Megadeth Unveils New Bassist

James LoMenzo

Photo by Lilly M

Since David Ellefson’s dismissal earlier this year, rumors have been flying about who Megadeth would be bringing on board to fill the bass seat. Now the kings of thrash have revealed who will be joining them on the upcoming “Metal Tour of the Year”. It will be none other than James LoMenzo, who held the previous position from 2006 to 2010.

“I’m super stoked to be rejoining Megadeth for the upcoming Metal Tour of the Year,” the bassist exclaimed. “There are no better fans than Megadeth fans. I can’t wait to get out there and shred some Megadeth music with you all.”

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine added that tour rehearsals have started. He did not, however, clarify whether it was LoMenzo who re-recorded the bass tracks for the upcoming album, The Sick, the Dying and the Dead. LoMenzo played on two Megadeth albums: 2007’s United Abominations and 2009’s Endgame.

The Metal Tour of the Year kicks off on August 20th in Austin, Texas. Megadeth is co-headlining the bill with Lamb of God with support from Trivium and Hatebreed.

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  1. MikeyM

    Good for James! His work on the first Pride and Glory lp with Zakk Wylde has some of the baddest rock baselines and tone ever. Congrats to Mr. LoMenzo!

  2. KAY MILLER

    Life goes on…ROCK THE FUCK ON METAL GODS, Let’s all enjoy this METAL TOUR OF THE YEAR !! DAVE has been through alot, so let’s enjoy his new line up , well deserved love and support..!! ????????????

    • EX MEGAFAN

      Who the hell are you saying “Life moves on”? I don’t know when you became a loyal Megadeth fan but the Megadeth that mattered to me was the one both Dave’s put together by blood, sweat and tears and it was a battlefield back in the mid 80s with other rival thrash bands and street dope taking away some of our best metal brothers. To survive and come out alive still doing it all these years together deserves a thrash metal medal of honors award. I dont know what generation you were part of but back then in my generation what makes me who I am today its all about band of brothers and not leaving anyone behind and definitely not kicking out a essential metal brother combat veteran like Dave Ellefson. Ellefson is as much Megadeth as Dave Mustaine is…..PERIOD!!!! You can replace him, but in my opinion that ain’t Megadeth, that’s just the Mustaine show.
      Even Marty Friedman saw that when he refused to participate in the 30 year anniversary of Rust In Peace concert. THE REAL MEGADETH used to be a band, not some circus act that took their music out on tour with whatever recent lineup of players that fit for Dave Mustaine. Sure you had lineup changes over the years but this is getting pathetic with the way Dave Ellefson was kicked out and treated and I’m not gonna support this new Megadeth cause it’s starting to become Megacrap in my book.

    • Disgruntled fan

      I AM IN FULL AGREEMENT WITH WHAT IS BEING SAID BY THE REAL METAL BROTHERS HERE IN THIS COMMENT SECTION. MY MESSAGE TO DAVE MUSTAINE IS: YOU MAY CONTROL AND OWN MEGADETH BUT ITS THE FANS AND PEOPLE WHO BREATHE LIFE INTO IT. I AM NOW BOYCOTTING THIS NEW VERSION OF MEGADETH WITHOUT OUR BROTHER DAVE ELLEFSON INVOLVED.
      I CAN UNDERSTAND ELLEFSON NEEDS SOME TIME OFF, HE DESERVES IT. BUT IF MUSTAINE IS GOING ON RECORD AND SAYING ELLEFSON IS OFFICIALLY KICKED OUT OF THE BAND INDEFINITELY, THEN I DONT CARE TO HEAR OR LISTEN TO WHATEVER THIS FLAVOR OF THE MONTH MEGADETH IS ALL ABOUT. BRING BACK ELLEFSON AFTER HIS HIATUS OR SUFFER A LEGION OF LIFE LONG MEGADETH FANS TO BE GONE NEVER TO BE THERE EVER AGAIN!!!!

  3. Sikki Nixx

    Still can’t believe that a member of a rock or thrash band would get kicked out of his own band for making a sextape!!!
    Am I in the Covid Twilight Zone still cause last time I checked participating in self produced porn clip and then having it somehow leaked out all over the internet was a rock and roll trademark and is on a secret list of “MUST DO’S” before your legendary rock career retires……I guess nowadays the “ME TO” and “CANCEL CULTURE” movements are succeeding forward with infesting the rock music world and spreading their righteous boring judgemental critical crap theories
    Into our once full tilt debauchery sex laced coke snorting alcoholic filled good ole’ American past time. This new world is boring and un-rock n roll…..yawn.

    • Sid Vishious

      Yeah I’m with you on that!!! Getting rid of a founding member like they did to Elf over some porn illicit sex clip that he was doing for some chic he met on tour is a very “Karen” move of Mustaine and now has me wondering where all this politically correct thrash rock demeanor ends???? Is Mustaine gonna appoint mosh pit referee’s to penalize a fan who overly lays out his aggression in the once lawless and legendary mosh pit circles that one once felt a right to participate in for his freedom of blowing off some rage. I’m not liking this NICE and CLEAN image thrash metal mentality one bit and quick to get rid of a long founding metal brother like ELF is cheese ball backstabbing move by the pretentious Mustaine, who lives in his own glasshouse that deserves some stones being thrown at.