Megadeth celebrates 35th anniversary with year-long celebration

Multi-Platinum, GRAMMY-Winning Band Invites Fans Everywhere to Join the Megadeth Cyber Army Party

Megadeth will celebrate the bandโ€™s 35th anniversary all year long, with special releases, exclusive merch items, and one-of-a-kind events and opportunities for fans worldwide.ย Founder Dave Mustaine will also celebrate the bandโ€™s anniversary on his weekly radio show. Megadethโ€™s announcement comes two years to the day since the release of their acclaimed, GRAMMY-winning album, Dystopia, on January 22, 2016.

โ€œWhen I started Megadeth, I didnโ€™t imagine myself living for 35 years, let alone my band reaching this incredible milestone,โ€ says Dave Mustaine. โ€œThanks to almost everyone Iโ€™ve met, worked, and played with these last three and a half decades.โ€

Kicking off the celebration, Megadethโ€™s new music video for โ€œLying In Stateโ€ is available on the band’s website exclusively for Megadeth Cyber Army members. Megadeth is offering discounted Premium Cyber Army membership now through January 31st at 11:59 pm PST. In Megadethโ€™s web store, all Dystopia items are specially priced for two weeks, beginning today (Jan 22nd).

Throughout the year, Dave Mustaine will also celebrate the bandโ€™s anniversary on his weekly Gimme Radio show, The Dave Mustaine Show, which premieres each Thursday at 3 pm ET, with exclusive giveaways, contests, and behind-the-scenes stories about his career and Megadeth. Fans can tune in and communicate directly with Dave in the Gimme Live chat feed at gimmeradio.com or via the Gimme Radio app.

One of the original โ€œBig Four,โ€ Megadeth burst onto the scene 35 years ago and virtually invented a genre with their debut album Killing Is My Businessโ€ฆ And Business Is Good!ย (lauded by VH1 as the โ€œGreatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Timeโ€). Megadeth has sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 12 GRAMMY nominations and one win, and scoring five consecutive platinum albumsโ€”including 1992โ€™s two-million-selling Countdown to Extinction.

Their latest album, 2016โ€™s Dystopia, debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 Albums chart and drew international acclaim from critics and fans. It was featured in several Best Albums lists from leading music magazines, including Rolling Stoneโ€™s โ€œ20 Best Metal Albums of 2016โ€ (No. 6); Revolverโ€™s โ€œTop 20 Metal Albums of 2016โ€ (No. 2); and Loudwireโ€™s โ€œ20 Best Albums of 2016โ€ (No. 12) and โ€œBest Metal Songs of 2016โ€ (No. 2) for the title track, โ€œDystopia.โ€ The albumโ€™s blistering title track also earned Megadeth the yearโ€™s GRAMMY Award for Best Metal Performance.

Buddy Iahn
Buddy Iahn