Journalist To DAVE MUSTAINE: Video Of Entire Interview Will Prove I Did Not Bring Up METALLICA

Norwegian journalist Kristin Winsents, who was threatened with bodily harm by Dave Mustaine after she published an interview with the MEGADETH mainman focusing primarily on his brief tenure as the guitarist in METALLICA, has posted the following message in the "comments" section below the most recentBLABBERMOUTH.NET/Mustaine article: (Note: Kristin has confirmed to BLABBERMOUTH.NET that she did, in fact, post this message herself.)

"Dear Dave Mustaine,

"I am very sorry that I disgust you. I am a big fan of your new album, and I have great respect for you as the undisputed leader of one of the most successful metal bands of all time. However, I will not stand for threats, and I find it sad that a 48-year-old man with 30 years of media experience tries to put the blame for his own words on me.

"I did not force you to talk about METALLICA.

"You want to see the whole interview? You are more than welcome. I am sorry to inform you, though, that it will blow your perception of me asking questions about METALLICA. Because I did not."

Meanwhile, Norwegian journalist Asbjørn Slettemark, who works with Kristin at the Norwegian broadcaster NRK's weekly pop music show "Lydverket", has posted the following message on the program's official blog:

"This story [referring to Winsents' original report] is about old times as well as the excellent 'Endgame'.

"Kristin went to the interview with the intention of talking a lot about 'Endgame', an album she had 'twittered' enthusiastically about since hearing 'Head Crusher' for the first time. It was Dave Mustaine who started talking about METALLICA, religion, pot dealing etc.

"To the people who claim that Mustaine was 'manipulated' by 'Lydverket', remember that Dave Mustaine has been in the limelight for almost three decades, [and] he knows the game. And if you've heard Kristin on NRK P3, seen her on 'Lydverket' TV, or read some of the stuff she's written the last two decades, you know she's not a tabloid, scandal-seeking kind of journalist. I don't even have to defend her; she's hands down one of the best and most thorough music journalists around here.

"Having said that: I seriously don't understand why this interview has caused so much spectacle, and I'm especially in the dark on why Mustaine himself is so pissed. He comes across as articulate, funny, honest, ambitious, and FAR more driven than most younger and older metal musicians.

"We'll get back to the rest of the interview next week; it's a great piece of journalism about a true metal legend.

"Stay tuned, people."

Norwegian mainstream media coverage of Mustaine / Kristin Winsents exchange:

Kristin Winsents:

Asbjørn Slettemark: