Tag: Dave Mustaine

My Sunday Song – “Let There Be Shred” by Megadeth

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic4 Comments

For My Sunday Song #470, we are tackling the new single “Let There Be Shred” from the brand new and final Megadeth album, ‘Megadeth’. The song was dropped as a single on December 19, 2025, but I didn’t hear it until I bought the new album which was released on January 23, 2026. I have not stopped listening to this album and song ever since. The song helped propel Megadeth to their First #1 Album in their 40 year history. What a way to go out as this is their last album, according to Dave Mustaine. Go out on top…not many bands can do that.

The song was written by Dave Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari and Dirk Verbeuren. All members of Megadeth. The only one missing is James LoMenzo. The song is a blistering fun romp down memory lane. It is a nostalgic driven song about their love for Thrash metal. It is about the destruction of playing guitar with a fierce, adrenaline-filled passion that leaves everyone else in your dust. “Clawing at Fretboards”, “Smash my guitar”, “Thunderous command”, “Guitars are all screaming”, “A machine gun on meth”…all ways of describing their playing and it fits it perfectly.

Musically, the song is total fire. This is a guitar showcase song for sure. You get two solos, one from Teemu Mantysaari and one from Dave himself. During the second solo, the whole feel of the song changes and the solo obliterates your ears. The drums, from Dirk, pummel you until you are black and blue. Dave’s gravely, dirty vocals are masterful and reminds you that although he isn’t the best singer out there, he is perfect for this type of music. I can’t imagine anyone else singing this song. But again, the highlight are the frightening brutal riffs, screaming solos and wall-to-wall destruction by the guitar. These guys were definitely born with a guitar in their hand!!

Continue reading “My Sunday Song – “Let There Be Shred” by Megadeth” →

You Picked It! Metallica – ‘Kill ‘Em All’ – Album Review

Published on by 2loud2oldmusic42 Comments

Alright…You Picked It! And this one was a blowout from the word go. It was really down to three choices but 2 weren’t even close. The winner was Metallica’s debut album ‘Kill ‘Em All’ which is one I have actually never heard from beginning to end as I was never in to Metallica until later. Most people couldn’t fathom that fact, but it is true. Here are the results.

  1. Metallica – ‘Kill ‘Em All’ – 15 votes
  2. Journey – ‘Freedom’ – 4 votes
  3. Robin Trower – ‘Twice Removed from Yesterday’ – 3 votes
  4. Hollywood Undead – ‘Swan Song’ – 1 vote
  5. Kris Kristofferson – ‘Kristofferson’ – Sadly, 0 votes

Thanks to all for participating. The September choices will be up on Saturday!

METALLICA – ‘KILL ‘EM ALL’:

Growing up, I was an 80’s pop/rock kid and in 1983, it was Def Leppard, Kiss, Quiet Riot, Genesis, Billy Idol and bands of that style. Metallica was way too heavy for me and wasn’t melodic enough for my liking. They were never on my radar until the Black album and “Enter Sandman”. However, I never went back and explored their music. I had an opinion of Thrash and it wasn’t for me. So, here we are almost 40 years later and thanks to your vote, I am now trying the debut ‘Kill ‘Em All’ and the first thing I notice is that by today’s standards, it isn’t as heavy as I would’ve thought.

There is so much written on this album so I am not here to give you a lesson on the album on when it was written and stories on each song, nope. You can read all that stuff on the interweb thingy that is out there. This is going to be my impressions of the songs as someone who doesn’t know these songs and hearing them for the first time (several listens now as I’ve spent a couple weeks with the album).

Continue reading “You Picked It! Metallica – ‘Kill ‘Em All’ – Album Review” →