Megadeth nearing completion of new album

Thrash metal legends Megadeth are on the home stretch to completing their fourteenth studio album.

Yesterday singer/guitarist Dave Mustaine tweeted a photo of drummer Shawn Drover and himself in the studio, stating the two have “tracked 10 songs for our new album so far, and we are doing the last track tonight”.

Mustaine says Megadeth are currently holed up in San Diego working on the record.

“We’re almost done with it. We’ve been doing it with [producer] Johnny K, doing it down in San Diego where I live,” Mustaine told VintageRock.com in a recent video interview at the NAMM Convention.

“And he’s gonna be mixing it out in Chicago at his studio out there. You know, it’s really incredible this way … Last night, Dave Ellefson — he’ll probably not appreciate me telling this story — but he was sitting in a chair and his hand was hanging over the side of the chair, and I said, ‘What’s the matter? ‘ and he goes, like, ‘Man, I haven’t played this much in a long time.’ And I was like, ‘Good.’ So that was really exciting for me, cause David, he’s a monster on bass guitar, and for him to be saying stuff like that and just showing that he’s a little tired because there’s so much activity with the songs, I think the fans are really gonna respond to that.”

Meanwhile, bassist David Ellefson has checked in from Vic's Garage, San Jose, CA, offering the following update on the album’s progress:

"Having a great week here at Vic's Garage laying down bass on the new songs. Really some great, great songs taking shape at this point in the recording process. I told Dave today that one of them totally reminded me of the earliest stuff back when we first met. Fast, ripppin' and fully bringing the REAL old-school MEGADETH sound!!!"

The new album will be the follow-up to 2011’s Thirteen.