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Dave Mustaine - vocals
Chris Poland - guitars
Gar Samuelson - drums
David Ellefson - bass
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Arsenal Of Megadeth DVD
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Genre: Metal
Origin: United States
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Status: Active
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After he left Metallica in 1983, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine formed the thrash metal quartet Megadeth. Though Megadeth followed the basic blueprint of Metallica's relentless attack, Mustaine's group distinguished themselves from his earlier band by lessening the progressive-rock influences, adding an emphasis on instrumental skills, speeding the tempo up slightly and making the instrumental attack harsher. By streamlining the classic trash-metal approach and making the music more threatening, as well as making the lyrics more nihlistic, Megadeth became one of the leading bands of the genre during the mid-'80s and late '80s. Each album they released went at least gold and the continually
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