Megadeth have started working on a new album

nme.com:

Megadeth are back in the studio working on a new album.The thrash metal legends’ 17th album will be the follow-up to 2022’s ‘The Sick, The Dying and the Dead!’ but while frontman Dave Mustaine is in the studio already, his bandmates haven’t joined him yet.Mustaine gave an update on X/Twitter, writing: “Right now I’m in the studio working with Chris Rakestraw.

And everybody else is gone. Teemu [Mäntysaari, guitars] is in Switzerland and James [LoMenzo, bass] and Dirk [Verbeuren, drums] are in Los Angeles.

So it’s just me here by myself with Chris.”He continued: “And Chris leaves tomorrow to go on a vacation, and I’m working up to the last second today to get as much done as I can before he takes off because we won’t be starting again until he returns somewhere around New Year’s Day.“And at that point, it’s only a matter of a couple weeks before everybody converges on to the studio.

And for that I’m pumped. And you guys are gonna be excited.”The news follows another update from Mäntysaari, in which he said that he and Mustaine were remotely working on new music over the holiday period.“So Dave is in the studio in Nashville, and I’ve been working from home, and now from the vacation location where we are with the family,” he explained (per Metal Injection).“But I’m working a little bit every day.