The new Megadeth record is "super close" to being released, according to guitarist and vocalist Dave Mustaine in a new Cameo video. Mustaine revealed that the new record has been mastered and handed in to the label, and will be entering our collective ears soon enough.
"We're super close to having The Sick, The Dying And The Dead out. We've been mixing and mastering it, and the mastering was done yesterday. So now it's off to the label, and pretty soon it's gonna be in your very talented hands."
The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead will be Megadeth's first with new drummer Dirk Verbeuren (ex-Soilwork). The album will also feature a mystery bassist in place of David Ellefson, who was recently fired from the band due to a very public sex scandal. Ellefson was removed from the album and his parts were re-recorded despite his requests for that not to happen.
Mustaine previously said The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead is out in spring 2022.
"Set for release in spring 2022, Mustaine says the title track is about the plague, but not solely centered around the current pandemic. A broad, more historical scope of the diseases that have plagued humankind throughout time, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead covers the current virus, swine flu, and other epidemics from centuries past."
