Editing Megadeth (section)

===2011–2014: ''Thirteen'' and ''Super Collider''===
Megadeth returned to its own Vic's Garage studio in 2011 to record its thirteenth album, to be produced by [[Johnny K]], because Andy Sneap, the producer of Megadeth's previous two albums, was unavailable.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Gary|last=Graff|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/465450/megadeths-dave-mustaine-6-questions-about-thirteen|title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: 6 Questions About 'Thirteen'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 31, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> The album was titled ''[[Thirteen (Megadeth album)|Thirteen]]'' and featured previously released tracks such as "Sudden Death" and "Never Dead".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Greg|last=Prato|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-mustaine-reveals-new-megadeth-album-details-20110712|title=Dave Mustaine Reveals New Megadeth Album Details|date=July 12, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> The album was released in November 2011, and charted at number eleven on the ''Billboard'' 200; its lead single "[[Public Enemy No. 1 (Megadeth song)|Public Enemy No.&nbsp;1]]" received a Grammy nomination for [[Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance]], but did not win.<ref>{{cite web|first=Brett|last=Bittke|title=Megadeth Receives their 10th Grammy Nomination|url=http://screamermagazine.com/press-releases/megadeth-receives-their-10th-grammy-nomination/|publisher=[[Screamer magazine]]|date=December 2, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> Shortly after the album was released, Dave Mustaine stated that, after a four-year hiatus, there would be a new Gigantour tour in early 2012.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alex|last=Young|url=https://consequence.net/2011/11/megadeth-motorhead-team-up-for-gigantour-2012/|title=Megadeth, Motorhead, team up for Gigantour 2012|magazine=[[Consequence of Sound]]|date=November 1, 2011|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> The lineup consisted of [[Motörhead]], [[Volbeat]], and Lacuna Coil alongside Megadeth.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=MacIntyre|title=Gigantour 2012 featuring Lacuna Coil, Volbeat, Motorhead and Megadeth|url=https://www.popmatters.com/review/154651-gigantour-2012-featuring-lacuna-coil-volbeat-motorhead-and-megadeth/|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=February 16, 2012|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref> After the conclusion of Gigantour, [[Rob Zombie]] and Megadeth embarked on a nine-date co-headlining US tour in the summer of 2012.<ref>{{cite web|first=Tree|last=Riddle|title=Rob Zombie and Megadeth To Embark on Co-Headlining 2012 U.S. Tour|url=http://loudwire.com/rob-zombie-megadeth-co-headlining-2012-u-s-tour/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=February 21, 2012|access-date=November 20, 2013}}</ref>

In September 2012, it was announced that Megadeth would re-release ''Countdown to Extinction'' in honor of the album's 20th anniversary. To mark the occasion, Megadeth launched a tour in which the band performed the album live in its entirety.<ref>{{cite web|last=Childers|first=Chad|title=Megadeth to Celebrate 20th Anniversary of 'Countdown to Extinction' With Reissue and Fall 2012 Tour|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-20th-anniversary-countdown-to-extinction-reissue-fall-2012-tour/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=September 10, 2012|access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> One performance, filmed at the [[Pomona Fox Theater]], was released as a live album, ''[[Countdown to Extinction: Live]],'' the following year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ouellette|first=Mary|title=Megadeth Reveal 'Countdown To Extinction: Live' Trailer|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-reveal-countdown-to-extinction-live-trailer/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=September 21, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref> Another track from ''Thirteen'', "[[Whose Life (Is It Anyways?)]]", was nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance at the [[55th Annual Grammy Awards|2013 Grammy Awards]], but lost to [[Halestorm]]'s "[[Love Bites (So Do I)]]".<ref>{{cite web|title=Halestorm: "Winning A Grammy Is A Huge Milestone For Us" |url=http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/halestorm-winning-a-grammy-is-a-huge-milestone-for-us/ |work=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=February 12, 2013 |access-date=November 17, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203063529/http://www.metalhammer.co.uk/news/halestorm-winning-a-grammy-is-a-huge-milestone-for-us/ |archive-date=December 3, 2013 }}</ref>

