In 1983, Metallica threw out its historic lead guitarist, the brilliant Dave Mustaine. The reason was drug problems and a growing incompatibility with the other members. He will never play the famous Kill'Em All to which he contributed and decides to create his own band with only one idea in mind, to take his revenge. He said it himself: "I was obsessed with one thing: I wanted blood... theirs". And it's in this obsessive rage that Megadeth was born, whose musicians would rotate according to the moods of its leader, even if we can note the relative stability of bassist David Ellefson.

After a first self-produced album, Megadeth signed with a major label to release the very good Peace Sells... But Who's Buying? which sold over a million copies. But it was in 1990, with the arrival of soloist Marty Friedman, that the band became a legend. Their third album, Rust in Peace, is considered one of the greatest trash albums. And two years later, they scored their biggest commercial success with the excellent Countdown to Extinction, which marked a more melodic turn in the band's history and sold over two million copies.

For once, it was not a case of addiction or outrage that forced Mustaine to stop playing but an arm injury. A break of almost two years during which the band will not produce anything, without announcing its separation. And as usual, the theatrical leader announced his return with a brand new line-up. The former junkie seems this time to have freed himself from his demons to turn to God. His music returns to the virulent trash of the early days with The System Has Failed, to the delight of the fans of the first hour.

The band, whose reputation is well established, travels the globe in all directions, regularly touring with Slayer when they are not playing alongside the Big 4, and relations with Metallica seem to have finally calmed down. In 2010, Davis Ellefson, who had not returned to the band in 2004, made his comeback for the better, as in 2011 he released a melodic trash bomb with the monumental Th1rt3en. In 2017, the band finally won a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance with their track Dystopia, with the album of the same name reaching number three on the Billboard charts.

If the line-up changes continue, the talent remains, just like David Mustaine who after more than 40 years of career still carries the colours of metal high. After addiction, his arm accident, it's throat cancer that he sweeps away with a wave of his hand to release Megadeth's sixteenth album, The Sick, The Dying... and the Dead! Sick maybe, but dead, no way. Because the man who has defied the grim reaper on many occasions certainly doesn't intend to stop there!