Megadeth fans might need to get used to not hearing from Dave Mustaine for a while, with the rocker announcing he’s taking a break from social media to work on the band’s new album.
In terms of metal musicians, Dave Mustaine is undoubtedly one of the more prolific Twitter users going around. In fact, since he first started using the service almost ten years ago, he has averaged roughly seven Tweets per day, which makes him something of a constant figure on social media.
However, with Megadeth’s new album supposedly in the works, the famed frontman has revealed he’ll be toning down his Tweets for a while.
Taking to Twitter on boxing day, Mustaine gave fans a bit of an update in regards to the upcoming album’s progress, and his plans for social media in the near future.
“Droogs, I’m pulling back on Social Media as things rev up re: LP 16,” he began. “Not enough time to do my job(s).”
“Progress is good,” he continued in regards to the new album. “Music is fast & strong. All 4 contributing. Things are good.”
“I’m hurryin’. Really!”
Droogs, I’m pulling back on Social Media as things rev up re: LP 16. Not enough time to do my job(s).
Progress is good. Music is fast & strong. All 4 contributing. Things are good. Get updates via https://t.co/dZRWHT54cg, @Megadeth until we finish LP 16. I’m hurryin’. Really! 😎— Dave Mustaine (@DaveMustaine) December 25, 2018
Speaking of the band’s new album, Dave Mustaine has recently revealed that the band are hard at work, and new music will “absolutely” arrive in 2019.
“We’ve been putting new music up in my Dropbox. And the stuff that Dirk [Verbeuren]’s been playing along to it is scary” Mustaine explained back in November.
“We’ve never had any of those blast-beat kind of things in our music before… Some of the drumming on this is mind-blowing.”
“It’s making me a better guitar player again, which I love. But I never thought we were gonna be playing this fast or this aggressive again.”
Check out Megadeth’s ‘The Threat Is Real’:
Meanwhile, Dave Mustaine has also revealed he’s been petitioning for the Grammys to add another metal category, almost two years after Megadeth won the award for Best Metal Performance with Dystopia.
“I joined the Grammy chapter out in Nashville to address that exact thing,” Mustaine explained to US radio station 107.7 The Bone. “I joined the Grammy chapter because we have one metal category and I think they’ve got a dozen polka categories.”
“I stopped going to the Grammys because you’d have to sit through, like, 30 Latin jazz records, and then you’d have to sit through another 30 jazz Latin records. And it’s, like, ‘What?’”
“So a couple of years ago, the guy that produced our record Th1rt3en, Johnny K, and a couple of other guys at the Grammys tried to get another category, and they were so close, but it failed,” Mustaine continued.
“And I called them up and I said, ‘We’re doing this.’ So 2020, we’re fighting — we’re getting all of the metal labels that we know, we’re trying to get them all together to petition the Grammys to give us another metal category.”
Who knows, maybe with this break from social media and a new album on the way, Dave Mustaine and Megadeth might in the running to score their second Grammy Award before long!
Check out Megadeth’s ‘Fatal Illusion’:
