Megasus

{{Short description|American heavy metal band}} {{More citations needed|date=November 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Infobox musical artist |  | name = Megasus | image = Megasusmembers.jpg | caption = | image_size = | background = group_or_band | origin = [[Providence, Rhode Island]], U.S. | genre = [[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]], [[doom metal]], [[noise rock]] | years_active = 2006–present | label = 20 Buck Spin | associated_acts = [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]], [[Amazing Crowns|Amazing Royal Crowns]], Laurels | website = http://www.myspace.com/wildpower | current_members = [[Ryan Lesser]]<br>[[Brian Gibson (musician)|Brian Gibson]]<br>[[Jason "King" Kendall|Jason Kendall]]<br>[[Paul Lyons]] | past_members = Dare Matheson }}

'''Megasus''' is an American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band formed in [[Providence, Rhode Island|Providence]], [[Rhode Island]], United States, in 2006.

==General info and history== Megasus is a heavy metal band, formed by members of [[Lightning Bolt (band)|Lightning Bolt]] and Loon, and ex-members of [[Amazing Crowns|Amazing Royal Crowns]] and Laurels. In mid-2006, [[Ryan Lesser]] (Laurels), [[Jason "King" Kendall]] (Amazing Royal Crowns) and Paul Lyons (Loon) invited Dare Matheson from Made In Mexico to play drums for a recording of "Red Lottery" as a submission for the [[PlayStation 2]] game ''[[Guitar Hero II]]''. After recording "Red Lottery", Megasus lost Matheson and gained Lightning Bolt bassist Brian Gibson as the new full-time drummer.

In 2009, Megasus released their first full-length LP entitled ''Megasus'' and included the album's title track as a downloadable song (DLC) in the video game series Rock Band.

Members of Megasus are employees at [[Harmonix]], creators of the ''[[Rock Band]]'' games as well as [[Guitar Hero (2005 video game)|''Guitar Hero'']] and [[Guitar Hero II]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://blender.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081228211204/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=2941|url-status=dead|title=Blender – All Things Blender, All In One Place|archivedate=28 December 2008|website=Blender.com|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref>

==Sound== The group's sound is as much influenced by [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] acts such as [[Electric Wizard]] and [[Black Sabbath]] as it is by other Providence noise bands. The band's sound is driven by haphazard, non-traditional drumming and ultra-low, detuned, fuzzed guitar and bass.{{citation needed|date=November 2020}}

==Discography== ===Singles=== *"Seven Inches of Sorcery" (2008)

===Albums=== *''Megasus'' (2009) *''Menace Of The Universe'' (2011)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://megasus.bandcamp.com/album/menace-of-the-universe|title=Menace Of The Universe, by Megasus|website=Megasus.bandcamp.com|accessdate=18 November 2020}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://www.myspace.com/wildpower Megasus myspace page]

[[Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Rhode Island]] [[Category:American doom metal musical groups]] [[Category:Musical groups established in 2006]]