The pair went on to form Act Of Defiance with Scar The Martyr singer Henry Derek and Matt Bachand of Shadow's Fall. Their debut album Birth And The Burial is released on August 21.

"The decision was a long time in the making," Broderick tells Guitar World. Being in Megadeth was great for my career, but I wanted to have some creative freedom and some freedom in how I presented myself."

Later in the interview he explained when he made the decision to leave, "Not until the last quarter of 2014. I was dwelling on my lack of musical creativity in the band. Dave was getting ready to go in and do another CD and my heart just wasn't in it because I knew I wasn't going to have any artistic say in the definition of the album and the music.