DAVE MUSTAINE Says Upcoming MEGADETH Album ‘Is A Lot Like The First Ten Years Of MEGADETH’

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has given fans an exciting glimpse into the band’s highly anticipated 17th studio album.

In a recent newsletter sent to members of the Megadeth Cyber Army fan club, Mustaine shared the following: “I’m sure by now that you have seen our clips from inside the studio from our recording record 17. I am really anxious for you to hear our new music. I can tell you that this record is a lot like the first ten years of MEGADETH.”

Mustaine revealed in February that the band have reunited with producer Chris Rakestraw, who also worked on their previous two albums, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! (2022) and Dystopia (2016).

He said at the time: “We are almost 90 days into the making of the 17th MEGADETH album, currently titled, ‘Album 17’. That was a difficult choice, doh!

“So, I started working on new MEGADETH album with [producer] Chris Rakestraw from Dystopia and our most recent album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! Teemu [Mäntysaari, MEGADETH guitarist] came out to join me right after New Years Eve, and James [Lomenzo, MEGADETH bassist] and Dirk [Verbeuren, MEGADETH drummer] will be here in February.

“We are off to a good start.. A trivia tidbit: I seem to remember that ‘Holy Wars’ and ‘Symphony Of Destruction’ were some of the last songs written on their perspective albums…

MEGADETH‘s latest album, The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!, was released in September 2022. This is MEGADETH‘s first album to feature drummer Dirk Verbeuren, their final album with guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and their first studio release in six years since Dystopia (2016), marking the longest gap between studio albums in the band’s history.