Dave Mustaine has announced that MEGADETH is currently recording their 17th studio album. They’ve reunited with producer Chris Rakestraw, who also worked on their previous two albums, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! (2022) and Dystopia (2016).
In MEGADETH‘s official fan newsletter, Dave wrote: “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…
“I hope you all are getting ready for Valentine’s Day!”
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.
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