[[File:Flickr - Official U.S. Navy Imagery - Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick, members of the band Megadeth, sign autographs in the crew mess aboard USS Helena.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Two men signing autographs in a crowded submarine|Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick sign autographs aboard the Los Angeles-class attack submarine [[USS Helena (SSN-725)|USS ''Helena'' (SSN-725)]].]]
In August, Megadeth announced the recording of its fourteenth album with producer Johnny K.<ref>{{cite news|title=Megadeth Taps Producer Johnny K For New Album|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-taps-producer-johnny-k-for-new-album/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=August 22, 2012|access-date=August 23, 2012}}</ref> At the start of 2013, Megadeth left [[Roadrunner Records]] for Mustaine's newly founded label, Tradecraft, distributed through [[Universal Music Group]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Megadeth Working On 'Dark', 'Heavy' And 'Fast' New Album|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-working-on-dark-heavy-and-fast-new-album/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=January 28, 2013|access-date=January 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|title=Megadeth Announce June Release for Upcoming Album 'Super Collider'|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-june-release-upcoming-album-super-collider/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=February 12, 2013|access-date=February 12, 2013}}</ref> The album, ''[[Super Collider (album)|Super Collider]]'', was released in June and debuted at number six on the ''Billboard'' 200, the band's highest chart position since 1994's ''Youthanasia''.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Keith|last=Caulfield|title=Queens Of The Stone Age Get First No. 1 Album On Billboard 200|url=https://www.billboard.com/biz/articles/news/chart-alert/1566510/queens-of-the-stone-age-get-first-no-1-album-on-billboard-200|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=June 12, 2013|access-date=September 28, 2013}}</ref> Critical reaction to the album, however, was mixed, with criticism directed towards the album's deviation from the band's traditional metal sound.<ref name="MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/super-collider/megadeth|title=Super Collider&nbsp;– Megadeth|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]]|access-date=June 17, 2013}}</ref> Shortly after the release of ''Super Collider'', Mustaine stated that he had already started thinking about a fifteenth Megadeth album. He said this had been spurred by the death of Slayer guitarist [[Jeff Hanneman]], which gave him a sense of mortality.<ref>{{cite web|last=Wise|first=Lauren|title=Megadeth's Dave Mustaine: There's Been a Renaissance With Us|url=http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2013/11/dave-mustaine-interview-2013-megadeth.php?page=2|work=[[Phoenix New Times]]|date=November 25, 2013|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-date=December 17, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217005700/http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/2013/11/dave-mustaine-interview-2013-megadeth.php?page=2|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mustaine elaborated: "You know, time is short. Nobody knows how long they're gonna live. You see what happened with Jeff Hanneman, so I wanna write as much as I can while I can."<ref>{{cite web|title=Megadeth Planning New Album: 'Time Is Short'|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/megadeth_planning_new_album_time_is_short.html|publisher=[[Ultimate-Guitar.com]]|date=July 24, 2013|access-date=November 17, 2013}}</ref>

The 2013 edition of Gigantour featured [[Black Label Society]], [[Hellyeah]], [[Device (metal band)|Device]], and [[Newsted]] as opening bands.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hartmann|first=Graham|title=Black Label Society Join Lineup for Megadeth's Gigantour 2013 + Dates Announced|url=http://loudwire.com/black-label-society-megadeth-gigantour-2013-dates-announced/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=May 3, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> At the final show, [[Jason Newsted]], Metallica's former bassist, joined Megadeth onstage to perform "Phantom Lord", a song Mustaine had co-written during his stint with Metallica.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bowar|first=Chad|title=Megadeth and Jason Newsted Play Metallica's 'Phantom Lord' During Toronto Gigantour Finale|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-jason-newsted-play-metallica-phantom-lord-toronto-gigantour-finale/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=August 12, 2013|access-date=June 12, 2014}}</ref> Early in 2014, Megadeth was slated to play the [[Soundwave (Australian music festival)|Soundwave]] festival in Australia, but pulled out over a disagreement with tour promoter A.&nbsp;J. Maddah concerning the band's sideshows with Newsted.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vincent|first=Peter|title=Soundwave 2014: Megadeth cancels Australian tour|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/soundwave-2014-megadeth-cancels-australian-tour-20140210-32b0r.html|access-date=February 15, 2014|newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=February 10, 2014}}</ref> [[Icon (Megadeth album)|''Icon'']], an eleven-song compilation of Megadeth's Capitol-era material, was released as part of Universal Music's [[Icon (album series)|Icon series]] in February.<ref>{{cite news|title=Megadeth: 'Icon'-Series Compilation Due This Month|url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/megadeth-icon-series-compilation-due-this-month/|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=February 15, 2014|access-date=July 6, 2014}}</ref>

