A heavy metal band hits No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and it only took several decades to get there. Stephen Thompson of NPR Music has the story. STEPHEN THOMPSON, BYLINE: The rugged, raging metal ...

There's a new No. 1 album on this week's Billboard charts, and it's by Megadeth. There's a new No. 1 song, and it's by Harry ...

Friedman says he's flourished in his time away from the group ...

Megadeth's final self-titled album brings the metal band to No. 1 on two Billboard charts — the Billboard 200 and Vinyl Albums lists — for the first time.

Ellefson — who served two lengthy stints in Megadeth and played on their best-known albums — had plenty of nice things to say ...

Megadeth are saying their goodbyes with one last album, a farewell tour, and a career-spanning documentary called Megadeth: Behind The Mask in which band mastermind Dave Mustaine offers a closing word ...

The unruly offspring of heavy metal and punk rock, thrash metal had coalesced three years earlier around a handful of ...

I remember the first time I saw Megadeth like it was yesterday. It was Sept. 23, 2006, at the Columbus stop of that year's Gigantour, an ultimately doomed Ozzfest competitor that booked some killer ...

One of the biggest names in heavy metal, Megadeth are a pioneering force in the genre, and unquestionably one of the most important bands in the genre.

One Direction man Louis Tomlinson for the UK number one, thrash metal icons Megadeth are calling time on their 40 year career with a final, self-titled album. We found out more from bandleader Dave ...

In 2026, Megadeth took their proverbial final bow with their 17th and ostensibly last studio album, simply titled Megadeth. It was a fitting poignant, metallic endnote to an illustrious career full of ...

The Megadeth singer has already beaten cancer, but a number of other health issues are forcing him to curtail his output ...