![]() ![]() and the Dead!, but indicated that the title might be subject to change. While hosting a Masterclass "Front Row Live" for fans via Zoom on January 9, 2021, Mustaine announced the album's title as The Sick, the Dying. The band re-entered the studio in Nashville in mid-2020 to resume recording their new album, by now tentatively planned for release in 2021. On November 6, 2018, Mustaine shared a video on Twitter teasing a track from the album, which at the time, was originally set for release in the next year. In June, the band announced the cancellation of then-upcoming shows, as Mustaine had been diagnosed with throat cancer Despite Mustaine's illness, the band vowed to continue working on the album. On May 10, 2019, Megadeth entered the studio in Franklin, Tennessee with co-producer Chris Rakestraw to begin pre-production of the album. It was originally intended to be released in 2019, before its ultimate release in September 2022. The album's release had been delayed several times. and the Dead! took more than two years to materialize, with the recording sessions taking place between May 2019 and towards the end of 2021, the longest time Megadeth has taken to record an album up to this point. His bass parts were removed from the album and were re-recorded by Testament bassist Steve Di Giorgio. During the album's recording, longtime bassist David Ellefson was dismissed from the band due to sexual misconduct allegations. In production for more than two years, the album was produced by Mustaine and Chris Rakestraw. It is the first Megadeth album to feature drummer Dirk Verbeuren, the second Megadeth album to feature guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and their first studio album in six years since Dystopia (2016), marking the longest gap between two studio albums in the band's career. and the Dead! is the sixteenth studio album by American thrash metal band Megadeth, released on September 2, 2022, on frontman Dave Mustaine's Tradecraft label via Universal. ![]()
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