Megadeth encountered several setbacks throughout 2014. After Ellefson's brother died of cancer in May, the band cancelled its June tour dates to allow him to mourn.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hartmann |first1=Graham |title=Megadeth Cancel Tour Dates Following Death of Bassist David Ellefson's Brother |url=https://loudwire.com/megadeth-cancel-tour-dates-death-bassist-david-ellefson-brother/ |website=Loudwire |date=May 21, 2014 |access-date=October 21, 2023}}</ref> A planned August concert in [[Tel Aviv]] was canceled due to an [[2014 Israel–Gaza conflict|armed conflict between Israel and Gaza]].<ref>{{cite web|first=Colin|last=Joyce|title=Cee Lo Green and Megadeth Cancel Israel Shows|url=https://www.spin.com/2014/08/cee-lo-green-megadeth-cancel-israel-shows-palestine-conflict/|work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]|date=August 5, 2014|access-date=August 7, 2014}}</ref> Megadeth was scheduled to appear on [[Motörhead]]'s Motörboat cruise in late September, but withdrew because of Mustaine's complications following his cervical spine surgery.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Leight|first=Elias|title=Megadeth Pulls Out of Motorhead's Motorboat Cruise|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/6244196/megadeth-motorhead-motorboat-cruise-cancel|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 10, 2014|access-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref> In October, Mustaine's mother-in-law, who suffered from [[Alzheimer's disease|Alzheimer's]], went missing from a campground; her remains were discovered in late November.<ref>{{cite web |date=November 27, 2014 |title=Body of Missing Woman Found in Julian |website=[[KFMB-TV|CBS8.com]] |url=http://www.cbs8.com/story/27495570/body-found-near-campsite-where-woman-went-missing |access-date=November 28, 2014}}</ref> That same month, Drover quit the band after ten years, wanting to pursue his own musical interests, but has said he is grateful for the career Mustaine gave him.<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Does DAVE MUSTAINE Get Such A Bad Rap? Ex-MEGADETH Drummer SHAWN DROVER Weighs In |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/why-does-dave-mustaine-get-such-a-bad-rap-ex-megadeth-drummer-shawn-drover-weighs-in |website=[[Blabbermouth]] |access-date=August 3, 2023 |date=July 18, 2023}}</ref> This was quickly followed by the departure of Broderick, due to artistic and musical differences.<ref>{{cite web|first=Martin|last=Kielty|title=Broderick & Drover Quit Megadeth|url=http://teamrock.com/news/2014-11-26/megadeth-chris-broderick-shawn-drover-quit|work=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]|date=November 26, 2014|access-date=November 27, 2014}}</ref> Ellefson denied rumors that Megadeth would disband, and said he and Mustaine would continue working on new music.<ref>{{cite web|first=Spencer|last=Kaufman|title=Megadeth's David Ellefson: We Are Not Disbanding|url=http://loudwire.com/megadeth-david-ellefson-not-disbanding/|work=[[Loudwire]]|date=December 2, 2014|access-date=December 3, 2014}}</ref> Mustaine later said one of the reasons for Broderick and Drover leaving was their frustration over Megadeth's fan base demanding a reunion with Friedman and Menza.<ref>{{cite web|first=Dan|last=Epstein|title=Interview: Megadeth's Dave Mustaine Gives Update from the Studio|url=http://www.revolvermag.com/news/interview-megadeths-dave-mustaine-give-update-from-the-studio.html|work=[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]|date=July 20, 2015|access-date=July 22, 2015}}</ref>