The new album from Megadeth appears to be well and truly underway, with the band revealing they’ve officially begun recording sessions.
For months now, there has been plenty of talk about when we might receive Megadeth’s follow-up to 2016’s Grammy-winning Dystopia.
While Dave Mustaine revealed that even if we don’t receive the full album in 2019, we’ll “absolutely” hear a new song at least, undoubtedly raising hopes in the process.
Although Mustaine noted that he was planning record a dozen songs for the new album, bassist David Ellefson recently broke our hearts by noting that the new release likely wouldn’t be ready until 2020.
Now, it looks like things are finally happening.
It begins #megadeth16 pic.twitter.com/RGk6Otke2X
— Megadeth (@Megadeth) May 10, 2019
Taking to Twitter recently, Megadeth shared an image of their studio setup in Franklin, Tennessee, captioning the post with the phrase “it begins” and writing the hashtag #megadeth16.
Fans soon reacted to this news with excitement, noting that with the band’s postponed appearance on Ozzy Osbourne’s final US tour, the group might have a bit more time to get this new record done and dusted.
In related news, Dave Mustaine recently revealed that the Megadeth lineup almost looked a lot different, explaining how his 1988 search for a new guitarist brought Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell onto his radar
“I actually called him up and asked him to play in Megadeth,” Mustaine explained to the Tampa Bay Times. “Fate would have completely changed if I would have called him before I called Nick Menza.”
“I said, ‘Hey, Darrell, I’m looking for a guitar player.’ And he goes, ‘Can I bring my brother?’ And I went, “Who’s your brother?’ He goes, “Vinnie Paul! Don’t you know Vinnie Paul?’”
“He wanted to bring his brother and have him play with us, and I go, ‘Oh, man, I just hired Nick Menza’,” Mustaine continued. “Can you imagine what Vinnie and Darrell would have been with me and Junior [bassist Dave Ellefson]? Would’ve been pretty cool.”
Check out ‘Fatal Illusion’ by Megadeth:
