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The music world has paid tribute to Jon Zazula, the co-founder of Megaforce Records who has died aged 69. Known to the metal world as Jonny Z, Zazula was a key force in the development of heavy metal in the 1980s, working alongside everyone from Metallica and Anthrax to Testament, Overkill, Raven, King's X and Ace Frehley. In 1982 Jon co-founded Megaforce Records with wife Marsha, setting the label up to release Kill 'Em All, the debut album by Metallica. The Zazulas had met the young Californian thrash metal band towards the end of 1981 and took on managerial duties for the group, an arrangement which remained in place up until after the release of 1984's Ride The Lightning, when Metallica signed with Elektra Records and switched management. Megaforce played a key role in the development of both heavy metal, punk and rock throughout the 1980s and beyond, working with everyone from Overkill and Testament to Mushroomhead, Fozzy and even a reu ....
Dave Mustaine says that MEGADETH's sixteenth studio album, "The Sick, The Dying And The Dead", will finally arrive this summer. The MEGADETH leader, who turned 60 in September, touched upon a possible release date for the band's new record while promoting the next U.S. leg of MEGADETH's "The Metal T ....