KNIGHTS of the ROUNDTABLE (Discussion)
TRIVIUM’S MATT HEAFY
“One of the biggest things for me was getting into Brazilian jujitsu, which taught me what it is to build something from the ground up. I’ve only ever played guitar and sang in Trivium… but getting my butt kicked for three, four, five years in jujitsu and gradually having to realize that you have to put in so much time and practice to get good at something was really instructional”
LAMB OF GOD’S MARK MORTON
“The other night I learned Larry Carlton’s solo from [Steely Dan’s] ‘Kid Charlemagne.’ I’ve always loved that solo, so I just sat down with it. It’s not so wicked technically, but it’s just different shapes and different kinds of stops and note choices that are outside of my kind of ingrained comfort-zone patterns”
IN FLAMES’ BJÖRN GELOTTE
“My rig looks insane when you see it, but it’s really a very pure signal. And my guitar is my own Epiphone Les Paul signature model. It’s based on my first Les Paul Custom, only there’s EMGs in there. For me it’s a trusty go-to pickup that always works. And they make them in gold now for me as well, so I’m happy”
GUITAR WORLD • JULY 2014
MEGADETH’S DAVE MUSTAINE
It’s what America needs — some really talented tours with diversity. I think a lot of the promoters over here, they’re stuck in that, ‘Let’s get five of the same band’ thing. Whereas our promoters that we use overseas will put together a multitude of different bands. So you go to a concert and you see the B-52’s and then you see Saxon. And it’s like, ‘Whoa!’”
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
MEGADETH’S KIKO LOUREIRO LAMB OF GOD’S WILLIE ADLER TRIVIUM’S COREY BEAULIEU
IT’S BEEN ROUGHLY 20 years since Megadeth teamed up with Anthrax and Slayer to headline the Clash of the Titans tour, arguably the first time a truly metal multi-headlining bill played to arenas of fans here in the States. That outing helped pave the way for bands at the heavier end of the spectrum to storm hockey-rink-sized rooms of metalheads. But that said, it’s been a minute since we’ve enjoyed a good ol’ thrash-ioned, arena-slaying, metal package tour. Thankfully, Dave Mustaine and Megadeth have once again come to our rescue, pairing up with Virginia thrash masters Lamb of God for a massive globetrotting jaunt, with support from two of metal’s other leading acts,
