MEGADETH Is Plotting Studio Time For A New Record In 2025

"It's only a matter of a couple weeks before everybody converges on to the studio. And for that I'm pumped."

MEGADETH Is Plotting Studio Time For A New Record In 2025

MEGADETH Is Plotting Studio Time For A New Record In 2025

Looks like Megadeth isn't trying to make fans wait another six years between records. According to Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine during an X Spaces event on December 22, he's been in the studio with engineer Chris Rakestraw working on the follow-up to the band's 2022 record The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!.

The new record will be Megadeth's first since Endgame in 2009 to feature bassist James LoMenzo, and the first-ever Megadeth album to feature new guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari.

"Right now I'm in the studio working with Chris Rakestraw. And everybody else is gone. Teemu is in Switzerland and James and Dirk [Verbeuren, Megadeth drummer] are in Los Angeles," said Mustaine. "So it's just me here by myself with Chris.

"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."

In a separate interview with Megadeth Digital, Mäntysaari said he's been working closely with Mustaine on ideas for new songs and solos.

"It feels really good at the moment. Yeah, we've been working remotely. 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. But I'm working a little bit every day. And just today I was working on some solo ideas, and [I am] talking with Dave on the phone every day and doing Zoom meetings and exchanging ideas. So, there's progress every day, which is nice. I feel really good about the album. We have already so many good ideas. I think it's gonna be a great one."