GuitarWorld.com's Alan Di Perna recently caught up with MEGADETH frontman/founder Dave Mustaine and guitarist Chris Broderick. An excerpt from the interview is available below:

Turbocharging the primordial rhythmic bond between the “two Daves” is guitarist Chris Broderick, a manic shredder who joined Megadeth in 2008. His entry into the band was something of a whirlwind affair, precipitated by the departure of guitarist Glen Drover on the eve of Megadeth’s Tour of Duty outing in Europe.

“I knew I had to get 22 songs down in less than a month, so I started working on them,” Broderick says. “That was really my mindset. I’d always been more into the shredder guys—the more instrumental stuff. But when [guitarist] Marty Friedman joined Megadeth, I started to follow him when they came out with Rust in Peace. And then I started getting into their back catalog, and of course followed them moving forward. That’s how I got into Megadeth.”

Weaned on '80s Shrapnel Records shredders, Broderick is a metal guitar monster. Blindingly fast, and deeply steeped in the legacy of guitar virtuosity, he’s the razor-sharp edge of the present-day, apocalyptic Megadeth juggernaut. “People used to say Marty Friedman and I were like fire and ice,” Mustaine says with a laugh, “although I always said it was more like love and hate. But I think with me and Chris, it’s more like thunder and lightning.”

With drummer Shawn Drover completing the quartet, Mustaine feels he’s fronting the best Megadeth lineup ever. “I can honestly tell you that it’s gotten to a point now where I’ve accomplished everything I’ve wanted to in this world. That includes playing with my old band again, being friends with them, being able to get onstage and do solos with my old band, the fact that I’ve got my old bass player back, and the fact that we’ve made what I believe is our best record ever.”

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Megadeth recently premiered the first official video from their new album Th1rt3en. Check out the clip for 'Public Enemy No. 1' below:

Warner Music Japan's official first week sales chart is in and Th1rt3en has entered the Oricon Weekly International Album Sales Chart at #4 and the Oricon Weekly Total Album Sales Chart (combined chart) at #11.

Megadeth's last album Endgame's highest chart position was #5 on the International Chart and #16 on Total Chart.

According to Hits Daily Double, Th1rt3en looks to be on track to sell between 40,000 and 45,000 copies in the US in its first week of release. Stay tuned for updates.

In other news, Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine will be guest on the US nationally syndicated program Rockline, with host Bob Coburn, on Monday, November 7th. The show starts at 11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST and fans are encouraged to speak with Mustaine by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information go to this location.