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Megadeth

An American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. The collective was founded by guitarist and vocalist Dave Mustaine and bass guitarist David Ellefson after Mustaine was fired from the band Metallica. In 2002, Megadeth broke up after Mustaine severely damaged his radial nerve, but in 2004, after undergoing physical therapy, he restored the group. In the same year, Megadeth released the album The System Has Failed, which started at 18th place in the hit parade of popular albums by Billboard magazine. The group is one of the most commercially successful thrash metal collectives, selling more than 50 million albums worldwide, including the Grammy-nominated multiplatinum album Countdown to Extinction. In the United States alone, Megadeth received seven platinum, five gold albums, and twelve nominations for a "Grammy" award as the best performer of music in the heavy metal genre. In 2017, Megadeth was awarded a "Grammy" in the "Best Metal Performance" category for the composition "Dystopia". Megadeth, together with Metallica, Anthrax, and Slayer, are called the "big four" of thrash metal.