One of the world’s top thrash metal bands credited with popularizing the genre, Megadeth, is finally coming to Malaysia! After a much-anticipated wait, Megadeth’s debut performance in Kuala Lumpur will see the band rock the Stadium Negara on Thursday, 4th May 2017 at 8pm. Founded in 1983, Megadeth virtually gave birth to a genre when their debut release became recognized as the Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time. “Kuala Lumpur is somewhere I’ve always wanted to hit when we’ve been trekking through Asia,” co-founder and front man Dave Mustaine quoted saying in an interview recently. “They’re going to let us bring our brand of metal music, is really rewarding,” he added.
The tour is in support of their latest album Dystopia, their first album in 3 years and their fifteenth album to date. Rock critics and fans around the world are hailing Dystopia as a triumphant return from one of the most important bands in the scene. The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance of 2017. With 49,000 units sold in its first week of release, Dystopia took the no. 3 spot on the Billboard Top 200 chart alongside Adele and Justin Bieber. It’s the highest charting album for the band since 1992’s Countdown to Extinction, which peaked at No. 2 on the chart. Dystopia was listed as one of the 20 Best Metal Albums of 2016 by Rolling Stone magazine.
The current Megadeth line up comprises of Dave Mustaine on vocals and guitar, David Ellefson on bass, guitarist Kiko Loureiro and drummer Dirk Verbeuren. For the past 3 decades, Megadeth has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide earning numerous accolades including 12 Grammy nominations and scoring five consecutive platinum albums.
Tickets are now available via TicketCharge online at www.ticketcharge.com.my.
We also added some of the band’s playlist here for you to have a listen:
For more info regarding about the world tour do follow Megadeth on theur official website here.
