Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has called one of the band’s most maligned albums “one of the great Megadeth records”. The 59-year-old gives the dubious honour to 1999 effort Risk. Upon its ...

So when, in 1999, Megadeth decided to try a record with pop sensibilities, what else to title it but Risk? What would come of a band even louder, faster, less accessible than Metallica, making a play ...