Megadeth classics such as show opener “Hanger 18”, “Tornado of Souls,” “Peace Sells” and set closer “Holy Wars…. The Punishment Due” the energy inside the venue percolated to an almost voltaic level of intensity.

More than a few circle pits would materialize out of nowhere throughout the course of the evening, while the more sedentary fans would go on to engage in several impromptu sing-a-longs with Mustaine as Megadeth’s post-apocalyptic imagery played behind the band throughout the duration of the performance.

Megadeth’s official mascot Vic Rattlehead even chose to make a few appearances on the night. Rising from out of the shadows initially during Dystopia track “Conquer or Dire” and then again during “Peace Sells.”

The band’s talisman evilly pandered about the stage attempting to engage in mortal combat with band members one moment, while menacingly taunting random fans in the audience the next.

It wouldn’t be a Megadeth show if the irascible Mustaine didn’t engage the crowd in some sort of humorous banter.  This time around the front man’s ire would be directed towards a muscle bound head banger that kept interrupting him as he was attempting to tell a story.  

At one point the lead singer directly called out the pumped up audience member stating, “I’m waiting for you to shut the fuck up so I can tell a story bro.  Go fucking shoot some steroids outside, I don’t care. You don’t have to be quiet, just don’t be a dick.”

Mustaine then went on to spin a yarn about how he and Ellefson had played a show in Northern Ireland a long time ago and that during the concert he apparently at one point had said to the audience before slugging down a Guinness, “Give Ireland back to the Irish, this one is for the cause.”  

The “cause” of course being a reference to the ideology of Irish Repulicanism, a topic that most Irish residents don’t take all too lightly today, let alone back in the much more volatile and active IRA days of the 1980’s.  

The “cause” is also a deeply personal Irish issue as it cuts across political, religious, and even ancestral lines in Ireland. In other words it’s subject matter that may be best left to those in Ireland to debate, or even toast, versus the lead singer of a thrash metal band from across the pond.  

Well apparently Mustaine’s political and semi-quasi religious musings didn’t go over too well as the following morning he was informed by Ellefson that they had to be escorted out of the city in a bullet proof van the night previous because of his ramblings.

According to Mustaine the incident inspired him to pen one of Megadeth’s most revered songs the very next day, “Holy Wars,” which the band would go on to play next and the track that would also serve as the concert’s swan song.

It should be noted that the newer Megadeth material played on the evening, which included songs such as “Fatal Illusion,” Poisonous Shadows” and “Dystopia,” all fit in nicely with the classics.  

These more recent tracks seamlessly blended into the overall pacing of the set quite nicely while also giving fans reasons to believe that Megadeth has more than a few resplendent records up their sleeves before they may call it quits someday.

It’s also worth mentioning the rejuvenated vigor in which Megadeth seem to be playing with on this current tour cycle.  Perhaps this resurgence can be attributed to somewhat of a return to form in terms of the band’s recorded material. 

2016’s Dystopia is a more aphotic and heavier record with the album aligning more sonically with Megadeth staples such as “So Far, So Good…. So What!” and “Rust in Peace.”

Additionally, new band members Louriero and Verbeuren, both of whom were brought into the fold by Mustaine following the unexpected departures of both guitarist Chris Broderick and drummer and Shawn Drover back in 2014, have breathed new life into the band’s live shows. 

Louriero is not your typical snarl in place, look evil and play killer riffs type of metal axe slinger. Instead the Brazilian guitarist is a whirling dervish of riff ferocity and hyper activity.  

Louriero as it turns out is the perfect foil for the more stoic Mustaine, as his Tasmanian Devil guitar stylings are not only technically jaw dropping, his energy on stage draws the audience that much further into Megadeth’s evil sonic web.

Drummer Dirk Verbeuren, primarily known for his time in Swedish death metal stalwarts Soilwork, is as entertaining as any metal drummer out there touring day and much like every player in Megadeth, the Belgian’s level of musicianship is beyond reproach.

There’s just something about Verbeuren’s play style, mechanics and sound that seem reminiscent of classic Megadeth era drummer Nick Menza. Perhaps this a figment of on an overworked imagination or maybe Verbeuren’s just the right fit for Megadeth on numerous levels, similarly to the way Brooks Wackerman seemed destined to become Avenged Sevenfold’s new drummer.  

Even long time Megadeth bassist Ellefson, as well as Mustaine himself, seem to both be playing with an amped up, almost youthful enthusiasm on this current tour run.  And really how could the pair not be excited right now?  

Dystopia was critically well received by the music industry and the fans, the Recording Academy recognized the album via awarding it the Grammy for Best Metal Performance this past year and fans are also still coming out in droves to see Megadeth perform live.  

All of this could lead some to conclude that Megadeth may actually be morphing into a more positive, more accessible and dare I say, more affable band.  Oh the horror.  

Should this sentiment actually hold true it may be wise to never let Mustaine in on the secret. A metal world without an at least sometimes acerbic Mustaine would likely be one none of us would want to live in.

The biggest takeaways from Megadeth’s performance in Boston this past weekend may be rooted in the simplistic. The connections fans made with one another, with the band onstage and ultimately with the music itself are the exact elements that combine to make the heavy metal community’s bonds with one another so concrete and so ever lasting.  

And that right there may be the essence of what separates a band like Megadeth from a band like Metallica as both bands approach their 40th year in existence.

Megadeth’s live performances still have this uncanny ability to make those in attendance feel like the angst riddled teenagers that would steal ten dollars from their mom’s purse to buy a cassette copy of Killing Is My Business… And Business is Good from their local Strawberries or Tape World.

The band’s concerts also continue to bond friends, family and strangers in ways that we all seemed to be able to do more effortlessly before mortgages, ISIS and other real world impediments became barriers to our being able to do something as trivial as banging our heads to evil riffs.  

I suppose at the end of the day is there any greater gift that music bestows upon the world than providing its inhabitants with the opportunity to make them feel like kids again?

Hats off to Megadeth for reminding everyone in Boston that it’s still okay for adults to crash and bang into one another while singing songs about end times, corporate greed and social anarchy. Long live Megadeth, long live Dave Mustaine and love live the once and future kings of thrash.

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